Seasons are changing. Kids are in school, and we’re coming in from the outdoors and getting ready for winter. One of the things that may change is what foods we choose to eat, how we prepare them, and share them with our friends and families. If you feel that you are stuck in a rut, below are some cookbooks that may inspire you to expand your horizons.
If You Need a General Cookbook
- Better on Toast: Happiness on a Slice of Bread -70 Irresistible Recipes / Jill Donenfeld
- Rise and Shine: Better Breakfasts for Busy Mornings / Katie Sullivan Morford
- Small Victories: Recipes, Advice + Hundreds of Ideas for Home-Cooking Triumphs / Julia Turshen
- Eating in the Middle: A Mostly Wholesome Cookbook / Andie Mitchell
- Cravings: Recipes for all the Food You Want to Eat / Chrissy Teigen
- Cravings Hungry for More / Chrissy Teigen
- Make it Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook / Ina Garten (also available on cloudLibrary)
- The Instant Pot Meals in a Jar Cookbook: 50 Pre-Portioned, Perfectly Seasoned Pressure Cooker Recipes / Pamela Ellgen (also available on hoopla)
- 100 Days of Real Food: Fast & Fabulous: The Easy and Delicious Way to Cut Out Processed Food / Lisa Leake (also available on hoopla)
- 100 Days of Real Food on a Budget: Simple Tips and Tasty Recipes to Help You Cut Out Processed Food without Breaking the Bank / Lisa Leake
If You Have Kids Who Take Their Lunches to School
- The Best-Ever Step-by-Step Kid’s First Cookbook: Delicious Recipe Ideas for 5-12 Year Olds from Lunch Boxes and Picnics to Quick and Easy Meals, Sweet Treats, Desserts and Party Food / Nancy McDougall
- Weelisious Lunches: Think Outside the Lunchbox with More Than 160 Happier Meals / Catherine McCord
- Kid Chef: The Foodie Kids Cookbook: Healthy Recipes and Culinary Skills for the New Cook in the Kitchen/ Melina Hammer
- Best Lunch Box Ever: Ideas and Recipes for School Lunches Kids Will Love / Katie Sullivan Morford (also available on hoopla)
- Weelicious: 140 Fast, Fresh, and Easy Recipes / Catherine McCord (also available on cloudLibrary)
- The Lunch Box: Packed with Fun, Healthy Meals that Keep them Smiling / Kate McMillan (also available on hoopla)
- Bento Blast: More than 150 Cute and Clever Bento Box Meals for Your Kids / Li Ming Lee
- Everyday Bento: 50 Cute and Yummy Lunches to Go / Wendy Thorpe Copley
- Betty Crocker 20 Best Snack Mix Recipes (also available on hoopla)
If You Have to Consider Allergies When Cooking
- Against the Grain: Extraordinary Gluten-Free Recipes Made from Real, All-Natural Ingredients / Nancy Cain
- The Anti-Inflammatory Kitchen Cookbook: More Than 100 Healing, Low-Histamine, Gluten-Free Recipes / Leslie Langevin
- Pure Delicious: More than 150 Delectable Allergen-Free Recipes without Gluten, Dairy, Eggs, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Shellfish, or Cane Sugar / Heather Christo
- Minimalist Baker’s Everyday Cooking: 101 Entirely Plant-Based, Mostly Gluten-Free, Easy and Delicious Recipes / Dana Shultz
- Danielle Walker’s Eat what You Love: Everyday Comfort Food You Crave: Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free and Paleo Recipes / Danielle Walker
If You Have College Students Are Cooking for Themselves for the First Time
- The 5-Ingredient College Cookbook: Easy, Healthy Recipes for the Next Four Years and Beyond / Pamela Ellgen
- PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook: 275 Easy, Cheap, and Delicious Recipes to Keep You Vegan at School (also available on hoopla)
- The Healthy College Cookbook: Quick, Cheap, Easy / Alexandra Nimetz
If You Are Interested in Special Diet Plans or Ethnic Cooking
The library has a large selection of cookbooks dealing with eating plans such as ketogenic, vegan, paleo, and gluten-free, as well as a variety of cookbooks dealing with ethnic cooking. You can search the catalog for these specialties by using the term ketogenic cookbook, vegan cookbook, Asian cookbook, etc.
If You Are Interested in e-Cookbooks
We have hundreds of cookbooks available digitally. You can search our electronic databases using the apps for each digital platform. You can use the same search terms you would use when searching the catalog. Below are a few titles available digitally:
hoopla:
- One Pan, Whole Family: More than 70 Complete Weeknight Meals / Carla Snyder
- The Two-Pan, One-Pot Cookbook: A Guide to Cooking Great Meals Quickly, in Any Kitchen and on Any Budget / Hope Korenstein
- Clean Eating for Busy Families: Simple and Satisfying Real-Food Recipes You and Your Kids Will Love / Michelle Dudash
- Paleo for Beginners / John Chatham
- 7×7 Cooking: The Art of Cooking in a Small Kitchen / Hope Korenstein
cloudLibrary
- Pillsbury Fast & Healthy Meals for Kids / Pillsbury Editors
- 100 Days of Real Food: On a Budget / Lisa Leake
- Surprise-Inside Cakes / Amanda Rettke
- Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering / Joanna Gaines
OverDrive
- Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry: Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Dairy-Free Recipes / Elana Amsterdam
- High Flavor, Low Labor: Reinventing Weeknight Cooking / J. M. Hirsch
- Low-Carb Gourmet: A Cookbook for Hungry Dieters / Harriet Brownlee
- The Amateur Gourmet: How to Shop, Chop and Table Hop Like a Pro (Almost) / Adam Roberts
- The Traveler’s Diet: Eating Right and Staying Fit on the Road / Peter Greenberg
— Recommended by Regina S., Collection Management Coordinator
