My Beef With Meat: The Healthiest Argument For Eating A Plant-Strong Diet - Plus 140 New Engine 2 Recipes (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
As a vegan myself, books like this tend to embarrass me to a degree, since they promise that began/plant-based/plant-strong/etc. is the only way to go and that it's for everyone and that you'd be a monster to choose otherwise. I know full well that going veg*n isn't for everyone--poverty and medical conditions are just two potential contraindications, for example. Anyway I feel that this book provides some valid talking points, it's just too bad that they are blended in with pseudoscience. This book leaves me with many questions, but I feel that it could serve as a jumping-off point for further research.I gave this three stars rather than two because the recipes look interesting. Their names are quite cringe-worthy, and in many cases inaccurate (in what world are blueberries considered Incan?), but I'll be trying some more of these out before I return the book to the library. On the book portion (pp 1-133): Saying animal protein isn't healthful doesn't make it so. Explain to us why this is so! Many ideas were backed by questionable logic... so, do I believe this or, wait, there are no citations for me to follow.On the recipe section (pp 133+, most pages skipped): There are a few colour photo pages -- yum -- and they mostly read well. I found the contrast between recipes interesting: one calling for gluten-free flour (thus, heavily processed) and another for seitan / wheat gluten as its base. General suggestions for modifying recipes would have made it read better in book form; I know it was a collection of recipes for many sources.
What do You think about My Beef With Meat: The Healthiest Argument For Eating A Plant-Strong Diet - Plus 140 New Engine 2 Recipes (2013)?
I've tried several of the recipes and all have been hits.
—Melissa
Nothing really new to me in the book.
—Lala
Went Deeper into plant based eating.
—27p16and41p666
