100 Best Healthy Cooking Books of All Time

We've researched and ranked the best healthy cooking books in the world, based on recommendations from world experts, sales data, and millions of reader ratings. Learn more

Featuring recommendations from Richard Branson, Barry Estabrook, David George Haskell, and 8 other experts.
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What should we have for dinner? For omnivore's like ourselves, this simple question has always posed a dilemma: When you can eat just about anything nature (or the supermarket) has to offer, deciding what you should eat will inevitably stir anxiety, especially when some of the foods on offer might shorten your life. Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. The omnivore's dilemma has returned with a vengeance, as the cornucopia of the modern American supermarket and fast-food outlet confronts us with a... more

Barry EstabrookMichael Pollan looks at food production through four meals. One is a fast-food meal, the other is an industrial-scale organic meal, then there is a small-scale organic meal and finally he actually goes out and either grows or kills, in the case of the meat, the entire meal himself. That is the narrative. (Source)

Gabriel CoarnaMichael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma" --more precisely, the first 3rd of it-- was what first made me realize how badly the Earth, as an ecosystem, is out of balance. (Source)

Tristram StuartHe concludes that there is food out there that tastes good, is good for us and is good for the planet. (Source)

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Michael Pollan's last book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, launched a national conversation about the American way of eating; now In Defense of Food shows us how to change it, one meal at a time. Pollan proposes a new answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. Pollan's bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating.,,, less
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Richard BransonToday is World Book Day, a wonderful opportunity to address this #ChallengeRichard sent in by Mike Gonzalez of New Jersey: Make a list of your top 65 books to read in a lifetime. (Source)

Henry DimblebyPollan takes the science of food and shows where it’s been misapplied. (Source)

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The Botany of Desire

A Plant's-Eye View of the World

Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers’ genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. He masterfully links four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control—with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan... more
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David George HaskellThrough the stories of four familiar plant species–apples, tulips, marijuana, and potatoes–he demolishes the erroneous impression that we’re in charge. (Source)

Kenneth CoxYou can’t fail to be fascinated by this exposition of the motivations of plants to cuddle up to humans. One of several excellent Michael Pollan books, it’s a fun read. (Source)

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After a decade of struggling with an eating disorder and subsisting on diet, low-calorie processed foods, Angela Liddon vowed to get healthy once and for all. Done with feeling sick and tired, she threw out her fat-free butter spray and low-calorie frozen dinners. Instead, Angela embraced whole foods that made her glow from the inside out. But first, she had to learn to cook-and eat-right. Five years ago, Angela started a blog, ohsheglows.com, to spread the word about her journey to health and the powerful transformation that food can make in our lives. Almost overnight, her energy and... more

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Winner of the 2013 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference and Scholarship, and a New York Times bestseller, The Art of Fermentation is the most comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation ever published. Sandor Katz presents the concepts and processes behind fermentation in ways that are simple enough to guide a reader through their first experience making sauerkraut or yogurt, and in-depth enough to provide greater understanding and insight for experienced practitioners.

While Katz expertly contextualizes fermentation in terms of biological...
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The Diet Dictocrats don't want you to know that...
- Your body needs old-fashioned animal fats
- New-fangled polyunsaturated oils can be bad for you
- Modern whole grain products can cause health problems
- Traditional sauces promote digestion and assimilation
- Modern food processing denatures our foods but
- Ancient preservation methods actually increase nutrients in fruits, nuts, vegetables, meats and milk products!

At last, a successful challenge to Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats!

Recalling the culinary customs of...
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The highly anticipated new release from the groundbreaking, New York Times best-selling author of Medical Medium!

Experience the next level of medical revelations. Packed with information you won’t find anywhere else about the Unforgiving Four—the threats responsible for the rise of illness—and the miraculous power of food to heal, this book gives you the ability to become your own health expert, so you can protect yourself, friends, family, and loved ones from symptoms, suffering, and disease. Unleash the hidden powers of fruits and vegetables...
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Jamie keeps it super-simple

Cooking doesn't have to be complicated - that's why Jamie's 5 Ingredients - Quick & Easy Food is sure to become your new best friend in the kitchen.

It's all about making the journey to good food very, very simple. Every recipe uses just five key ingredients, ensuring you can get a meal together fast, whether it's finished and on the table in a flash, or after minimal hands-on prep, you've let the oven do the hard work for you. It’s about spending a little time to deliver a lot of flavour.
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The ketogenic diet, a low-carb, high-fat way of eating, is remarkably effective at transforming people’s lives, helping them shed pounds and find relief from common health conditions. No one knows this better than Suzanne Ryan. In her quest to overcome her lifelong struggle with her weight, she stumbled upon the ketogenic diet and decided to give it a shot. In just one year, she lost more than 100 pounds and reclaimed control over her health and well-being.

Suzanne has shared every detail of her transformation, from the very first days of starting keto to her most recent...
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Bread. Cheese. Wine. Beer. Coffee. Chocolate. Most people consume fermented foods and drinks every day. For thousands of years, humans have enjoyed the distinctive flavors and nutrition resulting from the transformative power of microscopic bacteria and fungi. Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods is the first cookbook to widely explore the culinary magic of fermentation.

"Fermentation has been an important journey of discovery for me," writes author Sandor Ellix Katz. "I invite you to join me along this effervescent path, well trodden...
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The New Laurel's Kitchen

The complete cookbook and reference center for the whole-foods kitchen - over a million copies sold!

The New Laurel's Kitchen is everything that made the first edition loved and trusted, with hundreds of new recipes and the latest nutritional information.
   • Over 500 recipes, ideas, menus, and suggestions, each tested and perfected for satisfying, wholesome home cooking
   • Imaginative use of low-cost, easy-to-find foods
   • Dozens of ways to cut back on fat without losting flavor
   • Revolutionary food guide that makes good nutrition easy
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Dripping Thighs, Sticky Chicken Fingers, Vanilla Chicken, Chicken with a Lardon, Bacon-Bound Wings, Spatchcock Chicken, Learning-to-Truss-You Chicken, Holy Hell Wings, Mustard-Spanked Chicken, and more, more, more!
 
Fifty chicken recipes, each more seductive than the last, in a book that makes every dinner a turn-on. 
 
“I want you to see this. Then you’ll know everything. It’s a cookbook,” he says and opens to some recipes, with color photos. “I want to prepare you, very much.” This isn’t just about getting me hot till my juices run clear, and...
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80+ Under 30 Minute Dishes and 60 Slow Cooker Recipes

The easiest, tastiest, most convenient healthy recipes--ever!

With Skinnytaste Fast and Slow, you can get a nutritious, flavor-packed, figure-friendly meal--complete with a flourless chocolate brownie made in a slow cooker--on the table any night of the week. Gina Homolka, founder of the widely adored blog Skinnytaste, shares 140 dishes that come together in a snap--whether in a slow cooker or in the oven or on the stovetop. Favorites include:

Slow Cooker
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Welcome to the SUPERFOOD culinary revolution! In Superfood Kitchen, beautiful dishes are entirely composed of plant-based, nutrient-dense, and whole foods that energize, nourish, and taste delicious. Each recipe artfully combines natural ingredients that deliver amazing amounts of antioxidants, essential fatty acids (like omega-3), minerals, vitamins, and more. The mouthwatering superfood meals--from Goldenberry Pancakes to Quinoa Spaghetti with Cashew Cream Sauce and Chard--will make you feel as good as they taste. The pages glow with beautiful color photographs that will inspire home... more

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America's most trusted test kitchen tackles a topic with serious staying power: the Mediterranean diet. This thorough yet user-friendly book brings the Mediterranean into the American home kitchen, with 500 amazingly flavorful yet surprisingly approachable recipes for everyday cooking.

There's a reason why people in the Mediterranean region are among the longest lived in the world--their diet, which focuses on olive oil, vegetables, healthy grains, and seafood, has been proven to be extremely beneficial for weight reduction, blood pressure control, and overall well-being. America's...
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The long-awaited cookbook companion to the revolutionary New York Times bestseller Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease.
 
T. Colin Campbell is just one of the many supporters of Caldwell B. Esselstyn’s bestseller, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. The plant-based nutrition plan Dr. Esselstyn advocates based on his twenty-year nutritional study—the most comprehensive of its kind—is proven to stop and reverse even advanced coronary disease, and more than 336,000 readers have benefited from the revolutionary regimen so far, including Samuel L. Jackson.
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The ultimate one-stop vegetarian cookbook-from the author of the classic How to Cook EverythingHailed as "a more hip Joy of Cooking" by the Washington Post, Mark Bittman's award-winning book How to Cook Everything has become the bible for a new generation of home cooks, and the series has more than 1 million copies in print. Now, with How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian, Bittman has written the definitive guide to meatless meals-a book that will appeal to everyone who wants to cook simple but delicious meatless dishes, from health-conscious omnivores to passionate... more

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2016 Travel Book of the Year by the Society of American Travel WritersFinalist for the 2016 IACP Awards: Literary Food Writing

Named one of the Financial Times' "Best Books of 2016"

An innovative new take on the travel guide, Rice, Noodle, Fish decodes Japan's extraordinary food culture through a mix of in-depth narrative and insider advice, along with 195 color photographs. In this 5000-mile journey through the noodle shops, tempura temples, and teahouses of Japan,...
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Chronic inflammation does not have to drag you down, sap your energy, or contribute to poor health any longer. Learn how to reverse chronic inflammation through simple dietary changes with The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners.

If you suffer from chronic inflammation, you're already familiar with symptoms such as pain and fatigue, as well as co-existing conditions including autoimmune disorders and gut health problems. By following an anti-inflammatory diet you can reverse the frustrating and often debilitating effects of inflammation--but...
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The New York Times bestselling guide to the lifesaving diet that can both prevent and help reverse the effects of heart disease Based on the groundbreaking results of his twenty-year nutritional study, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn  illustrates that a plant-based, oil-free diet can not only prevent the progression of heart disease but can also reverse its effects.  Dr. Esselstyn is an internationally known surgeon, researcher and former clinician at the Cleveland Clinic and a featured expert in the acclaimed documentary Forks Over... more

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Everyday Food

Great Food Fast

No matter how busy you are, at the end of the day you want fresh, flavorful meals that are easy to prepare. And you want lots of choices and variations—recipes that call for your favorite foods and take advantage of excellent (and readily available) ingredients. In the first book from the award-winning magazine Everyday Food, you’ll find all of that: 250 simple recipes for delicious meals that are quick enough to make any day of the week.

Because a change in weather affects how we cook as much as what we cook, the recipes in Everyday Food are arranged by season. For...
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Do you want to eat delicious food that allows you to lose weight and keep it off permanently without hunger or deprivation?
Do you want to throw away your medications and recover from chronic illnesses such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes?
Do you want to maintain your good health, live longer, and enjoy life to the fullest?
If you said yes to any of these, then the Eat to Live Cookbook is for you.

Through his #1 New York Times bestselling book Eat to Live, Joel Fuhrman, M.D., has helped millions of readers worldwide...
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Eat vegan—for less!

Between low-paying jobs, car troubles, student loans, vet bills, and trying to pay down credit card debt, Toni Okamoto spent most of her early adult life living paycheck to paycheck. So when she became a vegan at age 20, she worried: How would she be able to afford that kind of lifestyle change?

Then she discovered how to be plant-based on a budget.

Through her popular website, Toni has taught hundreds of thousands of people how to eat a plant-strong diet while saving money in the process. With Plant-Based on a Budget, going vegan is not...
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The Heal Your Gut Cookbook

Nutrient-Dense Recipes for Intestinal Health Using the GAPS Diet

With more than two hundred straightforward, nutrient-dense, and appealing recipes, The Heal Your Gut Cookbook was created by GAPS Diet experts Hilary Boynton and Mary G. Brackett to help heal your gut and to manage the illnesses that stem from it.

Developed by pioneering British MD Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, who provides the book's Foreword, Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) refers to disorders, including ADD/ADHD, autism, addictions, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, stemming from or exacerbated by leaky gut and dysbiosis. GAPS also refers to chronic...
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Things began to really take off for FlavCity when fans started requesting that Bobby and Dessi make meal prep recipes and videos. People have less time than ever to spend cooking, but still want to eat healthy and attain their dietary goals. Meal prep is an easy way to spend 1 hour in the kitchen on Sunday and make 5-7 meals for the week. Fans also started requesting keto recipes. As soon as they authors created them, they took off and reached a whole new audience. Part of the allure of FlavCity is that they make healthy food that actually tastes really good--who knew? In a world full of... more

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Taste of Home Comfort Food Diet Cookbook presents a common-sense approach to healthy living and dieting by focusing on what people can eat, not what they have to give up. With the help of provided calorie counts, readers can plan their day and feel confident knowing they're within the desired calorie range for weight loss. All recipes come from real home cooks and combine realistic portions with exceptional taste-and all have been approved by the nutritionist on the Taste of Home staff.

In addition to hundreds of satisfying recipes, this book contains:
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The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook

Best-Selling vegetarian cookbook destined to become a classic.

Everyone knows they should eat more vegetables and grains, but that prospect can be intimidating with recipes that are often too complicated for everyday meals or lacking in fresh appeal or flavor. For the first time ever, the test kitchen has devoted its considerable resources to creating a vegetarian cookbook for the way we want to eat today. The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook is a wide-ranging collection of boldly flavorful vegetarian recipes covering hearty vegetable mains, rice and grains, beans and soy as...
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Joyous Health is a fresh new approach to eating that will change the way
you think about food and what you eat, and it offers a simple and practicalpath to creating a healthy lifestyle. In just six short weeks, holistic
nutritionist Joy McCarthy, creator of the popular blog Joyous Health,
will guide you through an easy-to-follow and flexible program. You’llquickly be eating and living joyously and on a permanent path to goodhealth with amazing results—both inside and out—that include:• improved digestion• increased energy and zest for life•...
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Cooking this deliciously healthy was never this quick

Organic, unprocessed ingredients are the building blocks of nutritious cooking. The Quick and Easy Healthy Cookbook is filled with 125 recipes using whole foods that can be on the table in 30 minutes or less!

Shifting to a whole foods diet can be difficult when recipes require expensive items and ample prep time, or assume a lot of prior cooking knowledge. But with The Quick and Easy Healthy Cookbook, shopping is simplified, meal prep is smarter, and food hits the table faster than ever.

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From Asparagus to Zucchini

A Guide to Cooking Farm-Fresh Seasonal Produce

This cookbook, compiled by members of the sustainable agriculture community, features new and updated recipes along with information on the nutrition, storage and history of more than 50 vegetables and herbs. The book contains 420 recipes, including contributions from well-known chefs and supporters of the sustainable agriculture movement. less

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Cook This, Not That!

Kitchen Survival Guide

Did you know the average dinner from a chain restaurant costs nearly $35 a person and contains more than 1,200 calories? That’s hard on your wallet and your waistline, and few people understand this better than the authors of Eat This, Not That! After years of helping consumers navigate America’s daunting culinary landscape – and literally thousands of weight-loss success stories – Dave and Matt have finally turned their nutritional savvy to the place with the greatest impact – your kitchen. The hundreds of recipes contained inside this book will help you and your loved ones eliminate... more

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Going Raw combines the beauty and flavor of a gourmet cookbook with everyday recipes that are practical for the real-world home chef. There are utilitarian books that offer a lot of great basics but do not illuminate the content with stylish and instructional photography. Going Raw promises the basics (kitchen gear, pantry ingredients, how to plan your grocery shopping and menus, prep and storage techniques) and delivers delicious, simple recipes for the starter raw foodist.

A 30-minute bonus DVD features various food preparation techniques, finished presentations,...
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Lay the foundation for good health with 100 healthy, family-friendly recipes

Healthy eating isn’t a fad diet or a trend―it’s a lifestyle that promotes overall well-being. The Everyday Healthy Cookbook is filled with two weeks of meal plans, 100 flavorful recipes, and tons of information to help you eat healthfully, simply, and deliciously every day of the year.

These dishes cover every meal of the day, and they’re organized by cooking method for your convenience: no-cook, 30-minute, one-pot, big-batch, pressure cooker, and slow cooker. You’ll find nutritional information...
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This is the low-fat book cooks who care about wholesome, vegetarian-inspired food have been waiting for. Each of the more than 280 recipes are as delicious and trustworthy as those in the Moosewood Collective's previous books, and vibrant flavors and generous portions are still a hallmark of every dish. Because the Collective's primary goal is always to make great tasting food they resisted the notion of doing a low-fat book until they were convinced they could make low-fat dishes as flavor-packed as their regular favorites. "We've mostly been interested in gourmet cuisine at Moosewood... more

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In their debut cookbook, the Trim Healthy Mama’s share hundreds of delicious, healthy recipes to help readers successfully slim down while eating well.  This companion cookbook to the bestselling Trim Healthy Mama Plan is just what readers have been waiting for. It features simple, mouthwatering, recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner—including slow cooker and one-pot meals, hearty soups and salads, omelets and waffles, pizzas, breads and more.  No Trim Healthy Mama should be deprived, so there are also favorite snacks, delectable desserts, and the smoothies, sippers and teas fans... more

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Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings

In Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings, Ed Brown looks back at his years of discovery and creating in the kitchen, drawing upon stories to delight our spirits and awaken our resourcefulness before rolling up his sleeves and teaching us how to prepare his favorite recipes. They are subtle and varied, but not complicated. With the skills of a great teacher and a master chef, he quotes from Rilke before offering his recipes for ginger muffins and blueberry crisp. He recalls the pleasure of cooking over fire - the colors, the smells, the process of "harvest being transformed into food" - as he... more

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Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book

Features: Over 900 new recipes -- 1,200 in all-reflect current eating habits and lifestyles; 500 new photographs -- over 700 in all-including 60 percent more of finished food than the last edition; Dozens of new recipes offer ethnic flavours, fresh ingredients, or vegetarian appeal; Many recipes feature make-ahead directions or quick-to-the-table meals; New chapter provides recipes for crockery cookers; Efficient, easy-to-read format, with recipes categorised into 21 chapters, each thoroughly indexed for easy reference; Expanded chapter on cooking basics includes advice on food safety, menu... more

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When Jennifer Reese lost her job, she was overcome by an impulse common among the recently unemployed: to economize by doing for herself what she had previously paid for. She had never before considered making her own peanut butter and pita bread, let alone curing her own prosciutto or raising turkeys. And though it sounded logical that "doing it yourself" would cost less, she had her doubts. So Reese began a series of kitchen-related experiments, taking into account the competing demands of everyday contemporary American family life as she answers some timely questions: When is homemade... more

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Mennonite Girls Can Cook

Celebrations

Life is a gift from God, so why not celebrate?

The bestselling authors of "Mennonite Girls Can Cook" return with a second course in their new "Celebrations" cookbook. From mouthwatering mini-muffins and succulent souffle to campers' stew and lattice-topped grilled apples, the Mennonite Girls share recipes to honor all of life. Join the girls for brunch celebrating a child's birth, campfire cooking with family, and even the more somber celebrations of a life well-lived. Filled from cover to cover with devotional reflections, personal stories, and beautiful photos, this book contains...
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James Beard Award Winner (Vegetarian)
IACP Award Winner (Healthy Eating)

A sophisticated vegetarian cookbook with all the tools you need to be at home in your kitchen, cooking in the most nourishing and delicious ways—from the foundations of stocking a pantry and understanding your ingredients, to preparing elaborate seasonal feasts.


Imagine you are in a bright, breezy kitchen. There are large bowls on the counter full of lush, colorful produce and a cake stand stacked with pretty whole-grain muffins. On the shelves live rows of glass...
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Find Your Balance. Simply. Fresh, raw foods can nourish your body, calm your cravings, and energize you. And with raw food chef Judita Wignall's Raw & Simple, it's never been simpler to eat and live better. It's healthy, fun, and easy. Inside you'll find:

No dehydrator necessary! Basic preparation techniques with easy-to-find ingredients100 delicious, simple recipes for breakfasts, soups, sides, starters, salads, main courses, snacks, and dessertsEasy fermented recipes to help improve your digestion and strengthen your immune systemNo processed foods, trans fats, refined...
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From bestselling author Rebecca Katz comes this collection of 60 recipes for pure, cleansing soups intended to renew and restore.

In Clean Soups, author Rebecca Katz teaches readers how to incorporate wholesome stocks and soups into their everyday eating so they can detox and feel energized year-round. The book includes foundational broths, blended soups, and traditional healing soups, as well as a 2-day cleanse and information that outlines how to incorporate soups into everyday living. Rebecca also lays out the building blocks for creating delicious and balanced soups,...
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Presents a collection of healthful recipes that include nutritional information on each dish, special sections on diet and lifestyle, and food facts and trivia. less

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From Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM, the physician behind the trusted and wildly popular website Nutritionfacts.org, and author of the New York Times bestselling book How Not to Die, comes a beautifully-designed, comprehensive cookbook complete with more than 120 recipes for delicious, life-saving, plant-based meals, snacks, and beverages.

Dr. Michael Greger’s bestselling book, How Not to Die, presented the scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of premature death and disability. Now, The How Not to Die...
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Eggs

The egg is the simplest and most complete food, highly nutritious and versatile enough for the quickest of meals or the smartest of dinner parties. It’s also a favorite of pâtissiers and dessert chefs. Michael Roux--for many years a chef at the top of his profession and a global traveler with a passion for different cuisines--is the ideal author to take a new look at one of the oldest foods of all.Each chapter is based around a style of cooking eggs, from boiling, frying ,poaching, baking and scrambling, to making the perfect omelet, crêpe, soufflé, meringue and custard. Classic recipes such... more

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Guide to Optimum Health

On DR. ANDREW WEIL'S GUIDE TO OPTIMUM HEALTH: A Complete Course on How to Feel Better, Live Longer, and Enhance Your Health Naturally, one of America's most trusted physicians and a respected voice for integrative medicine invites you to attend his first comprehensive one-on-one audio learning course. Join Dr. Weil to learn the same reliable, practical advice on natural healing that you would by attending a seminar with Dr. Weil -- at your own pace and in the comfort of your home. In 12 engaging and information-packed sessions, Dr. Weil shows you how to make positive lifestyle changes in the... more

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When was the last time you indulged in a sumptuous eggs benedict, an herbaceous and aromatic pasta with pesto, or a soul-satisfying cup of creamy tomato soup with a grilled cheese on the side—without a moment of guilt? The too-good-to-be-true recipes in Pretty Delicious not only look and taste great, but they are as easy on the waistline as they are on the wallet and will keep you lean, sexy, and very, very happy.

The secret? Former model-turned-chef Candice Kumai skips "diet" food in favor of smart swaps and delicious real foods that keep fat and calories to a minimum while...
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Change the way you eat forever, with Clean Eating Made Simple. Eating healthy no longer has to be complicated. A wholesome clean eating diet emphasizes the amazing benefits of unrefined, unprocessed foods, instead of complicated dietary restrictions or unhealthy weight loss. Clean Eating Made Simple will walk you through the basics of a life-changing clean eating diet, with common sense guidelines, and over 110 healthy recipes that will not leave you feeling deprived. With an easy-to-follow clean eating meal plan and handy nutritional breakdowns, Clean Eating Made Simple will help you change... more

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Whether you're looking for dinner tonight or planning ahead for a special occasion, Cooking Light The Essential Dinner Tonight Cookbook has just what you need. You'll find great ideas and delicious, reliable recipes for healthy dinner solutions in this menu-packed volume from the most respected cooking authority in America.

Weeknight Meals
With over 350 delicious, easy, and healthy meals at your fingertips, choosing what's for dinner tonight has never been easier. Selections such as Tomato-Basil Soup, Steak and Blue Cheese Pizza, and Biscuit-Topped...
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Chef Ani Phyo is back with Ani's Raw Food Essentials, full of everything you need to know to master the art of live food. Phyo shows you how to whip up simple, fresh recipes using what you've already got in your kitchen while also offering tips on dehyrating and more sophisticated techniques. Looking for innovative meals that are healthy and delicious? Phyo offers everything from classic comfort foods like nachos and burgers to Reuben sandwiches and bacon, along with more gourmet dishes like risotto, angel hair pasta, and her "you-won't-believe-they're-raw" desserts.
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Shed pounds with healthy, delicious recipes from The Smoothie Recipe Book for Weight Loss.

Packed with flavor and nutrients, smoothies are a delicious way to enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables and lose weight at the same time. The Smoothie Recipe Book for Weight Loss will show you how to make simple, delicious smoothies that can help you achieve your weight-loss goals and leave you feeling fit and nourished. With 72 vitamin-rich smoothie recipes and an easy 10-day meal plan, The Smoothie Recipe Book for Weight Loss will help you incorporate healthy and refreshing smoothies into...
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Food Rules

An Eater's Manual

A DEFINITIVE COMPENDIUM OF FOOD WISDOM

Eating doesn't have to be so complicated. In this age of ever-more elaborate diets and conflicting health advice, Food Rules brings a welcome simplicity to our daily decisions about food. Written with the clarity, concision and wit that has become bestselling author Michael Pollan's trademark, this indispensable handbook lays out a set of straightforward, memorable rules for eating wisely, one per page, accompanied by a concise explanation. It's an easy-to-use guide that draws from a variety of traditions, suggesting how different...
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"Mennonite Girls Can Cook" is filled with more than a hundred enticing and easy-to-use recipes that are bound to become trusted favorites! Like the popular blog that inspired the cookbook, it is more than just recipes. Join the authors on a delightful journey that is more about hospitality than entertaining about blessing, not impressing. It's about passing God's bounty on to family and friends. With personal stories, colorful photos, and even various gluten-free adaptations, you won't want to put down your new kitchen companion! less

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Flatbreads Flavors

"Two people caught in the grip of wanderlust," as Alford and Duguid describe themselves, this American- Canadian pair has traveled for nearly two decades, singly and together, throughout Asia, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, and North America. As they have pursued their passions for travel photography and culinary research, they have found around the world a shared and nourishing element of culture and cuisine: flatbreads, the simplest, oldest, and most marvelously varied form of bread known to humankind. Immersing themselves in local cultures-from the Malaysian island of Penang and... more

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This is an account of one man's experience in his garden. The book invites an exploration of unexamined feelings about nature and the place of society in the landscape, and what gardening has to teach about the troubled borders between nature and culture. less

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Wendy Cook's fascination with nutrition began during her wartime childhood. Amid the deprivation and food-rationing of that era, her mother's organic garden and its rich abundance made a profound impression. In her twenties, while married to Peter Cook, Wendy discovered the artistic and magical effects that food could have in creating a convivial atmosphere. During that time, she cooked for many well-known people, including John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Dudley Moore, and Peter Ustinov. It was only later when her daughter became ill, however, that Wendy came to study and understand deeper... more

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Heart disease is the #1 killer. However, traditional heart disease protocols--with their emphasis on lowering cholesterol--have it all wrong. Emerging science is showing that cholesterol levels are a poor predictor of heart disease and that standard prescriptions for lowering it, such as ineffective low-fat/high-carb diets and serious, side-effect-causing statin drugs, obscure the real causes of heart disease. Even doctors at leading institutions have been misled for years based on creative reporting of research results from pharmaceutical companies intent on supporting the $31-billion-a-year... more

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Quick, delicious recipes to bring back family dinners

Over the past 60 years, the average family dinnertime has declined from around 90 minutes to just 12, while rates of obesity and diabetes have skyrocketed. As the family sit-down meal approaches extinction, The Healthy Family Cookbook comes to the rescue with simple ways to put a variety of wholesome, flavorful meals on the table for your family.

From delicious Fish Tacos with Colorful Coleslaw to One Pan Hawaiian Chicken each recipe is organized by time and effort. With minimal steps and ingredients, smarter...
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In this follow-up to her successful first book, The Sprouted Kitchen, blogger and author Sara Forte turns her attention to bowl food, which combines vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins in one vessel to make a simple, complete, and nutritious meal.
    
The bowl is a perfect vessel in which to create simple, delicious, and healthy meals. When gathered together in a single dish, lean proteins, greens, vegetables, and whole grains nestle against each other in a unique marriage of flavor and texture. This is how Sara Forte, beloved food blogger and author of the...
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A healing protocol and step-by-step program with over 90 recipes to cleanse, restore and nourish.

Heal Your Gut is a beautifully designed and photographed step-by-step protocol for restoring your inner gut health, via a treatment program and detox regime, supported by over 90 anti-inflammatory recipes to heal and nourish. Whether you're suffering from a health issue aggravated by diet and a poorly functioning digestive system, or whether you have an auto-immune or digestive disorder, food allergies or intolerances, IBD, IBS, Crohn's disease, coeliac disease, leaky gut,...
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We all want to look and feel better, but where’s the fun in nibbling on boring salads and choking down steamed broccoli? It’s tough sticking to a diet when you’re craving barbecue ribs, fettucine Alfredo, vegetable lo mein, and chocolate milkshakes. But best-selling author and TODAY show nutrition expert Joy Bauer is fresh from her kitchen with news for you: You can have your cheesecake and eat it, too!

In these bright, colorful pages, Joy shares how you can drop the calories in your most fattening favorites—without compromising flavor. With a few simple tricks, she...
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Health Food Devotions

This book is a compilation of Kenneth Hagin's teachings on healing during his first year of the Prayer and Healing School in 1979. Written in a day-by-day devotional format, it provides a daily dose of God's medicine--His Word. As you read and meditate on God's Word concerning healing, you can come to experience the joy of a life of good health, free from pain and disease.

Daily headings include:
*Why people fail to receive healing
*Where does sickness come from?
*You can initiate healing
*Is God trying to teach you something?
*Have the tenacity of a...
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There are so many do’s and don'ts when it comes to pregnancy that at first it can seem incredibly confusing and overwhelming – there’s so much to remember. This is particularly true when it comes to eating – don’t eat fish high in mercury, stay away from certain cheese’s but make sure you’re eating enough foods rich in calcium, don’t consume a lot of caffeine… the list can be endless.

Designed to prevent you from fretting and obsessing over food, Sandra Mahut’s Craving: How to eat well throughout your pregnancy provides a wealth of information as to what you can and can’t eat...
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A comprehensive and practical guide to recognizing and using spices

Provides information on all the main uses and applications of spices: culinary, domestic, and therapeutic.

Features a full-color photographic identification guide to all the common and lesser known spices in all their different forms.

Illustrates ingredients and recipes for traditional spice mixtures.

Full of delicious recipes from all parts of the world.

Winner of the 1991 International Association of Cooking Professionals' Award

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100+ delicious, quick, and easy anti-inflammatory recipes to make for the whole family—all ready in 30 minutes or less!

Low energy. Bloating or other digestive issues. Inability to focus or memory loss. Eczema or skin irritations. Arthritis, joint pain, or onset of autoimmune issues. Any of these symptoms sound familiar? These conditions are more common than you think, and recent research suggests that chronic inflammation caused by unhealthy food choices could be the culprit. Here’s the good news though: you can prevent future diseases, as well as heal or improve most...
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

It’s time to hit the reset button. This book emphasizes eating clean, whole, unprocessed foods as part of a primarily plant-based diet, with delicious and healthy recipes that make it easy to do just that. Refreshing juices and smoothies, savory snacks, protein-packed main dishes, and even delectable desserts will keep you satisfied all day long; among them are plenty of vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and allergen-free options, each identified by helpful icons. Comprehensive, informative, and utterly satisfying, Clean Slate is the...
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Cook This, Not That!

Skinny Comfort Foods

The authors of the bestselling "Eat This, Not That!" and "Cook This, Not That!" are back with the ultimate time-saving, money-saving, fat-busting plan for preparing favorite restaurant foods at home at a fraction of the financial and caloric price. less

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A new theory is emerging that an unhealthy, leaky gut is the cause of autoimmune illness symptoms. Poor digestive health can lead to a number of issues, such as Fibromyalgia, Lupus, MS, Type 1 diabetes, Thyroid disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis, to name a few.

The GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome) diet consists of 7 stages comprised of different foods, allowing you to re-introduce healthy foods slowly into your diet so you can see and feel how your body reacts. This way, you will begin to know your body better and create the perfect diet.

In Revive, Hilary...
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Brittany Williams has taken the weight loss world by storm with her best-selling Instant Loss Cookbook. After reaching a peak weight of 260 pounds and a lifetime of struggling with obesity, yo-yo dieting, autoimmune disease, and chronic fatigue, Brittany changed her relationship with food and lost an astonishing 125 pounds in a year without exercise. She cut processed and takeout foods from her diet and eliminated gluten, most grains, and sugar, all without sacrificing the flavors of the foods she loved, and quickly grew legions of fans as she shared her meal plans on InstantLoss.com.... more

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"Eat Pretty is a gorgeous book that reveals the latest research-based ageless secrets of true beauty from the inside out and outside in throughout the seasons of the year and seasons of life. Beauty-full reading to last a lifetime." —Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., CNS, and New York Times bestselling author

Look and feel your best all year long with this seasonal nutrition guide: Nutrition is the fastest-rising beauty trend around the world. Eat Pretty simplifies the latest science and presents a user-friendly program for gorgeous looks, at...
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Honestly Healthy is a refreshing cookbook and lifestyle guide promoting balanced and healthy living. Using the revolutionary new alkaline diet, it’s packed with recipes, tips and tricks to help you transform your daily routine from hectic and hurried to harmonious and holistic.

Organic gourmet vegetarian cook, Natasha Corrett, and leading nutritional therapist Vicki Edgson combine their expertise in this fully illustrated guide to eating a balanced, alkaline diet that keeps the body in mind. They clearly explain the principles and benefits of this kind of eating, identifying...
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Want to move more easily and have less chronic pain? Enjoy your life and activities more? Many of us may find that an anti-inflammatory food plan can help. In addition, anti-inflammatory diets are known to be bland and boring, but that is not the case with "Stacked With Flavor: An Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook With Dairy-free, Grain-free & Low-Sugar Recipes". Shawna Coronado teaches how to discover exciting flavor with a healthful lifestyle in this combination food plan and cookbook. Taking the first step towards health can be challenging and Shawna helps you move forward easily with her... more

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From the ten-time New York Times bestselling author of Ultrametabolism, The Blood Sugar Solution, and Eat Fat, Get Thin comes The UltraMetabolism Cookbook.

The perfect companion to Dr. Hyman’s New York Times bestseller, Ultrametabolism, The UltraMetabolism Cookbook has 200 convenient, easy-to-prepare, and, delicious recipes geared to each phase of the Ultrametabolism plan and designed to kick your metabolism into overdrive, change the way you eat, and establish a lifestyle shift to help you feel better and keep the...
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Achieve your best health with the amazing benefits of a juicing diet.

Learn how to add fresh, vitamin-packed juices to your daily routine with Juicing for Health. Juicing is one of the healthiest ways to consume your daily recommended intake of vitamins and minerals. Juicing for Health will show you how to incorporate fresh juices into your diet for immediate positive results. With 81 antioxidant-rich juicing recipes that maximize the healing benefits of fruits and vegetables, Juicing for Health will help you prevent illness, fight disease, and feel more energetic.
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With "Mediterranean Light, " Martha Rose Shulman ushers in a new era of healthy, delightful eating. In updating the art of traditional Mediterranean cooking for today's tastes and life-styles, she has created an appealing alternative to the frustrating, often self-defeating process of dieting. Best of all, the staples of this cuisine - fish, fresh vegetables and fruit, grains, legumes, pasta, garlic, and olive oil - are the very foods recommended by state-of-the-art research for weight loss, a healthy heart, and protection against cancer. less

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How to Cook Everything

Simple Recipes for Great Food

Great Food Made Simple

Here's the breakthrough one-stop cooking reference for today's generation of cooks! Nationally known cooking authority Mark Bittman shows you how to prepare great food for all occasions using simple techniques, fresh ingredients, and basic kitchen equipment. Just as important, How to Cook Everything takes a relaxed, straightforward approach to cooking, so you can enjoy yourself in the kitchen and still achieve outstanding results.

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A room of one's own: is there anybody who hasn't at one time or another wished for such a place, hasn't turned those soft words over until they'd assumed a habitable shape?

When writer Michael Pollan decided to plant a garden, the result was an award-winning treatise on the borders between nature and contemporary life, the acclaimed bestseller Second Nature. Now Pollan turns his sharp insight to the craft of building, as he recounts the process of designing and constructing a small one-room structure on his rural Connecticut property--a place in which he hoped to...
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You've been to her kitchen, enjoyed her desserts, and mastered the essentials; now go with raw food goddess Ani Phyo back to her roots for the first ever Asian raw food cookbook. Along with recipes from Korea, China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, and Hawaii and background information on traditional dishes, Ani's Raw Food Asia also offers essential tips on green living, well-being, longevity, fitness, beauty, and entertaining as inspired by a healthy Asian lifestyle.Recipes include: Mixed Vegetable Skewers with Almond-Butter Sauce, Creamed Curry Saag, Vegetable Tempura... more

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This is an ideal eating program for a preventative lifestyle, weight control and stress control. Each recipe contains easy-to-follow instructions that teach you how to prepare simple, nutritional, and tasty meals. less

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The Complete Guide to the Convenience of Meal Prepping

The secret to savoring healthy meals throughout the week is simple―prep work. The Healthy Meal Prep Cookbook offers expert advice that takes the challenge out of meal prep with practical and straightforward advice anyone can master. Featuring three, 2-week meal plans―as well as over 100 healthy, storage-friendly recipes―this meal prep cookbook is a great choice for new and experienced food preppers alike.

The Healthy Meal Prep Cookbook includes:

3 Complete Meal Plans―From...
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Imagine orchestrating an elaborate sit-down dinner fgor twenty-five, serving an elegant, unforgettable, and genuinely healthy meal and enjoying the whole thing as much as your guests do.  Now, in Entertaining Light, Martha Rose Shulman, award-winning author of Mediterranean Light, shows you how to make any get-together the kind of pleasurable, palate-pleasing experience you'll want to repeat again and again.

With the know-how gleaned from years as a professional caterer and hostess, Ms. Schulman offers invaluable guidelines for composing a menu and getting organized -...
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Little Vegetarian Feasts

Main Dish Tarts

Tarts and gratins offer a new way of looking at vegetarian dishes, as well as an effortless way to entertain. Here, the author of Meditteranean Light presents over 20 recipes for simple dishes from Spain, Greece, Italy, France, and America. Color illustrations throughout. less

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With more than 300 sophisticated, healthy, easy-to-follow recipes--including 70 that are new to this edition--this cookbook offers the best and most delicious in vegetarian fare. A photographic catalogue lists key vegetarian ingredients from around the world, with advice on selection, storage, and preparation. Color photos also illustrate the recipes. less

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Featuring 800 scrumptious and simple recipes with nutritional tips, an extensive pantry section and educational sidebars, Healthy Helpings is just right for embracing a lean lifestyle.

These delicious, ethnically diverse recipes are perfect either for entertaining or as dishes the whole family will love. Simple enough for the beginner and sophisticated enough for a well-seasoned home chef, the recipes in Healthy Helpings are heart-healthy and smart carb-friendly choices that complement almost any diet.

Here is a sampling of Norene's many choices for balanced...
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The perfect companion for cooking delicious and varied meals that fit into a healthy eating plan

Better Homes and Gardens Calorie-Smart Meals is a must-have recipe collection of tasty meals that don't break the daily calorie bank. This is an easy-to-use, modern guide to preparing simple, healthful dishes, with chapters organized by calories, covering meals under 300, 400, and 500 calories plus snacks under 200 calories and desserts under 250 calories. With more than 150 recipes and more than 100 gorgeous photos, the book helps cooks make health-conscious meals such as...
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Learn how to meal prep like a pro with 12 weekly meal plans from YouTube's popular Steph and Adam (formerly Fit Couple Cooks), each with 4 unique recipes for 6 days of breakfasts, lunches, and dinners.



When you're busy and time is short, eating nutritious, balanced meals can be a challenge, which is why planning and preparing your meals in advance is the best way to ensure you're always eating healthy. But figuring out what to make and eat each week can also be overwhelming. Healthy Meal Prep does the work for you, and will help you achieve your health...
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