Super Natural Cooking : Five Delicious Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Foods Into Your Cooking [A Cookbook]

Everyone knows that whole foods are much healthier than refined ingredients, but few know how to cook with them in uncomplicated, delicious ways. Using a palette of natural ingredients now widely available in supermarkets, Super Natural Cooking offers globally inspired, nutritionally packed cuisine that is both gratifying and flavorful. With her weeknight-friendly dishes, real-foodie Heidi Swanson teaches home cooks how to become confident in a whole-foods kitchen by experimenting with alternative flours, fats, grains, sweeteners, and more. Including innovative twists on familiar dishes from polenta to chocolate chip cookies, Super Natural Cooking is the new wholesome way to eat, using real-world ingredients to get out-of-this-world results.An inspiringly stylish introduction to nutritional superfoods, with an emphasis on whole grains, natural sweeteners, healthy oils, and colorful phytonutrient-packed ingredients.Features 80 recipes, a comprehensive pantry chapter, and 100 stunning full-color photos. Shows how to build a whole-foods pantry with nutrition-rich ingredients like almond oil, pomegranate molasses, and mesquite flour--each explained in detail.Winner of the 2005 Webby Award for best personal website, Heidi Swanson's recipe blog ((http://www.101cookbooks.com) www.101cookbooks.com ) attracts close to 500,000 page views a month, making it one of the most widely read recipe journals online. Everyone Knows That Whole Foods Are Much Healthier Than Refined Ingredients, But Few Know How To Cook With Them In Uncomplicated, Delicious Ways. Using A Palette Of Natural Ingredients Now Widely Available In Supermarkets, Super Natural Cooking Offers Globally Inspired, Nutritionally Packed Cuisine That Is Both Gratifying And Flavorful. With Her Weeknight-friendly Dishes, Real-foodie Heidi Swanson Teaches Home Cooks How To Become Confident In A Whole-foods Kitchen By Experimenting With Alternative Flours, Fats, Grains, Sweeteners, And More. Including Innovative Twists On Familiar Dishes From Polenta To Chocolate Chip Cookies, Super Natural Cooking Is The New Wholesome Way To Eat, Using Real-world Ingredients To Get Out-of-this-world Results. An Inspiringly Stylish Introduction To Nutritional Superfoods, With An Emphasis On Whole Grains, Natural Sweeteners, Healthy Oils, And Colorful Phytonutrient-packed Ingredients.features 80 Recipes, A Comprehensive Pantry Chapter, And 100 Stunning Full-color Photos. Shows How To Build A Whole-foods Pantry With Nutrition-rich Ingredients Like Almond Oil, Pomegranate Molasses, And Mesquite Flour—each Explained In Detail--publisher's Description. Build A Natural Foods Pantry -- Explore A Wide Range Of Grains -- Cook By Color -- Know Your Superfoods -- Use Natural Sweeteners -- Basic Recipes And Techniques. Heidi Swanson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Using a palette of natural ingredients now widely available in supermarkets, Super Natural Cooking offers globally inspired, nutritionally packed cuisine that is both gratifying and flavorful. Everyone knows that whole foods are much healthier than refined ingredients, but few know how to cook with them in uncomplicated, delicious ways. With her weeknight-friendly dishes, real-foodie Heidi Swanson teaches home cooks how to become confident in a whole-foods kitchen by experimenting with alternative flours, fats, grains, sweeteners, and more. Including innovative twists on familiar dishes from polenta to chocolate chip cookies, Super Natural Cooking is the new wholesome way to eat, using real-world ingredients to get out-of-this-world results. With an inspiring introduction to nutritional superfoods, and an emphasis on whole grains, natural sweeteners, healthy oils, and colorful phytonutrient-packed ingredients, Swanson shows you how to build a whole-foods pantry with nutrition-rich ingredients like almond oil, pomegranate molasses, and mesquite flour--each explained in detail. Features 80 recipes, a comprehensive pantry chapter, and 100 stunning full-color photos. A stylish and creative introduction to cooking with nutritional superfoods features eighty healthful and delicious recipes that emphasize whole grains, natural sweeteners, healthy oils, and phytonutrient-packed ingredients, featuring such dishes as Sweet Potato Spoonbread, Baked Black Tea Spring Rolls, Red Indian Carrot Soup, and Mesquite Chocolate Chip Cookies. Original. Emerging food-world superstar Heidi Swanson teaches readers innovative ways to incorporate whole and natural foods into their diet. Stunning photography is provided by the author, who is the creative force behind one of the most-visited food blogs in the country There is a natural foods co-op as big as a football field located in the heart of San Francisco just a short distance from my house.