The Quick & Easy Ayurvedic Cookbook [Paperback]

Eileen Keavy Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2008

Ayurveda is an ancient Indian system of health and healing based on the principle that each human being is unique, and has a distinct individual constitution, genetic inheritance and predisposition to certain ailments.

The Quick & Easy Ayurvedic Cookbook allows you to easily implement Ayurvedic principles in your cooking and improve your health without devoting long hours of study to the subject or breaking your budget. Learn how to cure insomnia and indigestion, and even mood swings, just by making food choices based on your Ayurvedic constitution. The recipes include familiar favorites-such as baked apples, chicken burgers, and potato salad-making it a practical addition to your kitchen and home.

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About the Author

Eileen Keavy Smith has been interested in and has practiced Ayurveda since the 80s. Smith lives in Tallahassee, FL with her husband.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Revised edition (July 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804839069
• ISBN-13: 978-0804839068
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #865,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This cookbook is a gem!, February 24, 2000

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This review is from: The Quick & Easy Ayurvedic Cookbook (Paperback)

The author has taken the principles of Ayurveda and applied them to the American palate, food supply, and lifestyle. For example, if you suffer from constipation, heartburn, or sinus congestion, you will be gently steered to the food choices that help alleviate those problems, without having to become a vegetarian or go out of your way for exotic ingredients. Well organized, with lots of simple menu ideas enjoyed by everyone. Thank you, Eileen!

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars perfect for the lazy healthnut, June 26, 2005

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Vixenvillain "Jen" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Quick & Easy Ayurvedic Cookbook (Paperback)

This book has easy to follow/easy to cook recipes. I've already made two of the recipes, neither of which required obscure or expensive foods, and both of which were very easy to make. Both recipes took 20 minutes TOTAL - preparation & cooking time - to make, which is an added bonus since I find many veggie/health recipes to be very consuming. To top it off, the results are tasty. One word of caution - some of these recipes are a little ayurvedic suspicious - there are some foods which one may consider to be unfriendly to certain doshas but are listed underneath the dosha recipe anyway.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too close to the American diet, October 21, 2008

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Heather L. Stanley (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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The reason I bought this book was that it had "quick and easy" in the title. The title should read, "quick and easy, and heavily Americanized 'claims to be' Ayurvedic cooking."

I have read several books on Ayurveda and Ayurvedic cooking. This cookbook deviates from the others. The recipes are more Americanized. Cheese, meat and pasta are used in a large percentage of the recipes. In this cookbook, the spices and herbs used in the recipes are typical of French, American or Italian cuisine: basil, marjoram, thyme, parsley, dill and spearmint leaves. In addition, the author combines cottage cheese and fresh fruit; in other Ayurvedic cookbooks, fresh fruit is recommended to be eaten alone. Mayonnaise, "a shocker", is also used in several of the recipes in this cookbook. How can this author claim that it is Ayurvedic cooking? I do not even consider this a cookbook for healthy eaters.

The benefits of Ayurvedic cooking are food combining and the more typically Indian spices: turmeric power, cumin seeds, and hing. Better Ayurvedic cookbooks are: The Ayurvedic Cookbook by Amadea Morningstar with Urmila Desai; The Chopra Center Cookbook by Deepak Chopra, MD; Eat, Taste, Heal by Thomas Yarema, MD, Daniel Rhoda, and Chef Johnny Brannigan; and Ayurvedic Cooking for Westerners by Amadea Morningstar.