I must admit that I had no idea who Ella Woodward was until I saw this book near the top of the Amazon best-seller charts and impulsively pre-ordered it because of this. I have bought quite a few healthy eating cookbooks of various types over the years by different authors. I know in advance that I'm not going to like all the recipes and I know that some are going to be fairly simple and obvious. If you're restricting certain ingredients that are high in sugar and fat then your options are a little more limited. I'm just looking for fresh ideas really and ways to use various ingredients that I've not thought of before. I'm not a professional chef, but I'm not a novice cook either, but this book certainly opened my eyes to a few new ideas.
I was already familiar with all of the ingredients used in this book, and some of the recipes were very similar to what I have come across before. That's not surprising, but if you are new to healthier eating and this kind of cookbook, then there is wealth of information inside. Each chapter starts with a comprehensive introduction and a shopping list. Every recipe has an explanatory paragraph at the top, and where appropriate a "tweak it", "kitchen know how", "make it better" or "shop sense" footnote at the bottom, which offer additional tips. I've no real problem with the layout, except there are a few too many full page photographs of Ella Woodward and other full page photographs of random fresh ingredients. The majority of the recipes, but certainly not all, have accompanying photographs, so the space could have been better used by attaching more recipe photographs, but this is a minor issue.
I was a bit underwhelmed by some of the recipes in the first couple of chapters ("breakfast" and "healthy eating on-the-go") because some of them are very simple no-cook recipes with less than a handful of ingredients that don't require much imagination. In contrast, as you get towards the end of the book, in the later chapters (in particular "big batch cooking" and "simple sweets") the recipes are mostly far from obvious and quite creative. Having only owned the book for a couple of days I obviously can't claim to have tried many of the recipes, but I have tried the chickpea, quinoa and turmeric curry because I had all of the ingredients to hand. I've made curries of that sort before but the combination of ingredients was a bit different and I must admit it turned out very well indeed. I can see how many of the other recipes would work, but at the same time can't quite imagine the taste, so there are a few more to try in the next week or two. No great cooking skill is required for any of the recipes, basic techniques are all that is needed.
Overall, I am very satisfied with what is a well-written and interesting book. It will be particularly useful for those with not much experience with healthy eating.
Since there is currently no option to look inside the book on Amazon, I have added a list of contents and recipes.
The contents page looks like this:
Introduction 7
Breakfast 18
Healthy eating on-the-go 56
Salads 90
Easy weekday dinners 120
Big batch cooking 162
Simple sweets 194
Recipe index 242
Index 244
Thank you 254
The full list of recipes:
Maple chia pots
Sweet beet overnight oats
Raw buckwheat bowls
Bircher muesli
Quinoa and ginger porridge
Speed porridge, four ways
Carrot cake muffins
The perfect garden fry-up
Cashew and vanilla butter
Courgette banana bread
Two-minute toast, two ways
Banana breakfast bars
Kale & cucumber smoothie
Super spinach smoothie
Sweet smoothie bowl
My morning smoothie four ways
Creamy cashew milk
Sweet potato and garlic purée
Smoky aubergine dip
Black bean hummus
Spicy turmeric hummus
Fresh mint and cashew pesto
Miso and sesame brown rice
Tahini buckwheat
Lemon quinoa
Sesame marinated kale
Cashew coleslaw
Courgette and carrot strip salad
Sun-dried tomato & courgette noodles
Baked tomato chickpeas
Perfect pesto veggies
Spiced squash and sweet potato chunks
Roasted parsnip 'fries'
Carrot, beetroot and sesame salad
Chickpea and squash salad
Wilted spinach and black bean salad
Middle Eastern-inspired salad
Sautéed potato, kale and hummus
Sweet potato and rocket
Simple cucumber and tomato salad
Pad Thai
Green beans and salsa
Winter kale salad
Mango and avocado salsa
Sweet wild rice, cabbage and sesame
Roasted maple sprouts
Easy salad dressings, five ways
Spiced lentil soup
Bright pink soup
Sweet potato and coconut soup
Clean-out-the-fridge-soup
Chunky carrot and kale soup
Cleansing avocado soup
Pea and cauliflower bowl
Roasted aubergine and tahini bowl
Mushroom-stuffed peppers
The best baked sweet potato
Almond butter quinoa
Green goodness bowl
Honey and mushroom quinoa
Herbed lentil bowl
Comforting mashed potato bowl
Easy pasta arrabbiata
Warming pesto butter beans
Quinoa nori rolls with avocado cream
Buddha bowl
Spiced sweet potato stew
Chickpea, quinoa and turmeric curry
Veggie paella
Creamy sweet potato risotto
Warming winter bowls
Cauliflower pizza
Black bean burgers
Mushroom risotto with basil cream
Easy ratatouille
Kale and cannellini stew with sweet potato wedges
My favourite sweet potato cakes
Creamy carbonara
Spicy lentil and aubergine pasta
Gooey black bean brownies
Gingerbread cookies
Energy bites, two ways
Cacao, oat and raisin cookies
Quinoa and cacao crispy treats
Trail mix, two ways
Cinnamon-coconut popcorn
Coconut and raspberry mousse
Summer strawberry-banana crumble
Chocolate and hazelnut tarts
Winter-spiced pear and apple crumble
Chocolate ganache cake
Pecan pie
Double chocolate cheesecake brownies
Chocolate caramel slices
Spiced fruit bowls
Fizzy truffles
Hot chocolate
Warm beet and apple juice
Warming turmeric tonic
Spicy honey lemon tea
Fresh mint tea
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What's inside Deliciously Ella Everyday?
There's lots of breakfast ideas, from quinoa and ginger porridge to courgette banana bread, and my morning smoothie, four ways. then for healthy eating on-the-go there's recipes for smoky aubergine dip and cashew coleslaw and salads like pad thai and mango and avocado salsa. for easy weekday dinners there's a delicious herbed lentil bowl and warming pesto butter beans. when you can fit in big batch cooking, there's veggie paella and creamy carbonara and simple sweets like the chocolate ganache cake, gingerbread cookies and of course, energy bites!
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Fab book!
I LOVE this book. I’m not vegan but was recommended this by a friend and I have already made 4 recipes and I’ve only owned it for 6 days! They’ve all been sooo yummy! You will spend more on food but your body will thank you! You won’t feel sluggish like refunded sugar makes you feel as it’s all healthy ingredients and natural sweetness.
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- Scarlet O'HaraReviewed in the United States on 21 July 2019
Simple, Nutritious Meal Ideas for a Healthy Life
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Client d'AmazonReviewed in France on 26 May 2016
Un des meilleurs ouvrages de ma bibliothèque culinaire !
