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Need Unique Gift Ideas? Healthy Cookbooks & Apps
Anytime is healthy gift time and here are some of my gift giving suggestions with a focus on international health!
HappyCow Cookbook
“Sample amazing vegan dishes from around the world—right in your own kitchen.
HappyCow.com helps millions of people everywhere find delicious vegan and vegetarian cuisine across the globe through the site’s extensive database of restaurants and reviews. Now, Eric Brent, creator of HappyCow, and Glen Merzer, coauthor of Better Than Vegan and Food Over Medicine, bring the HappyCow concept home with a collection of nutritious and delicious dishes from top-rated vegan restaurants around the world.
Featuring recipes from many of the world’s finest and most popular vegan restaurants, The HappyCow Cookbook shares the history and evolution of each restaurant, provides Q&As with the owners, and teaches you how to make some of their mouthwatering dishes.”
HappyCow Cookbook recipes spotted elsewhere:
Chickpea Fries (from Peacefood Café, NY)
Beet Salad with Shallot-Thyme Dressing (from Blackbird Pizzeria in Philadelphia, PA)
Cherry Royal (from Veggie Grill in Hollywood, CA)
Granada Chai (from El Piano in Malaga, Spain)
Moroccan Tajine (from SunCafe Organic in Studio City, CA)
Pasta with Pumpkin Curry Sauce (from Counter Culture in Austin, TX)
Pistachio-Crusted Eggplant Napoleon (from Millennium Restaurant in San Francisco, CA)
Pumpkin Cheesecake with Bourbon-Brown Sugar Cream (from True Bistro in Boston, MA)
Quinoa Tabbouleh (from Chaco Canyon in Seattle, WA)
Raw Lime Parfait (from Plant in Asheville, NC)
Swiss Bircher Muesli (from Luna’s Living Kitchen in Charlotte, NC)
KimChi Nori Maki Roll (from Real Food Daily, Hollywood, CA)
This entire post inspired by TasteSpace http://tastespace.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/peacefood-cafes-chickpea-fries-happycow-cookbook-giveaway/
You can purchase the HappyCow cookbook via Amazon.com.
HappyCow App
HappyCow also has an APP which shows us the closest veg* friendly restaurants and stores from home and while traveling. Super convenient if you’re focused on health, compassion and the environment. Get the HappyCow App from iTunes!
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Raw Chef Pro Apps
CAESAR SALAD*
2 heads of romaine lettuce
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons of chia seeds
2 tablespoons white miso paste
3 stalks of celery
juice of one medium lemon
1/4 cup water
3 pitted dates
1 tablespoon nama shoyu or tamari
2 tablespoons of kelp granules
Himalayan salt to taste
Blend all ingredients except romaine lettuce in a blender until completely smooth. Slice the romaine lettuce and add enough dressing to lightly coat just before serving.
Thank YOU Chef Rebecca Maldonado, Energy Optimizer, Magic Carpet Cuisine
Everyone has at least one friend or family member with pretty exacting and specific standards for the kind of food they eat. If you’re lucky, maybe you are part of a large tribe of conscientious eaters. The RAW CHEF PRO series of APPS is available exclusively through itunes and is a collection of recipes featuring nothing but the best ingredients. You get full flavor without the “food coma” or any regrets. Each recipe fits the bill for high flavor food that is raw, vegan, vegetarian, gluten free and paleo friendly.
The RAW CHEF PRO apps are a series of 3 apps which include the original, the breakfast version, and the Mexican food version for all those that enjoy hot and spicy flavors. They download to your iPhone or ipad and include pictures for each recipe, the ability to save your favorites and create a shopping list for recipes you are ready to try. These apps are the gift that will keep giving in energy, flavor and skin that glows.
*This recipe is from the RAW CHEF PRO app available exclusively through iTunes.
Michele the Trainer’s 2 Books, Success Journal and Children’s Placemat
My books are full color, all pages, and printed in an eco-friendly kitchen proof manner. All of my recipes are SIMPLE EASY DELICIOUS and suggestions are organic plant based. Perfect for any vegan, vegetarian, gluten free and paleo friendly as well!
My first book, Quick Start is the essential guide to plant based weight loss. It focuses on simple recipes that are delicious that we can enjoy in abundance. Yes you can eat those recipes in abundance and maintain your weight.
My second book, Sexy Salads is an essential guide how to make a boring salad sexy. It includes salad dressing recipes, hummus recipes and variations, guacamole and more.
The Success Journal is a journal to track your success!
My books are available via Amazon.com (look up Michele the Trainer) or email me if you would like a bundle, to include a coaching gift certificate or gift wrap. Michele@MicheleTheTrainer.Com
Also I have logo items and new VEGAN & No Te Peleas statement shirts available here:
http://www.cafepress.com/michelethetrainer
About Michele the Trainer
Michele the Trainer is your Wellness Expert, Motivational and Wellness Speaker, Published Author, Concierge Celebrity Personal Trainer, voted Best Fitness Trainer Los Angeles Daily News since 2013. Michele’s success losing 165 pounds holistically and keeping it off since 1998 is very inspirational. For more on Michele: Michele the Trainer 877-409-1758
www.michelethetrainerwellness.com
Here is Michele’s Amazon.com author page where you can find her book, Sexy Salads:
http://www.amazon.com/Michele-the-Trainer/e/B0075W9PJI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1
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