Kristen Suzanne's EASY Raw Vegan Soups: Delicious & Easy Raw Food Recipes for Hearty, Satisfying, Flavorful Soups [Paperback]

Kristen Suzanne (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 5, 2008

Mounting evidence has shown that heat destroys many of the nutrients found in raw, living food, rendering it harder to digest and nutritionally diminished. Raw food is catching on! From Hollywood stars with personal chefs, to a host of chic new Manhattan restaurants, the Raw Food movement is sweeping the country as people learn about the dramatic health benefits derived by eating a vegan diet in which food is never heated above 118 degrees Fahrenheit. Drawing on a myriad of delicious flavors from around the world, this collection of Kristen Suzanne's favorite and most popular Raw soup recipes makes it practical and super easy to eat Raw every day. And Kristen means EASY... most of these soups take just 10-15 minutes and you're done! This Raw food vegan recipe book includes 42 delicious soup recipes and also includes a "Raw Basics" introduction to Raw food (with 6 basic "must have" recipes) for people who are new to the subject. Includes links to photographs at Kristen Suzanne's Web site, KristensRaw.com.

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About the Author

Kristen Suzanne is an accomplished Raw food chef with a passion for helping people live life to the fullest with the healthiest cuisine in the world. Through radio, television, books, and her popular blog and email newsletter, Chef Kristen Suzanne helps individuals live and love the Raw lifestyle. For more information about Chef Kristen Suzanne, please visit KristensRaw.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 110 pages
• Publisher: Green Butterfly Press (December 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 098175564X
• ISBN-13: 978-0981755649
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #504,549 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #13 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Meals > Soups & Stews
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More About the Author

Hi, I'm Kristen Suzanne, a Raw vegan chef, author and teacher with a passion for helping people succeed with the Raw vegan diet. I have been studying nutrition, fitness, and food preparation for 15 years. My passions for animals, food, health, and the environment are the driving factors behind my business' mission. I live in Arizona with my husband, daughter, and rescued dog, where we love and enjoy the constant sunshine, mountains, and palm trees.

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Five stars for recipes; 1 star for organization, August 20, 2009

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This review is from: Kristen Suzanne's EASY Raw Vegan Soups: Delicious & Easy Raw Food Recipes for Hearty, Satisfying, Flavorful Soups (Paperback)

The recipes in this book are really good, and if that were the only criterion, I'd give this book 5 stars. I have really liked everything I've made. I don't mind that there are no pictures, either.

However, there is more to putting out a good recipe book than tasty recipes. Organization is important in order to produce a book that is easy to use. There is NO list of recipes in the table of contents, and NO index of recipe titles or of ingredients. This means you have to page through the entire recipe section to find 'Guacamole soup' or 'Summertime Corn Bisque'. There is simply no way to find recipes other than flipping through the book--the recipes aren't even in alphabetical order by title within the recipe section, either. There appears to be no discernible organization of these recipes within the book. The lack of an ingredients index means that you can't look up an ingredient and find all the recipes that contain that ingredient. These are *major* organizational flaws in a recipe book.

There also isn't clear delineation between recipes. That is, the recipes run together, rather than each recipe beginning at the top of a separate page. This bugs me, but not nearly as much as no index.

I have two of Kristen's books, and each one has the same first chapter, which is redundant. The other book also lacks an index or list of recipes in the table of contents.

If Kristen ever revises this book and the others in the series, I strongly advise the addition of an index, or at the very least a listing of the title of each recipe in the table of contents. The latter suggestion would not add to the cost of producing the books and would make them far easier to use than they are now.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KRISTEN SUZANNE'S EASY RAW VEGAN SOUPS, December 31, 2008

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This review is from: Kristen Suzanne's EASY Raw Vegan Soups: Delicious & Easy Raw Food Recipes for Hearty, Satisfying, Flavorful Soups (Paperback)

THIS IS A GREAT BOOK FOR PEOPLE ON THE GO. SOME OF MY FAVORITE RAW SOUPS FROM KRISTEN SUZANNE ARE "GREEN MOXIE SOUP", "GARLIC LEMON LIME BISQUE" AND "ARRIBA TORTILLA SOUP". MY TEENAGERS LOVE THIS BOOK BECAUSE THEY CAN MAKE A MEAL FAST, POUR IT IN A MUG AND GO DO HOMEWORK. MY DAUGHTER MAKES A RECIPE THE NIGHT BEFORE AND POURS IT IN A THERMOS AND TAKES IT TO SCHOOL. THE COLORS OF THE SOUPS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND THE FLAVORS ARE AMAZING. IF I WANT A SNACK AT NIGHT I POUR A LITTLE SOUP IN A WINE GLASS. THESE SOUPS ARE REALLY GOOD AND EASY TO MAKE!!!!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No mystery here, January 16, 2009

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This review is from: Kristen Suzanne's EASY Raw Vegan Soups: Delicious & Easy Raw Food Recipes for Hearty, Satisfying, Flavorful Soups (Paperback)

As someone with food allergies, buying commercial soup or eating soup in a restaurant is just too much of a risk as I never "really know" what's in it. But with this book, not only do I know the vegetables are fresh, I know what all the other ingredients are too. Kristen's soups are absolutely delicious. I think out of all the things she makes-even the desserts which I LOVE- the soups are my favorite. I've tried making other soup recipes and come back to her's time and time again. The flavors are great and rival that of any soup I've had before. With these recipes, I can still enjoy soup and the "mystery ingredients" are gone. What's left are great nutrition and delicious flavor.