Healthier Home Cook

Reclaim your kitchen and pantry from processed foods and mystery chemicals, then cook through 75+ recipes that focus on eating well, not weight loss, for whole-body health.

With all the emphasis put on healthy eating, you probably realize how consequential your food choices are to your mental and physical health, for better or worse. But did you know that a 2017 publication from the National Institute of Health estimates that there are now more than 10,000 chemicals the FDA regulates in food (and that there are only about 100 employees doing so)? [Maffini et al]

Yet you can control and improve what you're cooking and eating--and A Healthier Home Cook provides an accessible guide for doing just that. In author Shawna Holman's best-selling first book, A Healthier Home, she took her enthusiasm for healthy living to the page and provided an accessible, room-by-room roadmap for making the home A Little Less Toxic. Now, she's back with a full book to support most peoples' biggest problem area: the kitchen.

In A Healthier Home Cook, Shawna again brings her signature one-small-step-at-a-time approach--this time to maintain a less toxic kitchen that aligns with your values. A full basics chapter includes shopping guides for all kitchen essentials (detailing what materials to look for and avoid) and all Shawna's kitchen-centric non-food recipes, from cleaning sprays to vegetable washes that really work. Then she shares a greatest hits collection of recipes, many of which teach additional techniques or tips:

• Hearty Salads: Rainbow Salad, Bacon and Bean Salad, Creamy Protein Packed Pasta Salad, Taco Salad with Catalina Dressing, Mediterranean Pasta Salad, Roasted Asparagus Pecan Salad, Thai Lettuce Cups, Chopped Antipasto
• Vegetarian Mains: Red Lentil Dahl and Toasty Rice, Hearty Sprouted Grains Bowl, Falafel Night with Quinoa Tabouli, Pasta Pot, Top Notch Ramen, Spaghetti Squash Bake with Roasted Tomato Marinara, Hearty Creamy Tomato Soup, Lentil Soup
• Chicken, Turkey, Beef, Pork, and Lamb: Mineral-Rich Chicken Noodle Soup, Turkey Burger Bowls with Sweet Potato Cubies, Aquadito de Pollo, Sushi-Inspired Bowls, Grain Free Fish Sticks with Oven Fries, Seared Scallops with Pesto Pasta, Lemon Tahini Chicken and Veg Bowl with Toasty Rice, Spinach Bolognese, Thai Lettuce Cups, Ezekiel's Taco Boats, ALLT Crunch Wrap, Stuffed Bell Peppers, Albondigas
• Sides and Snacks: Baked Sweet Potatoes, GF Stuffing, Crispy Smashed Potatoes, Herbed Green Rice, Grilled Artichoke, Sprouted Refried Beans, Honey Mustard Brussel Sprouts, Whole Roasted or Cast Iron Cauliflower, Taqueria Style Roasted Carrots, Slaw Three Ways, Crunchy Apple and Bell Pepper Salad, Mango Cucumber Salad
• Sweets and Sips: Grain Free Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, Snicker Dates, Dairy-Free Caramel Corn, Dye-Free Berry Buttercream, Chocolate Pudding with Raw Whipped Cream, Gelatin Gummies, Maple Cinnamon Marshmallows, Mega Matcha, Honey Lemonade, Creamy Raw Protein Shake