Kitchen Lit

“Knowledge is power, and this powerful book will expand your talents while you indulge your passion for healthful cooking,” Mary Kay Culpepper, Editor In Chief. I have owned the Cooking Light Complete Cookbook for many years. Even though it was published in 2010 I find myself returning to it again and again. The recipes are easy to follow, healthy and have such complex and intriguing flavors. I have used this cookbook so much that some of the pages in the center have started to fall out. Anyone who wants to be a more experienced home cook will appreciate the tips and tricks provide in Cooking Light Complete Cookbook.

“No matter your reason for picking up this book, the easy-to-adopt lifestyle shift of drinking smoothies will get you started on a patch to feeling and looking your very best,” Catherine McCord. Last year I had the pleasure of going to an event in NYC when Catherine McCord was introducing her new cookbook, Smoothie Project. She made her smoothies and we were able to try them. The smoothies were really good and we all left the event with a copy of the book. I have been drinking smoothies off and on for about five years now. In this time I have found that smoothies for breakfast make a huge difference in how my…

“With nearly 200 recipes here to choose from and plenty of hard-won advice on entertaining and choosing ingredients that deliver flavor without fuss, this is my biggest book yet. And it’s my hope that the recipes and information I’ve gathered will help make feeding yourself and your dear ones as pleasurable as possible,” Giada De Laurentiis. Happy Cooking is a cookbook that offers so many recipes to help you enjoy your cooking and eating. I am a big fan of Giada De Laurentiis and I love this cookbook. She breaks all the recipes down in a way that is very easy for any home chef to follow. This cookbook inspires me to cook…

“In Food Swings, I offer my personal approach: recipes that speak to different sides of my personality. One half of the book has recipes for everyday eating, the other half is for when you need to feel the wind in your hair,” Jessica Seinfeld. I like to eat healthy but also love a good splurge and Food Swings has recipes for both. The cookbook is divided into two sections: vice and virtue. You can easily find a recipe that fits what you want in that moment.

“You will begin making these meals because you want to lose weight, but you will continue making these meals because they’re delicious and satisfying. It’s all about the recipes,” Harley Pasternak, MSc. Harley Pasternak is also a celebrity trainer to clients including: Adam Levine and Jordana Brewster. A few years ago I tried The Body Reset Diet (a new edition of this book is releasing today on Amazon click here to purchase*). I was eating way too much junk food and needed to get my eating back under control. I normally follow the 80/20 rule of eating healthy 80% of the time and 20% having whatever I want, however it had become more…