****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!
That book sounds wonderful! Your blog is so great and… Granola and yogurt with blueberries!
My favorite smoothie is the avocade nutella smoothie my husband created for me. Only way I like avocado!
sounds like a great book!
Smoothies? Love ‘em and make ‘em for my daughters regularly. Favorite additions include a scoop of peanut butter, nutritional yeast, or finely ground oats.
Probably not the healthiest, but I adore blueberry pancakes!!! I love the look of this cookbook from what you’ve posted – and the concept is fabulous!!! Great giveaway!
Oh, I LOVE YOUR BLOG
That is whay I featured it on my Beautiful Blogs Friday! Is the guilty blackmail working? 
Love your blog almost as much as I love blueberries. Which I enjoy in, cereal, yogurt, plain,dipped in chocolate, in a smoothie, in or on ice cream,in pancakes, on waffles, jelly, jam, as dye for Easter eggs, in muffins or scones,…I could go on forever.
my favorite way to eat blueberries is with ice cream!
oh wow, I’m loving the layout/design of that book, very minimalist/cool.
I would love me a copy girl!
So I love blueberries in my oatmeal (along with almond butter) and i love them in my Heritage flakes cereal…I just love them anyway!
and love your blog, of course.
That book sounds amazing! My favorite way to eat blueberries has to be in lemon blueberry scones – nom!
Oooh, favorite smoothie…I would have to say orange juice, frozen mangoes, and frozen bananas. Yum! The cookbook looks great.
I like blueberries all by themselves. Or on top of cereal.
what a great idea for a book! the photos look beautiful..
I am thinking roasted garlic after seeing it pictured. Thanks for linking the blog to facebook, so easy to go to one place for family, friends and foodies!
new favorite smoothie ingredient = oats. never woulda thunk.
we love every smoothie. but most of all we love the cute blender-barista down at the smoothie shop.
my favorite smoothie is banana, mango, peach, ice and milk!
the layout and pictures look fantastic – I’d love a copy!
What a pretty book and a great idea for a book! My favorite way to eat blueberries is fresh, right on top of a big bowl of oatmeal.
well. you know i love your blog even if my commenting is rather spotty. so i will tell you my first time trying blueberries. i was in 3rd grade and on a field trip, we were at a park eating lunch when a classmate’s (Leah, who had the prettiest long brown hair) mom took out a container of these deep blue, juicy berries and she divvied them out for everyone at the table. they were sweet and perfectly round, and so incredibly decadent for me because i’d never shared food with anyone before and just seemed so incredibly grown up and american to me. odd i know. but it’s a memory i remember.
anyway, i’d love to win this cookbook. i need brainfood.
on our recent holiday in Maine we ate blueberries every which way. made into wine, a spritzer made out of that wine + seltzer + floating berries, eaten raw, in muffins, in pie and even in a smoothie with ginger, lemon and yogurt. that was a fairly amazing blueberry trip!
cheers,
*heather*
how awesome, shanna! well, i love your blog because it’s good for the belly, good for the mind, good for the soul, and so so good knowing you.
Save yourself the time and pressure that comes with making pies and tarts, make blueberry cobbler! Serve with simple vanilla ice cream and feel the warmth of summer ooze from your heart
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This cookbook looks awesome! Blueberry muffins are a favorite of mine. Hot, right out of the oven is the best!
The photography looks just wonderful!
How great that this cookbook focuses on brain food! Of course, what’s good for the brain is good for the rest of you, too. I have been buying and freezing blueberries to have them in the winter and have found that a handful of frozen blueberries is the perfect answer to a craving for sweets.
Congrats on the inclusion in the book! That’s a great honor.
What a great book. I’m signing up for the newsletter ASAP. I love blueberry salsa. Sweet and savory with a kick!
ohhhh…this looks delicable!
looks great
great book
my favorite smoothie ice,yogurt and blueberry!
I love to start my day with lightly toasted museli, sprinkled on creamy thick (greek style) yoghurt, swirl in some organic honey, throw in some banana slices or any other fruit I have on hand – berries, kiwis, and then top with a handful of nuts. The texture of the oats and seeds in the museli, combined with sweet freshness of fruits and crunchy nuts – best way to start the day!
I’m eager to see more of this book!
What a cool book!
Your blog is always fun to read & many times very thought provoking. My favorite smoothie would have to have some kefir in it…and strawberries, raspberries, blackberries…but NO BANANA!
Absolutely love smoothies. My favorite are banana & berries and my least favorite is the “surprise” smoothies my youngest son likes to make. There’s no telling what all is in it, but they are awful and I drink them because it makes him happy. I’ve shown him how to make smoothies that people can actually drink, but he is not one to play by the rules, there’s always that secret ingredient…
Honestly, your blog is my absolute favorite one I read and I LOVE blueberry pancakes!
I always find something interesting on your blog. Banana strawberry with yogurt and a little orange juice.
Congratulations on the publication. The book looks lovely!
The photos look so delicious…it makes me want to try them all! Congratulations. I enjoy your blog a lot.
This book sounds fantastic! I can’t tell you how much more i appreciate a simple cookbook with a picture of each dish.
PS… I love your blog!
Congrats on the book!
I’m a big fan of a bowl of blueberries topped with a wee bit of half & half (10%) cream. Yum
You and your blog has inspired me to start my own. . . even though it is not official and up yet, I do have a name for it. So stay tuned and watch out for it! I love cookbooks and always looking for another one to put on the shelf!
Both of our boys were born in Nashville. I wish it had more places to sit by water though.
I like my blueberries just the way they are! My brother and I used to eat handfuls of them!
I’ve been following the PositScience email entries and they’re all so fascinating to me. I have a friend who studies psychology and some neuroscience and we’ve had some great conversations relating my love of food to her love of neuroscience and how they intermingle! Would love to have a copy of this cookbook!
One of my fav smoothies… strawberry + banana + blueberries + soymilk. I like to freeze the berries beforehand.
No idea of people from Belgium can compete, but one can only try
My favorite way to eat blueberries? On a summer morning, when everyone is still asleep, during my running trip in the woods.
Oh..this cookbook looks rad. In other news: I’m happy I found you on Facebook, eager to try those coconut flour cookies you just made, excited for Labor Day weekend. Hope you’re doing really well, my friend. xoxox
the cookbook looks so delicious i almost want to eat IT. must be time for lunch.