Thomas G Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Since I started CR in Feb. of this year I've been cooking out of "The Anti-Aging Plan" recipes. I've primarily been trying out the "mega-meals" but have also made several of the other recipes. Beyond that I've just been throwing things together on my own, especially since we've gotten our CSA shares. I want to start branching out and designing a few of my own meals for a few reasons. I really enjoy most of the recipes I've been making from the Anti-Aging Plan. But I'm trying to start shifting towards a more strictly vegan diet and there are many non-vegan recipes in that book. I'm also going to try to maximize the nutritional benefit of the recipes while still doing what I can to keep the food prep simple. That might be difficult since it seems that to get a meal to fire on all cylinders, it requires using lots of different ingredients. I'm enjoying what I'm making, but a lot of times it's a slow cooking process. I can definitely see the appeal of the CR folks who eat the same meal every day, and maybe I'll end up there eventually as well, but for now I want to try lots of things and find what works best for me. I have two main questions: I'd like to find another good plant-based whole food vegan cookbook to start with as a base and I'm wondering what people would recommend? Having something that is evidence based, nutritionally guided would be a plus. I've checked out a number of books from the library and so far the one I'm liking the best is "The China Study All-Star Collection." But there are a number of other books (many of them "China Study" based) that look promising that my library doesn't have. Second, what is the best strategy for taking a base recipe and making it better? Right now the basic idea I have is to run it through Cronometer and then start seeing if there is another simple ingredient I could add to max it out in one way or another. I almost want to write a formula that would take the form of "would this recipe become gross if I added 1/4 tsp of turmeric? If not, do it!" But I'm not sure what other aspects of such an approach should be included. Any help suggestions would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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