Crave Eat Heal: Plant-Based, Whole Food Recipes To Satisfy Every Appetite, a new cookbook by Annie Oliverio (who blogs at An Unrefined Vegan) is a book that will resonate with everyone. When you think of it, what we eat is often tied directly to how we feel. Certain foods trigger emotional responses in us, the most common of which is “comfort” food.
Crave Eat Heal has over 140 vegan, sugar-free, low oil, gluten-free recipes that focus on satisfying our various food cravings in a healthful way. I love that the chapters are organized by craving:
Carbs – Chocolate – Comfort – Cool – Creamy Crunchy – Green
Junk – Salty – Spicy – Sweet – Tart – Warm
At some point or another, we’ve all craved foods in these categories (some more than others, right chocolate-lovers?). One of the great things about Annie’s book is that she shares fantastic recipes to help satisfy this cravings – but in a healthful way. Best of all, the book is filled with Annie’s beautiful photography that positively envelope you with whatever “craving” you happen to be paging through.
I’m very happy to be participating in this blog tour for Crave Eat Heal and to share this recipe for BUCKWHEAT NOODLES WITH SPICY ALMOND SAUCE.
COOKBOOK GIVEAWAY…. Thanks to Annie and her publisher, I am also giving away a copy of the book to one lucky reader in the U.S. or Canada. (International readers can enter to win a copy of the companion e-book, Crave. Eat. Heal. Outtakes). At the end of this post, just tell me your most craved-for craving category from those listed above. A winner will be chosen at random at midnight on 4/27 – Winners will be announced here on Tuesday 4/28.
Note: Crave Eat Heal is available for pre-order, but that hard copies won’t be available until after May 4. Winners will receive their copies as soon as they are available. Now here’s that recipe…..
BUCKWHEAT NOODLES WITH SPICY ALMOND SAUCE
Serves 4
Gluten-free, Oil-free, Easy
INGREDIENTS
Sauce
4 Tbsp. natural almond butter
1 Tbsp. white miso paste
1/4 cup low-sodium broth
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
1/4 tsp. garlic chile paste
Juice of 1 lime
2 Tbsp. tamari, soy sauce, or liquid aminos
2 tsp. pure maple syrup
1 Tbsp. fresh ginger, grated or minced
3 cloves garlic
Pinch of ground black pepper
Noodles
6-ounces (170g) buckwheat noodles
2 cups asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 cups snow peas
1 small zucchini, cut into 1/4-inch rounds
1/4 cup red onion, chopped
1 cup grated carrot
1/2 cucumber, seeded and chopped
Fresh cilantro, for garnish
Fresh mint, for garnish
Chopped roasted peanuts, for garnish
DIRECTIONS
Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Lightly cook the asparagus, snow peas and zucchini for about 3 minutes. You want the vegetables to retain their crunch and bright color. Using a slotted spoon, remove the vegetables and rinse with cool water – or if desired, place the vegetables in a water/ice bath for a few minutes. Drain thoroughly and set aside.
Now add the buckwheat noodles to the boiling water and cook according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
To make the sauce, place all of the sauce ingredients in a high-speed or regular blender and process until very smooth. If desired, thin out the sauce with additional vegetable broth or water.
Combine the sauce with the noodles, the cooked vegetables and the red onion, carrot, and cucumber, and top with cilantro, mint, and peanuts.
Prep time: 10-15 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Recipe reprinted with permission from Ann Oliverio and Front Table Books.
Now, tell me, what foods do you “crave” the most???
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I love spicy comfort food ….would love to win a copy of the book! Thanks for the chance.
The book looks amazing! 🙂
Love Spicy category!
I am a carb-sweet person – thanks for the chance to win thus cookbook 🙂
Salty, salty, salty,salty………..
I typically crave Spicy or Crunchy!
Thank you for the awesome opportunity! Salty cravings.
Comfort food!
From both warm and chocolate – warm chocolate chip cookies! 🙂 I always crave sweet but I’m trying to break that habit. 🙂
Carbs and junk together at once. Thanks for the giveaway contest!
Salty carbs every time!
Chocolate!
mostly chocolate…
Salty!
I didn’t see a category for this, but it is a comfort food to me. Pizza. I crave it everyday!
Carbs and sweet, preferably together!
Creamy!
I crave Tart, which could be anything with vinegar. I’m lucky it’s no-cal too! Looks like a great book and I’d love to win it.
Love comfort foods. Would love to win the book.
I am a crunchy/carb girl myself.
Creamy crunchy for sure! I’m sure that covers pretty much any category 😉 (International over here, so only entering for the ebook, alas (but not really, so exciting either way!). So excited that her book is finally out and this recipe wins purely by having almond butter as its first ingredient 😀
Comfort food, all the way!
I really do not have cravings anymore. I used to have a huge craving for chocolate and sugar but after switching from a vegetarian to a plant-based diet, I really no longer have those cravings.
I crave chocolate the most. This looks like an awesome book from Annie!
Chocolate. Always chocolate
Salty, crunchy snacks!
My most craved category would be green. I’d love to win this!
ALWAYS craving fruit and crunch…must be why I love apples and watermelon so much ;). great give-a-way!
It varies, but at the moment – carbs!
Most often comfort food which could be sweet or savory.
Love Annie’s blog! I crave salty things most often, but sweet stuff sometimes as well. What a clever way to organize a cookbook.
Salty! Peanut butter, pretzels, yum 🙂
Can it ever be salty enough?
Hmmmm, mostly I crave comfort foods. And sweet foods. And even salty foods. Depends on my mood.
Chocolate…Chocolate…CHOCOLATE! And now I must go find some…*sigh* 🙂
all chocolate baby !!!!
How can salty lose in that 😉 🙂
(though comfort would be a close second)
I look forward to the creamy crunchy category. I’m a huge texture person and find I crave textures over certain flavours.
Definitely creamy–ice cream. Satisfies me every time!
Carbs, for sure!
Novel, useful and insightful format for a cookbook. Sign me up. Thanks!
Sweet!
Ooooh, hard to choose. But in my heart I know that what I really crave is carby carb carb carb carb.
Did I mention I love carbs? Often with a side of carbs.
Usually sweet, in the form of baked goods!
CREAMY…and salty…and sweet…and….
I love salty and spicy. Together. I have an ulcer, so imagine the mess I am!
I love salty and crunchy snacks.
Salty, salty & nothing but the the salty truth, your Honour.
I have to call a combo–salty, creamy, comfort with a little crunchy on the side!
Since all of the above is not an option, I will say comfort food .
any kind of carbs but salty ones are best
I have to say salt but then there are days when chocolate is in order.
I love salty foods! Thanks for the giveaway!
Chocolate!
Carbs? Sweet? I can’t decide! What a cool concept for a book, though I think there should be a “fat” craving chapter.
Salty – preserved lemons, a labor of love, fill this bill quite nicely. The combination of food & healing in the same context is monumental!
My cravings are usually for something spicy – curry or at least a bite of red pepper with other spices.
I crave vanilla flavor…ice cream, pudding, etc.
It’s got to be comfort and chocolate (sometimes together!) What a great idea for a book.
Oh, that’s easy : DARK CHOCOLATE!
I crave salty/crunchy more than any other. Annie’s book looks great, thanks for the giveaway!
Chocolate!!!!!!! Thanks for a chance to win this great book.
I don’t really experience the craving of particular foods any more. I remember chocolate calling my name…loudly. And salty. And carbs…pasta…bread.
The cleaner I eat…whole plant based foods…the fewer & milder any cravings. If it could even be called craving anymore. Because it doesn’t feel the same at all. What’s sometimes left tends to be texture focused…so my catagory would be creamy crunchy.
Would love a chance to have an up close & personal with “Crave Eat Heal”.
I honestly crave each category equally! I tried to pick one, couldn’t narrow it down, I tried to pick the least craved options and couldn’t do that either. So, I pick them all.
comfort foods especially soups
Creamy! It can be sweet or savory. =)
My craving is vanilla mostly in the form of soft serve frozen yogurt or ice cream. I sometimes add pretzels or strawberries. My Biggest problem is that one serving doesn’t satisfy me I need a lot more.if I have the container in the freezer it will not last but one day.I try to figure out how to make something in its place but have not be able to do this. Thank you for the opportunity to win a copy of Crave Eat Heal.
Eileen
I always crave sweet, salty or chocolate! Usually a combination of the three 🙂 I bet there are some killer recipes in here to fix all your cravings. These almond butter noodles look so good! 🙂
Chocolate, especially dark chocolate. Somehow the day just is NOT complete without a bite of dark chocolate!
It varies by the day but I would say “crunchy” also sounds delicious!
*always
I can’t wait for the salty chapter. I have a major salt tooth!
Tart for me!
Spicy, although they all sound amazing. I think this is my dream cookbook!!
Sweet and creamy for me please 🙂
I crave spicy Mexican food and Italian comfort food.
Crunchy & Spicy
Thank you for the chance to win!
I crave carbs/comfort..mac and cheese or any pasta dish come to mind! Oh, and potatoes..swoon..in any form.
Thank you for the opportunity to win this book, Robin!
Warm and comfort!!!!
(But you can’t pass up chocolate!!!)
Comfort foods!
Salty and crunchy…potato chips are my downfall!
I crave ramen noodles type dishes!
Creamy crunchy!! I’ve never been able to put words to my craving before (besides “refrigerated chocolate chips”)! Maybe this category will help me find better things to satisfy the craving!!
It’s always been carbs for me.
Right now, things that are salty and sweet
I crave chocolate and creamy the most!
Carbs all the way 🙂 !
Gotta be warm ’cause warm often means it was just prepared especially for you!
raspberries and mushrooms
Crunchy, salty, a little spicy and sweet–yum!
Chocolate and spicy. Just not together! 🙂