OUR PICKS
Over the past five years, I have been gathering a wealth of good quality and useful cookbooks. I want to share a list of my favorite cookbooks with you, including my favorite cookbook, The Sprouted Kitchen by Sara Forte.
My passion for healthy cooking began about ten years ago when I became certified as an RYT 500-hour hot yoga teacher. I was led down a path of consuming nutritious and whole foods. With each passing year, I have discovered more food knowledge, and a deeper desire to consume the best foods we can afford.
My husband and I quickly learned that making and consuming foods inside the home was a much more economical and nutritious option. We both fell in love with the process of being creative in coming up with meals and introducing various foods into our diet on a regular basis.
When I became pregnant with my oldest son in 2012, I had JUST opened up a cupcake shop. We sold mostly gluten-free cupcakes and used as many organic options as we could source for a good quality product. Over and over we heard that we made the best testing cupcakes around. I could hardly keep up with business at first. Due to the nature of being a start up business, I put in long hours at the shop, was on my feet all day, and despite my best intentions, mostly ate foods from restaurants out of convenience and sheer exhaustion. On the day I delivered my son, unfortunately, I had developed preeclampsia. I blamed myself for not taking better care of my body in pregnancy and the outcome of my birth experience.
Fast forward nine months after my first son was born, and we were pregnant with our second son. I vowed to take better care of my body. We ate in as much as we could. My husband often brought me home cooked meals at work. While I didn’t rest as much as I should have, my second pregnancy was better than my first. I did not have preeclampsia with my second pregnancy. I attribute a healthy second pregnancy to eating nourishing, home-cooked meals as much as possible.
Now that my sons are toddlers and preschoolers, we try to eat home-cooked meals as much as we can. Cooking with our children is quickly becoming one of our favorite ways to connect as a family! I’m so fortunate I can stay at home with them, and my husband’s flexible hours mean that he is often home cooking meals with us for breakfast and lunch. I teach them preschool at home and preparing and eating meals together is a big part of our day. We are so lucky when Daddy can join us!
As my sister says, “Food is everything.” Below are MY FAVORITE COOKBOOKS that I refer back to and regularly use recipes from. I hope you enjoy them as much as my family and I does! Scroll down to the bottom of the page to purchase any of these stellar cookbooks on Amazon!
- The Sprouted Kitchen: A Tastier Take on Whole Foods by Sara Forte.
- The Anti-Inflammation Cookbook: The Delicious Way to Reduce Inflammation and Stay Healthy by Amanda Haas.
- Green Kitchen Smoothies: Healthy and Colorful Smoothies for Every Day by David Frenkiel an Luise Vindahl.
- Whole30 Cookbook by Melissa Hartwig.
- Eat Beautiful by Wendy Rowe.
- The Wellness Mama Cookbook by Katie Wells.
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