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I had high hopes for this - I really want to reduce my sugar intake - but sadly none of the recipes appealed because of the mix of ingredients and cooking process, which to me was too complicated. I'm sure this book will appeal to many, especially those with more time & patience than me :)
Motivated me to quit sugar, but the recipes I tried were just okay. Some of them didn’t really work at all (ie the crackers). Still on the hunt for a good sugar-free cookbook.
Just skimming through but THIS is what I was looking for!
Hello, hipster cookbook.
I picked this cookbook up because I agree that "our modern food system is set up around sugar, and seductively so" (from introduction). I hoped to get some good ideas, recipes and further motivation to cut out the sugar from my day to day eating.
Here were some of the problems I had with this book:
First off, I really couldn't relate to this girl. Prior to cutting out sugar, she only consumed maybe 25 teaspoons of sugar. Good for her but way to make me already feel isolated. This is how she describes her sugar-y diet: "I was eating three pieces of fruit a day, a handful of dried fruit, a teaspoon or two of honey in my tea, a small (1.2 oz.) bar of dark chocolate after lunch and, after dinner, honey drizzled on yogurt, or dessert (if I was out)." Maybe it's just me, but I found this pretentious.
Secondly, her recipes and ideas are not for the 'everyman'. Chia and Quinoa parfait breakfast? Warm Sprouted Pea Hash (ingredients include: sprouted legumes, liquid aminos, chopped anchovies, crumbled feta, avocado chunks, chia seeds...)? I can't feed my family on Endive Sardine Boats.
To me, this cookbook is too unrealistic. I recommend The 21-Day Sugar Detox Cookbook by Diane Sanfilippo or look for 100 Days of Real Food by Lisa Leake, coming out in August.
I picked this cookbook up because I agree that "our modern food system is set up around sugar, and seductively so" (from introduction). I hoped to get some good ideas, recipes and further motivation to cut out the sugar from my day to day eating.
Here were some of the problems I had with this book:
First off, I really couldn't relate to this girl. Prior to cutting out sugar, she only consumed maybe 25 teaspoons of sugar. Good for her but way to make me already feel isolated. This is how she describes her sugar-y diet: "I was eating three pieces of fruit a day, a handful of dried fruit, a teaspoon or two of honey in my tea, a small (1.2 oz.) bar of dark chocolate after lunch and, after dinner, honey drizzled on yogurt, or dessert (if I was out)." Maybe it's just me, but I found this pretentious.
Secondly, her recipes and ideas are not for the 'everyman'. Chia and Quinoa parfait breakfast? Warm Sprouted Pea Hash (ingredients include: sprouted legumes, liquid aminos, chopped anchovies, crumbled feta, avocado chunks, chia seeds...)? I can't feed my family on Endive Sardine Boats.
To me, this cookbook is too unrealistic. I recommend The 21-Day Sugar Detox Cookbook by Diane Sanfilippo or look for 100 Days of Real Food by Lisa Leake, coming out in August.
I came into this book having already given up all things sweet. This book is one of the few I've found that has truly sugar free recipes, and not just the latest sweetener that supposed to be so much better for us as an almost one to one substitute.
I liked her recommendations for quitting over an eight week period, and had already used many of her techniques in my various efforts to cut out sweets. She had some good new suggestions, and I liked that her approach was forgiving.
I found this book lacking in the information explaining why we need to give up sweets. I had already decided to, because they are a huge cause of my migraines. Had I not come in to this book a believer I would have found it disappointing, and probably not bothered with it. The recipes, and kind guidance are worthwhile. There are, and are sure to be more over the next couple of years, better resources for the reasons behind giving up sugar.
I liked her recommendations for quitting over an eight week period, and had already used many of her techniques in my various efforts to cut out sweets. She had some good new suggestions, and I liked that her approach was forgiving.
I found this book lacking in the information explaining why we need to give up sweets. I had already decided to, because they are a huge cause of my migraines. Had I not come in to this book a believer I would have found it disappointing, and probably not bothered with it. The recipes, and kind guidance are worthwhile. There are, and are sure to be more over the next couple of years, better resources for the reasons behind giving up sugar.
I am definitely reading this book over and over! Great insight! I feel so much better after going through this program. I'll probably need to do it again after the holidays!
This was definitely not what I thought it was and also not very helpful. It is a plan to quit sugar, sort of... Because you just kind of replace it with stevia (which I would recommend looking into before just going for it; personally I stay away from it). There was also lots of coconut everything - flakes, oil, water, etc. A few other things the book recommends which I either don't eat or try to limit are butter, ham, beef, bacon, cheese, etc. I didn't like any of the recipes or didn't want to buy special flours or other ingredients that I know I wouldn't use often. I would not recommend this book. However, I would recommend her other book - First We Make The Beast Beautiful - but it's an entirely different topic.
The tone is not one I normally find appealing, extra health food style with a side of autoimmune issues, and skip the glutin. So if you're into low glutin + sugar recipes Wilson has you covered.
I found myself increasing annoyed by Wilson's tendancy to convert the sugar measurements into teaspoons - what is wrong with grams? But we thought maybe this is an US measurement thing. Anyway - I like the look of some of the breakfast recipes, but let's be honest, I'm too lazy to make a 10 ingredient thing never mind strain my own cream cheese from full fat organic yogurt over a couple days, or sprout legumes. I can already eat the yogurt or soak and boil the beans, takes way less time. Overall, the whole process just feels inaccessible if you aren't all that into cooking, although I appreciate she went for "these ingredients keep repeating because it's the most efficient use of time/groceries"
I found myself increasing annoyed by Wilson's tendancy to convert the sugar measurements into teaspoons - what is wrong with grams? But we thought maybe this is an US measurement thing. Anyway - I like the look of some of the breakfast recipes, but let's be honest, I'm too lazy to make a 10 ingredient thing never mind strain my own cream cheese from full fat organic yogurt over a couple days, or sprout legumes. I can already eat the yogurt or soak and boil the beans, takes way less time. Overall, the whole process just feels inaccessible if you aren't all that into cooking, although I appreciate she went for "these ingredients keep repeating because it's the most efficient use of time/groceries"
