Cookbooks With Easy Recipes
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It used to be that new year healthy-eating kicks were framed as punishment for an indulgent December. But it doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom – thankfully there is new breed of recipe books that aim to empower you to make the right choices
We have found a wide range of titles that will give you the inspiration you need to start whipping up healthy – and tasty – meals.
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We know that healthy means something different to everyone, so we wanted to ensure we captured this in our round-up. Whether you’re trying to increase your superfood intake, hoping to improve your gut health or just need some new inspiration, we have something for every requirement.
We were looking for nutritious, unique and flavoursome recipes throughout, but we have also included a completely gluten-free cookbook, a number of vegetarian and vegan options and some more niche contenders – check out the
And with our social calendars looking a lot less busy, January can be a great time to get in the kitchen and experiment with different ingredients and recipes. A well-balanced, nutritious diet can boost both your physical and mental health, and from the below cookbooks, we think that healthy eating never looked so appetising.
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Over the course of two months, we picked out two or three recipes from each cookbook to sample. We were looking for highly nutritious, healthy recipes including low-calorie meals, dishes packed with superfoods, and those that will get you on your way to five a day. Our top priority throughout was always flavour. The recipes had to be clear on both ingredients and instructions, and we were looking for a bit of creative flair too, whether that was via a fascinating backstory, bright and colourful pictures, or a unique niche.
Starting out as an app with video tutorials on how to cook, Kitchen Stories has this year launched its first recipe book, celebrating everyday meals and getting us back to basics. If you’re an amateur in the kitchen but keen to learn, this is one for you.
We loved the introduction of this book. Before racing into the recipes, it gave us tips on creating a solid foundation for cookery – knife skills, how to pan fry, which spices and utensils every kitchen should boast. By the time you reach the recipes, you feel armed with skills you may not have had before.
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We made a lot of these recipes, simply because they were easy to whip up and absolutely delicious (chicken noodle soup, spinach and black bean quesadillas with quick-pickled onions and the miso pork stuffed eggplant, to name but a few). It’s no-nonsense, hearty grub, and even if we wouldn’t call ourselves a beginner, we learned a lot – and so will you. There are fascinating gems throughout, including 16 simple pesto recipes and a guide to composing the perfect salad bowl.
No longer is the freezer just about oven chips and petit pois, Ruby Bell and Milly Bagot have decided it is time to unearth the potential of your icy drawers. They have created a collection of super-nourishing meals to batch cook, freeze and keep until you’re ready to feast.
For every recipe, they give the full instructions for not just the recipe but how to prepare before freezing, and how to defrost and serve. There’s the classic dishes you may already freeze – a vegetable lasagne with butternut squash and aubergine, or Ruby’s one-pot bean chilli – but prepare to be surprised by the recipes you’d never think of freezing, like the spinach and ricotta cannelloni or the passionfruit tart. We also adored the smoky chicken with chorizo and borlotti beans.
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There’s a great section called “family food” which suggests recipes for babies six months and older – ideal for mums batch cooking for their weaning bubba.
Is his latest book, offering non-alcoholic alternatives to some of our favourite drinks. Whether you’re taking part in Dry January or looking at sobriety as a permanent lifestyle change, this book can help you to change the way you think about alcohol.
As Spencer says: “What I’ve created with this book is the opportunity to enjoy delicious, no-compromise cocktails that give you the sensation and ritual of alcoholic drinks, but without the negative effects of full-strength alcohol.” So we put some of them to the test, using the handy guide at the beginning of the book to make sure we had the right ingredients, glassware and utensils to make the perfect mocktail. Using the CleanCo own spirits, they detail how to make each one. We tried a founder’s favourite, which was a summery, fruity concoction that really tasted like a G&T.
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The Vegan Chef School has teamed up with Miracle’s Mission – an animal welfare charity – to produce a healthy cookbook that does not just tantalise the tastebuds but pulls at the heartstrings too. Simple and hearty vegan recipes are sandwiched between epic, heart-wrenching stories from Miracle’s Mission, about beautiful dogs that have often experienced neglect before they were brought into the rescue centre.
Each tale, from Bo to Bugsy, takes you on an emotional adventure in between recipes. Our favourites in this one were the jaffa cakes, which are both vegan and gluten free, and the roti with spiced cauliflower, which takes no time at all to whip up but packs a mouth-watering punch.
While being gluten-free is a staple diet for those with serious health conditions such Coeliac disease, there is a growing trend of ditching the grains for alternatives. Author of the
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, Cristian Broglia started his cooking career in Parma, Italy, so it may be surprising, given the sheer amount of pasta he would’ve been working with, that he decided to collate a book of 350 gluten-free recipes. Thankfully he did, and the result is spectacular.
Broglia has travelled the world as a chef and this is reflected in his colourful, vibrant and eclectic selection of dishes – from salmon sushi rolls from Japan, to steamed tomatoes from Mexico and a steamed layer cake from Thailand.
The book has a helpful guide showing if the dishes are also dairy-free, nut-free, vegan, vegetarian, take 30 minutes or less, or have five ingredients or less – we found this incredibly helpful and makes this book a must-have for anyone living with intolerances. Gluten-free cooking has never been so fascinating and if you’re experimenting with abstaining, you absolutely need this book.
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Part of the cookbook elite, Kate and Kay have created a series which offers a range of simple and fun recipes, with a focus on high-protein, low-calorie meals.
Suggests lighter options for some of our favourite meals, including “fakeway” alternatives to fish and chips or curries. There's a great section on batchcooking, which is ideal for anyone who feels they're too busy to create healthy dinners.
Are vegetarian, with many gluten-free dishes too, and they let you how many calories are in each recipe. For a winter warmer, try the spring vegetable soup which is packed with herbs, and for those with a bit more time on their hands, we loved the stuffed squash, which has the amazing Mexican flavours.
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There’s something remarkably elegant about this book, with its beautiful photographs and stylish front cover, and we were instantly captivated by Mikkel’s story. He and his family grow their own vegetables and herbs on their farm in Copenhagen and have fresh eggs from their chickens every morning. He’s passionate about foraging and teaching even the youngest chefs about nutritious, sustainable dining. We cooked up the elderflower and rhubarb pancakes one morning and they made for a unique and luscious breakfast, particularly the unreal lemon verbena sugar. Try out the crab bisque too.
On a cold and crisp day there is nothing better than a big bowl of veggie-filled soup, overflowing with nourishing, nutritious value. And that’s something Caroline Wright knows a thing or two about.
In 2017, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour and was told she had just a 5 per cent chance of surviving. With two young sons, she was thrown into turmoil. And when she realised her weakness from the cancer made it near impossible to cook, she called on her community in Seattle for help. What followed was a conveyor belt of soups and stews landing on her doorstep.
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Miraculously, Caroline survived the brain tumour and as soon as she recovered, she returned the favour to friends and began making them soup as a sign of her gratitude. The resulting
Inside this book is 101 healthy noodle recipes, devised by Mr Lees Noodles, which is a brand that’s passionate about using the very best ingredients in its dishes. The book is comprised of dishes from across Asia, sectioned off into Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Korean and Vietnamese, and each starts off by listing and describing every different type of noodle – we had no idea there were so many varieties (sweet potato noodle and mung bean noodle were new to us).
We headed straight to Vietnam and with wok in hand,
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