Inspiralize Everything

Ali Maffucci knows how to write a clear, easy-to-follow cookbook with healthy recipes that don't require much prep time. About 67-75% of the recipes are accompanied by a photo, so you can see what the final product looks like. Next to the header for each recipe are the nutrition facts, time for prep/cooking, servings, what other produce the recipe would work well worth, difficulty of the recipe (mostly defined by number of steps), and handy classifications like gluten-free, saves well, one pot, paleo, dairy-free, etc. At the back of the book is a master table of every recipe and how it's classified, so it's easy to see at a glance which recipes fall under what you are looking to make. Ali's writing style is very encouraging towards readers adapting recipes to suit their tastes and what is available/in season - if you can't find jicama, make the Carne Asada with zucchini, sweet potato, or kohlrabi noodles instead. There's a "how-to" section in the front, which is pretty brief but covers the basics of how to spiralize, what to spiralize, how to clean your spiralizer, and her pantry/kitchen equipment suggestions of success. This cookbook is organized similarly to her website, with the recipes categorized by spiralized ingredient, rather than by dish like her previous cookbook. Thus, each chapter has a lovely photo of the produce, a little about it's flavor and how to pick it out when purchasing, how to prepare and store it, which blade to use, the best ways to cook it. I didn't check every single recipe, but so far I haven't been able to spot any overlap between the recipes in this cookbook, her recipes online, or her previous cookbook. There are a ton of new, incredibly creative, flavorful but healthy dishes in Ali's new cookbook. We've been getting tons of kohlrabi from friend's who don't know what to do with their CSA box goodies, and I'm really excited to try Ali's Chicken Mole with Kohlrabi Rice & her General Tso's Cauliflower with Kohlrabi Rice. Both dishes take only 15-25 minutes of prep time and can be ready to eat an hour or less. Spiralizing beets and broccoli stems was a revelation for me when I first started following Ali, so I'm especially excited for the weather to cool down enough for Shrimp Tom Kha Soup with Broccoli Noodles and Green Curry Golden Beet Noodle Bowls. Since Ali's recipes are written so accessibly and rely on ingredients that most people have in their pantry already or can easily buy at the store, I was able to make myself dinner tonight right after receiving her new cookbook. Her Cabbage Buddha Bowl with Chickpea-Avocado Mash and BBQ Tahini was perfect as a no-cook, gluten-free, refreshing yet satisfying dinner in 20 minutes. As a bonus, I saved the leftovers (pre-dressing) to take for lunch tomorrow. I would argue there are some instances where needing to spiralize the produce for the dish is a little bit of a stretch - to me it seems much easier to slice apples and pears for the Ginger Pear and Apple Sangria and the Chai-Spiced Pear Oatmeal, plus I'm not certain about the difference in texture due to spiralizing zucchini for zucchini bread rather than grating it. However, they are certainly visually stunning uses of the spiralizer and I'd be willing to try making them once. If you're looking for inspiration on new ways to use your spiralizer, new healthy dishes to cook in general, or simply hoping for accessible recipes that you (and your eating companions) will enjoy - Inspiralize Everything will not disappoint.

I have both of Ali's Spiralizer books. She creates wonderful recipes that are healthy and easy to make with her Spiralizer. Great book for someone who is looking for delicious healthy food, which can be made quickly and big bonus make you lose weight too. Thanks Ali for inspiring converting not only me, but several of my family members to spiralizing. My daughter just went off to university with a spiralizer too. I highly recommed both of Ali's books.

L'auteure est charmante, à la lire, dynamique et gaie, c'est agréable. Ses recettes sont intéressantes, pleines de bonnes idées pour cuisiner toutes sortes de légumes découpés en spirales. Les astuces pour chaque type de légume sont bonnes.

Excellent. I would recommend this book to everyone who wants to start spiralizing. The instructions are clear and easy to follow.

Beautiful book with gorgeous andere mouth watering photographs. Perfect successor of Ali's frist book. Love how it is indexed by vegetable. Very much tot choose from andere without great taste. If you want to get creative andere healthy with veggies this book is the right choice. It isn't a vegan or vegetarian book but vegetables are the mail ingredient in alle dishes.