Looking for recipes that are rich and decadent — both in taste and nutrition? Now you can get how-tos for bringing a whole variety of potent superfoods into your diet — all in one book. Just pick up L.A. chef Julie Morris’ “Superfood Cuisine: Cooking With Nature’s Most Amazing Foods” to get started, fast.
This cookbook’s full of recipes — accompanied by mouth-watering photos — that boost both the yum and health factors with delicious superfoods. Many dishes simply show you how to add on an extra nutritional kick to the dishes you know and love. Lasagna your favorite dinner? Make a Garden Lasagna layered with eggplant and a rich lentil-hemp filling. Can’t live without risotto? Try the Kabocha-Quinoa Risotto with Sage Cream and Sun-Dried Yacon Root.
But “Superfood Cookbook” isn’t just about revamping comfort food favorites. In fact, many of Julie’s recipes cater to the raw-gans — many of whom already consider themselves superfoodies too. Even if you’ve got a bunch of rawlicious dishes under your culinary belt, this cookbook’s worth picking up. Julie’s recipes add that extra touch that turn basic raw dishes into tantalizing concoctions. Thought my raw chia pudding looked a little boring? Now that I’ve tried making the Spiced Chia Porridge (below) in “Superfood Cuisine,” I do too!

The photo doesn’t do the taste justice. This recipe’s base isn’t simple nut milk, but a sweet and creamy blend of cashews, hemp seeds, dates, and spices. Let the chia seeds plump up overnight in this rich shake along with goji and mulberries, and you get a deliciously thick pudding with a complex, nutty-sweet flavor — that’s full of superfruits, omega 3s and 6s, and lots of other vitamins and minerals.
I also loved the Mango & Berry Parfait (below) — A delicious creamy raw vegan tropical delight you could enjoy for breakfast but is really sweet enough for dessert.

Don’t know your chia from your camu camu? That’s fine — “Superfood Cookbook” has got a descriptive pantry list you can refer to at the front of the book, a resources list at the back, and a smattering of FYI facts throughout — all explaining the origins, pointing out health benefits, and offering cooking (or uncooking) tips for superfoods.
Superfood Cuisine‘s available now for $29.99. Want to try making a few dishes before buying the book? Vital Juice has a recipe for raw Maca-Macaroons, and Julie Morris’ own blog has one for Quinoa with Secret Pesto & Sun-dried Tomatoes.

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