Fantastic book for vegans and omnivores, athletes and non-athletes alike. It is filled with great information and recipes that are accessible to everyone, written in an extremely non-preachy and relatable way. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to change their diet or simply wanting to add some healthier options to their meal rotations.

An easy to read cookbook with some interesting recipe ideas. Fun- my husband and I enjoyed cooking some together.

If you've been around the blog for very long, or take a glance at my posts on Instagram, it should come as no surprise that I am a huge fan of both eating and cookbooks. I may also have a tendency toward cookbook hoarding.

While I certainly do not consider myself a talented cook, and would never claim to be anything other than functionally proficient in the kitchen, I eat most of my meals at home and so I do spend time cooking something nearly every day. Not only is it significantly cheaper, but it also ensures that I'm putting (mostly) nutritious food into my body.

At the beginning of this year, I took a few weeks off from meat; it was a fun experiment and, other than rationalizing the purchase of a few more cookbooks, an insightful way to examine my patterns/habits and come up with new ways to incorporate a wider variety of vegetables and whole foods into my regular diet.

During my recipe research, I remembered hearing about Matt Frazier, founder of No Meat Athlete, through vegan running friends and various podcasts; his website is full of fantastic information and I also borrowed a copy of his book from the library.

Shortly after, I discovered that Matt and co-author Stepfanie Romine were planning to publish a cookbook; I was able to enjoy an advance copy from their publisher, The Experiment, and then pre-ordered my own copy because I thought it looked great.

Even though I am neither vegan nor vegetarian, this cookbook is worth the price for the quick, easy, and thoughtful ideas that have been put together for meals from breakfast to dinner plus snacks and desserts.

There's one thing in particular about the "The No Meat Athlete Cookbook" that really makes it stick out and shine. Time and time again I have checked out a proudly-marked vegan cookbook hoping for inspiration for new healthy meals to make, only to be disappointed to find recipe after recipe after recipe calling for ingredients that are either out of my price range, nowhere to be found in my local grocery stores, and overall seem to be far too heavily targeted towards healthy-minded people of a certain level of affluence.

Frazier however provides a collection of tasty recipes made from foods that I can actually locate nearby without fuss, and won't wreck havoc on my bank account. To put it another way, this is not at all like the average vegan cookbooks I've encountered, which all too often nearly border on being flat-out parodies of vegan diets. Frazier offers a breath of fresh air with a vegan recipe book whose helpful tips, information, and meal ideas can reach a far wider potential audience, ranging from those who want to follow the no-meat athlete lifestyle to those who simply would like to add a few new healthy dishes into their cooking repertoire.

This is a really useful, informative and inspiring cookbook. It's packed full of interesting information on nutrition and what kind of foods you should be fuelling your body with as an athlete - or just anyone who exercises, really! This isn't just for the elite (of which group I DEFINITELY do not belong!)

The recipes are easy to follow whilst still being inspiring and they all look delicious. Even if you're a hardcore carnivore you'll enjoy these recipes and won't miss the meat, I promise you!

Another important aspect of this book is that the recipes don't usually ridiculously expensive or unusual ingredients - you're bound to have a lot of them in your cupboard or, if not, they're easy to find in the supermarket. The recipes are generally healthy and will leave you feeling satisfied without the guilt that often comes with junk food!

For anyone wanting to go veggie, or just incorporate more veggie recipes into their diet, this is ideal. It's got lovely photos (always important in these kind of books, I think - I like to see what I'm cooking is *supposed* to look like!) and I loved the oil-free cooking section, which I'd never really thought about before. There's also a good range of savoury and sweet recipes depending what you fancy. Highly recommended!

As much as I love meat and actually need it in my diet to perform the best, I am always interested in finding no meat options that will keep my body fueled and performing at it's best. Plus I'm always on the hunt for options that are not stir-fried vegetables over rice, or a quickly thrown together salad.

Over the past few weeks, I've been trying out various recipes from this cookbook and quite a few of them have become favorites. The Spicy Black Bean and Beet burgers were pretty amazing, I've been drizzling the Mango-Orange dressing over all my salads, and the sesame turmeric oven fries can best be described as crack.

I was also a huge fan of the sports drink section. It was filled with a bunch of sports drinks that can help you stay hydrated and fueled through your workouts, and they are made with easily accessible, all-natural ingredients. This was a huge plus for me, as most commercial energy drinks and electrolyte replacements are packed with artificial ingredients and chemicals.

I especially loved the switchels, a slightly sweet energy drink made with water, citrus juice, maple syrup and apple cider vinegar. The maple syrup is a great source of magnesium and potassium, which helps prevent muscle cramps while the apple cider vinegar helps prevent nausea, upset stomachs and indigestion. I also love how easy it is to switch it up and adapt the switchel with various fruit juices or herbs.

Veggies! You can enjoy your veggies and be an athlete. I'm not an athlete, but I do love vegetables and vegetarian cookbooks with creative recipes I could use. A great cookbook for vegetarian athletes looking for something more than just salad.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is considering going vegan or who just wants to see how their body feels on a plant based diet. There is a lot of good information in here on how to eat a plant based diet, the recipes are simple and easy to follow and the pictures really show off the foods.

This was an interesting cookbook.

Most of the recipes have been around or are variations of known ones, but if you're just delving into meatless cooking this is a great start. The recipes are clearly labelled for options like gluten, oil, soya and sugar free etc
It's very easy to use and has some lovely ideas

A well-written and thoroughly cohesive narrative of a cookbook, we enjoyed the vegetable focus but wished there was less dependance on soy.

Unable to review this book as it is not available in a Mobi file or in any other format which I could send to my Kindle

This cookbook is fantastic! Thank you so much for all of my new meatless meals that still give me the energy I need for my new healthy lifestyle!

Having recently gone on an all vegan, mostly whole food plant based diet- I've been looking for new recipies to cook. I have my favorite foods, but I don't want to get too burned out on them. The No Meat Athlete Cookbook had tons of great recipes and tips for anyone looking for protien packed vegan meals. I have some recipes bookmarked and I'm excited to give them a try!

Very comprehensive guide. I love how the authors take the time to list the importance of nutrition, appropriate kitchen tools, pantry staples,hacks and meal planning. It's not just a recipe book but a guide to overall nutrition and health in the kitchen when eating a plant-based diet, especially if you have an active lifestyle. I've already made the Chickpea Quiche as a gift for my yoga instructor and she thought it was absolutely divine!

My running has recently taken a turn for the serious (gulp!) and part of that includes being aware of my diet and not just eating everything that sounds good. This popped up on NetGalley and I thought I'd at least take a look. I have no interest in being vegetarian, but wouldn't mind cutting out about half the meat I currently eat.



Here's the description, from Amazon:

A Sports Illustrated Best Health and Wellness Book of 2017

From the founder of No Meat Athlete: plant-based recipes packed with nutrition to help athletes perform better and recover faster

A fast-growing global movement, No Meat Athlete (NMA) is inspiring everyone from weekend joggers to world-class competitors to be healthier and fitter and perform better on whole plant foods. Written by NMA founder Matt Frazier and longtime health coach, yoga teacher, and nutrition writer Stepfanie Romine, The No Meat Athlete Cookbook features 150 whole food, vegan recipes that are affordable and quick to get on the table, even on busy nights. Here are:
Breakfasts to power you up (Almond Butter–Banana Pancakes), mains that aid recovery (Beet Bourguignon), and natural sports drinks, portables, energy bites, and bars (V9, Umeboshi Electrolyte Drink, Calorie Bomb Cookies) to take you further and help you get the most from every workout
Minimal gluten, soy, and sweeteners, plus oil-free options throughout (ideal for followers of the Forks Over Knives diet)
Meal-planning guidelines, nutritional info, adaptable “blueprint” recipes—and more!

I had to download this one as a .pdf, which was in itself a pain in the rear, but once I had it found it to be great cookbook. I made a few notes in my bullet journal, as well as jotting down a couple recipes to try later. (That darn time limit on NetGalley .pdfs practically guarantees the book will be gone by the time I am ready to try the recipe!) My notes are in bullet form, as they are below.
The pictures are really pretty, and actually make me want to try the food. It's not just one plate of greens after another!
All the recipes contain a vegan option, but the book is very clear that the way to get there is slowly. Cut out one product at a time, going cold turkey on all animal products is hard. This is totally a non-preachy style intro to vegetarian meals. I hate the cookbooks that lecture me first.
Most recipes do have a lot of ingredients, which is a turn off for me. That said, almost all of look like something I'd be willing to eat, and not nearly as "weird" as most vegetarian books are.
I loved the "Blueprint Meals" which are more of a general guideline than an actual recipe. For example "A grain, a green and a bean" following by examples of potential combinations.
There is an entire chapter devoted to fuel and recovery from workouts. I loved that.
I wrote down three recipes to try: Caribbean Coconut Collards & Sweet Potatoes (I can't resist coconut or sweet potatoes), Smoky Potato Salad (no mayo!) and Cucumber- Lime Electrolyte Drink. I'm hoping that I'll try them out sooner rather than later, and I'll let you know what I think.

The No Meat Athlete comes out on May 16, and while I haven't seen a print copy, I have no problems recommending it.

This book has a lot of helpful information that is beneficial to Athletes looking to eat healthier or even non-athletes who are looking to better their diets or looking for something different in their lives.

Thank you to Netgalley, The Experiment, Matt Frazier, Stepfanie Romine, and Rich Roll for the gracious offer of an advanced copy to read for a honest-review.

I've been falling in love a lot with cookbooks for athletes, so I jumped hard and fast when I was that this book was available for reviewing. I was incredibly excited to see how it would turn out, and I love the first few chapters, breaking down what you need to eat to feed your body. How to best take care of yourself to be reaching the most important nutrients on this path to better

The recipes were well represented and the pictures are vibrantly, detailed and well positioned.

But.

The dependence on bread/grains/starch-related foods in 95% of the recipes turned my stomach. For those that works for this will be a great resource, but in that field this book was sadly a dud for me and one I won't be able to use at all in my path to embracing healthy living and supported weightlifting.

For those parts I really loved the salads, vegetables, and smoothies, would make some really great lunch help for me in the future. Thank you, again, for the chance to review this newest cookbook for athletes eating clean, healthy and varied diets.

This book is jam-packed with information about nutrition, especially for athletes. This could be a good or a bad thing. If the reader is interested in knowing more about this, it is helpful; however, the audience of readers who already know these things and are looking for recipes will be disappointed. It feels quite wordy.

The recipes are, for a lack of a better term, okay. As someone who follows a similar diet, I didn't find anything I wanted to make, and I worry that people new to that diet won't find anything that appeals to them, either. I may be wrong. Some of the recipes, especially tofu-based ones, seemed a little "mushy." There were also strange flavor combinations, like oatmeal full of salsa.

Personally, I was not a fan. However, I'm sure others will feel differently, and my opinion of it shouldn't sway interested readers away from giving it a look.

A wonderful cookbook for those looking for some healthier, meat-free, meals without them being too complicated. I found a number of recipes I hadn't heard of before, and am excited to add it to my own collection. Also a good addition to libraries with cookbook collections looking to "beef" up their vegetarian/vegan sections.

For someone who has never tried a "no-meat" diet, I was highly skeptical. I like my meat! But when my husband started running with someone who uses a vegan lifestyle, it got him, and me curious as to what it was, and how to best go about trying it out.

Enter the opportunity by Net Galley to review the No Meat Athlete cookbook. I was really impressed! Matt and Stepfanie break down what "no meat" is and isn't. Most of the books I had looked at were very scientific in their explanations, and honestly, I just wanted simple, but concise explanations. That is what you'll get in this cookbook.

The recipes are the jewel of this book. Lots of great, savory (and sweet) ways to eat, from Oatmeal, salad dressings to a healthier version of turtles candy. :)

My only issue wasn't with the book, just how difficult (and initially expensive) gathering a good supply of the ingredients would be. Overall, we are looking forward to trying some of these recipes out (the salad dressings, especially)

If you are interested in eating healthier, and maybe trying to go meatless more often, I would recommend this book.

Net Galley gave me a complimentary copy of this book to review.