The Ultimate Bodybuilding Cookbook: High-Impact Recipes to Make You Stronger Than Ever Paperback – September 20, 2016

This is not just a cookbook, it is a manual. There are so many things I love about this book but here are some to share with anyone who is wondering why should I buy this cookbook when there are so many out there:1. f you are a bodybuilder you don't need anything except maybe a professional to take your anthropomorphic measurements and basically off you go. Everything else you need is in the book!2. if you are not a bodybuilder but a fitness enthusiast who worked hard to lose weight on a very bland diet that is leaving you sometimes drained of energy (and binging on peanut butter at 10pm), and now want to build some muscle, improve your physique and/or maintain it with oh so tasty food, stop here and buy the book.:) You'll love the tastes, and the increase in energy levels!3. if you are a parent too who is trying to eat right and not have to cook two separate dinners this book is going to simplify your life. My entire family eats this food now. Even my six year old son! My daughter is in love with turkey stroganoff and crab cakes, my husband loves stuffed cabbage (our slavic family favorite) and the pot roast...so many more to explore :)I have tried more than few recipes from this book and can't decide which recipe is I love more...well, I am addicted to the pre-workout shakes, especially the blueberry beet one! Man, do I feel amazing working out after one of those! The honey nut is awesome too, and, oh, the power bars....Anyway, this is an honest and straight forward book. No embellishments, just facts, and if you follow the steps you will feel and see the results.Bon Apetit!

This is exactly the book I have been looking for to get me out of my food rut. I like to weight train and I have a goal I’m trying to reach. Diet is a huge part of that goal and I was struggling to have more variety. Most body building cook books are geared more towards men and are just too high on the calories, I can’t make it work with my macros for the day. This book has great low-cal recipes for all meals and even dessert!

This is a good cookbook for making meals that are fairly simple. The complaint about using exotic ingredients is valid. Like many healthy cookbooks, it uses healthier substitutes for common ingredients, like IMO syrup, various extracts, etc. I don't mind this as it gives me exposure to new items, but you do end up buying a bunch of new things you need to store. Maybe it's a deal with Amazon to keep up sales : ); I can usually find them here.One issue I have, and I hope I can clarify with the author, is what she means by "granulated stevia". I tried using https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B014RQWOG0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1, but it's way too sweet when 1 cup is used in the coleslaw. Either this recipe has an error, or she's specifying something else. 1 cup made the dressing inedible. I don't mix my dressing with the salad until I'm ready to eat it, so I didn't lose the entire salad, but that was a $17 problem as it used about all of the above-mentioned product.Each recipe lists the calories and macronutrients, but it's not always clear what a serving size is. For example, "Creamy Cucumber Salad" says it makes 6 cups, but it never says the serving size is 1 cup. I presume it is, but it'd be nice if the recipes clearly stated serving size and overall quantity of the recipe.I like the recipes, but this book seems to suffer from some 1st-edition problems that I hope are fixed eventually.

My wife has over a hundred cookbooks, but this has become our go to. We love just about everything we make.Nothing is too complicated and most meals are downright easy. The variety and flavor helps me stick to nutritious eating and prevents hunger and cravings that lead to my habit of binging or reverting back to my old, crappy eating habits. Absolutely love this book!!Calories and macros are given for each recipe, but I log everything into Net Diary with specific brands and ingredients to make sure my counts are accurate. Often I find quite a bit a difference between my numbers and the book's numbers.As another reviewer stated that if a 2nd edition came out they would buy it. I would too!

So far, so good! I've cooked about six recipes from this book & have been pleased with every one!This is really a no-frills, excellent, basic cookbook. No fancy ingredients.The turkey sausage recipe in this book was the most flavorful turkey sausage I have ever made!!I highly recommend this book to any and everybody looking to eat clean. One of the best qualities about this collection of recipes, is that my entire family can eat this food! My children are six and eight years old, and they have loved everything I have made so far. I have a feeling that several of these recipes will be in regular rotation on the menu at my house.The only drawback is what others have said: There are no photos! While I enjoy salivating over food pictures, it probably made this book far more affordable to print & I think it's priced well, so I wouldn't deduct any stars. :)

What I like:There are two chapters before the recipes describing how to put together a balanced diet.The food is easy to makeThe recipes have the nutrition facts on the bottom: calories, protein count, etcWhat I dont like:As usual the food tastes very similar as it uses the same ingredients for most of the food