The Organic Family Cookbook [Paperback]

Anni Daulter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 21, 2011

This inspiring cookbook answers the call for healthy recipes for family-friendly organic meals -- snacks, breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts, and extras. Sidebars and tips throughout promote green living -- organic child- and family-specific gardening ideas and inspiration for community building and sustainable living. Recipes use easily obtainable ingredients from standard grocers, green markets, or the small family garden plot. Recipes are both wholesome and kid- and family-tested approved! Bonus recipes for favorite, everyday basics and delicious, seasonal treats. Tips and anecdotes throughout the book offer simple gardening, green living, and community-building ideas.

Editorial Reviews

Review

(Anni Daulter's) latest cookbook pairs wholesome, family-friendly recipes with sidebars containing simple cooking, gardening, and green-living tips. Daulter clearly loves cooking with her family, and her passion and candor will resonate with like-minded parents. --Library Journal

I was sent a copy of Anni's newly released work of art, the Organic Family cookbook: growing, greening, and cooking together, and I am truly blown away. Not only does the cookbook include the most delicious wholesome recipes, it is a work of art with the photographs by Alexandra DeFurio. --Mkokopelli.blogspot.com

I was sent a copy of Anni's newly released work of art, the Organic Family cookbook: growing, greening, and cooking together, and I am truly blown away. Not only does the cookbook include the most delicious wholesome recipes, it is a work of art with the photographs by Alexandra DeFurio. --Mkokopelli.blogspot.com

With Organically Raised Conscious Cooking for Babies and Toddlers, author Anni Daulter offered families some fresh and organic ways to feed your youngest tots. Then she made hot days more fun and tasty with Ice Pop Joy. Now Daulter's tackled the hardest task of all - feeding the whole family on a daily basis with her new book The Organic Family Cookbook. --Inhabitots.com

About the Author

Anni Daulter is cofounder of Bohemian Baby Food and Conscious Family Living and is author of Organically Raised: Conscious Cooking for Babies and Toddlers (Rodale, May 2010) and Ice Pop Joy (Sellers, March 2011). She has an MSW from the University of Southern California, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and four children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Sellers Publishing, Inc. (September 21, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416206388
• ISBN-13: 978-1416206385
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.8 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #35 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Organic Cooking

More About the Author

Anni Daulter, MSW

Anni is an eco-mama, professional cook, advocate of sustainable living and author. Anni was the founder of a fresh organic baby food company, Bohemian Baby. Recently, Anni, along with Elena Rego launched a new site and magazine called Sacred Pregnancy. With her knowledge and passion about child well being combined with her love of healthy but tasty cooking, Anni wrote her first book called, Organically Raised: Conscious Cooking for Babies & Toddlers (Rodale, May 2010). Since then, Anni has gone on to author several books including, ICE POP JOY, The Organic Family Cookbook, Naturally Fun Parties for Kids, Sacred Pregnancy + Bountiful Baby Purees.

Anni is also an eco-food and lifestyle stylist and styles all of her own books as well as others. If you are interested in seeing her styling work, please visit her at Delicious Gratitude (www.deliciousgratitude.com). Anni is a spokesperson for Nordic Naturals, has been a guest speaker in the kitchen at Baby Celebration, The Pump Station, Whole Children Whole Planet, Holistic Moms Network and has written for Delicious Living Magazine, Momfilter, LA Parents and Orange County Parents and is the resident baby / toddler food expert for Hot Moms Club, City Mommy, Citibabes NY, Mindful Mama, Green Moms, Greenopia, and Macaroni Kid.

Anni lives in the country-side in Pennsylvania with her family. She has one son, Zoë (14) and Tim & Anni have one daughter together Lotus Sunshine (7) Bodhi Ocean (5), and River Love (age 2).

Please visit Anni at:

www.deliciousgratitude.com
www.sacredpregnancy.com

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, fresh ideas for the family kitchen April 2, 2012

By NiferS

Format:Paperback

Here's the thing about Anni Daulter's The Organic Family Cookbook: it's chock full of new ideas. There are so very many of them, I had trouble choosing things for us to try.

The book is beautiful; the photos, by Alexandria DeFurio, are gorgeous, and the sections are organized to walk you through a day of eating. Anni presents ideas for breakfasts, snacks, lunches, dinners, sides, desserts, and extras. Most of you also know that health and nutrition are big in our home, and Anni delivers here as well. The recipes are generally very healthy, and even the sweeteners used tend to be on the healthier side. Anni does seem to use agave nectar a lot, which I am not a big fan of for many reasons; it is, however, easy enough to substitute honey or maple syrup, and Anni usually notes this.

As far as the recipes themselves, we have loved most everything we've tried. So far, and there are many more in the works, we've tested out:

Natural Cran-Strawberry Red Roll-ups - I liked these, but they are a bit tart. The boys and hubby were not fans, but the texture was great and the flavor was perfect for those of us who like things that pucker you up a bit. Of course, a bit more sweetener would also diminish the pucker factor here.
Cantaloupe and Arugula Salad with Crispy Prosciutto and Spicy Orange Vinaigrette - I LOVED this salad. It's the perfect combination of salty, spicy and sweet. I couldn't stop eating it, and I put the Spicy Orange Vinaigrette dressing on another salad I made with sauteed pineapple over baby arugula with astounding results. If cantaloupe isn't your thing, make the dressing anyway; it's delish!
Zoe's Favorite Baked Parmesan-Crusted Artichokes - I have to confess that I ended up altering this recipe quite a bit; I can't have dairy right now, so I had to skip both the butter and the cheese. I used olive oil instead. Hubby doesn't like the smell of vinegar, so I skipped that as well. Without it, however, I found that the artichokes didn't bake as quickly or evenly. I ended up baking the second trial batch for nearly twice as long with a bit of water in the bottom of the pan; they ended up being wonderful. I will have to make them at lunch one afternoon when Hubby isn't here to be bothered by the smell of baking balsamic.
Anni's Favorite Roasted Tomatoes - This recipe is amazing. It is deceptively simply, with only 4 (5 if you count salt and pepper separately) ingredients, and I cannot stop making them. I've added them to standard family dinners, and I even start them at mid-morning to have them warm to dress up left overs for lunch. Honestly, roasted tomatoes are now a staple around here!

Recipes we can't wait to try include:

Pumpkin Pancakes
Super Green Crispy Kale (which is not like all the other crispy kale recipes I have seen!)
A spinach-pineapple-banana version of the fruit roll ups
Roasted Tomato Garden Tacos (I bought tomatoes for this today! Yay!)
Super Crunch Apple Cranberry Tuna Wrap
Grilled Lemon Caper Halibut
Vine-Roasted Tomato Soup
BBQ Chicken (I really want to try this sauce recipe!)
Asparagus with Tamari and Almond Slices
Luscious Garlic Beet Chips
Fall Pumpkin Spiced Cookies
Red Velvet Carrot Cupcakes
Dana's Raw Vegan Apple Pie

And that's just SOME of what I still want to try. This volume, while still under 200 pages, just has THAT many ideas in it.

Anni's also packs in a lot of fun ideas for green family living in the margins. They include ways to grow food as a family, impact the environment in your kitchen, and cook with your kids. The ideas range from heading out to pick at a farm to baking for charity and supporting local agriculture. I love how Anni presents and embraces the true and complete impact of an organic family kitchen.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy Green Family Cookbook April 2, 2012

By Jennifer

Format:Paperback

I actually would have given this book 4.5 stars, but since Amazon won't allow that, I've knocked it down to 4. Overall, I'd highly recommend this cookbook as it's full of lovely images, flavorful recipes and great green tips (for families newer to greener living) to boot.

The best part about this book is that it's written for a family full of different people (go figure). Most cookbooks for families seem to assume everyone likes to eat the same, when we all know that's far from true. This book offers up meals for picky eaters, wild eaters, meat eaters, vegetarians and so on, not just one type of eater. So far we've enjoyed almost all the recipes we've tried and there's a huge focus on finding fresh, organic ingredients to cook with.

I also like that Daulter encourage kids to be adventurous eaters and she encourages parents not to hide food, but make it something kids will want to eat.

There were some cons though. Daulter's books, this one included, tend to include some harder to find, more expensive ingredients. Some of these ingredients are used so minimally, that it's hard for me to say the cost is justified for a green family on a budget. Many of the recipes in this book call for more than a dozen ingredients, and if you're new to healthy cooking, this might overwhelm you. This also is not a great book for gluten-free families.

I normally borrow cookbooks from the library before buying, and I encourage other families to do the same, but in this case, I think if you borrow it, you'll end up buying it eventually, because it's got a high re-use value.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely and Personal CookBook February 3, 2012

By JulieMarie

Format:Paperback

I am loving this cookbook so far! We are vegetarians and dairy free but I am finding that most of the recipes are easily workable with substitutions or omissions. It's a gorgeous book to browse through and I love the personal touches and extra info/inspiration. Can't wait for her newest book!