Wholefood: Heal, Nourish, Delight

by Blereau, Jude

• ISBN13: 9780762430741
• ISBN10: 0762430745
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-09
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

There's an awful lot of confusion about just what "healthy" food really is-and a vegetarian, vegan, or low-fat diet is no guarantee of a healthy diet. Wholefood cooking-using ingredients that are as close to their natural state as possible without unnecessary processing and refining-honors the basic integrity of food, keeping intact its inherent ability to nourish. That's just whatWholefooddoes. With more than 400 recipes, tips on how to use the book, a glossary, information on cooking basics, and techniques, variations, and indications of vegan and gluten/dairy-free recipes, this book is the best tool for planning healthful and delightful meals. Author Jude Blereau introduces readers to the basic wholefoods, and different ways to prepare them. The book also contains some fabulous meat dishes and a delicious desserts and baking section.

Author Biography

Jude Blereau is a natural foods chef, food coach, and cooking teacher who has been involved with the organic and wholefoods industry for more than 15 years. She first became involved in the natural food industry while living in the U.S. in the late 1980s. In 1997, Jude co-founded The Earth Market, a much loved wholefood store and café in Perth, Western Australia. Her focus is on helping people learn about good food-what it truly is, where to get it, how to use it-and to give them the tools and information to make healthy eating a part of their everyday lives. Blereau lives in Australia.

Table of Contents

The wholefood kitchen	p. 10
Introduction	p. 13
How this book works	p. 18
How to cook	p. 23
Basics and assumptions	p. 26
Foundations	p. 32
Breakfast	p. 50
Your morning grain	p. 54
Pancakes	p. 62
Other breakfast ideas	p. 66
Beans and legumes	p. 70
How to prepare beans	p. 74
How to prepare lentils, split peas and black-eyed peas	p. 86
Soy	p. 92
Tofu	p. 96
Tempeh	p. 105
Grains	p. 112
How to prepare grains	p. 116
Hearty grain-based meals	p. 124
Salads	p. 146
Beyond a bowl of leaves	p. 150
Bean, noodle and grain-based salads	p. 155
Vegetable soups and stews	p. 162
The healing bowl	p. 166
Vegetable dishes	p. 182
Simple vegetable dishes	p. 186
Hearty vegetable meals	p. 198
Chicken and meat dishes	p. 226
Meaty soups and stews	p. 230
Hearty meat meals	p. 236
Cakes and desserts	p. 246
Creams, custards and anglaise	p. 250
Simple desserts	p. 254
Sweet pastries, tarts and pies	p. 260
Cakes and muffins	p. 276
The wholefood pantry	p. 298
Glossary	p. 300
Index	p. 324
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