Rating:  Summary: Mouth-Watering Recipes! Review: There are 50 mouth-watering recipes in this book. One of the first things that caught my attention was how well the recipes were categorized. There are eight categories - Energy Elixirs, Immune Boosters, Weight Conscious, For The Gals, Kids/Baby, For The Fellows, Stress Reducers and Our Favorites. In addition, the authors have added many useful and informative sections, such as a fruit and veggie glossary, a seasonal fruit chart, ten tips for super smoothies, and much more. This book is not only a great cookbook but also a wonderful educational resource. The recipe difficulty is moderate, with some recipes requiring preparation ahead of time, and others calling for spices and ingredients that you might not have readily available in your kitchen. But, the good news is that some of these recipes include tofu and soy milk. Finally, if pictures are important to you, you may be disappointed that there are not many illustrations. The authors do invite you to their web site for an e-version of the book and for additional recipes (http://www.thymestwo.com). By P.Everett
Rating:  Summary: Allot of ingredients or steps Review: While the smoothies may be yummy, they require ALLOT of ingredients. Oranges, apples, strawberries AND then ginger or tofu or youghurt. If that doesn't bother you then the prep can be a bummer: pear nectar (make that first), then oranges with silken tofu AND soy milk & then blackberries! Don't know about you but I really don't have that kind of space or pantry. Some of these ingredients are expensive thus cutting down on homemade cheapness vs the store expense when you factor clean up in! Whew this not an easy book to tackle. If after all that I haven't dissuaded you then you'll truly enjoy it. It's got a lovely hand and beautifully coloured. A joy to the senses but it would have been IF more substitutions had been given but then the colour coordination would have been off.
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