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Recipes For Life From God's Garden

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When I first looked into RAW FOODS recipe books, I was quite turned off. It is not that I was not interested in eating raw food, but it was the unrealistic time involved just to make a meager meal, not worthy to fill up four hungry people like I have in my family.

I looked through several popular raw foods books in the library and ended up not buying them. Too much work for too little result.

When I got a copy of this book RECIPES FOR LIFE:FROM GOD'S GARDEN, by RHONDA MALKMUS, I was wary at first. After seeing the odd and sparse account of the "Hallelujah Diet" on their web site, I was not sure they could even make a book of recipes! I also must say that George Malkmus always looked emaciated to me and that made me not want to explore the diet either.

However, the recipes in the book are the best raw recipes I have seen so far. They are not overly fancy, but they are usually very good tasting. Quickly prepared, I find that many of the recipes make eating raw foods much more attainable.

There are lots of cooked food recipes in this book. Also some unrealistic recipes that I will never make (bread that dehydrates for days). Each recipe is rated by stars, 5 being the most ideal and less being less ideal.

I also appreciate the information included in this book. Having studied the field of health and nutrition for over two decades, I find that the information in this book is one of the only places I have seen what I have found valuable in my research compiled mostly in one place. It is great to answer the questions of "why" people eat or avoid certain foods or preparation methods.

For that reason alone, I recommend this book. The recipes I can and have used are plenty and quick to do. Blender, processor, and juicers are necessary, but that is usually the case with raw foods.

The spiral binding is also wonderful on this book. If I could only get one book nutritionally and about raw foods, this would win hands down. When I eat recipes used from this book, my entire family feels better and acts better too.

As for emaciated- I have since met other people on the diet who are weight lifters, older people retirement age, and athletes- all of who use this book and are far from emaciated. Fit and trim, yes, but not emaciated.

I am a gourmet cook with a drive to create interesting and artistic meals. This book does not disappoint me in the flavor department. It is not bland or boring,but neither is it artistic and dynamic. Great for that dinner hour when I can not think, do not want to think, yet want to make raw healthy food for the family and know they will eat it. In a few days, I can think again and embark on a gourmet meal of another vegan sort....

This and "God's Way to Ultimate Health", started it all for me around January. A good friend recommended this author after she beat breast cancer by changing her diet! I knew then I had to understand the link between diet and health. I wasn't satisfied to read just this book but many of the others listed in the bibliography and others on biological medicine and others relating to the acid/alkaline balance within our bodies. I've been able to help my mother gain control of her arthritis and hopefully get her off methotrexate for good. I've been able to help my mother in law lower her cholesterol since prior strokes have made this an issue. And my wife and I have lost the weight we couldn't seem to shake and have been able to improve all aspects of our health and physical well being. If you have any loved ones who's quality of life you want help improve this book is a great start.

Most vegetarian books are filled with odd recipes and with odder still ingredients. This book has absolutely fantastic recipes - delicious, nutritious and HEALTHY. Ingredients are readily available at the local grocery or at the Health Food Store. I wish I had grown up eating this way instead of waiting until I am 60! My husband and I both are thrilled with the recipes in this book.

I looked at this book because of the physical benefits my friend and her family were receiving from eating better. I am not on the Hallelujah Diet, and I eat meat and some cooked foods, but the recipies in this book make it possible for me to eat healthier and naturally. The book also provides the ulimate source in knowing how and what to eat, as well as why we should eat good. The recipes are delicious andhelp impove one's physical, emotional, metabolical, and spiritual life!!

This manual is more than just a recipe book for the Hallelujah Diet. It contains much valuable information on the Diet's basic principles and also focuses on such practical topics as grocery shopping and juicing.

Following the Hallelujah Diet takes motivation and dedication. The benefits received are in direct proportion to the efforts expended. Rhonda's book is designed to make the journey easier for those who are serious about undertaking a major change in regimen.

For the merely curious, the recipes will offer an enjoyable introduction to more healthy eating habits.

Excellent recipes and information for those trying to change their diets to primarily raw with healthy cooked food. Excellent for those on the Hallelujah Diet!!!

I borrowed this book at first from a friend, who only let it out of her hands because she was going out of town. Our family had already been slowly moving away from meat as a source of protein for some time, but this book was what convinced me to give it up completely and eat healthier. Now this friend and I trade comments about the recipes she includes and we experiment with them and trade new ideas together. I have experienced greater health with only rare (and short-lived) colds. The recipes are easy to follow and I haven't found the ingredients hard to find. They made the transition easy for my fussy family, because they TASTE GOOD! I am sharing the book (I own my own copy now!) with my extended family in hopes that they too will learn how to eat as our bodies were intended to eat, and recover their own lost health. A great book for information about why we need to eat this way, and more than enough recipes to keep you experimenting for some time to come.

Eating a raw diet has been a strange change for me, but this cookbook has made it easy. The recipes are FANTASTIC. Everything I've made for myself, ultimately my family ends up eating (7 kids and a husband). They love the foods so much that I have to hide my leftovers so I have some for lunch! Then they beg me to make certain recipes again.

As with any healthfood diet, time must go into preparing the food, but it's no where near some gourmet cookbooks I've seen where the end result is tasty but terrible for you. Certainly takes more effort than opening a can of Spaghettios, but worth the effort!

Make sure to get the "text" book to go with it which describes the WHY to the diet, not just the HOW. "God's Way to Ultimate Health" by Reverand Malkamus.

This book answers two questions: "Why should I think about 'nourishment' for life?" and "How do I prepare to have more nourishment in my life?. Good information and the inspiration to follow through. A Biblical approach to nutrition. For more, please visit the author's website.

I am not an accomplished food preparer thus I want and need all the help I can get from a recipie or recipie book. It is maddening that some of the recipies in the book (indicate only) that it is for one serving and some ( indicate only ) it will be for multiple servings but majority do not even indicate what it will serve. This is a major issue with me but probably not with practiced food preparers. Otherwise the book and principles it serves are excellent.