Green Kitchen Travels: Healthy Vegetarian Food Inspired by Our Adventures

This is a beautiful book that would be at home on a coffee table as much as in the kitchen! It is filled with not only beautiful pictures of the food they create, but also the authors travels.In a nutshell, these authors have done what many of us can only dream of - travelled all over the world and immersed themselves in the cultures and of course the foods, of the places which they have visited. As stated in the opening message to their daughter Elsa -in her first 4 years of life she visited 15 countries and 5 continents. They slept on couches, ate in the homes and streets of the locals and learned from them, replicating the recipes though the pages of this book! It is an interesting read as much as it is a cookbook!It begins with a history of their travels and also includes travel tips, then they go on to tell us how though they use the influences from their travels to create these recipes they are also adapted to be healthier, greener , gluten free so you can enjoy the cultural traditions in ,manner that is better for you.The book is then divided into the following sections : Breakfasts, Street Foods and Snacks, Soups, Dinners, Drips and Drops (aka drinks) ,Desserts and Condiments. One thing I was pleasantly surprised at, given the wide cultural reach of these recipes, was that most of the ingredients are everyday and easy to find! And where ingredients might at a little offbeat such as pomegranate molasses, there were suggested substitutes!Though I am not the best cook in the world these recipes were also surprisingly uncomplicated. Of course there are some that are going to take work such as making your own sweet potato gnocchi , some such as the salads simply involved throwing everything into one bowl in one go and whipping up a simple dressing to accompany it!To date I have made several of the recipes: The Chilled Rice pudding and Citrus syrup as it reminds me of a dessert I ate back home in the UK; the Farro Salad which we enjoyed this weekend and had enough to last 2 days which was delicious ; and the Quinoa, Almond and Mint salad. Next on my list is the Vietnamese Pho as I cannot get anything like it locally! I am also excited to try some of the breakfasts as I am always on a quest to find a protein and energy heavy start for my kids that they will enjoy!The pictures and stories behind the recipes are really the icing on the cake. They are inspiring and make you want to go out and explore the world and its cuisines, the latter of which this book does truly help you accomplish! I really love this book and cannot wait to keep cooking my way though the world with its help!

I like the Green Kitchen Stories take on picking out flavors from a global palate. They remain true to their own compass of eating healthfully with mostly vegan and often gluten free foods without resorting to strange meat substitutes. I enjoy their spin on different ethnic cuisines while remaining true to the cuisine, they "lighten" the dishes. For example, their version of a pasta dish uses zucchini noodles instead or of simplifying Indian Masala Dosa and make it more accessible. Always going for a healthier version of street foods, they even came up with a vegetarian version of pho, the iconic Vietnamese noodle dish with a flavorful vegetarian broth! The book is full of recipes that I want to incorporate into our regular rotation of healthy things to eat.I recommend this book highly as they seem to have their pulse on how I like to try and eat, even if we (through no fault of the authors') cannot always eat as cleanly.

Great photography and styling. Exciting travel stories. Recipes with potential, but sadly many seem flawed with minor problems that could have been cleaned up if the recipes had been tested thoroughly enough. Probably each recipe was made no more than once or twice before being added to the book, which wrecks havoc on the homecook who is trying to make a delicious meal at the end of a busy work day. If this author ever reads my review, don't be discouraged! I think you have great potential to create wonderful recipes, and I love how you incorporate your travels into the food. In the future, just take more time in the recipe construction and be more disciplined in your test kitchen to work out the kinks and simplify the complicated so that the home-cook doesn't feel completely drained after making the recipe . All the best!

Really wonderful recipes and ideas. I feel it's such a pity about the gluten-free this and that - it's really distracting and annoying. It will really date an otherwise lovely cookbook, once the gluten free mania is over and we all move on to some other nutritional source of all evil. Also this book somehow has this faint whiff of selling a lifestyle and style ethos as much as good food. It's a bit "here's us having our beautiful life and here's the beautiful food we eat". It's a fine line to walk these days.

I have not made any recipes from this book yet, but from what I've read there are a lot of nice recipes. I really like food from different cultures, and this is a nice way to discover food from other cultures. It is also very practical, including information on how to travel with children. Very worthwhile purchase. I had originally purchased a copy for my sister, and when I looked at hers decided I needed a copy for myself. Am looking forward to trying quite a few of the recipes.

I am big fan of their blog and have their first book Vegetarian Everyday and now have their 2nd book Green Kitchen Travels. I love lots of recipes from this book and have tried No Noodle Pad Thai, Chilled Avocado Soup, Mushroom& tofu dumplings, raw raspberry &chia jam, which is very easy and delicious, less one minute. Cannot wait to try Indian Cardamom &Sesame Laddu and Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Kale Pesto, Rosemary baked Chestnuts, Halloumi Veggie Burgers... next. Love their little travel stories with each recipe too.

I was amazed how many good recipes, I am a chef and try a lot of books all the time just to experiment new flavors and technics. These guys have very simple, healthy and approachable food ideas. I recommend it to anyone, even beginners and new families that starting to cook.

I love this recepie book and its beautiful art work as well, its so good to have as a kindle version to bring with me everywhere I go and can use for inspiration when cooking in kitchens at any place.

If you like vegetarian food, the Green Kitchen series is for you. I made the courgette and halloumi burgers at the weekend and they were delicious (although they didn't look much like the picture). I love the flavours and have never made anything I haven't liked.

I love everything about this book! Have made lots of the recipes and they are easy to follow, always work out and taste amazing. The blueberry and almond butter cookies are our new go-to recipe when we want something sweet and healthy and the overnight oats are our breakfast staple. This is modern, healthy vegetarian food at its best. The photography and stories make it even more beautiful and inspiring. Much love and appreciation for both cookbooks and the Green Kitchen Stories blog.

However daughter borrowed it before I had time to explore -haven't seen it since

greAt book I have bought three for friends and family!

It was given as a gift together with Green Kitchen travels and the recipient was very happy.