What's your favorite cookbook for healthy eating?

[Greta]

I'm having so much fun with the bread discussion that I thought I would ask more generally about favorite healthy cookbooks.

 

I know the question isn't as simple as it sounds, because there are a lot of different ideas about what constitutes a healthy diet.  My definition would just be something along the lines of:  a variety of whole (minimally processed) foods, with an emphasis on vegetables and fruits.  No food group or type need be excluded.

 

I use the web for recipe searches a lot, but there's something very satisfying about a printed book in hand (I guess I'm old).  So if you have a favorite cookbook that you wouldn't be without, I'd love to know what it is.

[regentrude]

The Moosewood Cookbook and anything else by Molly Katzen

[Slache]

Whole 30 and Well Fed. I've heard good things about Nom Nom Paleo. All of these are paleo.

[anmom]

I know it isn't a cookbook, but I find most all of my recipes on pinterest!

[Slache]

I know it isn't a cookbook, but I find most all of my recipes on pinterest!

:iagree: And if you find one that looks good and you click on it you get a bunch of similar pins. I have good luck with that.

[gingersmom]

Skinnytaste

 

There is also www.skinnytaste.com

[Greta]

The Moosewood Cookbook and anything else by Molly Katzen

 

 

Looks like there are a great many Moosewood cookbooks!  Any particular one you would recommend, or is it "can't go wrong" kind of situation?

[regentrude]

Looks like there are a great many Moosewood cookbooks!  Any particular one you would recommend, or is it "can't go wrong" kind of situation?

 

I am not aware that there are several. the one I have is entitled "The Moosewood Cookbook" -there now is a 40th anniversary edition. I cannot paste the link to the amazon page here, my browser is being stupid

[LucyStoner]

We probably average 3 meals a week from Thug Kitchen or at least heavily influenced by Thug Kitchen. It's vegan and I often sub chicken broth for veggie broth since we are omnivores. You need to be able to find the humor in the off color language though to like the book.

[Anne]

I like Well Fed: Paleo Recipes for People Who Love to Eat.

 

Anne

[Greta]

I am not aware that there are several. the one I have is entitled "The Moosewood Cookbook" -there now is a 40th anniversary edition. I cannot paste the link to the amazon page here, my browser is being stupid

 

Thanks, but no need to paste the link.  This tells me what I need to know!

[Greta]

We probably average 3 meals a week from Thug Kitchen or at least heavily influenced by Thug Kitchen. It's vegan and I often sub chicken broth for veggie broth since we are omnivores. You need to be able to find the humor in the off color language though to like the book.

 

 

Colorful language won't bother me a bit.  Thanks for the recommendation!

[hornblower]

Forks Over Knives. 

Oh She Glows Cookbook 

 

[Mom-ninja.]

Saving Dinner

[6packofun]

I get a ton from Cooking Light (print issues put in the free bin at our library or the website).  I will add the caveat that I READ the nutrition info for every recipe to see if it's good enough for ME, but I'm like you, Greta, in what I consider healthy. No allergies here, either.  Some of Cooking Light's stuff has a bit too much fat or sodium so I will adjust AND I read the reviews thoroughly for any changes people make.  I have pretty good luck there and I LOVE their 30-day menus!  Even if I only get 2-3 recipes out of it.  

 

I like a lot on Skinnytaste,com as well.

 

I've recently started using some recipes from the America's Test Kitchen Compete Vegetarian cookbook, all good.

[Mom-ninja.]

Yes, I've hear good things about America's Test Kitchen. Haven't tried myself.

[Guest]

Nina Plank's books. There's a little critter one and a regular people one.

[Jane Elliot]

Terry Walters' books: Clean Food and Eat Clean Live Well

 

These recipes are vegetarian, dairy free, and mostly gluten free. We are not vegetarian, but many of our family favorites are in these books.

 

[happi duck]

Peaceful Palate by Jennifer Raymond

 

Eta: if your library doesn't have this title, almost all of the same recipes are in the back of Food For Life by Neal Barnard

Edited May 12, 2016 by happi duck

[Laura Corin]

I have a one-year subscription to the vegetarian recipes on Fresh 20 - I got it when they were having a sale.  A cookbook would have been cheaper, but I find that having the recipes arrive once a week makes me more likely to try something different, which stops my family getting bored of veggie food.

 

We are not vegetarians, but Husband and I split cooking more-or-less evenly, and he tends to cook meat.  So I cook vegetarian (adding in chicken stock, like Katie) to increase our veg/pulses/whole grains.

[Liz CA]

Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig.

[Carrie12345]

Not a book, but I love the magazine Clean Eating.  Some of the ads annoy me with their borderline woo/pop science, but we've had a lot of success with their recipes.

[Sarah CB]

Whole 30 and Well Fed. I've heard good things about Nom Nom Paleo. All of these are paleo.

I love Well Fed and Well Fed 2.

[Greta]

Tons of great suggestions.  I'm going to have a hard time deciding!  Maybe I'll see what my library has so that I can browse through them first.  Thank you all so much!

 

[Miss Peregrine]

Not a book but I use Real Plans subscription service. Whole foods with filters and add-on subscriptions from top bloggers for specific diets(Paleo, AIP, dairy free, gluten free, etc)