Happy Friday! Today I’m linking up for Friday Five 2.0 with Rachel from Running on Happy and Lacey and Meranda from Fairytales and Fitness. Since Valentine’s Day is next week, today’s topic is LOVE 🙂
They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Well it’s also the way to this woman’s heart as well. I love food. I’m definitely in the “live to eat” category and not “eat to live”. I mean honestly, what’s better than a delicious dinner full of your favorite foods? I think that we’re so lucky that we have so many different foods and products to choose from.
Since Food = Love, I thought I’d write about my 5 favorite cookbooks!
1. Runner’s World Meals on the Run
Do you need healthy meals in 30 minutes or less? Then this is the cookbook for you! What’s great about this cookbook is that it contains 150 recipes and it’s broken up into a bunch of different sections. Through this cookbook I found many new snacks and breakfast options.
Read my full review of this cookbook here.
2. The Runner’s World Cookbook
This was the first Runner’s World Cookbook that I purchased and it did not disappoint! While some of the recipes take a longer than 30 minutes to complete, it’s totally worth it. With 10 different chapters ranging from breakfasts to desserts, there’s something for everyone in this cookbook. I would recommend the meat and poultry mains or fish and seafood mains chapters if you’re looking for inspiration for your Valentine’s Day meal 🙂
I purchased this cookbook toward the end of last year after reading SO many good things about it. I already owned a few cookbooks, so I was hesitant to get another one, but trust me, this is a cookbook that you want to own. Olympian Shalane Flanagan teamed up with Chef Elyse Kopecky to deliver more than 100 delicious recipes in this cookbook. I’ve made a few recipes from this cookbook so far and the Superhero Muffins were my favorite (so far)!
This cookbook clearly states that it’s not a fade or a diet. The author gives tangible ways to implement healthy eating in your everyday life. There’s even a section for comfort foods which proves that you can still eat healthy and enjoy your food!
Read my full review of this cookbook here.
5. The Perfect Portions Cookbook
It’s hard to stick to the portion size when something tastes really good! Also it’s really hard to know what constitutes a serving size of non-packaged foods because there is no nutrition label. What I love about this cookbook is that the recipes are quick and easy to make, and you can adjust the recipe based on how many portions you need. This makes the meal perfect for meal prepping too! The lasagna and steel cut oatmeal are two of my favorite meals from the cookbook.
Read my full review of this cookbook here.
What foods do you absolutely love? Is cooking the way to your heart?
I’ve got Meals on the Run and I gifted Run Fast, Eat Slow. Some good ones here!
So kind of you to gift that cookbook to a runner!
I feel like I’m the last runner on earth who doesn’t have Run Fast Eat Slow. Need to get it!
I felt like I was the last runner on Earth not to have it, so that’s why I purchased it, lol
A friend gave me the everyday detox book and I have to say I have not even opened it yet. Thanks or the reminder!
No problem! I think you will like it!
I definitely have a cookbook problem. I love reading them but I hardly make anything from them!
I am the exact same way – I’ll use one for a week or two and then it will sit on my shelf. This year I’m going to try to make one recipe per week from different cookbooks.
Can you believe that I have ZERO of these. Clearly I need to check them out- they all look awesome!
You are a natural great cook so you probably don’t even need cookbooks!!
Love Detoxinista! Unfortunately my husband is a meat & potatoes kind of guy, so often I’m just cooking for myself. Been a while since I made something from it — I think it’s time!
That cookbook actually sounds awesome – I’m going to look it up. Thanks for the recommendation!
I’ve been seriously considering buying the Run Fast, Eat Slow cookbook…it seems to be very popular right now. The Meals on the Run one sounds like a good one for me as I love to cook but don’t like spending hours in the kitchen! I’ll check out your review. Thanks for the great info!
No problem! I think that you would love either one, or both, of the cookbooks!
I don’t have any of these, but portion size is so important. I had to adjust to no longer being a collegiate athlete, even when something does taste so good. I save up those meals and have leftovers during the week. It makes cooking easy, and tupperware is great for portion control.
I agree. I love using glass tupperware to help siwht portion control, and also storing leftovers 🙂
I haven’t seen Meals on the Run yet! And I also love Run Fast, Eat Slow too. It’s a great book!
I’m excited to tackle a few more recipes from the Run Fast Eat Slow cookbook this weekend!
I need to get on the boat and add Run Fast Eat Slow to my library. Pronto! The Meals on the Go looks like a winner, as well 😉
I think you would really enjoy both cookbooks!
Somebody once gave me a low calorie book, and I tried to find a recipe that I would cook, but nothing looked good! my favorite cookbooks are ones for cookies and cakes.. I have a ridiculous amounts of those!
Thank for the list! i’ll check them out!
LoL, me too. I love cupcakes so I would probably bake those all the time, which is so bad!
I love cook books, but have I ever cooked from them?
No…
LOL!
LOL, I often fall into that category, but this year I promised myself I would try a recipe a week lol
I think I own 3 cookbooks. Two are vegan, which I usually modify somewhat so they aren’t exactly vegan when I cook them. The 3rd is Cooking with Coolio, which I got as a gag gift for my birthday one tear. It actually has some pretty fun recipes in it. I should dig these out again soon. I usually find most of my recipes on Pinterest, though.
Cooking with Coolio needs to be on my bookshelf immediately, LOL
I have all 3 RW cookbooks. And Everyday Detox is in my Amazon cart. I love cookbooks. Actual books that I can hold in my hand.
Have a great weekend Kim!
Looks like we have the same taste in cookbooks!
Hope you have a great weekend as well Jill!
It’s been a long time since I purchased and used a cookbook. I’m pretty good at creating my own meals, and pretty bad at getting ingredients at the grocery store, so you see my dilemma.
That being said, i love to cook just about everything and should really get myself at least one of these to help mix things up.
I need more of a step by step guide to make my meals edible, lol
I keep saying I need to order Run Fast Eat Slow and then I forget – thanks for the reminder 🙂
Lol no problem!
The only one of these I have is Run Fast Eat Slow and I love it. The others look great too!
I really like the Run Fast East Slow cookbook!
I have the first three – will have to check out the others. They sound great!
We have so many in common – great minds think alike! 🙂
Oooh, thank you for this list! I’ll have to add some of these to my queue.
No problem! Glad you found some new ones to add to your collection 🙂
These all look like good ones! You can get to my heart thru my stomach too- this girl has gotta eat!
Happy to find someone just like me when it comes to food!
great list, I have the first three cookbooks and love them!!!!
I am cooking a few recipes form those first three cookbooks this weekend!
I think I will get Everyday Detox for my daughter. She is complaining that she had too much of junk food last week. This will do good for her and I can stop her nagging.
LoL. I totally know how your daughter feels. I’m sure she will love the cookbook.
These all look great! Everyone’s been talking about Run Slow, Eat Fast…I like cookbooks but I usually jump to Pinterest for recipes. I’m now starting to use more cookbooks as I step up my cooking game!
It’s funny because I am just starting to get into Pinterest now so I guess we’re switching roles a bit, LOL
I’m definitely in the Live to Eat category too 🙂 I’ve been hearing tons of great things about Run Fast, Eat Slow. I definitely need to look into that one.
You would really like that cookbook!