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Unicorn Food

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This book is a lot of fun to look out, and the recipes seem tasty.  But that much food coloring could be interesting.  I can see the benefit of telling a kid it’s unicorn food, but I think getting them to eat a blue protein bowl might be hard.  Or the unicorn sandwich of veggies stuffed between crackers.  A short, enjoyable, and easy cookbook, but one that will fall to the wayside with age.
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This is really good, fun recipe book. It has some amazing recipes to make rainbow coloured and unicorn theme food items. There is a variety of foods from salads to savoury sandwiches to wonderously colourful desserts. This is a must buy for all unicorn and rainbows fan who wanna embrace these and incorporate it into your cooking.
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'No unicorns were harmed in the making of this food! But unicorns have magically inspired all the recipes in this book adding technicolor sparkle to your sushi and fairytale magic to your mocktails.'

For centuries we  have been obsessed with the unicorn and its mystical and magical appearance. This book provides a host of recipies which are healthy but colourful, and boy are they colourful, I did not know there was a way to colour food naturally until I saw this.

This book is great for parties or just to brighten up your meals and a cold wet winters day. I think everyone should start their day with a slice of mermaid toast
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I was so excited to get a copy of this book and looked forward to making lots of beautiful creations. The book does have some gorgeous features but on the whole I was disappointed.
I felt like there should have been a little description about each recipe - you know, like 'this lime sponge cake with vanilla frosting and colourful unicorn mane is a showstopper for any party!' or 'These toasties only take as much time as a regular cheese toastie but look so much prettier!'. I didn't know what I was getting with each recipe. Some of the recipes seemed oddly complicated, involving bamboo rolling mats and hard to find ingredients. There also weren't as many recipes as I would have liked to see.
On the plus side, the photos are beautiful and the food does look incredible when it's finished.
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I was given a copy of this book through NetGalley and the publishers for an honest review.
This wonderful and amazing cookbook will give any cook the ability to add colour and delight to food that will please and satisfy the people who need a bit of a colour in there food and their life. The kids who are fussy eaters and still need be feed colourful and nutricious food will be fascinated  and  tempted with Rainbow Veggie Sandwiches and Celestial Swirl Soup for a lunch or dinner or a teen who you know needs a healthy meal may enjoy the Veggie Noodle Bowl or the Unicorn Maki Rolls to have in a lunch box. Or for an very special breakfast of Rainbow Pancakes. Than this is the cookbook for you. All you have to do is follow the recipes in this book and add some magical unicorn colours to make your meals and days a lot brighter and  happy.
 I have tried all of the recipes listed in this review and they were delicious and nutritious and well received by all who tasted them. I would also say these colourful recipes could be used for unicorn themed parties for adults and children. I recommend this book for all the unicorn lovers of good tasty food. 5+ stars
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Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this book early. 
If you have a unicorn lovers in your house, this would be great to get them to try new things. Or if you are planning a unicorn/fantasy themed party, you need this book.
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This book looks quite adorable but my kindle can't support the type of file this is! sorry!
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I was looking for a recipe book that included unicorn ideas.  This was the perfect book for that. Every recipe has a detailed picture of what it should look like.  I was surprised to find some really great ideas on how to color the food in the recipes with natural foods and not dyes.
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Overall it was a very gorgeous book, however the recipes were lacking. A lot of them were overtly simple, but others seemed very healthy and full of fresh ingredients. Not something that I would personally buy for myself, but if you have a unicorn obsessed friend, I'm sure they'd enjoy it!
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This book looked amazing due to the cover image of the gorgeous unicorn cake which looked amazing!



Packed with rainbow coloured, cosmic fantasy inspired foods that are eye catching and arty but super simple to create and bake for yourself thankfully with little fuss either in my opinion.



Each recipient idea is beautifully pictured along with a list of ingredients required and listed steps for you to follow along to easily. It doesn't matter what your skill level is as there's recipes anyone can do and with practice hopefully your bakes will improve too!



Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!
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Unicorn Food: Natural Recipes for Edible Rainbows is everything that your colorful food eating self could ever desire.  The aim is to eat a rainbow, but a healthy one. These recipes are both balanced and colorful and will delight your eyes as well as your taste buds.  There are ways to make natural food coloring using cabbage, blueberry juice, tumeric, spinach, etc.  I'm not exactly sure how these will end up making foods that taste delicious, but I'll keep reading...

OK so all of these recipes have pictures to go along with them (yaaay!) and look AMAAAAAAAAAZING. I don't know if I could ever actually make any of them (and if I did I'd probably use regular food coloring even though it is probably terrible for me) but omg. Rainbow sushi? pancakes? cheesecake? I will take them all, please and thank you.

If you are as on the unicorn train as I am, you're not going to want to miss this book. Even if you just want to look at the pretty pictures and not actually end up making anything, it's worth checking out.

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review, I was not otherwise compensated.
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I requested this book to see if it would make a good gift for my friend's 5-year old. She is loving cookbooks at the moment and she loves unicorns, so this seemed like it would be a great fit for her. What a lovely book. It has lots of great recipes for party food and things that she can make herself (with some help from mum). I will definitely be buying this for her. I think she will love it.
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The unicorn fad has become and overwhelming addiction to some, for me I am obsessed with it due to the pretty colors. Unicorn Food has the beautiful cover and I was so excited to dive in and try a couple recipes. They are super easy and I made some with my kids our favorite as a family was the grilled cheese! A must have book for anyone obsessed with unicorns.
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Thank you to Netgalley, the publishers and the author for this review copy.  Unfortunately, I was unable to see the pictures in the review copy as they wouldn't download properly.  The book though, does look a lovely book.  It gives instructions how to make the different colours for things without using typical food colourings which are full of E numbers!!  For example, red could be made by adding beetroot etc.  I would love to see the pictures because I imagine the food to look wonderful in unicorn colours, so will definitely be keeping an eye out for this book when it is released!
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Great resource! The author has put a lot of useful information, this is such a helpful book. Would recommend!
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This is a lovely book for anyone that loves Unicorns and Rainbows. It has lots of recipes from cakes, toasties, drinks and smoothies in all the colours of the rainbow! It shows you how to use natural ingredients to colour your creations. It's a really lovely book!
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5 stars to Unicorn Food! 🦄 🌈 🦄 

Unicorn Food is a big trend of late with rainbow-colored drinks to radiant smoothie bowls, cakes, and bite-sized desserts. Plus, it’s fun for adults and super engaging for kids. 

The idea is that the foods should be healthful and over-the-top visually appealing. Unicorn Food offers many vibrant foods using natural food dyes. There are plenty of sweets included using sugar, so not all recipes are necessarily beneficial; but everyone needs desserts once in a while, and this is clearly a book meant for entertaining!

I think if you were planning a party for a child with a unicorn theme, you would be thrilled to come across all the ideas in this book. Likewise, I could potentially see an adult party or shower incorporating some unicorn foods. Huge kudos to the photographer for stunning photos of every recipe, perfectly suited to this type of cookbook. 

Overall, Unicorn Food achieves what it is designed to do- to provide a variety of unique, vivid, delicious recipes, perfectly suited for the enjoyment of kids and adults alike! 

Thank you to Sandra Mahut, Quarto/Quarry Publishing, and Netgalley for the copy.
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The book offers whole range of beautiful desserts, perfect for any birthday party straight out of a fairy tale! The only thing the inside of the book can be compared to is the explosion of colours. The book includes recipes for birthday cakes, cookies, smoothies and lots more! Perfect for all the princesses out there!
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UNICORN FOOD is an interesting twist on a standard cookbook, showing ways to naturally color foods to make them look extremely creative and colorful, definitely playing into the current trend of rainbow and unicorn EVERYTHING that is all the rage right now, as well as the more natural way of eating.  Unfortunately, I felt the book was somewhat misleading, as when I think of natural food, I'm prone more to thinking of a vegeterian or vegan tendency toward the cooking, and this was merely about natural food coloring.  Would I give this as a gift to a friend with a unicorn obsessed kid?  Absolutely...I'd even use it myself in some cases.  But overall, I'm not 100% sure it offers anything that another cookbook couldn't offer.  So it gets 3 stars.
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File was not entirely view-able; a few pages of text and no images.

Great concept, and love that natural food color agents are encouraged. Unable to completely view, so unable to completely review. But love the idea.
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