Today I am reviewing FoodTrients by Grace O for TLC Book Tours. As always, I am provided with a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.
I try to eat healthy foods. I don’t always succeed, but I do try. I am a vegetarian. I once was macrobiotic, so I’ve spent a fair amount of time reading about various theories as to just what’s good for you. This book, by Grace O, is fascinating. An accomplished cook, restauranteur and now the owner of several senior healthcare facilities, she has researched food and its age-defying qualities.
Grace O has assembled the 5 categories of FoodTrients that ‘are essential to age-defying and healthful living.’ They are: anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, disease-preventing, immunity booster and mind and beauty. Each recipe combines some or all of these categories and the FoodTrients categories are clearly listed at the top of each recipe. The recipes are made with whole foods and the author provides a list of some of her more unusual ingredients in the first part of the book.
The book is gorgeously photographed. I don’t know about you, but I like to see a photograph of the recipe. The recipes are easy to follow and the font size is nice and large. (Yay, no squinting required to read a recipe!) One recipe I really like is Quinoa Tabbouleh on Pita. Yum. It’s so easy that someone like me, who’d rather bake than cook, will find herself running to the kitchen to throw it together. It uses basic ingredients: quinoa, parsley, plum tomatoes, scallions, olive oil, lemon juice and whole-wheat pita rounds and takes next to no time. As in every recipe, the author provides information about the FoodTrient properties of the ingredients; in this case, of quinoa, tomatoes and olive oil.
The book is divided into sections: starters, salads, main courses, extras, desserts and drinks. There are plenty of recipes using meat for all you meat-eaters and there are plenty of recipes for non-meat eaters like me. Also included is a Guide to Age-Defying FoodTrients with lots of helpful information.
One of you lucky readers will be able to win a copy of this book and one of these aprons:
I want one! Sob. The winner will win both the book and the apron. Leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner on Thursday night. There are no hoops to jump through, you know how much I dislike that, just leave a comment.
About the author:
Grace O has been cooking and baking professionally and recreationally all of her adult life. As a child in Southeast Asia, she learned the culinary arts by her mother’s side in the family’s cooking school. She became so well-versed in hospitality and the culinary arts, she eventually took over the cooking school and opened three restaurants. She is widely credited with popularizing shrimp on sugar-cane skewers and being one of the first culinarians to make tapas a global trend. She has cooked for ruling families and royalty.
Grace O’s move to America precipitated a career in health care, inspired by her father, who was a physician. Twenty years and much hard work later, she operates skilled nursing facilities in California.
Grace O strives to create flavorful food using the finest ingredients that ultimately lead to good health. Her recipes, although low in saturated fat, salt and sugar, are high in flavor. Grace employs spices from all over the world to enliven her dishes, creating food that is different and delicious. She believes that food can be just as effective at fighting aging as the most expensive skin creams. And since she’s over 50 herself, she’s living proof of that theory.
Discover more about Grace O and her work at FoodTrients.com.
I would enjoy a new cookbook! Please include me in the drawing.
I recently started following Oh She Glows! and have been trying some of her recipies. So good!
Her Kamut pasta recipies are amazing! You should check it out, Claudia.
I’ll take the book, please. And the apron is too cute :)
Have a great day!
S
xo
Hubby & I sure could use some new, healthy recipes! Thank you for the opportunity!
Husband and I are both diabetic and always looking for new ways to improve our cooking–thank you for this opportunity!
I am trying more and more to eat less processed foods. It is hard because we love our snacks here but I try to leave them for the kids and limit them all together coming into the house.
In an effort to make better food choices, I just read an article on eating anti inflammatory foods for better heart care. Guess there is something to it. This book sounds like a great way to help learn the differences.
Cheryl
I’ve finally gotten motivated to cut sugar from my diet, to curb joint pain. This sounds like a great book to have in the tool box. I’ll look for it on Amazon (: Great review.
Hey Claudia – count me in. This is timely. Just got a bad cholesterol count so need to work on some healthy recipes for dinners…Thanks J
Count me in..I’m always looking for more salad recipes..I must admit though..I don’t cook much anymore…
Thanks, Missy
Count me in..I’m always looking for more salad recipes..I must admit though..I don’t cook much anymore…
Thanks, Missy
I am trying to eat clean and would love to have this book. Thank you for the giveaway.
CC and I are having a fruited rice/quinoa salad for supper. We eat quinoa all the time and love it. Sounds like a great cookbook that takes nutrition as the serious matter it is.
I am reading books on how to garden through old age. I guess that I had better pay attention to my diet as well…or I won’t be healthy enough to garden. We follow a Mediterranean diet plan using mostly fruits and vegetables and small portions of meat. Quite good. I would love to win the book and apron.
Balisha
THIS SOUNDS GREAT TO ME….I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A HEALTHY WAY TO EAT….PLUS WILL POWER……I AM DIABETIC #2…..SO I HAVE TO WATCH WHAT I EAT….HAVE A GOOD WEEK….RIZZI
The book cover says a lot about it. It’s beautiful! Please include me in the drawing! Thank you.
Zilda
Sounds like a book I’d really love and would use. Thanks for the opportunity–my fingers are crossed! :-) Jennifer
I’ve been looking for a good cookbook for real nutrition but with regular ingredients. Thanks for the chance!
This looks like a really interesting book. Our family is trying to work towards a whole foods diet. I’m especially interested in the anti-inflamatory recipes. Thanks for reviewing this!
Photos and easy to read print are vitally important in a book like this – thanks for pointing that out!
I’m featuring your review on TLC’S Facebook page today. Thanks for being on the tour.
Oh, this looks like a good one. I’ve been wanting to look into an anti-inflamatory diet, and this book looks like it could be very helpful. I would love to enter– and thanks for no hoops!
Hugs,
Jill
we could use some healthy things to eat and info on how to cook them thanks for the giveaway
This really sounds like the perfect new cookbook I need for my kitchen….after all I’m aging, rapidly, and I’m vegetarian. I love Asian inspired foods too so I think Grace might have a winner here. I love her name, it’s unforgettable, even for we seniors who often have those moments!!!!!
Please drop my name in the garden hat Claudia, I’d love a chance to win.
Many thanks, Mary
Sounds like a neat book written from a unique perspective. I’d love to have a copy — it’s difficult to find good, healthy recipes that are tasty too. Always enjoy your posts.
I do want to eat healthier!
Would love to win the book and Apron!
please enter me in the giveaway!
love reading your blog!
Loui♥
Yum, the quinoa tabbouleh sounds great! I’m trying more and more to eat healthier and eat more of the things I can produce; it’s a slow learning process, but I think it will be worth it in the end.
This book sounds wonderful, Claudia! I would love to be included in the drawing. (And I don’t know about you but I’m such a sloppy chef, the apron would be a much-needed bonus!?) It’s heartening to hear that it includes meat as well, since it’s sometimes difficult to find books about healthy eating and cooking that include meat. I try to eat healthier (which is why I joined a local market share for all the wonderful fresh produce) but I admit to not knowing how best to prepare a lot of the things we get. This book sounds as though it would provide a lot of help with eating healthily and deliciously.
Please toss my name into the draw. Not only does the cookbook look interesting, I could really use a new apron.
Have a great day! :)