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Greens Glorious Greens: More than 140 Ways to Prepare All Those Great-Tasting, Super-Healthy, Beautiful Leafy Greens

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What impresses me most about this book is that the authors have been able to come up with a tremendous variety of ways to prepare the various types of greens without becoming repetitious or including any horrors. I created a kale dish from this book that became a newfound family favourite to my European parents--something I figure to be just short of a miracle, given a North American cookbook. The recipes are well thought out in terms of flavour and texture, and the vast majority have been planned out to taste perfect without meat, milk, cheese or eggs--a bonus for anyone that has to cook for both themselves and someone on any sort of special diet at the same time (and doesn't want to suffer). Even for the jaded cook, this book will provide tasty, natural, new ideas on what to do with a wide range of greens. I've been buying copies and handing them out like some sort of missionary. A great, unique book.

I have been wanting to add greens to our family diet for years but needed help learning about the individual plants and how to cook them. This book is a good primer, teaching the reader about the general character of each of the most commonly available greens, what nutritional aspects they add to the diet, their flavor, texture, and how they combine with other foods to make a better meal. Importantly, the authors provide advice about the best (and worst) ways to cook each green. The recipes are simple and tasty.

There are no pictures of completed recipes, but after trying one, the reader will probably not need pictures, simply because all the recipes end by gently tossing the ingredients. Nothing complicated here. A cookbook worth buying.

Leafy green vegetables are so healthy for you, but trying to figure out how to cook them was a huge challenge for me! I even found that main stream vegetarian cookbooks barely mentioned them! This book looks at each leafy green vegetable alphabetically and describes it, tells you what to look for when buying it, and gives between 5 an 10 recipes for cooking it. It covers everything from mustard, to kale, to chard, to chinese greens. I love this book! The recipes are easy and fast to prepare. I highly recommend this cookbook.

Organized by leaf, from arugula to wild greens, Albi and Walthers' book covers the buying, storing, cooking and nutritional value of 35 different greens.

Each green is introduced with an illustration, and basic flavor and prep information, followed by recipes such as Apple Cinammon Beet Greens, Lemon-Rosemary Grilled Swordfish and Greens, Colcannon, Chinese Cabbage Salad, Spinach Pesto.

Tips accompanying recipes include variations and advice on other ingredients from portabello mushrooms to soy sauce to toasting nuts.

A useful guide and inspirational recipe book for the wide array of exotic and common greens now found together in every supermarket.

This book is a must for anyone interested in including greens into their diet.

Each chapter is catagorized by specific green, describing in detail proper storage, cleaning and preparation instructions.

There are simple everday recipes as well as great dishes you would serve guests. It has a broad array of recipes for side dishes, soups, main courses and salads.

I got this book out of the library to sample it and just fell in love. I thought I'd make copies of the few recipes of interest. When I was done there were over 30 recipes of I wanted to make. I put it on my holiday list but have decided to buy it for myself now. I am buying about 5 more to give as gifts to my friends.

Enjoy!

Just over a year ago I started eating the way Joel Fuhrman M.D. outlined in his book, Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss. Eating a vast amount of leafy greens is a cornerstone of his program. The problem was that I had absolutely no experience with leafy greens other than lettuce and spinach.

"Greens, Glorious Greens" came to the rescue. Each leafy green the book deals with is described in detail. Hints are given on what to look for when buying it, how to store it, how to clean it and more importantly, how to cook it. I wish had owned this book when I started on the Eat to Live program as it would have saved me a fair bit of money and angst over ruined kale and collards. I had perfected the technique on how to make them totally unpalatable. Thanks to "Greens, Glorous Greens", I now make delicious kale, swiss chard, mustard greens, turnip greens and arugula. Collards still beat me though.

I do not cook with either salt or processed oils but found that the recipes in this book are very forgiving and allow me to eliminate both with ease.

The "mustard greens with sweet potato and coconut milk" is one of my favorite dishes when made with kale. It's pretty darned good with mustard greens, but killer with kale. Another favorite is the "Curried potato and kale". My children are especially fond of the "White bean soup with kale and butternut squash". I've yet to make a flop from this book and I have made well over half the recipes.

The book scores points for having uncomplicated recipes that take very little of the cook's time to make. It also scores points for having many recipes that win kid approval (note: my children have never eaten a standard American diet so this might not be true for children brought up on mac & cheese or hamburgers).

Since I bought this book, it has become a bible in my home for healthy innovative ideas and recipes that are simple in execution and absolutely wonderful. There's not a recipe that has disappointed my family. In addition to the terrifc recipes, there are loads of helpful tips and information on the importance of greens in our diet. I highly recommend this book to the serious cook and the amatuer as a fresh approach to a healthier and delicious life style.

I absolutely LOVE this cookbook! It is rare that you find a cookbook with recipes for kale, mustard greens, collard greens, broccoli rabe, bok choy, spinach, arugula, etc. I used to pass right by these vegetables in the supermarket. Now I feel like an entirely new world has opened up for me! I try at least two new recipes a week!

The book is separated by the type of green vegetable with a picture of each green and information regarding purchase, preparation, and storage. It's an excellent resource for everyone who would like to incorporate more greens into their diet!

I am a holistic health counselor and I recommend it to all of my clients!!

This is the best book on greens I've ever found. If you're serious about incorporating a lot of greens into your diet, then do yourself a favor and get this book. Not only does it have several great recipes for each different green, it also has an introduction to each green citing it's particular health benefits. It even lets you know not to eat particular items like beet greens too often. Amazing book.

I love this book because it puts everything into context- it breaks down the nutrients of each green, the origin, how to buy it, when to buy it, how to store it and finally how to cook it. Most recipes start simple and then evolve. It's a great book for beginners and experts.