The China Study Cookbook: Over 120 Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipes (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
I'm a big fan of Dr. Campbell and his work and I bought this book just knowing I would love it, but I was summarily disappointed. I tried several of the recipes. Some of them were good, but not great (Sweet Potato Enchiladas, Tasty Tostados, Zucchinni Crabless Cakes, Southwestern Calzones, Tomato and Avocado Pasta Salad) others were edible, but nothing I'd want to try again (Dominican Chapea, Carrot Bake, Twice Baked Southwest Potatoes, Tomato Pesto Sandwich). None of them really wowed me.What surprised me most was after eating these recipes for a couple of weeks, I actually gained weight. A significant amount of weight. I wasn't over eating. The recipes didn't taste good enough for me to want to eat more than I needed to feel satisfied. There is no caloric or nutritional data included with the recipes, so I started calculating the calorie content of some of the recipes and was shocked to find out the calorie content was so high. Much higher than I normally eat at a meal. I quit eating out of this book and the weight is starting to drop back off again.I still love Dr. Campbell, and it pains me to have to give his cookbook a bad review, but this book just didn't work for me. I'll stick to cookbooks that list the nutritional data with their recipes from now on so I have a better idea of what I'm putting in my body. I have eaten a whole foods plant based diet for two years with spectacular results and have several other cookbooks of this type. This is tied with The Happy Herbivore as my favorite. I have prepared ten China Study recipes thus far and loved them all. The food is flavorful, not bland like with some healthy cookbooks I've tried. My husband, who is an omnivore, enjoyed them as well. Most can be prepared with minimal effort from inexpensive ingredients found in a regular grocery store. The book itself is a nice size with photos for almost every recipe. A convenient index makes recipes easy to find by name or ingredient. I am purchasing a second copy to give as a gift - highly recommended!
What do You think about The China Study Cookbook: Over 120 Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipes (2013)?
Take the time to read the chapters leading up to the recipes. Excellent information.
—crazy4horses_333
A number of reasonable recipes. Some call for odd things or rather expensive things.
—Hunger_games1234
