Review: Very few recipes...and an odd obsession with mango's! Good info though.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2014
I am a self confessed health nut and enjoy reading new ideas, thoughts and recipes that follow a natural / raw / plant based diet so it is always nice to see these ebooks available for free via the Kindle.For  a free book it was nice, well written and professionally illustrated. The format translates well to the Kindle.  It begins with a background of the retreat which though did at times seem like a bit of a pitch, was also somewhat necessary to explain how these recipes came about ; and what they can do for people.There was also a very useful guide at the beginning referring to tips of adapting receives for quantity, and working with fresh produce - testing, ripening (and how this translates to digestion), working with aromatics - this was a little different from what I have seen in similar books and worth knowing.On the somewhat negative side there were not many recipes (but hey, being realistic, this is free, and a small guide which can be read in less than half an hour so it's probably proportionate); but as others have mentioned, there is a rather strange obsession with mangos!Now don't get me wrong, I rather like mango's...but that does not mean I want them in every recipe - for example "Tomango" soup.  I consider myself to have a fairly adventurous pallet but not sure I want mangos with my tomato soup!! Though I did not make this so maybe it's great! But it got to the point where almost every recipe called for mangos - the dips, the soup, the drink,  the slaw. So folks if you do not like mango  -this one is not for you!The ending had some useful additional resources, so if this tempted your taste buds, you could find the associated blog, books,  camp.For free it was fine and well written, just would have liked more variety in the ingredients! Mango lovers...this is YOUR book!