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| Raw Energy Balls I made - yum! |
I came across the
Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen blog in November or December last year, probably while looking up recipes for soups (I usually go to
Allrecipes.com). What I liked best about the recipes on the blog are that they are based on whole foods; the same cannot be said for all of the recipes on Allrecipes.com. I also like the fact that most of the recipes are easy because I don't really like to cook :). I stick to the recipes that don't call for gluten-free flours or other weird things like xanthan gum, however if I had celiac disease and needed alternative flours and such, Whole Life Nutrition would be a valuable resource. I was lucky that TPL had just ordered the book so I put a hold on it and got it relatively quickly.
This is a great book! It was laid out very well, with background chapters on such topics as the basics of eating a whole foods diet and your diet in relation to global warming. I really liked the introductory chapter on stocking your pantry - all the different types of gluten-free flours, sugars, and grains; nuts, seeds, beans - what a list! The only disappointment was the lack of pictures, which was what drew me from the blog to the book.
Grinding the almonds for the
Raw Energy Balls in my food processor created quite a racket (I'm surprised the blade and bowl survived based on the amount of noise it made) and I was surprised to find that all the ingredients came together in a way that nothing was left back in the food processor except oils from the ingredients. Clean up was a breeze. I had to grind a whole cardamom pod because I didn't have ground cardamom (I had ground cinnamon though) and this accounted for an initially overwhelming cardamomy taste. Everyone got used to it though and my family loved them. I'll be making them again. I'm looking forward to making some of the soups, nettle tea, and the
Winter Green Smoothie.
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