Eat-Clean Diet Review: Part 3 "The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook 2"

Hello! :)

It's Saturday (obviously). Yesterday, I was a walking zombie. By the end of the week, I am a wet noodle. I am so tired and ready to relax. But wait! I don't get to relax. Today is Homecoming. So I am running around all day, hitting the gym bright and early, going to get a mani/pedi, getting my hair and make-up done by my trainer and her daughter (yay!), and then off to get dressed and to the girl's house where I am taking pictures. I will post the pictures (that particularly flatter me hehe) whenever I get my dirty little hands on them!

Anyways, moving on from that babble...

Today I will also be reviewing "The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook 2" as part 3 of my Eat-Clean Diet review. This is the last part, so soak it up!

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I will admit it... I HATE following recipes. I am not a refined chef or baker. I'm SUPER simple and I like to keep it that way. I have my plain chicken in Tupperware. My veggies are already prepped. I can grab a piece of fruit from my fruit bowl. My rice cakes are easily accessible.

Boom. That's all it takes.

But receiving this cookbook made me slow down and actually enjoy the process of cooking and baking. I chose a select few recipes that I really wanted to try and went at it.

I would have to say my top three favorites were the Potatoes O'Brien (this was obviously to be expected; I'm an Irish girl at heart), Campfire Salmon (I LOVE me some hearty salmon), and the Sweet Potato Custard (Like I said, potatoes are my JAM--especially sweet potatoes.)

There are SO many recipes in here. This is like my foodie Bible. So many people believe that eating clean must be "boring" because it includes healthy food. But this could not be further from the truth. Healthy foods are not "boring" in any way, shape, or form. There are so many ways that you could play up a healthy food. Tosca does this perfectly. With so many options, how could you complain about a "lack of variety"? I know this may come as a shocker, but there are natural ingredients out there that improve a dish immensely that DON'T include craptastic things like refined sugar, flour, artificial sweeteners, preservatives, and hard-to-pronounce man-made chemicals. 

Not to mention that looking at all of these food pictures seriously had me drooling all over the pages. Everything looks delectable and you would never guess that it's healthy. All pictures are full of bright, vibrant colors from the foods that provide our bodies with only the best nutrients that we need. 

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If you are stuck in a recipe rut and want to switch up some of your go-to clean eats, or you are just jumping on the eating clean bandwagon and need some ideas, then I HIGHLY recommend that you go order/go buy this book.

Yes. I go to my local Barnes & Noble and purposely rearrange the cookbooks so this is front and center. I'm just doing this purely for the benefit of society. :) 

And don't just this one. Go get ALL of Tosca's books. I promise that you will LEARN something. We are always learning. And go read her amazing columns in Oxygen magazine. Seriously. This woman is my idol. And for good reason! She knows what she is talking about people.

I hope you guys all enjoyed this three part review. If you missed my other two reviews, you can click here for the "Just The Rules" review and here for the "Recharged!" review.

I have something you should all get excited for tomorrow as well, so stay tuned. Have a great Saturday everyone. Homecoming updates will be up soon. :)

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