Lately I’ve been getting lots of questions from friends and family regarding cookbook suggestions. So I think this week I’ll spend a little time talking about how to optimize your time in the kitchen and which cookbooks you could try based on your level of culinary expertise or interest. I’ll only be referring to the cookbooks and magazines I’ve reviewed so far. TBH I’m running out of cookbooks to review — don’t get me wrong I have loads of cookbooks but none that I’ve cooked enough from where I feel comfortable giving an honest review. Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Cookbook Roundup”
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Book Club Tuesday: Green Kitchen Stories
Just look at those Baked Pistachio & Herb Falafel! Devine! Looking at this dish I’m reminded that not long ago this type of recipe wouldn’t have even been in my consciousness. As I’ve said before, I haven’t always been a vegetarian and it took almost 7 years with my vegetarian husband before I became a vegetarian (truth be told it wasn’t even anything my husband said much to his chagrin, it was an afternoon spent watching Oprah and Michael Pollan discuss food that changed my mind). However during those first 7 years I never prepared any meat dishes at home but in the same breath we hardly ate any vegetables either. The truth hurts, so when I read the intro to Vegetarian Everyday I really identified with David’s comment: “I was the unhealthy vegetarian (yes, they do exist) who basically lived on pasta, pizza, sweets and ice cream.” We lived on lots of pasta. Lots. Is there such a thing as a carb-atrian?! So when I decided to become a vegetarian I knew I had to emphasize the “veg” in vegetarian.
Book Club Tuesday: Go Gluten Free Magazine
If you’re reading this or have ever looked at my IG photos you know that I love to cook. In fact, I usually take great delight in preparing and cooking 3 meals a day. Yesterday’s dinner was a different story. The morning was grey and cold. Wind picked up as I pumped gas into the car — the forecast called for a huge blizzard (at least 30 cm! Everything closed or cancelled) so I knew that running on empty wasn’t a safe option (even though there was no snow on the ground and nary a flake to be seen). A quick trip to the grocery store and then it didn’t matter when the onslaught of bad weather happened because we were prepared. Lunch ended up being a breeze — I made Margherita Pizza Dinner Waffles that were insanely quick to make and delicious to eat (Sweet Potato Chronicles — need I say more?). By mid afternoon I was starting to feel chilled and head-achy (probably a cold — every man, woman, and child within a 50 km radius of us has been sick) and I was in no mood to cook. This is where Go Gluten Free Magazine comes in.
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Book Club Tuesday: The Penlee Recipe Book
So if you’ve been following Shipshape Eatworthy, you know that Tuesday is my day! This week I’ll be reviewing a vegetarian cookbook that is 100 YEARS OLD! That’s right! Exactly what I said — The Penlee Recipe Book (or at least my particular edition) was published in 1916. The other exceptional thing to note is that I’ll be giving my impressions of this book without actually having tried any of the recipes — so no Instagram photos or link throughs to flashy websites — and you’ll come to hear how I came by this remarkable book in a pretty unremarkable way.
The first part of this story begins in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) about 14 years ago. At the time I was still a grad student and my then boyfriend (now husband) was a vegetarian. Since vegetarianism was so new to me I was really keen to learn more (although not keen enough to change my diet — that still took another 8 years). Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: The Penlee Recipe Book”
Book Club Tuesday: Cut the Sugar: You’re Sweet Enough
Happy New Year everyone!! So glad to be back! Sweet ’16 right?? Well it’ll be the only thing that is because today I’m going to review Ella Leché‘s Cut the Sugar: You’re Sweet Enough. Her vegan and gluten-free cookbook promotes a healthy lifestyle without being dependent on refined ingredients. Natural and clean — just the way we want to begin the new year!
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Skillet Cookie Recipe …
Hello & happy Monday! I know I told you that I’d be taking a break from writing over the holidays but this post will be short & most definitely sweet. Over the weekend while I should have been making cookies to send to my far flung friends, I decided it was time to use my new (well to me at least) mini Le Creuset skillet I found while out thrifting.
Book Club Tuesday: Oh She Glows
So I haven’t always been a) a vegetarian b) health conscious c) a good cook. My Mom keeps telling me that out of all of the things she thought I would be passionate about in life that cooking and nutrition wouldn’t be one of them. I can see what she means – I never really expressed an interest or desire in cooking. I wasn’t around people who talked passionately about cooking either. I did, however, have great role models. My two biggest culinary influences when I was growing up were my mom and grandmother. I grew up in a home where my mother made every meal from scratch because this is what she did. There was no Instagram or fancy social media platforms to encourage home cooks. She was a stay at home mom and cooking was one of the zillion things she did.
Book Club Tuesday: My New Roots
Ok. I’m back again for another review (how many times does a person have to do something before it becomes a habit? I’m really starting to look forward to writing these Tuesday reviews). This week I’ll be reviewing Sarah Britton’s My New Roots: Inspired Plant-Based Recipes for Every Season. After last week’s review of Amy Chaplin’s At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen, I realized that each author’s success is partly born from a particular expertise. In the case of Amy Chaplin and Emma Galloway, they’re both chefs. For Sarah Britton, she is a holistic nutritionist (among other things). One of the things I enjoy most about her writing and recipes is her unabashed enthusiasm regarding health and nutrition – even I was excited about her Revolutionary Pancakes (just read her blog post and you’ll see what I mean)! I like how she re-thinks everyday ingredients and makes them into something special — take the humble avocado. Who could believe that, in combination with cashews, it could become one of the most sinfully delicious vegan ice creams in creation? Have a gander at these Mint Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches and see if you don’t agree.
Book Club Tuesday: At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen
It seems like everything is more expensive these days. From food to cookbooks, your precious kitchen scratch needs to go further. This is why (I’m going to really give it a try) each week I’ll post a review of a cookbook I enjoy using – one that I feel is definitely worth buying. Last week I posted a review for one of my all-time favourite cookbooks: My Darling Lemon Thyme by Emma Galloway. This week I’ll review another cookbook that shares the same space on my kitchen counter as My Darling – At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen: Celebrating the Art of Eating Well by Amy Chaplin.
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Book Club Tuesday: My Darling Lemon Thyme
I’ve been waiting awhile to write a post — Instagram is great but it’s not for writers. Since deciding to move my small blog from Tumblr to WordPress I’ve been waiting for a moment to write something that felt important to me. Well, something exciting is happening – Emma Galloway’s My Darling Lemon Thyme cookbook is having its North American release today! I’m not a blogger by any means but I really have so much to say about this book that I thought it best to write a review for it. I think the first thing that struck me about her book was the lack of labels – vegan, gluten-free, vegetarian — just real food. This lack of labelling, I think, helps people to just see the delicious recipes between the pages without getting hung up on what diet you need to have. The recipes are adaptable and forgiving. If you want to make your own tomato sauce there’s a recipe for that but if you use store-bought that’s fine too.
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