Carrie Brown - Eat Smarter! Smoothies and Sides

Eat Smarter!

S moothies and Sides

55 absolutely scrumptious, fat-burning, health-boosting ways to get your veggies

CARRIE BROWN

with foreword by Jonathan Bailor

Author, The Calorie Myth

Text and Photography Copyright 2013 Carrie Brown

All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author.

Recipes are provided for private and personal use only.

The text and recipes should not be considered a substitute for professional medical advice. The author shall not be held liable for any adverse effects arising from the use of the information and recipes contained herein. The reader should consult a qualified medical professional before starting any new health or diet program.

ISBN-10: 1493784234

ISBN-13: 978-1493784233

DEDICATION

Jenna LaRose

Chief cheerleader, embracer of people, lover of life, and insatiable hugger.

You taught me what unconditional love is. You cheered me on through every trial and every triumph. You inspired me to do things I was sure I couldnt do. You made me do things I didnt want to, but was later glad I did. You gave me more hall passes than anyone else I know, and you even aged me 10 years taking me over Elephant Hill in a jeep.

Most importantly, you loved me, even when I wasnt being very lovable. Your influence in my life has been enormous. And life-changing. Now, eat your vegetables!

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Its All About The Veggies 1

Ingredients

Equipment

How To: Green Smoothies

Recipes: Green Smoothies 21

How To: Veggie Sides

Recipes: Sides Leafy Greens 31

Recipes: Sides Lightly Colored 49

Recipes: Sides Deeply Colored 87

Where To Get More Cool Stuff

Carrie Brown

Indexes

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Jonathan Bailor you are an entirely amazing human being! I am in awe of you your drive, your passion, your commitment, and your ability to make complicated things simple. You are one of the best cheerleaders I know, and your endless support of me is in large part why this book exists.

The Smoothies and Sides Taste Test Crew Michaela Van Putten, Becky and Justin Schoen, Geoff Nyheim, Mike Carlisle.

Michael Mahoney for providing techie help way beyond the call of duty that allowed me to get started on this book. Without you Id still be desperately uploading images instead of making s*** up.

Marjorie Ferris, Donna Hawkins, and Mayo for all your incredible help with my kitchen re-model so I could immerse myself in getting this cookbook written. You lifted a great weight.

Bala Silvakumar you inspire me to be a better photographer every time I see your work.

Marc Levine there is no end to my gratitude for all you bring to my life, even when I drive you crazy.

For everyone who supports me by buying my cookbooks, following my blog, cooking my recipes, and listening to our showTHANK YOU. You are the reason that I do what I do, and you are SO worth it!

FOREWORD

All too often, pounds seem to creep on slowly and mysteriously despite our best efforts. Its as if our body wants to gain fat. Count calories as precisely as wed like, the pounds keep coming. So we eat less, and less, and less, until finally we give up; convinced that something is wrong with us. Thats the bad news. The good news is nothing is wrong with you. Youve been given bad information. Its not the quantity of food we eat that causes the neurological, digestive, and hormonal dysregulation at the heart of chronic weight gain. Just like the quantity of water poured into a sink isnt what causes clogs. Its the quality of what you put into your body and sink that cause overflows. And so often, the types of food at the heart of our overflow arent even the good stuff. Theyre starchy sides. Fillers meant to keep us full, but in reality, that make us sick and heavy.

Must we go hungry? Never. Must we give up savory sides? Absolutely not. Must we only ever eat steamed veggies as our side? No way. Not when you have Eat Smarter! Smoothies and Sides. Chef Carrie Brown perfectly demonstrates how smart substitutions can enable succulent simple sides that will keep you satisfied and smiling at the table as well as in front of the mirror.

My favorite thing about Eat Smarter! Smoothies and Sides is how easy Carrie makes it to create delicious deep green leafy vegetable dishes . I dont mean tolerable. I mean so tasty that 5 year old will ask for seconds, and thirds. Conventional potatoes, rice, and rolls say, Arrivederci!, along with unwanted pounds and an elevated risk of Type 2 Diabetes, as soon as you taste Carries alternatives.

But Carrie doesnt stop here. Even though swapping incredibly healthy sides in place of starchy sides at lunch and dinner get you two-thirds of the way to simple slimnesseating delicious food till you are completely full while shrinking your waistCarrie shows you how adding smoothies to your morning supercharges your health! You will be shocked how much time you can save, how energized you can feel, how full you can be, how many non-starchy vegetables you can consume, how delicious it will all be, and how quickly you can slim down with Carries smarter smoothies. Just try one. You will not believe its good for you. And you will not believe how you ever lived without them.

Much like her previous two books, Eat Smarter! Ice Creams and Eat Smarter! Soups, Chef Carrie has taken whole, succulent, healing, and natural foods, mixed them with the most rigorous modern metabolic science available, and given us simple, slimming, and spectacular dishes that make healthy delicious, and therefore, slim becomes simple. Dont let bland starchy fillers sabotage your life. Invite Carrie Browns Eat Smarter! Smoothies and Sides into your kitchen, and enjoy the metabolic magic and taste bud tantalization that will ensue.

Jonathan Bailor

Bestselling Author, The Calorie Myth ( www.CalorieMythBook.com )

Researcher, The Bailor Group ( www.BailorGroup.com )

Its all about the veggies

Eat your vegetables!! An oh-so-familiar phrase from so many childhoods. Turns out though, whoever scolded, cajoled, bribed, or schmoozed you into downing more of the plant matter on your plate, was right. You should eat your vegetables, because eating vegetables is good for you. Wait. Let me restate that a little more emphatically. Eating vegetables is absolutely brilliant for you ! Its true the single best thing we can do to improve our health is to eat an abundance of veggies. Its one of the few things that every doctor, lifestyle guru, diet plan advocate, fitness instructor, dietician, and even the government (!) agree on.

Vegetables are important. They are packed with fiber, water, carbohydrates, and theyre bursting with nutrients, but Ill hazard a guess that the reason youre holding this cookbook in your hands is not because you dont know the why, but because you want some more how. So Ill spare you the lecture on what veggies will do for you, and dive right into the how-to-ing, because deep down everyone knows that they need to eat more veggies.

I wasnt really surprised when I asked my lovely blog readers, and podcast listeners, and social media followers w hat they wanted in cookbook #3. There was an immediate and resounding chorus of, Help us eat more veggies!, and Make veggies delicious!. There were a few calls for a cookbook with nothing in it but grain-free, sugar-free cookies, and a smattering of others clamoring for truly healthy desserts, but the overwhelming majority just want to know how to cram {a lot} more veggies into their day.