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Crazy Sexy Juice: 100+ Simple Juice, SmoothieNut Milk Recipes to Supercharge Your Health by Kris Carr

veritytease's review

4.0

Kris Carr first came to my attention when I watched Crazy Sexy Cancer, a documentary that showed her type 4 cancer diagnosis and the changes she made to live a healthy happy life. I found it highly motivational and if you haven't seen it, I urge you to do so.
I must be honest, I didn't so much pick this book for smoothie recipes, my blender is on the fritz and I'm very much a "blend what's in the fridge" type of gal anyway. I wanted something that would motivate me to get my (slightly too big) rear in gear and Carr always manages to do so.

Whenever I pick up a vegan/vegetarian book I judge it based on a few factors:

- can I buy the ingredients in my local supermarket and not have to sell a kidney to afford them
- do I need special equipment or utensils that will clutter my kitchen space
- is it relatively low fat/ decent in calories (vegetarian does NOT equal slim)
- are the recipes tasty and easy to make

All that is required for smoothies is a good blender, you can use fruit and vegetables from your local shop, most consist of fruit and vegetables only and are super easy to make.
I especially found the homemade non dairy milk ( I refuse to call it nut milk!) section interesting and I can't wait to try them out.
On the whole, there's nothing especially revolutionary about this book but it provides a good boost to the ol' motivation, it can inspire you to think outside the box when on your weekly shopping trip and try new ingredients or food combinations.

vegancleopatra's review

3.0

9-15-15

Overall Crazy Sexy Juice is a beautiful book with gorgeous photos and a nice layout. However, the juices and smoothies themselves are not terribly new if you have been around the vegan or healthy food community for very long. The juices especially are quite common, though there were a few gems in there (such as Crimson Dawn). Unfortunately Carr relies heavily on cucumber as a base in her juices, which I personally cannot drink. This is easily remedied but I do wish she had more variety in bases.

The smoothies, again, are common combinations found in the health food and vegan community, though Carr's measurements are her own at times. My favorites were the Body Builder, For the Love of Nog, Strawberry Fields and Chocolate Avocado.

Disclosure: ARC received from Netgalley & publisher in exchange for an honest review. (They may regret this.) Any and all quotes were taken from an advanced edition subject to change in the final edition.

strickvl's review

2.0

A pity. I use to find something vaguely approachable about [a:Kris Carr|787484|Kris Carr|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1300909857p2/787484.jpg] in the early days of her 'healthy person' career, but this book is a bit of a waste. Pretty much everything she says is available in her early books (or films, or, indeed, ANY book about juicing) and this makes me suspect that this volume was published with less than pure motives. The photos are pretty, and if you know nothing about anything, I guess maybe you'd get something out of this. Otherwise, give this one a miss.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for making an early-release copy available to me.