6 Books to Inspire Healthy Cooking in the New Year

Food, Health, and Happiness: 115 On-Point Recipes for Great Meals and a Better Life, by Oprah Winfrey
Oprah shares her long, difficult journey to a healthy, joyful attitude towards food in this beautiful new cookbook, which reveals some of her absolute favorite everyday recipes, along with photos, insightful personal essays, and more. Have you ever wondered what you might eat at a dinner party at Oprah’s house (after bumping into her on the street and becoming BFFs forever)? Wonder no more: from Tuscan Kale and Apple Salad to Pasta Primavera, it’s all in here—along with a behind-the-scenes look into the life (and kitchen!) of one of the most beloved celebrities of our time.

The Whole30 Cookbook, by Melissa Hartwig
In homes and workplaces across America, people are embarking on the Whole30 program: a pledge to dine within certain clean-eating boundaries for 30 days, powered by the promise of increased energy, better sleep, and better habits by the end of it. This cookbook is designed with changing how people look at the challenge in mind. Whole30 is meant to be less of a diet and more of a lifestyle, one in which eating deliciously is just as important as good health. With dozens of recipes created with home cooks’ busy schedules and need for variety in mind, it’s the perfect supplement to your healthy-eating resolutions.

Skinnytaste Fast and Slow: Knockout Quick-Fix and Slow Cooker Recipes, by Gina Homolka and Heather K. Jones
For those of us who are trying to eat healthy meals but don’t have a lot of time to spare for food prep (because let’s face it, those new episodes of Sherlock aren’t going to watch themselves), famed Skinnytaste blog founder Gina Homolka’s new cookbook really hits the spot. It’s filled with quick weeknight recipes that will be ready in under 30 minutes, as well as easy to assemble fix-it-and-forget-about-it slow cooker dinners you’ll love coming home to at the end of a long day. Pasta fiends will appreciate the regular subbing-in of “zoodles” (zucchini noodles) and “squashta” (squash pasta) in place of heavier, carb-happy fare, so you can treat yourself to comfort foods that are actually good for you (and your skinny jeans).

Good Housekeeping 400 Low-Fat Recipes & Tips, by Good Housekeeping
Low fat Chicken Parmesan? Yes, please! The culinary experts at Good Housekeeping once again prove that you can take the fat out of a recipe while keeping the flavor. Featuring 400 delicious yet easy to prepare dishes, from Slow-Braised Beef Ragu to Hot and Spicy Pork Noodles, all of which contain 10% or fewer calories from saturated fat, this handy cookbook also includes the kind of tricks of the trade (like how to calculate any recipe’s fat content) that home cooks who are dedicated to eating healthy will find especially useful.

Danielle Walker’s Against All Grain Celebrations: A Year of Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, and Paleo Recipes for Every Occasion, by Danielle Walker
When Danielle Walker realized that, thanks to an autoimmune disease, she needed to drastically change her diet in order to feel her best, she rose to the challenge and brought us the bestselling cookbook Against All Grain: Delectable Paleo Recipes to Eat Well & Feel Great (which was later followed by Against All Grain: Meals Made Simple). Danielle’s accessible, healthy, and above all tasty recipes won her a huge fan base. In her newest cookbook, she tackles some of the biggest challenges that cooks face: preparing meals for holidays and other celebratory occasions. From New Year’s Eve to Easter, Celebrations has got you covered with crowd-pleasing recipes that home entertainers will come to rely on again and again.

Oh She Glows Every Day: Quick and Simple Satisfying Plant-based Recipes, by Angela Liddon
The author of the smash-hit Oh She Glows Cookbook is back with a vibrant (and tasty) follow up that shares more time tested, healthy, and nutrient-packed vegan recipes to help home cooks eat, look, and feel their best. These convenient and fool-proof recipes make eating a plant-based diet possible for even the busiest home cook, and can be adapted to feed picky kids as well as dinner guests with allergies.
What cookbooks are going to help you eat well in 2017?