if you use the Garden of Eating cookbook

[EMS]

what are your thoughts on powdered egg whites? It seems so un-TF. And yet some of the recipes using them are intriguing. Do you use them?
By the way, it's a great book (especially if you're grain-free/dairy-free). I'm glad I went ahead and spent the 35 buck on it.

[suzukiaustin]

hey, i just bought this book and i, too, really like it.

i just don't get the egg white powders in the the recipes. i mean, paleo people didn't go to GNC and buy egg white protein powder! are you using any egg whites in your GOE recipes?

and maybe i have yet to read about this, but i don't see anything about fermented foods. perhaps this was a development during agriculture, and the authors of GOE didn't see a need for it. but with our depleted soils, wouldn't a few fermented foods help with bacteria, assimilation, etc. in our guts?

what are your favorite recipes in the book?

[EMS]

hey suki,
thanks for replying! overall i really like the cookbook. i've made the steak tartare (i never knew that it was made out of ground beef--my boys loved it). also the fluffy nut butters and tahini, and spaghetti squash. there are a bunch more i want to try. what are your favorites?
i don't know about the fermented foods thing. i make sauerkraut, though. i just thought it was strange that a book that was so into whole foods, organics, etc. would then advocate powdered egg whites. i didn't know if i was missing something or what. i have to admit, it would be nice to have a cheap, convenient source of protein like that for smoothies and the like. probably not so great for you, though.

[bluets]

ah - i asked the authors about this. they have since reconsidered their position on powdered egg whites and don't use it.

if you do want a good protein powder, i recommend Raw Power (http://www.rawpower.com) - i've used it a few times in the (raw) recipes that called for a protein powder. otherwise, i leave it out and toss in another egg or egg yolk (reduce other liquid accordingly).

[Metasequoia]

Originally Posted by bluets

ah - i asked the authors about this. they have since reconsidered their position on powdered egg whites and don't use it.

So if I were to buy the book today, would the recipes still call for powdered egg whites, or has it been revised to reflect their new opinions?

[bluets]

no it doesn't show their new position nor have they added any info to their website - something i find quite frustrating.

[Metasequoia]

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