Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The Macrobiotic Community Cookbook

The Macrobiotic Community CookbookA classic collection of more than 150 innovative recipes, now updated and repackaged.

Andrea Bliss-Lerman, an expert chef and macrobiotic cooking teacher, has gathered together a collection of original and tasty recipes contributed by leading macrobiotic practitioners across the country. Featuring many of her own inventive recipes, this is a unique community cookbook that will attract a whole new generation of readers in an ever-growing market looking to foster greater health and well-being through nutrition.

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Cooking the Whole Foods Way: Your Complete, Everyday Guide to Healthy, Delicious Eating with 500 VeganRecipes, Menus, Techniques, Meal Planning, Buying Tips, Wit, and Wisdom

The revised and updated edition of the popular, whole foods cookbook-with more than 80 new recipes...now 100% vegan!
With a dash of fun, Christina Pirello introduces whole foods cooking, inviting health-conscious readers to cut out processed and chemically enhanced food, as well as dairy, sugar, and meat, and embrace fruit, whole grains, vegetables, and beans. From savory soups to innovative entr?es and delectable desserts, here are more than 500 recipes and ideas for wholesome, gourmet eating. With tips on meal planning, a shopping guide, productresource list, and extensive glossary, Christina makes healthy eating a most delicious adventure.


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55 Macrobiotic Principles for Any Diet!

In an era of fad diets and harmful information, "55 Macrobiotic Principles for Any Diet!" is essential to taking a step back from the confusion. Let us contemplate health and wellness from a holistic approach focused on principles, not strict static regiments. Finally, you have found the opportunity to discover an alternative that is focused solely on you and your objectives.Take the first step in discovering the path of genuine health and wellness by purchasing "55 Macrobiotic Principles for Any Diet!"

What is Macrobiotics?

Macrobiotics: The micro-sections

To start off, let’s quote The Macrobiotic Association of Great Britain: “Macrobiotics is a way of life and philosophy in which we recognize the vital importance of healthy nourishment is through quality natural food and cooking. It has helped millions of people to take a healthy authentic path in life and it follows that organic natural agriculture is the most abundant, economical and healthy way to grow food throughout the world. “

Definitions fix parameters, whereas the general inquisitive mind seeks components. So taking down the rather large word reveals Macro as something very large in scale or scope or in capability. Bio is invariably ‘life’; therefore, macrobiotics translates either as the great life or as the big view of life, implying an appreciation and the gratitude in an unconditional way toward life, whatever the circumstances may be.

That makes it near to a religion, maybe a fixed dogma but with a fuller potential. The art of living is completely trusted on the manifest universe.

Ancient Greeks practiced macrobiotics as an art that enhanced health and longevity; it’s however difficult to say whether:

i. Macrobiotics was derived from their art of harmonious living;

ii. Or, was it macrobiotics that taught them to bring harmony into their environment?

That makes macrobiotics quite an intuitive and traditional subject that borrows knowledge-forms and wisdom to recognize an interconnection between beings and things. That relates to the Universal Principle of Complementary Opposites (the constant interplay of contraction and expansion).

It sounds strange but a macrobiotic diet doesn’t have a specific definition; it is set according to the body constituency of individual practitioners, taking into considerations their living environments, diverse needs, even their professions. This makes individual diets vary; however, it does remain based on a common ground comprising human evolution, its relationship to the environment and individual needs. So, it’s more than a preventive approach that aims to maintain a good health and lessen chances for bodily disorders; it is more of a therapeutic praxis targeted toward the ailed, willing to employ natural healing modes.

Macrobiotics: The micro-components

Ayurveda (ok, let that be simple nutritional science; Indian herbal science is more complex) shows us the benefits of grains as a crop. Something that deals in organically grown whole grain cereals or legumes, vegetables (including seaweeds), soy products (fermented) and fruits – selected according to their respective yin-yang properties - as a combined meal, is bound to bring back the biological balances. However, macrobiotics doesn’t say about an entirely raw diet; it does allow cooked stuff like brown rice, buckwheat pasta and vegetables (especially beans). Mild natural seasonings are allowed in macrobiotics, so is fish, various nuts, seeds and non- to mildly stimulating beverages.

Macrobiotics: The past micro-accounts

One might ask if the course of macrobiotics has stayed true to its roots or has undergone changes for good over the years. What was sown by Hippocrates (Father of Western Medicine) as the name of a genus, later transformed into a term denoting a particular lifestyle that’s based on simple, balanced diets for a promoted health and longevity.


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Monday, December 6, 2010

Changing Seasons Macrobiotic Cookbook

Wholesome and delicious recipes for cooking in harmony with nature.

Rooted in centuries-old principles, the macrobiotic diet consists of simple yet highly nutritious foods such as whole grains, vegetables, and beans, selected and prepared in harmony with the seasons. From lightly sautéed spring greens and refreshing summer salads, to harvest vegetables and hearty winter stews, this cookbook provides hundreds of easy-to-follow and flavorful recipes for complete and balanced macrobiotic meals. A combination of great taste and whole foods, this is traditional macrobiotic cooking at its best.
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The Infertility Diet: Get Pregnant and Prevent Miscarriage

Eat your way to pregnancy! The Infertility Diet is a nutritional approach to fertility enhancement and miscarriage prevention. Endorsed by infertility doctors across the country, this book is based on over 500 medical studies linking fertility and nutrition, and is a groundbreaker in the field. The essential diet for anyone trying to have a baby. A caring gift for all potential parents.
The Infertility Diet: Get Pregnant and Prevent Miscarriage supplies specific nutritional advice for couples with problems including sperm count, motility, morphology and clumping; miscarriage; candida albicans; cervical fluid; endometriosis; estrogen/progesterone balance; hypothyroidism; luteal phase defects; ovulation; PCO; elevated prolactin levels; and prostaglandin. Learn what foods to eat--and what foods to avoid--to get pregnant and carry your baby to term.
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Sunday, December 5, 2010

The Nourishment for Life Cookbook



In A Simple Celebration, Ginna Bell Bragg, chef at the Chopra Center for Well Being in La Jolla, California, and Dr. David Simon, director of clinical programs for the Center, explore the spiritual and mindful aspects of cooking and offer a practical, easy-to-use vegetarian cookbook that incorporates Ayurvedic health care principles into more than 140 delicious recipes.

While many recipes in A Simple Celebration have a subtle Indian influence, Bragg and Simon include a variety of other cuisines as well, resulting in a balanced, health-enhancing diet. With recipes such as Warm Wild Rice Salad, Pasta with Madeira Mushroom Sauce, Ginger-Molasses Muffins, and French Apple Cake, it is clear that the ancient mind-body principles of Ayurveda can be readily applied to dishes from every culture.

Supporters of Ayurvedic health care, Bragg and Simon emphasize in A Simple Celebration the importance of understanding one's dosha, or body type. Dosha recommendations are given for each recipe in the book, and a chart is provided that describes the taste quality of common vegetables, fruits, herbs, spices, dairy products, and other foods.

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Friday, December 3, 2010

The Real Food Daily Cookbook: Really Fresh, Really Good, Really Vegetarian

With three bustling restaurants located throughout the Los Angeles area, Real Food Daily boasts a loyal clientele of ravenous vegetarian diners and health-conscious celebrities, trendsetting young hipsters and members of Southern California's culinary community at large.
After 10 successful years as a cherished destination for lovers of delicious and naturally wholesome cuisine, this eclectic hot spot continues to thrive under the stewardship of its pioneering founder, Ann Gentry, who raises the standards and expectations of nutritious, meat-free cooking through her unique brand of California cuisine.
In THE REAL FOOD DAILY COOKBOOK, you wll find recipes for 150 of the restaurants' most popular dishes, such as Lentil-Walnut Pâté; Country-Style Miso Soup; Tuscan Bean Salad with Herb Vinaigrette; Southern-Style Skillet Cornbread; Tofu Quiche with Leeks and Asparagus; Acorn Squash Stuffed with Sweet Rice, Currants, and Vegetables; and Coconut Cream Pie with Chocolate Sauce.
After years of getting floods of recipe requests from her loyal customers, Ann is delivering in full force, not only to her patient fans, but to everyone who yearns for delicious, healthful, real food in their daily lives.
Price: $24.99
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