The Self-Healing Cookbook: A Macrobiotic Primer for Healing Body, Mind and Moods With Whole Natural Foods by Kristina Turner

Here's a whole foods cookbook that makes good bedtime reading! This playful, user-friendly primer blends the wisdom of macrobiotics, the psychology of self-esteem, and a planetary view of healing.

You'll find over 130 dairy-free, sugar-free, low-fat recipes--all family tested favorites from Kristina Turner's cooking classes, including: Sesame Waffles with Apple Syrup, Black Bean Soup, Rice Wedding Salad, Millet Burgers & Gravy, Apricot Mousse & Strawberry Pie.

Much more than recipes.....Kristina offers us Meals for Moods, Kid's Food Projects, Quick Natural Snacks, Guilt-Free Desserts and more.

Heartwarming support for anyone seeking to heal their body, mind and moods with organic, whole foods.

About Kristina Turner

I first found joy in the kitchen over 20 years ago, while inventing vegetarian feasts for 200 at the Findhorn Community in Scotland. Fascinated with the connection between food and mood, nourishment and self-esteem, I returned to the USA to study macrobiotics, shiatsu and psychology.

During the seven years I was writing this cookbook I taught cooking and self-healing classes, in Grass Valley, California. I was inspired by two of my favorite dog-eared how-to books: Dr. Susan Lark's PMS Self-Help Book and Jon Jeavon's book How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible in Your Own Backyard. Both these books have an abundance of illustrations and information, easy-to-understand summarizing charts, and are thoroughly cross-referenced. With compassion for the beginner, they make the complex and overwhelming seem simple. That was my goal!

Typing the entire book on my typewriter, and singing while I illustrated, I wanted every page to light up somebody's heart. Chapter-by-chapter, I handed it out in class and revised it with feedback from hundreds of students. I decided to self-publish when they enthusiastically besieged me with requests for copies to send to their mom, aunt, friend, daughter, son and cousin! Zip! I can hardly believe that was 15 years ago. Now, I am amazed that wherever I go, I run across people who tell me they have read my book, and been cooking from it for years. I am so grateful to be part of the growing wave of organic farmers and natural food cooks who are nurturing life for the generations to come. 

Published by Earthtones Press, 9th Edition, February 2002
ISBN: 0945668155 
Paperback, 9TH REV Edition 9TH
Dimensions (inches): 0.75x8.5x11.0