Review: The Nourished Kitchen: Farm-to-Table recipes for the Traditional Foods Lifestyle

I love cookbooks. I have plenty of them and love to just browse new recipes and learn new techniques. I cannot tell you how excited I was when I logged on to Blogging For Books and saw that The Nourished Kitchen: Farm-to-Table recipes for the Traditional Foods Lifestyle was one of the featured books. I have been following The Nourished Kitchen on Facebook for quite a while now since we’ve been venturing into whole foods and homesteading and I have fallen in love. have wanted to get this cookbook since it was first advertised so you can imagine my excitement when I opened the box last week to see my very own copy.

First, let me go ahead and tell you, many of my cookbooks boast “dinner to the table in 30 minutes or less!” This is no such cook book. Some recipes include directions for 7 days of fermenting and brewing time! But I can promise you, it is all well worth it.

The first thing I noticed about the cookbook was the vibrant pictures and just the sheer volume of recipes included. In addition, I really enjoyed the non-traditional (entrees, deserts, poultry, pies, etc.) lay out of the book. The Nourished Kitchen is divided into the following sections: from the garden, from the pasture, from the range, from the waters, from the fields, from the wild, from the orchard, and from the larder.

When I opened the cook book, I got sucked in, and could not stop reading. I loved the stories about the recipes, and the simplicity of the real food ingredients. My husband even started reading it, and he’s been searching for recipes for our blueberries we just harvested. He’s got the bookmark on the “melted blueberries with ginger and mandarin orange” recipe. Just listen to the description:

Tossed into frothy butter scented with ginger, blueberries soften and seem to melt away.

Yum. To help those new to the Traditional Foods Lifestyle, McGruther also includes a glossary, resource list, and a list of traditional food advocacy groups. The book is available to purchase in hard copy as well as in e-book format. I would highly recommend picking up a hard copy just to have on your shelf and thumb through when you need inspiration! I cannot wait to put some time in the kitchen preparing some of these wonderful-looking recipes!

If you’d like to learn more about The Nourished Kitchen or author Jennifer McGruther you can check out the links below:

• The Nourished Kitchen on Facebook
• Jenny McGruther on Twitter
• The Nourished Kitchen on Pinterest
• The Nourished Kitchen on Instagram
• More about The Nourished Kitchen: Farm-to-Table recipes for the Traditional Foods Lifestyle
• More about Jennifer McGruther

If you’d like to see more of the book before purchasing, you can read the first chapter here. I received my copy of The Nourished Kitchen: Farm-to-Table recipes for the Traditional Foods Lifestyle for free from Blogging for Books in exchange for my review. I thoroughly enjoy this book and highly recommend it!