Happy Holidays!
I love superfoods. My current favorites are yacon (syrup or dried root) and mulberries. I have been using some of the ‘standard’ superfoods for ages, from starting each morning with blueberries in my spinach smoothie to my favorite staple, quinoa. I cook with ingredients like lucuma, maca and flax often, and I am drawn to the natural flavors.
I have been loving the new Superfood Cuisine cookbook by natural food chef Julie Morris. This guide to cooking with superfoods has more than one hundred recipes, accompanied by beautiful full color photos.
More than a cookbook, this is an essential primer for those wanting to learn more about superfoods. A detailed section “The New Superfood Pantry” highlights nutritional benefits, flavor profiles and recommended uses. I also love the “Superfood Substitution Cheat Sheet”, because, well, I sometimes run out of something and then forget to replace it before I need it.
The first few recipes I have tried have been incredibly flavorful – the Black Bean Hemp Patties (pictured above)
and the Lucuma Ice Cream Cupcakes
This giveaway is for a copy of the Superfood Cuisine cookbook, and I am including packages of my favorite superfoods – lucuma and maca powders, yacon root, sun dried mulberries (I snack on these all the time, they are so sweet!).
Five ways to enter, please leave a comment for each:
2) Tweet this –>
win a copy of Superfood Cuisine cookbook at @spabettie –> http://spabettie.com/?p=8888
3) Stumble this (icon below) and like it (and follow me if you’d like!)
4) follow Julie Morris on twitter
5) visit Julie’s recipe page – which recipe would you make first?
Enter through December 20. Winner emailed December 21.
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Chia, flax, blueberries and quinoa are always in my normal rotation so I guess they’re my favorites, but probably more because I know what to do with them whereas lucuma and maca powders are completely foreign!
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Quinoa is probably my favorite right now, but I’ll admit I haven’t had an opportunity to try many of the “fancy” sounding ones.
I love Goji berries! I put them on my yogurt every morning for a sweet little chew!
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Her Green Mango Dessert Smoothie looks pretty great!
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Oh fantastic cookbook. Those burgers look incredible. I suppose blueberries are my go-to super food. Not very creative LOL
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The Candy Cane White Hot Chocolate looks delicious (and warm!).
chia and maca, raw cacao and kale – these are a few of my favourite things!
Awesome giveaway! I’ve been meaning to check out this book for a long time – I love the idea of a Superfood Substitution Cheat Sheet.
Lately I’ve been digging pomegranate, and chias are my super-staple. Chia pudding for breakfast is s good way to start the day!
I want to try her lemon coconut breakfast bars, but use Meyer lemons while they are in season. YUM!
i’m now following julie on twitter @cupcakesandkale
I tweeted, now following Julie, too. We have blueberries, chia seeds every morning. We do quinoa, too. I’d love to learn more about super foods and how to cook them.
I love the mango smoothie but parsnips fries would be a big hit at our house, too. The squash and pecan recipe looks fab, too.
Favorite superfoods are blueberries and kale!
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I’d like to make Julie’s no bake brownies!
the superfoods that i eat most often are spinach and blueberries!
Favorite superfood: chia. I couldn’t live without it. Just couldn’t!
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OKay… I have a kabocha squash sitting in my pantry and had NO idea that it was considered a pumpkin. I’m totally going to make that filling tonight!
the first thing i checked out on julie’s recipe page was her soups – it’s COLD outside and i’ve been craving soup lately! the puree of turnip soup sounds ridiculously comforting.
Following her now!
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My favorite and most used superfoods are quinoa, chia seeds, and blueberries. I enjoy these three foods almost daily.
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I love goji berries the most. No wait, maybe coconut oil. Or possibly raw cacao….I think, maybe, I just love all superfoods
Chia, blueberries and spinach are my go to super foods.
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I’m enjoying having pomegranates in season now but spinach is always my favorite.
Chia for sure! Although I am getting into quinoa lately.
Everything on Julie’s page looks so good! No-bake brownies? Yes, please!
I recently discovered chia seeds and eat them at least once a day and I always love spinach, blueberries, and quinoa.
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My favorite superfoods are things like avocado, shrimp and salmon. Perfect foods if you ask me!
I think I would have to try her candy cane white hot chocolate since candy canes are one of my very favorite things about the holiday season and white chocolate is my favorite!
Chia, cacao, maca… been wanting to try lucuma for a while now!
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I am dying to make the kabocha pie!!!!!
SuperBook! tasty cupcakes, omgoodness.
Super foods! I’m a quinoa nut. haha, i also love nuts! Super woman for super foods!
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apple pear energy tartlettes? Holy cow! I love this recipe!
I love blueberries! I could eat them on and with everything! I also love quinoa and almond (with blueberries!)
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I would love to try her “Chilled Cream of Beet Soup” looks delicious and the colors are beautiful!
I stumbled the page!
Thanks!
Wow, there are so many good recipes on her site, thanks for introducing me to it! First up would be the lemon coconut breakfast bars and the dilled kale crisps
And my favourite superfoods would be kale and beets!
Chia seeds! hope those count.
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I NEED this book! It’s on my Amazon wish list but it may be months before I can afford to buy it =/
I’m a huge fan of maca (I eat it daily) and lucuma (I save that for special occasions!). Matt likes goldenberries and gojis.
My favorite superfood is broccoli
Maybe that makes me weird, but I love it!
Also, unrelated to the giveaway, could you share some of your lucuma powder recipes? I bought a bag of it, and then realized that I have no idea what to do with it!
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I would like to try Julie’s Chinese chop salad!
I follow Julie on Twitter
I’d like to make Julie’s Lemon Coconut Breakfast Bars!
I’m following Julie on twitter!
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the japanese pumpkin pie looks great!
I love maca and goji berries
Parsnip fries on Julie’s website, please!
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My fave superfood is goji berries!
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The Candy Cane White Hot Chocolate would be perfect right about now!
Kale is my favorite superfood!!
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I love them all. However, avocadoes are a daily staple along with chia seeds, leafy greens and coconut oil.
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The PArsnip Fries looks right up my alley!!!!
I am following Julie on twitter.
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I will be making Royal Chocolate-Berry Superfood Smoothie from her.
Yummm what a great giveaway! My favorite superfood is probably quinoa but there are so many that it’s hard to choose! Maybe chia? I love them all
Blueberries and Broccoli are my favorite superfoods!
Also, coconut milk ice cream. What? That’s not a superfood?
Blueberries are an out-of-season favorite right now. I’ve been adding frozen ones to all my fruit salads, yum yum!
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Hmmm… the first recipe would probably be candy cane white hot chocolate, but I reserve the right to change my mind! It all looks so good!
Spirulina, chia seeds, goji berries, hemp seeds
hemp seeds, maca and goji berries are my favorites! Thank you for doing this giveaway!
Goji berries, chia seeds, and pumpkin!!
Also chocolate
and i’d try the pumpkin pie!
I’m following greenjules on twitter!
Blueberries! Mmmm. I could eat them by the pint. Lovely giveaway, Kris! xo
And I want to make the apple pear energy tartlets – they look amazing!
Ooohhh! Love this giveaway! Spinach and pumpkin are my favorite superfoods!
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Sweet potatoes are my favourite superfood!
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I would make Julie’s kabocha squash pie – it sounds amazing.
I love berries!
I just started a raw cacao nibs kick! But I always love my chia seeds…
My faves right now are definitely hemp, chia and cacao!
Just tweeted (@shhenning)!
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I’d definitely make the Acai Fudge. It sounds amazing!
My fave superfood has to be cacao. Just the smell of it makes me happy.
Chia seeds!
amazing giveaway!! my fave superfoods are kale, blueberries and chia seeds…and chocolate. which I believe to be a super food.
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Her kabocha squash pumpkin pie sounds amazing..
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Chia!!! Yum
loving maca in my yogurt, smoothies, oatmeal.
kale
almonds
top favorites at the moment
gahhh i want this cookbook! as for my favorite superfood, that’s a tough one. kale, chia seeds, oatmeal, quinoa, spinach. the list can go on and on
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those lemon coconut bars sound so good!
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I love spinach and blueberries
I don’t know too much about superfoods. I love quinoa and pomegranate seeds, though, and I think they’re considered superfoods.
Cocoa! Quinoa and berries too!
My favorite superfood is definitely blueberries. But chia seeds are a close second!
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I would probably make the candy cane white hot chocolate first!
Goji berries! Especially the chocolate covered ones
chia, oats, flaxseed, goji berries … those cooked up in some almond milk, topped of with some banana and blueberries make up what has come to be known in our household as “superfood oats”. This is our go-to breakfast and I just couldn’t do without its superduper ingredients!
I would go for the no-bake brownies methinks, mmmm
I love blueberries, quinoa, and goji berries.
I would really like to try her recipe for goldenberry glazed squash with pecans. I love squash and pecans. So I’m bound to love it.
I just love pomegranate and edamame…just not together. Although that does give me an idea. Hmmmm.
I love sweet potatoes, kale&spinach. New “loves” didn’t lIke them before at all. Love Acai & pomagra it’s juice. We are almost never without blueberries either fresh or dried. Even started growing some bushes in our yard. I would love to win this as I’m just beginning to try to focus on a much healthier diet with many more super foods, even the unfamiliar ones due to chronic illnesses with flare-ups that are getting more frequent, last longer & seem to take more out of me. Have also gained 30 lbs inast 4 years (after lifetime of difficulty keeping wt on ) really need healthy diet & activity & finess that I can do. This would be great start
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My favorite superfoods pumpkin and kale. Both are so versatile and you can do so many things with them.
I followed Julie morris on Twitter.
I tweeted about the giveaway. @sarahgarvey
I really want to try Julie’s recipe for the sweet seed candys. They look so simple (3 ingredients!) but so good.
LENTILS!!! I love lentils! It’s one of those things where that sub a meaty flavor but pack such a nutritional punch. I actually will be having them for dinner tonight
my favorites are goji berries and lucuma
I would make Julie’s Royal Chocolate-Berry Superfood Smoothie
I would have a difficult time choosing which recipe to try first, but I honk it would be the Portabella burger or he Glazed acorn squash with pecans.
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I want this cookbook!!!!!! My favorite superfoods are blueberries, wine and spinach! oh and almonds too.
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Maybe I need this book, because I don’t know which foods I like are “superfoods”! Other than blueberries, which are listed in the book description, so I know that one. I love blueberries, especially when they are fat and sweet and grainy inside. My husband can eat them by the huge handful and never gets tired of them either!
I love quinoa and flax! use them both regularly
I love mulberries too!!
the first recipe I would make is (no doubt) the “No bake brownies”!!!! OMG!!!
chia and quinoa are my favorites
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I’m following Julie on twitter @juliarechristy
I would love to make the Japanese Pumpkin Pie (kabocha squash) and Green Mango Dessert Smoothie
Holy bejeezus, I don’t even know what yacon or lucuma are! Clearly I need this book.
I guess my favorite superfood is quinoa. Because I know that one.
i LOVE LOVE LOVE kimchi!! all fermented foods, really, but especially kimchi!
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I’m also now following Julie on twitter.
I just checked out Julie’s website — what a great resource! I may actually make her Asian Carrot & Avocado Salad for dinner tonight!!
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Favorite Super Food are goji berries and chia seeds!
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And I would probably make the lemon coconut breakfast bars! Those look delicious
I love salmon and tea, especially green tea. Those are considered superfoods, right? lol
I want to try the no-bake brownies! I love dates so I know these would be awesome.
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cacao and maca! Mmm!
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Pumpkin cheesecake looks really good! I love chia,maca,goji berries….
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those lemon coconut bars look mighty tasty!
squash counts as a superfood right?
My favorite superfoods are macca and goji berries!
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I visited Julie’s recipe page and I will definitely be making the Japanese pumpkin pie! Look’s delicious!
I have to say, the mango smoothie DOES look delicious, so does the goldenberry squash dish! Ahh the tricks of the trade to win my carnivorous partner’s tastebuds!
For superfoods, I tend toward the simple, easy to find ones: kale, blueberries, apple cider vinegar. I’m planning to get myself some maca root powder and make Julie’s hot maca drink, though– maybe with some added chai spices!
Oh, this looks wonderful! I’d love to enter, but there’s all this stumbling I don’t know …
Quinoa is a new found favourite. Blueberries are a classic favourite superfood
My favorite superfoods are blueberries, butternut squash, miso, and kale.
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Her Parsnip Fries look great. Just made parsnip soup so need to go out and get more to try this!
Oh goodness my heart just sings for spirulina. Is it just me or does it taste like almonds? Spirulina definitely made my Christmas list this year (hey, a college kid has gotta do what a college kid has gotta do to get her sea veggie fix). I’m hoping to try yacon root someday too!
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Chia seed and yogurt are staples. The no-bake brownies look yummy. I’d like to give them a try.
My husband and I LOVE quinoa! We are slowly getting the kids on board too!
maca powder!
My faves are blueberries, chickpeas, quinoa, apples and oranges and flax seed. Thanks!
I love mulberries and gojis. Spendy, but worth it.
sweet seed candies look amazing
I love berries.. particularly blueberries and Goji berries. This cookbook sounds wonderful
Blueberries are my fave superfood!
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I would make her Japanese pumpkin pie! YUM http://www.juliemorris.net/2010/11/23/japanese-pumpkin-pie-kabocha-squash/
my favorite superfoods are pomegranates and quinoa and blueberries!
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I think I would make her Parsnip Fries – never thought of using anything other than potatoes and sweet potatoes for fries before. Great idea!
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I love kale!
that chop salad, wow!
I haven’t tried all the superfoods, yet, and don’t have a recipe book, yet, but my body has smiled with those I have tried. Not sure if blueberries and cherries count, but they are my favorite. And I have been using cacao, maca and chia nearly every day the occasion arrises.
Goldenberry Glazed Acorn Squash with Pecans
With Christmas coming up, this just says holiday to me!
first on the menu is Chinese Chop salad, YUM!
Blueberries are my most fav …
quinoa! and avocados…
i think the dressing for the chinese chop salad looks really good!
My favorite super foods [right now] are blueberries, black beans, nuts and quinoa.
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I would start with the dill kale chips or the Green Mango Dessert Smoothie. Probably the chips because my kids love them