Clean-Eating Cookbooks
10 Clean-Eating Cookbooks That Every Healthy Kitchen Needs
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Healthy eaters, green chefs, and those looking to clean up their diets have an insatiable desire for new, wholesome recipes to try out. What better way to keep things fresh in the kitchen than with a hard-copy collection of your favorites? Clean-eating cookbooks can help heal your gut, fight inflammation, and give all-around nourishment. They're also a sweet little accessory to any kitchen. Learning about wellness, the latest science, and cooking techniques will fill your meals with flavor and healing powers. Even if you don't love being in the kitchen, these 10 cookbooks will make you want to be.
Eat Beautiful
A serious benefit of eating well is glowing skin. Eat Beautiful: Food and Recipes to Nourish Your Skin From the Inside Out ($30) will teach you just how to attain this. Uncomplicated and holistic, this book details the benefits with breakdowns on nutrients and advice on which foods to incorporate or say goodbye to, depending on your skin type. Recipes are separated by season and make it much easier to be mindful of what we put into our bodies.
Inspiralized & Beyond
Inspiralized and Beyond: Spiralize, Chop, Rice, and Mash Your Vegetables into Creative, Craveable Meals ($22) is getting everyone in on the latest kitchen craze of swapping in superhealthy veggies to re-create longtime classics. It goes above and beyond just spiralizing, with 125 healthy recipes that will show you how to turn a sweet potato into toast, cauliflower into pizza crust, and more! Nutritional information and tempting photos included — vegetarians, meat-lovers, gluten-free, and dairy-free eaters will all get a kick out of this cookbook.
Cocktails With Benefits
Cocktails and a clean diet don't typically go hand in hand, but Cocktails With Benefits ($15) relies on the natural sweetness of fruits and vegetables to give well-known classics a health kick. It's a little bit quirky and lots of fun. From sangria and mojitos to daiquiris and cider-tinis, this unconventional cookbook is for anyone who loves to entertain or end the night with a good drink in hand.
Eat Happy
Eating good, healthy food can be a very complicated thing for some. Eat Happy: 30-Minute Feelgood Food ($18) brings simplicity to the art of eating well, from big breakfasts and family dinners to party-starting appetizers and snacks. With this cookbook in your kitchen, you can put together carefree, healthy alternatives for comforting and indulgent favorites — simply and quickly.
Chloe Flavor
Chloe Coscarelli is a revolutionary and award-winning chef who has made vegan cuisine go mainstream. Following the success of her vegan chain (By Chloe) and three bestselling cookbooks, Chloe Flavor ($30) is another fulfilling addition to the brand. The book's recipes are just as bright and colorful as the By Chloe eateries. Each one of the plant-based dishes will satisfy, whether you're vegan or not.
Sweet Laurel: Recipes For Whole Food, Grain-Free Desserts
Sweet Laurel's trendy cakes are an LA must have, and now we can all enjoy the guilt-free and beautifully delicious desserts. Laurel Gallucci remakes all of her go-to favorites in Sweet Laurel: Recipes For Whole Food, Grain-Free Desserts ($28) for those with food allergies or those who want simpler, healthier options. Every recipe is Paleo and lots are raw and vegan, too. Using wholesome ingredients like coconut oil, cacao, and almond flour, the recipes in this book are every healthy sweet tooth's dream!
True Roots
Improving the way that you eat doesn't have to be difficult, and True Roots: A Mindful Kitchen With More Than 100 Recipes Free of Gluten, Dairy, and Refined Sugar ($28) can definitely guide anyone who's looking to make the change — or keep it going. Kristin Cavallari's clean and toxin-free suggestions focus on organic everything, fresh fruits, vegetables, and leaving out white flour, sugar, and salt. This cookbook makes living a healthy lifestyle fun and delicious.
Healthyish
Healthyish: A Cookbook With Seriously Satisfying, Truly Simple, Good-For-You (but Not Too Good-For-You) Recipes For Real Life ($30) puts the emphasis on balanced eating, featuring gorgeous photography and really simple, delicious recipes that you can whip up with ease. Skip the fad diet tricks and learn to eat what you want while staying healthy! The recipes are relaxed, sensible, and easily achievable.
Super Smoothies
This book is an ideal source of inspiration for experienced smoothie makers and the perfect beginner's guide for the new blenders. The visual guides in Super Smoothies ($15) are easy to follow and make the process of smoothie blending feel simple. It's a collection of 61 recipes crafted to rejuvenate and enhance well-being plus detox plans targeting concerns like clear skin, digestion, and metabolism. This one is definitely worth the buy!
The Anti-Inflammation Cookbook
Food is medicine, and understanding inflammation is something every wellness connoisseur should conquer. Certain foods can have a really negative impact on the body and actually worsen common health conditions. Professional cook Amanda Haas and Dr. Bradly Jacobs use The Anti-Inflammation Cookbook ($26) to explain which foods are the most beneficial in ridding the body of inflammation and why, through 65 simple (and tasty) recipes.
