Book Reviews: Skinny Bitch

February 19th, 2010 | Posted by Lindsay Ingalls in Giveaway | Review - (9 Comments)

The Winner is lucky number 8: Congrats Emma!  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ My first impression of Skinny Bitch was that the name was just really not appealing as my husband and I are not ones to use the term “bitch” and I find it has just a negative feeling.  I decided to over look this and give the … Read more

    My first impression of this book was that it seemed slightly morbid for a children’s book, however as I began to think about it there really is no easy way to explain to children why it is that we don’t eat animals.  Although this book is slightly morbid for children it depicts accurate … Read more

Cookbook Review: Therapeutic Chef

February 10th, 2010 | Posted by Lindsay Ingalls in Recipes - (2 Comments)

A few months ago Kristin Doyle sent me a copy of her new cookbook Therapeutic Chef that is filled with “recipes to prevent cancer, heart disease and diabetes.”  The first few chapters of this book are informational and discuss how to use the book, as well as suggested items for the Therapeutic Chef Kitchen.  These first … Read more

Book Review: Go Dairy Free

February 3rd, 2010 | Posted by Lindsay Ingalls in Review - (4 Comments)

Go Dairy Free by Alisa Marie Fleming is a guide and cookbook for milk allergies, lactose intolerance and casein-free living.  The book starts with a guide to Understanding Dairy and Dairy-Free From a Health Perspective these are the first 5 chapters the book.  These first 5 chapters provide a massive amount of information about dairy, … Read more

PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook is targeted at college students who are without a kitchen or have limited access to a kitchen and/or time to cook meals.  All of the recipes are quick and easy to throw together.  Most recipes are based off meat analogues and packaged products with a few fresh ingredients.  It takes items … Read more

In the past 2 years I have really gotten into the raw foods diet and although I do not practice it as much in the winter I still try to get in at least one raw meal a day (we live in VT and produce is not so great in the winter).  Somedays this means … Read more

Cookbook Review: The New Vegan

December 17th, 2009 | Posted by Lindsay Ingalls in Review - (0 Comments)

  I have been testing out some recipes from The New Vegan by Lorna Sass who is also the author of The New Soy Cookbook.  This book is a great introduction to vegan recipes, the first chapter features how to stock your vegan pantry.  The best thing about this cookbook is that there is a photo to … Read more