Superfood Kitchen: Cooking with Nature's Most Amazing Foods [Hardcover]

I am finishing up my natural food chef training (it was on my bucket list), and spotted this book yesterday. We learned a little about superfoods, and made a few recipes that used some of them, but that was about it. So a huge thank you to Julie Morris, for writing such a terrific book about Superfoods. Morris explains what a superfood is, why we need nutrient dense foods, and how to set up your kitchen, both in equipment and ingredients. I particularly appreciate her extensive explanation of ingredients. For example, what is a Camu Camu Berry, flavor notes for the berry, recommended forms of it, and the use of them. The book features gorgeous photography, which Morris did herself, and a beautiful layout and design, which shows her background in design before becoming a Natural Foods Chef. It would benefit all of us to eat more of these amazing foods and this book presents everything so clearly. The recipes look like they would appeal to just about everyone.

The recipes look fresh, fabulous, and yes, the ingredients might seem strange if you are not used to superfoods. But the whole point is to learn what they are, and how to cook with them. The recipes will appeal to a wide range of people, not just those into 'health foods'. So they will be great to sneak into your spouse's diet or your kids food as well. The ingredient lists contain a special symbol to annotate which of the foods are superfoods. The recipes are arranged as follows:

Breakfasts (Banana Seed Bread, Goldenberry Pancakes, Cinnamon-Almond Granola with Mulberries)
Soups (Roasted Pumpkin Soup, Tomato and Quinoa Soup)
Salads (Hearty Kale Salad, Arugula and Asian Pear Salad with Lemon Camu Vinaigrette)
Entrees (Mediterranean Vegetable Pizza, Black Bean-Hemp Protein Patties, Quinoa with Secret Pesto and Sun-Dried Tomatoes)
Sides (Hemp Hummus, Olive Caviar)
Snacks (Energizer Trail Mix, Chocolate Hemp and Oat Bars)
Sweets (Acai Berry Truffles, Raw Chocolate, Acai Berry Cheesecake)
Drinks (Antioxidant Paradise Smoothie, Chocolate Berry Protein Shake)

Then there are extra (helpful) sections, such as Charts (like the Superfood Substitution Cheat Sheet), and an Ingredient Resources Guide. I would not be surprised if the natural foods cooking schools ended up using this as a text and creating a new section specifically on the topic of Superfoods. Well done Julie Morris!

SUPER!!! This is my new favorite book, i just received my copy and cooked up 2 dishes last night for my sisters, and we are now all hooked.
I've been eating vegan and cooking with superfoods for years now, and now finally there is book that addresses all the wonderful Superfoods we've been seeing appear on the shelves of our local natural foods market, that we have no idea what to do with. I always found myself experimenting and buying a $10 bag of some superfood just to try it and see what it was about, but after snacking on it by itself, which was usually delicious, i still got a little board. Well here's a book that explains each Superfood, and gives you heeps of recipes to use them in. Now i no longer have to buy a bag of some obscure Superfood to just use 1 tsp because i can now turn it into breakfast, lunch, dinner, a snack, desert or even a drink. Also It's not just a cookbook, it's a guide. The Author Julie Morris, enlightens and educates the reader on why these Superfoods are important, how the way we eat can protect us from the rise in chronic disease and the relationship between the two, how to break habits (based on her own personal experience), loads of nutritional information as well as smart kitchen techniques.

So Far i've tried the Quinoa With Secret Pesto & Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Sacha Inchi Buckeyes! I'm just gonna say that the only reason i'm not making these every night this week is that i want to try other recipes in the book. Wows, Mmmmmmm's and Nom Nom Noms were all i heard from me and my sisters until nothing was left. I might just have to close my eyes and pick a page to make deciding on the next recipe easier. All her recipes have this wonderful creativeness to them, and her words are written as if she's talking right to you, making you laugh and exciting your taste buds.

If you eat food this book is for you.
Love, Peace, Music and Superfoods

this book offers excellent nutritional info that will help boost health...and it looks beautiful doing it. with crisp full-color photos and an excellent layout, Superfood Cuisine offers much more than just information...it has a "feel" about it, similar to other top, high-end cookbooks. it's the best book i've seen on the subject and believe time will prove it to be the definitive go-to guide on superfoods.