Paul C. Braggfs Personal Health Food Cook Book and Menus Paul C. Bragg's Personal Health Food Cook Book and Menus < (Copyright 1930 and 1935) PAUL C. BRAGG P. O. Box 547 Burbank, California Second Edition Printed in U.S.A. h Aetna Printing Company 428 Boyd Street Lo« Angeles, California atyjiaMJMB^Jit.ujMiiyiiM'W^Ji^'-^Ji'J^JB^^ Paul C. Bragg 's Personal Health Food Cook Book and Menus I I 2 By PAUL C. BRAGG Published by PAUL C. BRAGG Valley of the Sun Burbank, California CONTENTS Chapter Page I. Foods as Tools 11 II. Our Daily Food, Is It Nourishment or Poison ? 14 III. Food Combinations 16 IV. Poisonous White Sugar 17 V. Sweet Butter 19 VI. Coffee and Tea Are Drugs 20 VII. Don't Use Condiments 21 VIII. Salt—The Enemy of Life and Health 22 DC. Pure Food 24 X. Don't Use Aluminum Cooking Ware 25 XI. Acknowledgment of Recipes and Suggestions From Other Health Food Writers 26 XII. SALADS 27 Salads Made of Raw Vegetables 29 Cottage Cheese Salads 48 Salads Including Cooked Vegetables 52 Raw Vegetable Salads, Including Fruit 57 Xm. Salads with Fish, Meat, and Eggs 59 XIV. Fruit Salads ^0 XV. Salad Dressings 65 XVI. Directions for Making Nut Butter and Nut Milk 70 '^^ XVIL ReUshes '^^ XVIIL Soups XrX. Cooked Vegetables 84 XX. Meat Substitutes or Main Dishes 112 XXL Meat>—The Nerve Builder 120 XXIL The Importance of Eating Fish 128 XXIIL Eggs ^^^ XXIV. Desserts ^^^ -I CONTENTS Chapter p^^^ XXV. Bread and Bread Foods ^ I44 XXVI. Sauces and Gravies 152 XXVII. Drinks I55 XXVIII. Health Confections I59 XXIX. Health Sandwiches 265 XXX. "Happy and Healthy" Picnic Lunch 166 XXXI. Colorings and Holiday Suggestions 167 XXXII. MENUS ^rjQ Winter Menus IYq Spring Menus l«g Summer Menus 276 Fall Menus ^„q XXXIII. Modem Cookery—From Paul Bragg's Scrap Book 182 XXXIV. South Sea Foods ^^rj XXXV. The Modern Way to Health—Raw Juice Therapy 189 XXXVI. Baby's Diet From Birth to Eighteen Months 193 XXXVII. Diet Schedule for the Growing Child I95 XXXVIII. Recipes With Bragg's Meal 299