****This contest is now CLOSED. You may still comment, but the giveaway is over. Congratulations to Becca, winner of the cookbook!
If you don’t mind my interrupting our regular postings of recipes (and birthday gelato tastings), I’d like to take the opportunity to tell you about a random little cookbook I was a part of—you know, so I can send you a copy.
About the Book
Featuring fifty recipes from fifty food bloggers, Thinkfood is a new cookbook focusing on brain health, created by the people at PositScience. Every recipe features an ingredient known to be good for your mind, whether blueberries (like mine in the smoothie above!) or flaxseed or sardines or salmon.
It’s also beautifully designed and photographed. Want a sneak peak inside?
About the Bloggers
The full list of contributors is listed here, along with their blogs and Twitter handles. At that page, you can also subscribe to Posit Science’s weekly brain fitness newsletter (sign-up is on the left sidebar), which has a new one of the blogger recipes featured in each one.
About the Contest
I’m giving away a copy of the cookbook to a random commenter on this post!
Want to win? The contest is over! Congrats to Becca! Just comment here by this Friday, September 3, by 5 PM CST. (If you don’t know what to say, tell me your favorite smoothie! or your favorite way to eat blueberries! or, I don’t know, how much you love this blog!) I’ll choose a winner via Random Number Generator.
Oh, and PS: Nashville was great! But I’ve missed cooking. I’ll get back to blogging soon!
About Shanna MallonShanna Mallon started Food Loves Writing back in 2008, as a way to remember her grandma and write about her life through food. Since then it's become a place leading her to a lifestyle of eating whole foods, a new home in Nashville and the love of her life, Tim. Follow Shanna on Twitter @foodloves, keep up with Food Loves Writing on Facebook and stay inspired with the monthly newsletter.
It’s so fun looking at the list of bloggers and realizing I “know” them already…in the digital sense of the word.
I’d love to win a copy of the book!
Wouldn’t you know it? I always joke with my mom about her lists of superfoods and now it turns out there’s an entire cookbook dedicated to them!
the photography in this book looks amazing. that’s my favorite part of any cookbook — if it doesn’t have photos, i don’t usually get it. so — lovely!
I apparently eat so many blueberries (usually for breakfast, on top of cottage cheese) that they are slightly staining my teeth. My dentist thought I was drinking too much coffee, tea or soda…but nope. Turned out to be the berries. Whoops!
Love the idea behind this cookbook! Fingers Crossed
this might be silly – but i love freezing a pint of blueberries and eating them by themselves, in my yogurt, w. ice cream…. they are great late night snacks.
Favorite smoothie: OJ, banana, frozen strawberries and a big spoonful of vanilla yogurt for a creamy texture. And thank you for the chance of winning this exciting new book.
I’d love to own a copy of this one. Congrats on being included in the book. My favorite smoothie is Mango Peach.
Brain food sounds like something everyone could use! This sounds totally amazing. If I don’t win, I’ll probably purchase a copy. As far as blueberries go, I love them in everything… smoothies, oatmeal, cold cereal, yogurt parfaits, by themselves… my most recent smoothie of choice was a blueberry papaya smoothies because that’s just all sorts of anti-inflammatory goodness!
Oh, and my most recent favorite way to eat blueberries… YOUR SOAKED SPELT BLUEBERRY MUFFIN RECIPE. Have made it twice and will probably make it again.
Hey, cookbook contributor! You must be so proud. Thinkfood looks beautifully designed—so nice of you to let us all peer inside.
I am not entering (athough I would LOVE to have the cookbook, believe me!) because I already had the exciting privilege of winning your giveaway in the spring. I just wanted to say thank you SO MUCH for sending me the immersion blender. (from that giveaway.) It works GREAT and is fun to use. I didn’t write back right away because it was a crazy busy time of the semester and I hadn’t had a chance to use it yet, but now I have been using it and really love it. Thank you so much for providing it. It was so much fun to win! Still can’t believe it!!
Oh, and while I’m apologizing for my lateness, belated happy birthday! I thought of your birthday a few days early but then didn’t actually wish you a happy birthday when the day came. Hope it was wonderful in every way!
Hi, Shannalee. I eat blueberries mainly with yogurt and my home-made “world’s best” granola (so says Ina Garten, in her recipe, which I’ve adapted) or with my favourite buttermilk pancakes. However, I like them in many other incarnations, and I do love your blog! Thanks, Dan
I heart the Mango-a-go-go smoothie from Jamba Juice. I try to re-create it at home and never come out with something that’s as deliciously wonderful as it!
Blueberry Kuchen! Amazing and beautiful fruit tart in springform pan:)
Congrats on being included in this cook book!
A malted smoothie reigns supreme! Mix with chocolate or peanut butter and you have a winner. Mmmm fatty goodness
I’m not a great cook, but I enjoy the adventure of cooking. And I’m getting better at it. I love good food, and it brings me so much to cook for others. My husband & I are starting The Breakfast Club at our home. Each Saturday morning between 9:00-12:00pm, people are welcome to stop in for breakfast at no charge. They should bring only a healthy appetite & a love for community. I would love to cook for others using this book! I love following your blog, and your recipes are some of my favorite!
ohhhh I…. love your blog!!
And my favorite way to eat blueberries is with ice cream! Thanks for the chance!!
I want a raspberry/mango/blueberry smooth right about now. Or maybe a piece of Key Lime pie. A great way to start the morning I say!
My favorite smoothie involves strawberry, most of the time. Unless I’m jonesing for pineapple/mango/passionfruit. Mmmm smoothie goodness.
My favorite way to eat blueberries is baked into a pie or a tasty muffin, though the way I actually eat them most of the time is sprinkled on top of my morning cereal and yogurt. It’s antioxidantlicious.
Brain food! Some over here please!!! (Blueberries usually go into my unsprouted whole grain cereal – that does NOT sound good but it is… But they are much better in buttermilk pancakes!!!)
Hey Shanna! I have good news that I think you’ll appreciate… since coming back from Israel, I have been craving fresh foods. Trust me, this is a big deal! Granted, I still live in a kitchen-less dorm (which calls for a lot more motivation to actually cook and, at the same time, limits my options quite a bit), but I’ve been riding the wave of creative healthy dining for a month or so. Tonight’s menu: Israeli couscous with roasted veggies.
This is so exciting that you are in a cookbook! Pick me! Pick me!
Looks like a great idea for a cookbook. Would love to see the recipes. I also want to try the coconut flour cookies on your site; there are very few recipes for coconut flour published and these sound good.
Being in a cookbook must be a very exciting experience!
As someone who eats smoothies every day for breakfast, there are a wide range of smoothies that I enjoy. But my most favorite would have to be the one we call “Ozzy Apple” it’s got cranberry, honeydew, apple, OJ and yogurt. It’s the perfect zing to wake you up on the way to classes.
what a great idea for a cookbook, i’d love to win!
I love your blog- the recipes and writing are both very inspirational and entertaining. I love blueberries plain, in banana bread, with yogurt and peanut butter, in a pie, or mixed in smoothies. Thank you for the chance to win!
Hello! Count me in! Looks like a great book!
Love the idea of this cookbook! My current smoothie obsession is gingersnap-inspired and contains yogurt, cinnamon, ginger, blackstrap molasses, peanut butter, and half a banana. I like to make it the night before and stick it in the freezer to thaw on my way to work, so the blender doesn’t wake my husband in the morning
I like peaches and blueberries in my smoothies!