10 Cookbooks for Healthy Eating in the New Year

Best HealthUpdated: Dec. 21, 2015

Healthy eating is easy when you have the right tools. Look to these new cookbooks for simple, time-saving recipe ideas

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Food52 Vegan

A mix of new and favourite recipes from Gena’s Food52 column, this book is brimming with inspiring photos and easy tips. Food52 Vegan: 60 Vegetable-Driven Recipes for any Kitchen by Gena Hamshaw, $30, Ten Speed Press

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Cook. Nourish. Glow.

Cook. Nourish. Glow. follows on the heels of Eat. Nourish. Glow, Amelia Freer’s first book that earned her a health-foodie following. This time around, she uses step-by-step visuals and simple instructions to help even novice home chefs transform themselves through food. Cook. Nourish. Glow. by Amelia Freer, $35, Random House (Available January 19)

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Bulletproof: The Cookbook

Bulletproof founder and creator Dave Asprey launched a lifestyle when he posted the recipe for Bulletproof coffee to his blog in 2009. Now, he’s sharing 125 recipes based on the principles of the Bulletproof diet (eliminating sugar, embracing health fats like grass-fed butter and coconut oil, etc.) Bulletproof: The Cookbook by Dave Asprey, $27, HarperCollins

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DIY Vegan

This dynamic duo shows readers how to DIY with ease and fun. Vegan Pop Tarts, anyone? DIY Vegan: More than 100 Easy Recipes to Create an Awesome Plant-Based Pantry by Nicole Axworthy and Lisa Pitman, $30, St. Martin’s Griffin

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Make Ahead Meals

Whether you just want to prep dishes in advance of weeknight meals, or cook and freeze for a rainy day, this is the book for you. Chef Smith understands our frenetic family schedules and delivers recipes that really work including soups, stews and lifesaving slow-cooker suggestions. Make Ahead Meals: Over 100 Easy, Time-Saving Recipes by Michael Smith, $32, Penguin Group

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Citrus

Are the dark days of winter days getting the best of you? Lose yourself in this tome that features 75 recipes using lemons, oranges, grapefruits and other warm-weather fruits. You’ll be your sunny self in no time after trying Rosemary Lemonade; Fennell, Tangerine and Olive Slaw; or Mandarin Meringue Tart. Citrus: Sweet and Savoury Sun-Kissed Recipes by Valerie Aikman-Smith and Victoria Pearson, $24, Crown Publishing

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Crossroads

With a no-nonsense approach to veganism, this book contains more than 100 recipes for everyday eating. Crossroads: Extraordinary Recipes from the Restaurant that is Reinventing Vegan Cuisine by Tal Ronnen, $35, Artisan

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Near & Far

This book contains 120 vegetarian recipes – something for every occasion. In her personable style, Swanson brings each corner of the world to your kitchen counter, offering accessible recipes and gorgeous photographs from Morocco, India, Italy and more. Near & Far: Recipes Inspired by Home and Travel by Keidi Swanson, $39, Crown Publishing

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Thug Kitchen

The Thug Kitchen cookbook serves up delicious, healthy recipes with a side of snark. Whip up more than 100 recipes, including Roasted Beer and Lime Cauliflower Tacos, Pumpkin Chili and Grilled Peach Salsa. Thug Kitchen: The Official Cookbook: Eat Like You Give a F*ck by Thug Kitchen, $32, Harper Collins

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The UnDiet Cookbook

Registered dietitian Meghan Telpner shares over 130 gluten-free and dairy-free recipes in this cookbook, a follow-up to her first book, UnDiet: Eat Your Way to Vibrant Health. Inside you’ll also find tips for entertaining, healthy travel ideas and recipes for DIY beauty care. The UnDiet Cookbook: 130 Gluten-Free Recipes for a Healthy and Awesome Life by Meghan Telpner, $30, Random House

Originally Published: December 21, 2015