On Christmas I gave away some cookbooks to readers who were interested in trying some healthy, whole foods, plant-based recipes! It was even more fun than I thought 🙂 In return, I asked for a picture of a recipe they decided to try from the cookbook and permission to post it on here for everyone to see. I’ve already gotten my first response!
Mair: I was truly thrilled when Mair e-mailed me on Christmas in response to my cookbook give-away. Mair has been a regular reader and commenter on my blog, and I’ve enjoyed connecting with her about running. Greg laughed on October 11th, because I knew Mair was running her half marathon, and I was excited all morning! Check out this amazing picture of her running the race below – how gorgeous is that?!
“Almost at the finish line of my first half marathon. After experiencing lackluster finishes in previous races, this time people are cheering and clapping, and I can’t stop smiling. I came in 25th place… out of 26 runners.” -Mair “Small races typically attract hard-core runners, Mair would have had HUNDREDS of people behind her if she’d been running the race I chose for my first half!” – Kelly
Mair chose the “Oh She Glows” cookbook by Angela Liddon, and made the Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes with Easy Mushroom Gravy for her family.
Here’s what she said:
I am not vegan or vegetarian, but my family and I all want to eat healthier. So last night when my husband said he had a craving for takeout pizza, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to try a side dish from The Oh She Glows Cookbook because if it didn’t turn out well, we still had our pizza. I chose “Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes with Easy Mushroom Gravy” because the picture looked so delicious.
Although I’m a fairly good cook, I cannot make gravy. I have tried and tried and tried (and failed and failed and failed) and I’ve basically given up and buy canned/jarred gravy. “Easy Mushroom Gravy” is exactly that – easy.
The potatoes turned out light and fluffy and very flavorful. The gravy was absolute heaven.
I had to substitute a few gravy ingredients:
Kosher salt instead of fine-grain sea salt
Dried rosemary instead of fresh rosemary
Soy sauce instead of low-sodium tamari
Everyone loved it. This is a direct quote from my husband as he enjoyed his first taste, “Mmmm, wow!”
Can’t wait to try another recipe – maybe “life-affirming warm nacho dip”, or maybe “broccoli & cashew cheese-quinoa burritos”…
M
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I can’t wait for her to try the nacho dip and broccoli and cashew cheese quinoa burritos either – because those are two of my favorite recipes from the Oh She Glows cookbook, and I bet her family will love them!
I can’t tell you how good it felt to get this email from Mair. What fun to share my favorite healthy cookbook with someone, and hear back that they’ve enjoyed it! Thanks to the amazing talent of Angela Liddon who wrote the cookbook, and to my enthusiasm for sharing good food, and to Mair’s willingness to try something new, her family ate cauliflower… and loved it 🙂 Not only that, but now Mair has a gravy recipe that is made from whole foods and is easy to make! We can all use a recipe like that in our repertoire 🙂
A big thanks to Mair for being enthusiastic about trying recipes from Oh She Glows! All of us can benefit from some whole foods, healthy recipes that don’t have meat or cheese in them, you don’t have to be a vegan or vegetarian to incorporate healthy plant-based meals into your routine.
I hope you all have a wonderful New Year’s Eve, and enjoy reflecting on the fun and happy times you had in 2014, as well as thinking about areas where you hope to continue to grow in 2015. I had a wonderful 2014, and anticipate 2015 will be even better!
Happy New Year 🙂
Thanks again, Mair! Happy New Year to you and your family 🙂
Oh wow Mair was quick! I’m still drooling over the recipes in The Oh She Glows Cookbook. I have a culinary degree and love to try new things and everything looks so good! Look for my email next week I am deciding by the weekend (I gave myself s deadline!). Happy New Year!
I still enjoy sitting and flipping through the cookbook and drooling over the recipes, and we’ve made over half of them! It’s such an amazing book 🙂 Take your time, I am just thrilled to have it out there giving people new healthy recipes to try! Enjoy enjoy enjoy 🙂
What an awesome post! It made me smile and made me think I just might need to pick up an Oh She Glows cookbook for 2015 . . .
YES! Do it! It’s amazing!!! 🙂
Oh wow Mair was quick! I’m still drooling over the recipes in The Oh She Glows Cookbook. I have a culinary degree and love to try new things and everything looks so good! Look for my email next week I am deciding by the weekend (I gave myself s deadline!). Happy New Year!
I still enjoy sitting and flipping through the cookbook and drooling over the recipes, and we’ve made over half of them! It’s such an amazing book 🙂 Take your time, I am just thrilled to have it out there giving people new healthy recipes to try! Enjoy enjoy enjoy 🙂