Review: The Yoga Kitchen

The Yoga Kitchen by Parsons Kimberley
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Mmmmm, the fact that I only borrowed this tantalizing cookbook and don't actually own it is killing me. Every recipe both looks and sounds amazing - everything from Coconut Beet Ice-Cream to Banana, Almond & Chia Bread with Coconut Yogurt, to High-Jacked Sweet Potato with Avocado, Pomegranate & Coconut, and even Kaleola (granola with crispy kale pieces). Can you tell I'm partial to coconut? Basically, you can bet your asana my mouth was watering!!

The photography is particularly gorgeous as well, which is something I greatly appreciate in a cookbook. I'm not only there for the recipes but also for the beautiful pictures of said recipes that will inspire me to try and recreate them in my own kitchen (which honestly, they never even look half as good when I make them anyway), and the more delicious and drool-worthy the photos, the better.

What I found lacking however was the yoga aspect that's advertised in the title. While Parsons does explain her "yoga journey" briefly in the introduction as well as including information on chakras and other such yogic-terms throughout, it's definitely more of a holistic-recipe-cookbook rather than a yogic-recipe-cookbook, at least in my opinion. I expected there to be something more to do with the actual practice of yoga itself, but what exactly I'm not quite so sure. Perhaps for me it's more of an issue with the title itself than anything else because I actually like the fact that it isn't heavy on yogic philosophy and instead focuses on simple, healthy, vegetarian-based meals. Whether you're looking for some new inspiration to jazz up your Meatless Mondays or you're already a committed veggie-lover, this cookbook will definitely fill the bill.

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