Superfood Cuisine: Cooking with Nature's Most Amazing Foods [Hardcover]

Julie Morris (Author)

Book Description

Release date: June 23, 2011

Superfood Cuisine is not your ordinary cookbook. But then again, superfoods are not your ordinary ingredients. From omega-rich chia seeds and nut-like sacha inchi, to antioxidant powerhouses like blueberries and exotic maqui berry (the #1 antioxidant fruit yet discovered!), to true energy foods like maca powder and cacao, and even everyday sprouts and leafy greens ... these are the most nutrient-dense foods on earth. Touted today by leading nutritionists and health gurus including Dr. Oz, these foods have been celebrated by ancient civilizations for thousands of years for their remarkable powers to heal and energize, promote radiant health, and enable high performance. 
 
Now, discover their unique health benefits and exciting new flavors through learning how to use them in delicious dishes -- from breakfasts to entrees to desserts -- with this definitive guide to cooking with superfoods.
 
Developed by natural food chef and writer Julie Morris, Superfood Cuisine offers an inspiring roadmap for an energy-packed lifestyle, including:

· Over 100 plant-based, superfood recipes
· Full-color photography throughout
· A guide to over 20 top superfoods plus additional healthy pantry staples
· The superfood philosophy
· Where to source superfood ingredients

Editorial Reviews

Review

Full of recipes that instantly turn comfort food favorites into health powerhouses, thanks to potent natural ingredients ... This cookbook packs a powerful nutritional punch. --Vital Juice

Truly, this book is super. --VegNews Magazine

Mix nutrition knowledge together with culinary expertise and sprinkle in some intense passion for superfoods and you have Julie Morris. I ve spent my life researching these amazing superfoods and their impact on health and the human body, but Julie has brought out the best in their flavor and made them taste delicious, and we all know that s not easy! This book is chock full of tasty recipes, beautiful photographs, and excellent information, I recommend it as part of any healthy kitchen check out the recipe for Superfruit Pops on page 215, it s my favorite! --Dr. Lindsey Duncan, celebrity nutritionist and naturopathic doctor

About the Author

Julie Morris is a natural food chef, writer, and cooking show host dedicated to making a vibrantly healthy lifestyle both easy and delicious. She lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 254 pages
• Publisher: Navitas Naturals; 1st edition (June 23, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615480608
• ISBN-13: 978-0615480602
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #782,047 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Julie Morris is a Los Angeles-based healthy food chef and natural living expert. An active advocate for whole, plant-based foods and superfoods for optimal health, Julie has worked within the natural food industry for close to a decade as both a recipe developer and writer. She is also the host/creator of the web-based cooking show "Superfoods With Jules" (as well as other featured video content), which showcases Julie's ability to make naturally crave-worthy food inspiring and fun. Julie's mission is simple: to share recipes and nutrition tips that make a vibrantly healthy lifestyle both easy to achieve and simply delicious to follow.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous Book, Fabulous Teaching, Amazing Recipes! November 8, 2012

By Naomi Manygoats

Format:Hardcover

I am finishing up my natural food chef training (it was on my bucket list), and spotted this book yesterday. We learned a little about superfoods, and made a few recipes that used some of them, but that was about it. So a huge thank you to Julie Morris, for writing such a terrific book about Superfoods. Morris explains what a superfood is, why we need nutrient dense foods, and how to set up your kitchen, both in equipment and ingredients. I particularly appreciate her extensive explanation of ingredients. For example, what is a Camu Camu Berry, flavor notes for the berry, recommended forms of it, and the use of them. The book features gorgeous photography, which Morris did herself, and a beautiful layout and design, which shows her background in design before becoming a Natural Foods Chef. It would benefit all of us to eat more of these amazing foods and this book presents everything so clearly. The recipes look like they would appeal to just about everyone.

The recipes look fresh, fabulous, and yes, the ingredients might seem strange if you are not used to superfoods. But the whole point is to learn what they are, and how to cook with them. The recipes will appeal to a wide range of people, not just those into 'health foods'. So they will be great to sneak into your spouse's diet or your kids food as well. The ingredient lists contain a special symbol to annotate which of the foods are superfoods.... The recipes are arranged as follows:

Breakfasts (Banana Seed Bread, Goldenberry Pancakes, Cinnamon-Almond Granola with Mulberries)
Soups (Roasted Pumpkin Soup, Tomato and Quinoa Soup)
Salads (Hearty Kale Salad, Arugula and Asian Pear Salad with Lemon Camu Vinaigrette)
Entrees (Mediterranean Vegetable Pizza, Black Bean-Hemp Protein Patties, Quinoa with Secret Pesto and Sun-Dried Tomatoes)
Sides (Hemp Hummus, Olive Caviar)
Snacks (Energizer Trail Mix, Chocolate Hemp and Oat Bars)
Sweets (Acai Berry Truffles, Raw Chocolate, Acai Berry Cheesecake)
Drinks (Antioxidant Paradise Smoothie, Chocolate Berry Protein Shake)

Then there are extra (helpful) sections, such as Charts (like the Superfood Substitution Cheat Sheet), and an Ingredient Resources Guide. I would not be surprised if the natural foods cooking schools ended up using this as a text and creating a new section specifically on the topic of Superfoods. Well done Julie Morris! Read more ›

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Awesome Superfood Cookbook!!! July 12, 2011

By Captain Cacao

Format:Hardcover

SUPER!!! This is my new favorite book, i just received my copy and cooked up 2 dishes last night for my sisters, and we are now all hooked.
I've been eating vegan and cooking with superfoods for years now, and now finally there is book that addresses all the wonderful Superfoods we've been seeing appear on the shelves of our local natural foods market, that we have no idea what to do with. I always found myself experimenting and buying a $10 bag of some superfood just to try it and see what it was about, but after snacking on it by itself, which was usually delicious, i still got a little board. Well here's a book that explains each Superfood, and gives you heeps of recipes to use them in. Now i no longer have to buy a bag of some obscure Superfood to just use 1 tsp because i can now turn it into breakfast, lunch, dinner, a snack, desert or even a drink. Also It's not just a cookbook, it's a guide. The Author Julie Morris, enlightens and educates the reader on why these Superfoods are important, how the way we eat can protect us from the rise in chronic disease and the relationship between the two, how to break habits (based on her own personal experience), loads of nutritional information as well as smart kitchen techniques.

So Far i've tried the Quinoa With Secret Pesto & Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Sacha Inchi Buckeyes! I'm just gonna say that the only reason i'm not making these every night this week is that i want to try other recipes in the book. Wows, Mmmmmmm's and Nom Nom Noms were all i heard from me and my sisters until nothing was left. I might just have to close my eyes and pick a page to make deciding on the next recipe easier.... All her recipes have this wonderful creativeness to them, and her words are written as if she's talking right to you, making you laugh and exciting your taste buds.

If you eat food this book is for you.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Educate Yourself! July 25, 2011

By Mamalu

Format:Hardcover

I bought this book the minute Julie announced it on her website! It is by far the very best cookbook I have ever read or used! The recipes are delicious and the text has inspired me into a conscious and deliberate quest for a life free from mainstream "food." Yes, the ingredients can not be bought at your local corner mart, however, your health is more important than that convenience... Shop the easy online sources provided at the end of the book and before you know it, you will have everything you need to enjoy each and every unique recipe! Embrace a knew way to nourish yourself and your family. Educate yourself to better Health.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars perfect yummy starter kit for aspiring plant-based eaters July 22, 2011

By jason wachob

Format:Hardcover

Love the breadth and depth of this cookbook! Everything from black bean burgers to macaroons and cupcakes. This book really makes it easy to whip up delicious plant-based and vegan meals that even your carnivorous friends will enjoy. Definitely recommend! (plus the pictures are great!)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Way of Eating I'd Been Looking For! March 14, 2013

By Alice II

Format:Hardcover

I checked this book out from the library, on a whim, and ordered it the next day from Amazon. I was not vegan - but I am now! Julie's conversation is grounded in the science of "superfoods," not in the philosophy of "veganism." She's all about nourishing the body with nutrient-dense foods in simple, fun, and delicious ways. She has totally changed the ways that I think about food and cooking!

If you love chocolate, cacao is a superfood - and Julie employs it in six delish recipes. Medjool dates, coconut sugar, and agave nectar are used to sweeten. Kale & Black-Eyed Pea Stew has little fat yet satiates and bursts with flavor, as do all the recipes I've tried so far. Kale crisps made with nutritional yeast and flaxseed powder - yum! Some "odd" ingredients include maca, maqui berry, chia seeds, hemp seeds, sacha inchi, sea buckhorn, and yacon. I ordered many of the superfoods online; many others I purchase at Vitamin Cottage, our local health food grocer. There are a number of geographically-remote dried berries and freeze-dried powders that one doesn't absolutely need, but are wonderful if you find her philosophy convincing. On her recommendation I invested in a dehydrator, also not necessary but nice to have.

The book is clearly organized, Parts I & II devoted to her basic premise and explanations of individual superfoods. Part III, the recipe section (pp 51 - 205), includes Breakfasts, Soups, Salads, Entrees, Sides, Snacks, Sweets, and Drinks. She has a list of substitutions in the back of the book for those items that you can't easily access due to location or budget. She also provides an Ingredients Resource Guide, with a straightforward assessment of each. The hard-back book is beautifully presented and her writing style is incisive and warm. For $15, what's not to love?... For examples of Julie's recipes and more info, go to JulieMorris.net Read more ›