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Summary: Allergy Freedom
Review: As a construction worker, who packs his meals everyday, I struggle to find the right combination of foods that satisfy but do not slow me down. I have learned that my body does not need the quantity of food I have been trained to feed it. Traditional snacks and lunchs have failed to give me the fuel I need. Essential Eating offers a design for living and recipes that satisfy my bodies needs. The recipes offer delicious as well as exciting meals. But the important part is my body gets just what it needs to perform strenuous physical activities and not feel bogged down.
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Summary: Essential For Your Life
Review: Finally, an "easy to digest" perspective on eating, not dieting. Janie Quinn's Essential Eating has given me a guide to understanding what foods work for me and how I can maintain a healthy lifestyle. Within one month of essential eating, I have seen a dramatic increase in my energy level and ability to concentrate. I have also seen a dramatic decrease in allergic reactions and weight. All my questions have been answered about foods and why I feel the way I feel after eating certain foods. It is has been an awakening to finally know what and how to eat---Essential Eating is my road map to a disease free lifestyle. Filled with easy to make, great tasting recipes and even shopping lists. Thanks Janie for sharing your insights.
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Summary: Easy to cook from, good food
Review: I was going for the culinary adventure when I bought this, but that is not its primary raison d'etre. The book evolved from the author's personal journey to wellness, looking at a way of eating that is healthful rather than abusive. It is based largely on the methodology of Shelly Summers, a holistic nutritional counselor who believes that good eating habits can help conquer or at least ease the debilitating effects of everything from acne to AIDS.Depending on the level of the body's "dis-ease," the author recommends various regimens. Each level has allowable foods and some to avoid. There is a surprising variety for each level. What drew me to the book, after seeing the vibrant author on local television, is the experimentation with a lot of ingredients I've only read about. Quinn prefers organic everything and exotica like sprouted grains and legumes, quinoa, kefir cheese and maple-based sweeteners. Her entrees are fish, poultry or vegetarian. Interestingly, she uses eggs and butter, but judiciously. I've tried several recipes and all are easy to follow and produce good stuff. As I put the chicken hash on the table, I thought, nooo, too simple, will taste like ground chicken "helper," but in fact it had depth of flavor. I am skeptical about using butter, but the little called in the green quinoa really set it off. Since I do not live in an urbane area, I had to go out on the internet to dig up the ingredients not found at local health food stores. I'm still looking for sources of sprouted seed flour, kefir cheese and affordable maple sugar. Until I do, I'll use reasonable substitutes.
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Summary: Easy to cook from, good food
Review: I was going for the culinary adventure when I bought this, but that is not its primary raison d'etre. The book evolved from the author's personal journey to wellness, looking at a way of eating that is healthful rather than abusive. It is based largely on the methodology of Shelly Summers, a holistic nutritional counselor who believes that good eating habits can help conquer or at least ease the debilitating effects of everything from acne to AIDS. Depending on the level of the body's "dis-ease," the author recommends various regimens. Each level has allowable foods and some to avoid. There is a surprising variety for each level. What drew me to the book, after seeing the vibrant author on local television, is the experimentation with a lot of ingredients I've only read about. Quinn prefers organic everything and exotica like sprouted grains and legumes, quinoa, kefir cheese and maple-based sweeteners. Her entrees are fish, poultry or vegetarian. Interestingly, she uses eggs and butter, but judiciously. I've tried several recipes and all are easy to follow and produce good stuff. As I put the chicken hash on the table, I thought, nooo, too simple, will taste like ground chicken "helper," but in fact it had depth of flavor. I am skeptical about using butter, but the little called in the green quinoa really set it off. Since I do not live in an urbane area, I had to go out on the internet to dig up the ingredients not found at local health food stores. I'm still looking for sources of sprouted seed flour, kefir cheese and affordable maple sugar. Until I do, I'll use reasonable substitutes.
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Summary: A Gift of Health
Review: I was introduced to Essential Eating through my husband's acquaintance with Janie Quinn. My initial interest was to provide my daughter, who suffers from an eating disorder, a healthy, nutritious, tastey and SAFE diet. I was surprised that I benefited from this diet as well, considering I thought that I was the healthy one in the family! The recipes are easy, there is great variety in meal choices and it has introduced many new and interesting foods into our home. Healing your body is the best gift you can give to yourself. Read, eat and enjoy!
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Summary: Just the ticket to restore your health
Review: If you want a way to cook and eat that you can truly follow forever without deprivation this is it! Essential Eating showed me how to overcome my indigestion and food allergies and lose my excess weight. It was amazing how much I learned about what foods the body can and cannot digest. This recipes are wheat-free but still include pancakes, waffles, breads, muffins and desserts! It is so much more that a cookbook, it's a way of eating life that brought so much freedom into my life. Thanks to Essential Eating I now feel great.
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Summary: Just the ticket to restore your health
Review: If you want a way to cook and eat that you can truly follow forever without deprivation this is it! Essential Eating showed me how to overcome my indigestion and food allergies and lose my excess weight. It was amazing how much I learned about what foods the body can and cannot digest. This recipes are wheat-free but still include pancakes, waffles, breads, muffins and desserts! It is so much more that a cookbook, it's a way of eating life that brought so much freedom into my life. Thanks to Essential Eating I now feel great.
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Summary: For the health conscious kitchen cook
Review: In Essential Eating, A Cookbook: Discover How To Eat, Not Diet, organic gardener and whole foods cooking expert Janie Quinn offers 350 recipes for easy-to-digest dishes that are "body friendly" and health enhancing. Of special interest are Quinn's commentaries on "The Essential Eating Philosophy" and the nature of essential cooking, organic foods, weekly menu development, cooking tips, and much, much more. From Cashew Milk; Cold-Pressed Coffee; Hazelnut Butter Sandwich; Sprouted Bean and Tomato Bisque; and Spaghetti Squash with Asparagus; to Chicken Avocado Soup; Mushroom-Crusted Quiche; Sweet Potato Fries; Maple Taffy; and Quinoa Flake Cookies, Essential Eating, A Cookbook is a practical and highly recommended compendium for the health conscious kitchen cook.
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Summary: Forget those other diets
Review: In Essential Eating, A Cookbook: Discover How To Eat, Not Diet, organic gardener and whole foods cooking expert Janie Quinn offers 350 recipes for easy-to-digest dishes that are "body friendly" and health enhancing. Of special interest are Quinn's commentaries on "The Essential Eating Philosophy" and the nature of essential cooking, organic foods, weekly menu development, cooking tips, and much, much more. From Cashew Milk; Cold-Pressed Coffee; Hazelnut Butter Sandwich; Sprouted Bean and Tomato Bisque; and Spaghetti Squash with Asparagus; to Chicken Avocado Soup; Mushroom-Crusted Quiche; Sweet Potato Fries; Maple Taffy; and Quinoa Flake Cookies, Essential Eating, A Cookbook is a practical and highly recommended compendium for the health conscious kitchen cook.
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Summary: Experiencing Essential Eating
Review: My first exposure to "Essential Eating" was a class utilizing the book at Marywood University in Scranton, Pa. At first, I thought it would be a series of lectures on how to eat more healthily. Well, we soon got into understanding what food is, began to prepare and cook it, then sample our delights. We learned from the book that being concerned about the quality of the food we buy, cook, and eat, is "essential" to keeping our bodies healthy. One of the things that amazed us all, was that the food was absolutely delicious, not some deprived diet regime.
The class was so enthusiastic, that even though the class time was from 6p.m. to 8p.m., we began to show up early and stayed late! Janie Quinn is a phenomenal human being, who has a delightful personality, and is a beacon of hope to our overweight society with her knowledge, practice, and educating our thought processes about caring for ourselves.
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