The Kitchen Commune

Synopsis (from Netgalley, the provider of the book for me to review.)
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Featuring more than 100 family-friendly, crowd-pleasing recipes—including gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, paleo, vegan, and more—for everyone. Preparing a meal is an act of love for yourself and the ones you share it with. In this stunning cookbook, Chay Wike, author of the acclaimed home cooking and lifestyle blog The Kitchen Commune, offers a guide to reclaiming your health and nourishing your family and friends with easy, delicious, allergen-friendly recipes for all seasons. With gorgeous photographs and brilliant swaps and tips, the recipes within are endlessly customizable and will inspire readers.

Cooking without certain ingredients doesn’t have to be restrictive. Chay emphasizes nutrient-dense whole foods that everyone can enjoy, including updates on familiar classics, easy substitutions with ingredients already in your pantry, and flavorful sauces that will make you want to lick your plate clean. Throughout, The Kitchen Commune celebrates the art of eating together. After all, food should be joyful for everyone—and now it can be.

As someone from a family that eats weirdly (alkaline, orthorexic unless there is ice cream involved…and it must be FRENCH vanilla), has more allergies than I can count plus a coeliac, this book would work wonderfully. (I no longer host family dinners as they are ridiculous at times!)

This is a great book to get the most out of your meals: not just calories, but nutrients and all that good stuff for you in the food that you are using as fuel. The sauces are particularly yummy looking: much like on “Only Murders in the Building” I could live on dips and sauces instead of dinner. Great for healthy, family meals. If you cannot find a recipe here that works for you and your family, well … your family is weirder and needier than mine!

It present itself that meals are a gathering of many appetites and taste. She was unfortunately diagnose with multiple ailments and decided to get back her health naturally. The results are a variety of delicious and careful minded meals that gives you a savory visualize feasts.

This is a lovely cookbook with insights from the author. I've never encountered her blog, but I have followed a similar path to finding a way of eating that works for me. I appreciated hearing a bit about her personal story. She also begins the book with "10 principles of the Kitchen Commune" that I found helpful and are very similar to how I approach food, so I felt from the beginning that I would find something of value in the book. She also has a helpful list and explanation of some useful pantry ingredients to keep on hand to make meals that are inclusive to a range of dietary needs (gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, paleo, etc.).

I tried several of the recipes, including a delightful vinaigrette recipe from her grandmother, vanilla berry compote, wild blueberry muffins, and red lentil mulligatawny soup. All were great! And I have many more I'd like to try.

I plan to purchase a hard copy when it comes out (and I'm very particular about the cookbooks I purchase to keep as space in my kitchen is at a premium!), and I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for some creative ways to be an inclusive cook!

Thank you to NetGalley and Flashpoint Publishers for the ARC!

I received an ARC of this cookbook from NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.

I have a lot of food allergies and this book has some good options that I could cook. And the pictures were great!

A beautifully put together book of recipes that were mouthwatering and elegant! I liked that they felt sophisticated and elegant while also not being too complicated.

Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review.

OH EFFFF YESSSS.
I can't wait to add this to my digital library of cookbooks that I choose to cook from on a regular basis. I was flipping through briefly and already my tummy is grumbling, so that's always a good sign.

My family's health and happiness is important to me. I'm a good cook but with food prices going up every time you visit the grocery store, it's hard to try new, healthy recipes without breaking my budget. And of course, they have to taste good too. One of my goals this year is to learn more about how I can accomplish all of this in my home kitchen. Enter THE KITCHEN COMMUNE.
While I have not tried every recipe, yet, the ones I have prepared have met with 5 star reviews from my picky taste testers. The recipes were not intimidating and I didn't have to spend extra on ingredients I will never use again. My family has already declared several of them "favorites" and I've made them often enough that the word has spread outside my kitchen that this cookbook has earned a place of honor in kitchens across my neighborhood. I won't lend mine so they have to get their own. That's the best recommendation I could make......you cannot borrow my book!

I absolutely love the recipes in this book. They feel doable for me with my upper-intermediate level of cooking ability, and they were exactly what I was looking for. I have options for traditional ways of making many of them, if I would like, or some combination of the dietary options the author includes with ease.

We are working with three adults with food restrictions and two children who are sensitive eaters, and I know that they will eat many items from this cookbook.

Delicious sounding recipes great photography a guide to cooking healthy appetizing meals.Will be trying many recipes from this lovely cookbook.#netgalley #flashpoint

This took me a long while to read as my ARC did not translate to kindle well, but I am so glad that I persevered. We ,as a family, have a number of food related issues and this book had just made my life so much easier and given me so many ideas of new recipes I can prepare. Can't wait to buy a hard copy.

This is a must-have cookbook! It is full of great recipes, advice, and easy to implement ideas. This is one I'll return to again and again. Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the advanced copy of the book.

I enjoyed reading about the author. There were many healthy recipes that appealed to me, but my favorite is the sauces. They can be used to dress several proteins. The vibrant pictures are beautiful.

I hadn’t heard of the author or her blog prior to reviewing this book. I will definitely be checking it out because this was an amazing cookbook. My goal for the year is to work in cutting down/out inflammatory ingredients from my diet. This book is a great resource! Honestly it doesn’t feel like it is any sort of special diet (until you look at the ingredient list) from the pictures. You definitely won’t be missing anything by trying these!

Chay Wike ís a genius in the kitchen. In the introduction to this book, she promises a way to get dinner on the table while respecting everyone's allergies and sensitivities. A way to commune over the dinner table while staying healthy at the same time! And I must say, she delivers. I absolutely loved the variety of the recipes, prep tips, ease of execution and above all, the commitment to health and wellness. I can't wait to stock my kitchen with more of her books!