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97 of 105 humans found the following review helpful.
Like a fluffernutter sandwich - there's good stuff inside, but it's surrounded by fluff
By jason z
It's hard to find a decent clean-eating cookbook. This one surely is decent, but I wouldn't give it much more praise than that. There are some recipes that are pretty good and all of them are rather straightforward, but my major problem with the book is that a good deal of of the recipes are finish fluff that could have been all compiled onto a single page ("quick bites", or something like that). For instance, the "Fix and Eat Sardine Sandwich". Now, I'm going from memory here, but I'm beauteous sure that the steps boiled down to these steps: Take two slices of bread, disseminate mustard on each slice, then put the sardines amidst the two pieces of bread and eat them. Sorry, Gregg, but I'm a healthful eater, not someone who's never been in a kitchen before. There are other recipes like this ("Slice up a head of lettuce and serve it with mustard as dipping sauce", for example) that are actually wastes of space.
Also, it would have been good to see more comprehensible statement when it comes to carb-cycling (or carb-shifting as he describes it), along with macronutrient breakdowns for the dissimilar eating phases Gregg describes in the book.
There's numerous good stuff in here, that's for sure, but it's too much like a fluffernutter sandwich: lots of healthful potential surrounded, unfortunately, by too much fluff.
36 of 38 humans found the following review helpful.
Absolutely fantastic!
By Susanna Hutcheson
OK. I know this is a guy book and I'm not a guy. Let's start out with that. I was led to this book because I had read with regards to it in one of my publications. I utterly detest cooking and I have a panic attack just thinking when it comes to the kitchen. My mother taught me to drive and type. She didn't instruct me to cook.
I've purchased a great deal of cookbooks and hate them all. They're all too elaborated for my maladjusted cooking genes. But this book --- well that's a dissimilar story! This is easy to follow and fun. Yes, fun.
I've found that I may eat foods that taste perfectly fantastic and it takes little effort, little fat and no junk that's bad for me. I've learned to use spices and things I had never known how to use before. I'm loving this.
Moreover, I'm losing weight. I log everything in my Palm Pilot on a program from CalorieKing. It's easy to recognise how a good deal of calories are in each dish. Now, as a woman, I may not eat a whole serving. So I merely adjust that in my log.
I will have to tell you that for the original time in my life I'm enjoying being in the kitchen. I repair foods ahead, which makes my life much easier.
All the recipes are easy to fix and don't take a lot of ingredients. You'll find this type of eating gives you more energy and keeps you sentiment full. At the same time, you may get genuinely ripped. And losing weight is easy and fun.
And, if you guys will pardon me, I commend this book to my sisters as well as to you.
The one thing I don't like in regards to it is not the content. It's the book. I'd prefer a spiral book that I may lay out on my tiny kitchen counter. Also one that may be cleaned as I am a mess in the kitchen.
Update: After using the book for a month, I do have at least one issue with it. Take for example the Mixed-Berry Protein Mousse on page 237. This is a wondrous menu and the taste is indescribable. Wonderful. But it says is makes six servings. That's fine. But how much is one serving? I mean, out of the total made, is a serving 1 cup, one-half cup or what? I would like to know how much to take out of the bowl to make one serving. Otherwise, I'm unsure how galore calories I'm genuinely getting.
Having said that, I've lost seven pounds in one month by following the foods and counting calories and I've yet to be actually hungry. It's amazing!
But dear author, when and if you do an update (and I hope you do) please tell us what one serving is.
I did improve on one of the easy recipes. At least to me it's a major improvement. The recipe calls for mashing tofu and adding protein powder. Well, It's okay. But here's something better:
Tofu as called for in recipe
Protein as called for in recipe
Put in blender (preferable one with a milkshake blade)
Add coconut water (not much)
Add one pk. stevia
Blend until smooth. This makes a terrifi milkshake with a lovely texture. It's much better than what you get with the recipe in the book and just two or three added calories from the coconut water.
Highly recommended.
-Susanna K. Hutcheson
20 of 22 humans found the following review helpful.
Simple. OMG Tasty. Easy recipes. Just the facts.
By A. Sethi
In the spirit of full disclosure, I live in the same town as Gregg Avedon and have spoken with him in regards to nutrition at the local gym. His cognition rivals that of classically trained nutritionists. Though he's much more practical. A father and a husband, he lives a regular life and balances his nutritional recommendations for the real world. I may attest, Gregg walks the walk. That said, there is a key divergence in his book you won't find anyplace else. It's simplicity! Period. For example, he simplifies and reduces the topic of supplements into just a few items. All in with regards to one page. To some, the book could be worth it just for that page alone!
Most diet or nutrition books go on-and-on with their instructional "mantra." Hey authors, we know most of this stuff already reading it in the papers closely each day. Gregg skips over the alchemy class and dives right into what to buy at the grocery store. I have some nutrition books, even though few ever begin with the simple idea of buying goods for my fridge, my pantry, the herbs and the tools I'll need. In those few pages, I've begun to feel convinced that a regular guy could manage buying all these items.
Did I already mention the sheer simplicity of this book? Yeah, there are a large total of recipe books out there, but Gregg's has a good deal of that go like this: ingredient 1, ingredient 2, step 1, step 2...eat it! I kid you not. Some of the recipes are quick yet healthful and in one pot or one pan, the intermediate guy may make a meal. My 18-year-old son, who's so bad in the kitchen that he could in all probability burn water, turned to page 151 and commented that he could personally make his bestloved Protein-Rich Quinoa Salad...everyday! Although Gregg states his book is "food for dudes," my Mom started marking off recipes as soon as she got her copy.
I exceptionally like the substitute late-night snacks, my own weakness. Plus a simple tip like what to eat at the restaurant -- "eat before you eat." Now, anytime before I go out, I drink a filling protein shake, and I'm all set. Thankfully, Gregg hides his special and significant stress on protein by sneaking it in...everywhere. He's buried protein in the Chocolate Mousse, in the Raspberry-Mocha Chocolate Chip Cookies -- for real! (page 233). Yeah, this ain't no diet book, it is just smart feed that includes the widest potpourri of feed types from any of my diet or nutrition books. As Gregg says, "...this isn't brain surgery, it's learning how to eat more nutritionally dense foods as a way of life..."
I say, I could genuinely eat only what's in this book for the rest of my life...and never miss a thing.
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