A USA TODAY bestseller, Health Nut is the playful, accessible, and irresistible cookbook from the nationally bestselling author of Salad Freak, Jess Damuck, that gives the genre a delicious update and challenges our expectations on what health food can be.
"Remarkably down-to-earth . . . Approachable, beautiful food.” — Eater
“The perfect balance of being craveable yet wholesome...If you’re not already cooking your way through this vibrant book, pray tell, what are you doing?” —Molly Baz, former senior food editor at Bon Appétit and New York Times bestselling cookbook author
When good-for-you food tastes like this, it’s pretty easy to be a health nut. With more than 100 of her favorite recipes that feel good to eat (and look beautiful on your plate), Jess turns her talent for creating gorgeous, obsession-worthy recipes to traditional health food.
These recipes are perfect for a dinner party, but also doable for any busy weeknight, with dishes such as:
- Orange-Scented Tahini French Toast
- Black Bean Tostadas with Avocado and Crispy Leeks
- Tuna, Avocado, and Grapefruit with Seed Crackers
- Charred Cabbage with Mushroom Butter
- Peach and Burrata Caprese with Hot Honey
- Charred Broccoli Salad with Almonds and Spicy Green Goddess
- Zucchini and Pistachio Pesto Pizza
- Halibut with Sungolds, Fennel, and Saffron
- Roasted Cauliflower Flatbreads with Spicy Tahini and Sumac Onions
- Mushroom “Carnitas” Tacos with Citrusy Radish Slaw
- Broccoli Pasta with Peas and Pecorino
- Date-Sweetened Carrot Cake
- Oat Bars with Rhubarb Ginger Jam
- Vegan Baklava Ice Cream
Health Nut is the playful, accessible, and irresistible new health-food cookbook that gives the genre a delicious update, amping up the colors, textures, and flavors, and challenging our expectations on what health food can be. Whether healthy eating is your norm or you are just looking to try something new, this book is all about making simple, irresistible food that you will want to eat again and again.
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
