by Eileen Keavy Smith
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Ayurveda is an ancient Indian system of health and healing based on the principle that each human being is unique, and has a distinct individual constitution, genetic inheritance and predisposition to certain ailments.
The Quick & Easy Ayurvedic Cookbook allows you to easily implement Ayurvedic principles in your cooking and improve your health without devoting long hours of study to the subject or breaking your budget. Learn how to cure insomnia and indigestion, and even mood swings, just by making food choices based on your Ayurvedic constitution. The recipes include familiar favorites-such as baked apples, chicken burgers, and potato salad-making it a practical addition to your kitchen and home.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Too close to the American diet, 2008-10-22
The reason I bought this book was that it had "quick and easy" in the title. The title should read, "quick and easy, and heavily Americanized 'claims to be' Ayurvedic cooking."
I have read several books on Ayurveda and Ayurvedic cooking. This cookbook deviates from the others. The recipes are more Americanized. Cheese, meat and pasta are used in a large percentage of the recipes. In this cookbook, the spices and herbs used in the recipes are typical of French, American or Italian cuisine: basil, marjoram, thyme, parsley, dill and spearmint leaves. In addition, the author combines cottage cheese and fresh fruit; in other Ayurvedic cookbooks, fresh fruit is recommended to be eaten alone. Mayonnaise, "a shocker", is also used in several of the recipes in this cookbook. How can this author claim that it is Ayurvedic cooking? I do not even consider this a cookbook for healthy eaters.
The benefits of Ayurvedic cooking are food combining and the more typically Indian spices: turmeric power, cumin seeds, and hing. Better Ayurvedic cookbooks are: The Ayurvedic Cookbook by Amadea Morningstar with Urmila Desai; The Chopra Center Cookbook by Deepak Chopra, MD; Eat, Taste, Heal by Thomas Yarema, MD, Daniel Rhoda, and Chef Johnny Brannigan; and Ayurvedic Cooking for Westerners by Amadea Morningstar.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Good, healthy, easy-to-make food!, 2008-02-10
This is one of the best cookbooks I have ever bought! Eileen Smith notes in the preface that her main objective is to keep meal planning and cooking as simple as possible, and she has managed to do that.
This cookbook includes recipes with easy-to-find ingredients, short prep and cooking times, the inclusion of chicken and seafood (most Ayurvedic cookbooks are completely vegetarian), and recipes that taste great!
I also liked that she included some introductory information on Ayurveda, including a test to determine your dosha. I already knew I was Vata, and was very pleasantly surprised to see that almost every recipe listed to balance Vata sounded good to me, like Baked Fish with Herbs, Scallops in Wine Sauce, Chicken with Mustard Marinade and more.
I would highly recommend this cookbook to anyone looking for good, healthy food that's easy to make and tastes great!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Ayurveda Cookbook with ingredients you have!, 2007-09-30
This cookbook is excellent because the recipes are simple and easy to understand. Also, you can find all the ingredients! I've made 6 recipes so far, and all have turned out excellent. (Try the herb baked fish--mmmm)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
great addition to ayurvedic cook's library, 2007-01-26
This book has been a wonderful way to introduce Ayurvedic cooking into my kitchen. I love the fact that these recipes are not "indian" dishes, for variety. I've tried the Salmon Loaf, Seafood cakes, beans & rice, and some very simple side dishes to go with these....all are great. I can also serve these to others who don't care to have indian food 7 days a week ;) As a beginner, I find most recipes in other, traditional Ayurvedic cooking sources a bit too much for my full-time work week, yet as an added benefit from using this cookbook I found that I've built up the courage to try those challenging ones as well... maybe on the weekend, initially. I base this review on comparison with the more complex "Eat - Taste - Heal", "The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia" (good reference on Ayurvedic properties of single foods, but not on "mixing"), and "The Path of Practice" (although this one is not really a cookbook). Hope my experience encourages you to try the Ayurvedic diet!
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
 Not snappy, 2007-01-09
I prefer cook books with color photos, times to both prepare and cook food and this one hasn't had much of a life out of the book case.
It is hard to find good vegan cook books, I like the subject matter and that it does address food as a source of healing.
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