The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living is a new cookbook written by Mark Bittman. Bittman is a New York Times columnist and author of other books. In this cookbook he provides an eating approach that will improve both your health and the environment. The recipes in this cookbook include lots of vegetables, legumes, fruits and whole grains. Meat is contained within the cookbook, but more on a secondary level. There are charts within the book that show you how to substitute produce and seafood depending on what the season is.
The Food Matters Cookbook also includes some vegetarian recipes for those that want to eliminate meat altogether. Healthy snacking is highly encouraged and this book instructs you on how to make that happen. You don’t have to buy expensive organic vegetables and fruit in order eat in a healthy way. With this cookbook you will learn what staples to stock up on so that you can create a tasty recipe without having to shop for ingredients. With 500 recipes to choose from, you’re sure to find several that can become family favorites.
Reduces meat dishes without eliminating meat completely
Encourages eating natural foods
Eliminates processed foods
Teaches how to shop for in season foods
Tips on how to stock the pantry with essential ingredients
Teaches you how to shop for dairy and meat products
Easygoing tone
Includes vegetarian recipes
Overall more health conscious way of eating
CON
May not be favorable for avid meat and potato eaters
Choosing from so many recipes may be overwhelming for those that don’t do a lot of cooking
DIET and NUTRITION
The Food Matters Cookbook takes a healthy approach to eating. The book includes 500 recipes so there is definitely a lot of variety within it. The approach of the author is that you don’t have to sacrifice flavor or be restricted to chicken breast in order to improve your health and the environment. Some of the recipes included with this cookbook are:
Warm chickpea salad with arugula
Roast turnips and duck with pear jus
Giant quinoa tamale with tomatillo salsa
Almond-apricot granola bars
Lemon-almond Florentines
Grilled turkey hash with red wine glaze
Braised tofu with eggplant and shitakes
Plum chicken salad
Crisp noodle cake with stir-fried greens and shrimp
Lemony zucchini risotto
Lentil stir-fry with mushrooms and caramelized onions
White beans and shrimp burgers
Pasta with asparagus, bacon and egg
Seasoned popcorn with parmesan
Stuffed pizza with broccoli
Chocolate chunk oatmeal cookies
Brownie cake
EXERCISE
There is no exercise associated with this cookbook.
CONCLUSION
There are a lot of cookbooks available that focus on healthier eating, but few of them offer you 500 recipes in one book. The Food Matters Cookbook gives you ample recipes and also showcases eating that is better for your body and better for the environment. This cookbook helps you cut down your meat consumption while bumping up your fruit and vegetable content. If you’re looking to get more plant based foods into your diet, this cookbook can help you do just that.
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