Get Inspiralized: Turn Vegetables into Healthy, Creative, Satisfying Meals

Inspiralized by Ali Maffucci

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Last year, I received my first spiral slicer, and I got hooked on the idea of veggie pasta and spiralized fruits and veggies. I used the slicer for basic things, but I felt like I wasn’t getting the full use out of it. When I saw a cookbook dedicated to fully utilizing the spiral slicer, I knew that I wanted to check it out. I needed ideas, and Inspiralized by Ali Maffucci provided a lot of ideas – with pictures. (You know how I love pictures for inspiration.)

I was quite impressed with Ali’s journey with food and the story behind her website and now book. I’m on my own health and fitness journey, so I can relate to a lot of what she shared. She’s not stuck on a particular type of diet other than healthy, whole foods. She encourages people to eat what is best for their bodies which could vary from person to person.

The recipes in the book are fun and easy. While many of them are very basic, I like the inspiration and ideas provided by the variety of recipes. The pictures a beautiful, and honestly, they make me quite hungry. The one thing that I didn’t necessarily like was that the book was geared towards the use of one particular spiral slicer, so she talked about those specific blades. It was fairly easy to figure out which blade I needed, but I would have preferred she used a more generic description.

If you’re new to using a spiral slicer, Ali goes into good detail on how to use the spiral slicer and the various cuts. She even explains how to make “rice” from veggies. In addition, she shares methods for different veggies and fruits to get the best results from your spiral slicer.

Whether you’re looking to get started with using a spiral slicer or you just want to get more use out of the one that you already own, Inspiralized is a fun cookbook to get more veggie and fruit inspiration.

Book Description:

The definitive cookbook for using a spiralizer: the kitchen gadget that turns vegetables and fruits into imaginative, low-carb dishes.

On her wildly popular blog, Inspiralized, Ali Maffucci is revolutionizing healthy eating. Whether you’re low-carb, gluten-free, Paleo, or raw, you don’t have to give up the foods you love. Inspiralized shows you how to transform more than 20 vegetables and fruits into delicious meals that look and taste just like your favorite indulgent originals. Zucchini turns into pesto spaghetti; jicama becomes shoestring fries; sweet potatoes lay the foundation for fried rice; plantains transform into “tortillas” for huevos rancheros.

Ali’s recipes for breakfast, snacks, appetizers, sandwiches, soups, salads, casseroles, rices, pastas, and even desserts are easy to follow, hard to mess up, healthful, and completely fresh and flavorful. Best of all, she tells you how to customize them for whatever vegetables you have on hand and whatever your personal goal may be—losing weight, following a healthier lifestyle, or simply making easy meals at home.

Here, too, are tons of technical tips and tricks; nutritional information for each dish and every vegetable you can possibly spiralize; and advice for spiralizing whether you’re feeding just yourself, your family, or even a crowd. So bring on a hearty appetite and a sense of adventure—you’re ready to make the most of this secret weapon for healthy cooking.

About the Author:

Combining her inherent Italian-American love for pasta with her commitment to a healthy lifestyle, ALI MAFFUCCI launched Inspiralized.com. She lives in Jersey City with her fiancé, Lu.

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