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Can I interest you in a slice?
Thumbing through Living in the Raw Desserts, by Rose Lee Calabro, I encountered a dilemma: how would I possibly choose what to make first?? Blueberry cheesecake, German Chocolate Cake, Fudge Brownies Supreme… Oh how I’d love to have 5 million sous-chefs so I could try all of the recipes that caught my eye. I haven’t made any of the recipes yet, but I already love the book because—for the most part—its recipes seem quick and simple, without a lengthy list of ingredients. And if you know me, you know I’m a big fan of quick, uncomplicated recipes. Recipes such as…
(The photo’s from the cover of the book.)
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Raw Piña Colada Pie
(Yield: 6-8 servings)
Filling:
- 2 cups chopped fresh or frozen pineapple
- 1 cup macadamias or cashews, soaked 1 hour
- 1 1/2 cups young coconut pulp
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine the pineapple and nuts in a blender, and process until smooth, thick, and creamy. Add the coconut pulp and vanilla extract and process until smooth. Pour the filling into the crust and refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving.
Suggested crust: Hmmm, I think I’d go with a Raw Macaroon crust for this one.
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Hopefully I’ll soon make one of the book’s recipes so I can give you a better review.
What’s your favorite cookbook?
And are you good at following a recipe?
I am lousy at following recipes. I’ll see one that looks good, and I’ll start to make it… but then my creativity gets away with me and direction-reading falls to the wayside, in favor of experimentation. (Either that or I’ll realize—halfway in—that I forgot to buy a needed ingredient!)
I don’t really have a favorite cookbook, since I use them so rarely. But I still remember my first cookbook: The American Girl cookbook!
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Serena says
My favorite kind of recipe 🙂 Looks like a fun book.
I love cookbooks, though I rarely follow recipes to the dot, for the same reason! 🙂 silly creativity
Mary @ Bites and Bliss says
I hardly ever follow recipes. Like you, I very very loosely follow them..as guidlines. But for the most part I end up making something entirely new.
ecogrrl says
i have a ton of cookbooks but The Silver Spoon is my favorite – 1200 pages and it’s the bible of italian cooking, plus every.single.recipe is perfect and needs only about 5-6 ingredients. amazing. second place is the Good Housekeeping cookbook – my mom gave it to me for my 19th birthday and it has that basic stuff that you never want to admit you can never remember – how long to bake a potato, boil an egg, cook a meatloaf, etc. I always update the recipes to fit myself, but great basic stuff.
Jess says
Mmmm, I love pina colada’s! Well, I’ve had ONE and it was VIRGIN (obviously, not old enough to drink!) HAHA!
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
You’re not missing anything! I’ve had them both ways, and I actually think the virgin ones are better ’cause with the alcoholic ones, you lose the actual pineapple-coconut flavor. All you can taste is the alcohol!
Aly says
I actually love cookbooks, but can’t remember ever having a favorite. It just depends on what I’m in the mood for and how much effort I’m willing to put into it. 🙂 Usually I love to throw some creativity into meal planning too. Like, I’ll sometimes go “off-recipe” and just go with whatever sounds more awesome. It’s hit or miss, but it’s a way to make your recipes/favorite meals more “your own.” 🙂
That Piña Colada Pie sounds awesome. 🙂 Being the fact that I’m considering a raw diet for a while, I might want to look into that. 🙂 I’ve been finding a plethora of vegan cookbook reviews lately and that just makes me sooo happy. That being said, my wish-list expands everyday. 🙂
Can’t wait till I can cook for reals again! I have sooo many recipes to try! Ahh! It’s drivin’ me bonkers! 😉
Aly 😀
Rachel (tea and chocolate) says
My first cookbook was American Girl too! I was obsessed. 🙂
That pie looks delicious! I have a hard time following recipes, though I usually try to the first time I make it.
BroccoliHut says
My, what a beautiful pie! My favorite cookbook by far is ED&BV. I am horrible at following recipes–I know, I’m such a rebel.
April @ Crazy Fabulous Life says
Sounds like a delicious pie!
I’m really bad with recipes..mainly because it annoys me to have to go back and forth checking to make sure I have all the right things in the right order and all that. I much prefer to read recipes to get a general idea of how things should go and then do my own thing 🙂
mauigirleats says
The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook by Ali Segersten is my favorite right now. Bring on the raw desserts, Katie!
EmbraceYourSkin says
This sounds like such a cool cookbook!
seemichellecook says
Eat, shrink and be merry. Just 2 sisters (Janet and Greta Podleski) that put a couple of fun cookbooks together and it happened to get crazy popular (at least in Canada). I swear I’ve tried almost every single recipe in those books and they were almost always simple but great!
GetHealthyWithHeather says
Gosh it looks so simple and pretty! Sounds like an awesome book for sure.