Synopses & Reviews
TESS MASTERS and her blended recipes have been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Glamour, Chow, Epicurious, and All Recipes, and Tess is a regular contributor to Vegetarian Times, Gorgeously Green, and more. She is the face of Vitamix's online technique and recipe videos, and has created recipes for such major health brands as Square One Organics, Sprout Living, the Thrive Alive Foundation, and Way Better Snacks. Australian by birth, Tess also enjoys a successful career in acting and voice-over work.
Synopsis
The debut cookbook from the powerhouse blogger behind theblendergirl.com, featuring 100 gluten-free, vegan recipes
for smoothies, meals, and more made quickly and easily in a blender.
What's your perfect blend?
On her wildly popular recipe blog, Tess Masters--aka, The Blender Girl--shares easy plant-based recipes that anyone can whip up fast in a blender. Tess's lively, down-to-earth approach has attracted legions of fans looking for quick and fun ways to prepare healthy food. In The Blender Girl, Tess's much-anticipated debut cookbook, she offers 100 whole-food recipes that are gluten-free and vegan, and rely on natural flavors and sweeteners. Many are also raw and nut-, soy-, corn-, and sugar-free.
Smoothies, soups, and spreads are a given in a blender cookbook, but this surprisingly versatile collection also includes appetizers, salads, and main dishes with a blended component, like Fresh Spring Rolls with Orange-Almond Sauce, Twisted Caesar Pleaser, Spicy Chickpea Burgers with Portobello Buns and Greens, and I-Love-Veggies Bake. And even though many of Tess's smoothies and shakes taste like dessert--Apple Pie in a Glass, Raspberry-Lemon Cheesecake, or Tastes-Like-Ice- Cream Kale, anyone?--her actual desserts are out-of this-world good, from Chocolate-Chile Banana Spilly to Flourless Triple-Pecan Mousse Pie and Chai Rice Pudding. Best of all, every recipe can easily be adjusted to your personal taste: add an extra squeeze of this, another handful of that, or leave something out altogether-- these dishes are super forgiving, so you can't mess them up.
Details on the benefits of soaking, sprouting, and dehydrating; proper food combining; and eating raw, probiotic-rich, and alkaline ingredients round out this nutrient-dense guide. But you don't have to understand the science of good nutrition to run with The Blender Girl--all you need is a blender and a sense of adventure. So dust off your machine and get ready to find your perfect blend.
About the Author
The debut cookbook from the powerhouse blogger behind www.healthyblenderrecipes.com, featuring 100 gluten-free, raw, vegan recipes made quickly and easily in a blender.
On her wildly popular recipe blog, Tess Masters (aka, The Blender Girl), shares easy plant-based recipes anyone can whip up fast in a blender. In The Blender Girl, Tess offers healthy whole-food concoctions that rely on natural flavors and sweeteners; all are gluten-free and many are also dairy-, egg-, nut-, soy-, and corn-free. Recipes for drinks, smoothies, and soups are a given, but this surprisingly versatile collection also includes dishes with a blended component, including appetizers, snacks, salads, and desserts; staples like sauces, spreads, and condiments; plus details on sprouting, food combining, acid versus alkaline, live foods, and more. The "sneak your veggies in" tomato sauce turns pizza into a nutritious meal, and the sweet kale shake that tastes like pistachio ice cream makes green-o-phobes beg for more in this deliciously healthy and s'blended guide.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Birth of the Blender Girl
The Lowdown
1. Love Your Blender
2. Healthy Ideas to Blend in
The Recipes
3. Smoothies & Shakes
4. Appetizers, Snacks, Dips & Spreads
5. Salads
6. Soups
7. The Main Event
8. Desserts
9. Drinks, Juices & Tonics
10. Condiments, Sauces & Creams
Resources: Get Your Goods Here
Great Reading
Acknowledgments
Index