A fresh take on hippie health food from the bestselling author of Salad Freak, Jess Damuck
Emphasizing balance, recipe developer Jess Damuck shares more than 100 of her favorite easy, vegetable-centric dishes, which include just an occasional bit of meat, dairy, or decadence. Jess turns her considerable talent for creating gorgeous, obsession-worthy recipes to traditional health food—from smoothies to salads to grain bowls and tofu stir-fries—giving the genre a playful and delicious update, amping up the colors, textures, and flavors, and adding her own innovations that challenge our expectations about what health food can be. These recipes are perfect for a dinner party, but also doable for any busy weeknight, including for dishes such as:
- Jicama, Basil, Avocado, and Sprout Summer Rolls
- Roasted Cauliflower Flatbreads with Spicy Tahini and Sumac Onions
- Snap Peas with Feta, Chile, and Mint
- Brothy White Beans with Parmesan and Pesto
- Crispy Rice and Spicy Salmon Bowls with Quick Pickles and Greens
- Vegan Mushroom Lasagna
- Date-Sweetened Carrot Cake
Whether healthy eating is your norm or you are just looking for a reset, this book is all about making simple, irresistible food that you will want to eat again and again. When good-for-you food tastes like this, it’s pretty easy to be a health nut.
Includes Color Photographs
Praise
“The recipes in Health Nut strike the perfect balance of being craveable yet wholesome, nostalgic yet modern, and healthful yet not to a dogmatic degree. If you’re not already cooking your way through this vibrant book, pray tell, what are you doing?”
—former senior food editor at Bon Appétit and author of the New York Times bestselling books Cook Thi, Molly Baz
“Yummy, colorful, easy, and won’t make you feel awful the next day is the simple description of Health Nut, but oh, it is so much more than that.”
—food and wine expert on Netflix’s Queer Eye and author of Antoni in the Kitchen and Antoni: Let’s Do, Antoni Porowski
"Any cookbook with a section titled The New Hippie Kitchen is my kinda book!”
—chef-owner at Superiority Burger, Brooks Headley
“This book is such a vibe! Health Nut is going to be your go-to when you want to channel those meals that feel 50 percent hippie and 100 percent real food.”
—author of Super Natural Cooking, Heidi Swanson
