(Part 2) Best natural food cooking books according to redditors
We found 1,263 Reddit comments discussing the best natural food cooking books. We ranked the 276 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
If you move the decimal over. This is about 1,000 in books...
(If I had to pick a few for 100 bucks: encyclopedia of country living, survival medicine, wilderness medicine, ball preservation, art of fermentation, a few mushroom and foraging books.)
Medical:
Where there is no doctor
Where there is no dentist
Emergency War Surgery
The survival medicine handbook
Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine
Special Operations Medical Handbook
Food Production
Mini Farming
encyclopedia of country living
square foot gardening
Seed Saving
Storey’s Raising Rabbits
Meat Rabbits
Aquaponics Gardening: Step By Step
Storey’s Chicken Book
Storey Dairy Goat
Storey Meat Goat
Storey Ducks
Storey’s Bees
Beekeepers Bible
bio-integrated farm
soil and water engineering
Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation
Food Preservation and Cooking
Steve Rinella’s Large Game Processing
Steve Rinella’s Small Game
Ball Home Preservation
Charcuterie
Root Cellaring
Art of Natural Cheesemaking
Mastering Artesian Cheese Making
American Farmstead Cheesemaking
Joe Beef: Surviving Apocalypse
Wild Fermentation
Art of Fermentation
Nose to Tail
Artisan Sourdough
Designing Great Beers
The Joy of Home Distilling
Foraging
Southeast Foraging
Boletes
Mushrooms of Carolinas
Mushrooms of Southeastern United States
Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast
Tech
farm and workshop Welding
ultimate guide: plumbing
ultimate guide: wiring
ultimate guide: home repair
off grid solar
Woodworking
Timberframe Construction
Basic Lathework
How to Run A Lathe
Backyard Foundry
Sand Casting
Practical Casting
The Complete Metalsmith
Gears and Cutting Gears
Hardening Tempering and Heat Treatment
Machinery’s Handbook
How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic
Electronics For Inventors
Basic Science
Chemistry
Organic Chem
Understanding Basic Chemistry Through Problem Solving
Ham Radio
AARL Antenna Book
General Class Manual
Tech Class Manual
MISC
Ray Mears Essential Bushcraft
Contact!
Nuclear War Survival Skills
The Knowledge: How to rebuild civilization in the aftermath of a cataclysm
http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Free-Vegan-Delicious-Animal-Free-Recipes/dp/1600940323
This is a great cookbook: Jerusalem
I've been meal prepping for > 2 years, the last 7 months of it vegan. I think it's absolutely worth it. Cuts down on food waste, helps me control my portion size and eat healthier, saves me over spending on eating out and I just plain enjoy doing it. It's a skill like any other that requires practice and mistakes, but the learning curve isn't terrible. I found the make ahead vegan cook book a couple months ago that has alot of meal prep friendly meals with tips of storage and reheating. Most of the meals are simple and taste fine (had one straight bad recipe and a couple meh ones as well as some really good recipes. Mixed bag).
It does take most of my Sunday morning, but I put on a podcast or a playlist and rock out for a few hours. I cook 6 days of meals and eat them until next Saturday and gives me a couple meals to eat out with friends if I want. sometimes I freeze the second half of my meals but most things are perfectly fine for 6 days. One skill you pick up is what will age well and what won't. Check out /r/mealprepsunday there's quite a few vegetarians and vegans that post every week.
You're being downvoted for incorrect science.
The “incomplete protein” myth was inadvertently promoted and popularized in the 1971 book, Diet for a Small Planet (this is the 20th edition), by Frances Moore Lappé. In it, the author stated that plant foods are deficient in some of the essential amino acids, so in order to be a healthy vegan, you needed to eat a combination of certain plant foods at the same time in order to get all of the essential amino acids in the right amounts. It was called the theory of “protein complementing".
They also retracted that in later editions of that book.
Where did the concept of essential amino acids come from and how was the minimum requirement for essential amino acids derived?
Answer:
In 1952, William Rose and his colleagues completed research to determine the human requirements for each of the eight essential amino acids. They set the minimum amino acid requirement equal to the greatest amount required by any single person in their study. Then to arrive at the recommended amino acid requirement, they simply doubled the minimum requirements. This recommended amount was considered a definite safe intake.
It is virtually impossible to design a calorie-sufficient diet based on unprocessed whole natural plant foods that is deficient in any of the amino acids. (The only possible exception could be a diet based solely on fruit).
Poor bees!
http://www.beeremovalsource.com/bee-removal-list/oregon/
Scroll down for Portland.
Weird coincidence, I spent the day reading The Beekeeper's Bible today. I wish I could keep bees.
Jerusalem has a great selection of recipes from the Middle East (a sort of best hits of dishes).
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Beekeeping
History and Biology
Gardening
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Here is the recommended list linked to in the wiki:
If you had to just pick one I would choose between The Backyard Beekeeper and The Beekeeper's Bible.
I also highly suggest doing the following:
My wife thought she was an expert for the "real" Japanese cuisine, until she saw this book.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/Japanese-Farm-Nancy-Singleton-Hachisu/dp/1449418295
I love cookbooks, and have probably fifty in my collection.
The ones I keep going back to are:
Congrats! Here are my tips . . . (Cut and pasted from another post.)
These helped me make better decisions because they presented me with many options to try for trial and error, or good jumping off points for further research. I have honestly never had a "what do I do now?!" parenting moment because I have read so much that I have back up plans in my pocket if the first thing I try doesn't work. I have also never had any of the struggles with my son that a lot of people have around sleeping, eating, behavior, etc. and while I know some of that is because we have a healthy kid, I truly believe a lot of it comes from being an informed parent who explores all the options and tries the ones that have the most evidence for working well in combination with what feels right for me and my family.
I tried to just list the neutral/middle of the road books that are fun and/or give enough indepth information on most sides of an issue to be a great jumping off point for exploring particular parenting styles, options, etc.
In no particular order:
https://www.amazon.com/Edible-Medicinal-Mushrooms-England-Eastern/dp/1556437951%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJ2AME6KQOPD23XQQ%26tag%3Dalwaysfishertoys-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1556437951
"Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada"
I google'd "mushrooms new england".
For me, it was easiest to explain why I went vegan to my friends and family from a health and environmental perspective. Unfortunately, bringing up animal rights often ends the conversation and you get labelled as 'extreme' or an 'idealist' before a discussion can commence. I've found that a calm, quick summary such as, "I don't need to use animal products or eat meat to survive and they do serious harm to my health and the planet, so I choose not to" is most effective; people will usually want to hear the evidence for such a provocative claim!
There are so many fabulous, science-based arguments for the health benefits available online as well as the environmental benefits, especially if you have access to scientific publications (e.g. as a university student). Some of my favorites include:
Hopefully all of the above links will work for non-university viewers. There is so much more information out there, but admittedly I'm only 2 months into being vegan so I've got a lot more research to do! Hope this helps you :)
Would you suggest the original 2002 or the new one 2013?
I have been using the Make Ahead Vegan Cookbook to prep recipes. Since my husband is non-vegan, I am able to eat one portion and then freeze the rest. The cookbook is for people who actually plan on using portions as leftovers to put in fridge for week or freeze. Recipes are amazing. My favorite so far are the black bean salsa tacos 😍 Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Ahead-Vegan-Cookbook-Freezer-Friendly/dp/1581573049
I'm a bit of a cookbook junkie, so I have a bunch to recommend. I'm interpreting this as "good cookbooks from cuisines in Asia" so there are some that are native and others that are from specific restaurants in the US, but I would consider these legit both in terms of the food and the recipes/techniques. Here are a few of my favorites:
Pan-Asian
Burmese
Cambodian
Chinese
Indian
Indonesia
Japanese
Korean
Malaysian
Middle Eastern
Philippine
Russian
Sri Lankan
Taiwanese
Thailand
Turkish
Vietnamese
(edit: screwed up a couple links)
Adding on to your comment, these are the books I'm lusting after:
Heritage
A Kitchen in France
Aeri's Korean Cookbook
The Slanted Door: Modern Vietnamese Food
Ottolenghi
Thug Kitchen
My Paris Kitchen
Any Barefoot Contessa cookbook
The Smitten Kitchen cookbook
> (...) I don't think you'll find a single reputable source to tell you that vegetarianism is hazardous to your health.
The OP I was asking said he's a vegan, not a vegetarian. There's a difference there, I believe.
I'm not claiming anything, I'm curious and do not have much knowledge in that area.
I'll check out "Diet for a Small Planet" when I get my Kindle. Sounds interesting.
Acquiring food in nature is easy once you know what to look for. A book I suggest is How to Eat in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Foraging, Trapping, Fishing, and Finding Sustenance in the Wild.
This book is awesome. Has great illustrations of the plants, growing season, location, as well as tips of how to prepare them, and what other foods they go good with. You would be amazed on how much food you can eat outdoors: clovers, cattails, birch tree inner bark, etc. Just some I can name off the top of my head.
Yotam Ottolenghi has some nice cookbooks with great recipes and beautiful photos that I've given as gifts.
https://www.amazon.com/Plenty-Vibrant-Vegetable-Recipes-Ottolenghi/dp/1452101248/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
https://www.amazon.com/Jerusalem-Cookbook-Yotam-Ottolenghi/dp/1607743949/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
https://www.amazon.com/Ottolenghi-Cookbook-Yotam/dp/160774418X/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
"Vegetarian 5 Ingredient Gourmet" by Nava Atlas is a great simple-living cookbook. As the title suggests, all recipes are 5 ingredients or less. I've managed to whittle some down to 3 or 4 based on what I had at the time. Nothing is more daunting than seeing an ingredient list a mile long. This book made cooking more accessible for me.
Here is a link to purchase it online.
When I first "converted" to vegetarian, in order to make the transition I made everything mostly the same but using meat substitutes like Gardein products, which worked really good with pasta bakes, sloppy joes, chili, etc, and my kids love the fake chicken and fake fish tenders. Stir-fry works really good with those products too. Once I was 100% veg, then I started getting more adventurous about straight veggie recipes without meat substitutes. And hey, I am not a very talented cook, either, so I recommend this book, vegetarian the 5-ingredient gourmet. No crazy exotic ingredients and they are all really simple to prepare (like under 1/2 hour). Consider also a vegetarian slow cooker recipie book. You just toss everything in and drink your wine all day and pretend you slaved over this delicious dinner. I have the Fix it and Forget It vegetarian cookbook.
Being vegetarian isn't hard once you get used to it but the transition takes getting used to.
http://www.amazon.ca/Northwest-Foraging-Classic-Edible-Pacific/dp/1594853665
I did a quick search and these might be helpful:
http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Free-Vegan-Delicious-Animal-Free-Recipes/dp/1600940323,
http://www.theglutenfreevegan.com/,
and http://www.fatfreevegan.com/gluten-free/index.shtml
Good questions.
How to chop an onion. Sliced looks like this.
Although this is a vegetarian cookbook, with some slight adjustment it is vegan. It might be a good place to start. The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet.. I have this book my self and use it often.
Or, just search for 5-ingredient Vegan recipes. That way you can get started with baby steps.
Best to you.
Northwest Foraging: The Classic Guide to Edible Plants of the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest Foraging: 120 wild and flavorful edibles from Alaska blueberries to wild hazelnuts
FIELD GUIDE TO FORAGING IN THE NORTHWEST
Aw.. then you have lots of options! If you don't have to be strict for health reasons it can become a lot easier to both be vegetarian as well as support someone through it.
My favorite book has been this one: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Ahead-Vegan-Cookbook-Freezer-Friendly/dp/1581573049
Given your limited budget/time I recommend it. The meals freeze/warm up well and mostly uses normal ingredients -- something many vegan/vegetarian cookbooks fail at (my local store does not have jackfruit and 7 types of lentils). The pictures are pretty and it is easy to choose from to make dinner (or prep for a week). In addition many are easy to add meat on at the end and you can often switch out the vegetables for those in season.
http://www.amazon.com/Vegetarian-5-Ingredient-Gourmet-Recipes-Healthy/dp/076790690X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453617218&sr=8-1&keywords=vegetarian+5-ingredient
This has been my go-to for years
Glad you enjoyed it. You might want to look into picking up a copy of the cookbook that it comes from, Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure
Many of the edible weeds in N. America are also found (or have edible counterparts) in Europe also. Things like dandelions, dock, chickweed, and amaranth are all common.
Most seaweeds around the world are edible if you are going to be on the coasts.
I'd take a look at these books from Amazon's UK site as many of the plants will also be found on the mainland too:
Self-sufficiency Foraging
Food For Free
Hedgerow
Edible Seashore
It sounds like it might be fun to explore recipes from Middle Eastern/Mediterranean cookbooks and Asian cookbooks. I think you might really like the recipes from the Ottolenghi books: Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, Jerusalem, Plenty, and Plenty More.
If you're looking to learn how to cook, I definitely recommend Rose Elliot's cookbooks. She's probably one of the most famous authors of vegetarian cookbooks. I taught myself how to cook using her cookbooks 20 years ago.
I also use the Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet cookbook a lot for simple recipes that are fairly easy to make.
if you can't find your grandfather's books i'd recommend The Beekeeper's Bible. it is an interesting read and inexpensive for it's size and quality.
https://www.amazon.com/Beekeepers-Bible-Honey-Recipes-Other/dp/1584799188
The only thing that works for me is low/no carbs or sugar. This cookbook looks pretty cool. Good luck!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jekkas-Complete-Herb-Book-Association/dp/1856267415/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504455888&sr=1-3&keywords=Jekka
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Preserves-River-Cottage-Handbook-No-2/dp/0747595321/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504455955&sr=1-1&keywords=pam+the+jam
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hedgerow-River-Cottage-Handbook-No-7/dp/140880185X/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=F3VYXKB4NNCVEYAJEQ0K
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Booze-River-Cottage-Handbook-No-12/dp/1408817934/ref=pd_sim_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=2YHRTEAT811G23JYQSDR
I love these ones as they give you a target to go out and find stuff. They'll have links to other books that the authors use. All three are the best in their field(!) on foraging and using foraged items to make wondrous delights. Yesterday I also picked up
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hedgerow-Cookbook-delicious-recipes-wild-ebook/dp/B00PPHWYNO/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504456311&sr=1-1&keywords=The+hedgerow+cookbook
By the way... one of the best books I've ever gotten my hands on. http://www.amazon.com/The-Beekeepers-Bible-Honey-Recipes/dp/1584799188/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407955330&sr=8-1&keywords=Beekeepers+bible
Yes, it's my favourite. I use the casserole method of cooking brown rice from this book.
Essentially, put two cups of water in the bottom of the pressure cooker. In a pyrex bowl (or other bowl that can withstand the pressure) mix the rice and water as recommended in the recipe, place on a trivet in the PC. Cook at high pressure for 25 minutes. Turn off the heat, and let the pressure come down naturally.
I have to eat dairy and gluten free, so when I see "vegan" on labels I'm pretty happy :) Many soy products are vegan (they make a really good vegan/gf/non-dairy cream cheese) and there are some companies that do dairy free/vegan as well. Off hand, I can't find any bread companies that don't use eggs (sorry) but I know there's a couple cupcake places in my city that do vegan & gf cupcakes amazingly, so I know it's possible.
http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Free-Vegan-Delicious-Animal-Free-Recipes/dp/1600940323 (maybe this helps too?)
They also used to have a cafe around here owned by these guys, but I'm not sure what's going on with them.. anyways they only served gf and vegan dishes at the cafe-- it was amazing! http://www.gfreev.com/
Good luck!!
"If you're afraid of butter, use cream." - Julia Child
And either this or this! You choose, I want to be surprised.
We give our son oatmeal and decided again the cereal. We have a baby food maker set (gifted by my MIL) so we use that to make real food for baby. I've also been reading this book and it has lots of great info if you decide to give your baby real food.
My MIL is of the uber crunchy variety and she hopes I'll be much like her and my SIL. LOL! I don't mind though...we just want what we feel is best for our wee one. Not to mention once you have everything you need to make baby food it's really quick and simple. I take about twenty minutes on a Saturday or Sunday to make a week's worth of food and freeze it. Then, the night before we take out a portion and put it in the fridge to thaw for the next day.
Looks like /u/SparklingLimeade and /u/IcyElemental have this covered. :)
Sadly, there's very little information out there, at least compiled in an accessible format, about micronutrient requirements. The most in-depth and accessible information I've found so far is in the hyperbolically-titled-but-actually-quite-reasonable book The Perfect Health Diet. You can get a sense of the authors' interpretation of micronutrient requirements by the kinds of supplements they recommend (and advise against). Worth a read, if you like books.
I just received this cookbook - the dishes in there are off the hook.
I'd usually recommend http://northernbushcraft.com/ but the site seems to be down.
http://www.amazon.com/Northwest-Foraging-Classic-Edible-Pacific/dp/1594853665 is a great book about it. Check your local library.
Im in New Hampshire these are some of the species that are edible and grow wild around here....Mushrooms with gills Chanterelles, Black Trumpets, Hedgehog, Horse and Meadow Mushroom, Parasol, Shaggy Mane, Matsutake, Blewit, Oyster Mushrooms.....
Mushrooms with pores King Bolete, Two Colored Bolete, Maitake, Dryads Saddle, Morels, Puffballs, Lobster Mushrooms, Aborted Entoloma, Chicken of the woods....
Mushrooms that have Medicinal properties Maitake, Reishi, Turkey Tail, Chaga, Artist's Conk.
Here is a good field guide for New England http://www.amazon.com/Edible-Medicinal-Mushrooms-England-Eastern/dp/1556437951/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
http://www.amazon.com/Diet-Small-Planet-20th-Anniversary/dp/0345321200/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394941993&sr=1-1&keywords=diet+for+a+small+planet
putting this here for the vegetarian/vegan gainers.
Poor guy here: I mostly eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Potatoes - deep fried, microwaved with some butter and cheese. Pasta is cheap. I like pastas with spinach sauteed in garlic and olive oil, sun dried tomatoes, and oregano, basil and red pepper flakes. Don't buy frozen pizza or pre-made pizza crusts, make your own dough and don't use pre-made sauce. A can of tomato paste, water, and spices will do just fine. There are plenty of cookbooks catered to living on-the-cheap like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Healthy-College-Cookbook-Quick-Cheap/dp/1580171265
The Forager Handbook by Miles Irving is very thorough in it's number of edibles, but not fantastic to carry around or for ID. I combine it with The Wild Flower Key by Francis Rose. I pick a couple plants from the Forager Hand book at a time and look for them on a walk.
Another book is the River Cottage Hedgerow by John Right, in fact all three of his book are well done; Mushrooms and Edible Seashore.
anyone have an electronic copy of this book?
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1631910124/
Are there any recommendations for others like it?
Northwest Foraging sounds like what you're looking for. Good book. Includes recipes. Only complaint is that the illustrations are all in black and white, so sometimes you'll have to read over the descriptions very carefully if you're not sure about a specific plant. It's a minor issue, but I'd like to see full-color photos in future editions.
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sort my priorities :)
I had some stuff prioritized but added some more!
This would be amazing to use with my new juicer that McFly got for me (how awesome is he???)
Thanks for the contest!
*on my "needs" wishlist
500 Low Carb Recipes by Dana Carpender
I'd recommend this book. We picked it up in Portland last time were there and really like it.
https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Farm-Nancy-Singleton-Hachisu/dp/1449418295
Everything that's at the root of japanese cooking is in there.
if you have some spare cash, i'm a fan of this veg pressure cooker cookbook. the saffron chickpea stew is delectable.
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Vegetarian-Cooking-Under-Pressure/dp/0688123260/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1346488535&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=vegan+cooking+under+pressure
This book is AMAZING. When I was living with my girlfriend I used this book to cook for her all of the time because it was so easy. :D
This juice recipe book.
the perfect health diet.
yeah, the best thing to do with oysters is tempura fry them! Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada has 2 really great charts for cooking mushrooms; one where he correlates different species to types of wine for cooking and one where he ranks various methods of cooking for every mushroom (tempura fry ranks highly for most mushrooms).
FYI- this may be the perfect book for you: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Ahead-Vegan-Cookbook-Freezer-Friendly/dp/1581573049/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=
And Northwest Foraging, which is right next to Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast on my bookshelf.
I got one as a gift also, and I love it! I thought it was kind of silly at first, I was planning on just using my food processor to make her food. But it's not really the appliance itself that I love so much, it's all the other STUFF that comes with it! The recipe/guide book, the freezer tray, the storage containers... I love all that junk! And again, I probably would have never bought that for myself, because it's not really NECESSARY, but it's crazy useful. When you start cooking for her you'll love it SO much more! (At least I did)
ALSO. This might come in handy, I loooove this book! It's not just a recipe book, but has a lot of good tips on how to THINK about making baby food. :) happy cookin, mamas!
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wholesome-Baby-Food-Guide/dp/044658410X
I bought this book and it was such a great purchase! They have great recipes!
In addition, I use these three blogs for recipes:
http://peaceloveandlowcarb.blogspot.com/
http://yourlighterside.com/
http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/
The FAQ definitely needs an update. In the mean while, if you're interested in the case against gluten grains specifically, you can check out the book Perfect Health Diet ch 19.
I wouldn't get to caught up on recipes. Juice what is available to you at your local markets and in season. Sometimes recipes call for unique items that you can't find, however most recipes consist of a few main ingredients; cucumber, celery, some type of fruit to sweeten, type of lettuce. Find a good base then add what you'd like. Experiment with different flavors.
And yes there is a Bible
WRT complete proteins, "Diet For A Small Planet" (and Recipes FASP) are vegetarian guides, with traces of vegan. It is still available. You can also find info on Wikipedia.
Word of warning: this has been done before...
http://www.amazon.com/College-Cookbook-Alternative-Meal-Plan/dp/0882664972
http://www.amazon.com/Healthy-College-Cookbook-Quick-Cheap/dp/1580171265
http://collegecookbookproject.wordpress.com/
Just a word of warning, be careful not to open yourself up to legal battles ;-)
http://www.amazon.com/Edible-Medicinal-Mushrooms-England-Eastern/dp/1556437951/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1310261109&amp;sr=8-1
I got this one and just eat some wild tasty mushrooms today and still alive :)
100% seconding Maangchi! She is amazing.
Lately I've been cooking from Japanese Farm Food, which, disclaimer, is written by my friend's mom, but don't worry, it's more than legit and very popular (see reviews, accolades from Alice Waters). She's a rad lady and I love her organic approach which produces dishes that may seem different than the standard Japanese food we know, but come from a very authentic place. The chazuke in particular was a revelation for me.
Also, not a cookbook but I've been trying some of these recipes from Nong's Khao Man Gai (cult favorite Thai food cart-cum-restaurant in Portland). Unfortunately no recipe for her famous sauce but the food is still great!
You might try looking into/reading about the Perfect Health Diet, there's a blog, and a book on it (here is the amazon link: http://smile.amazon.com/Perfect-Health-Diet-Regain-Weight/dp/145169914X?sa-no-redirect=1 ) a friend of mine is well at his goal weight and he sticks with it, you can still lose weight on it too apparently, just not at the keto rate I think.
[How to Eat In The Woods by Bradford Angier]
(https://www.amazon.com/How-Eat-Woods-Complete-Sustenance/dp/1631910124)
No gluten, dairy, sugar, etc. gives me more energy and keeps me healthier. If you're interested, try reading Perfect Health Diet. It has plenty of scientific evidence.
Hey there friend! You've got plenty of responses and they're all good :). Just a quick few bits from another UK forager (wasn't too long ago I was in your shoes).
Might be worth investing in a book just to get a general idea of what's around in Britain. "Food for free" is great, but a little large to take around. Good for those cold cold nights and nothing's on TV/a good reference book.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Food-Free-Richard-Mabey/dp/0007438478
The one I really like is River Cottage Handbook hedgerow which most of UK non mushroom stuff revolves around. Excellent read, funny informative and great photos. I've met John Wright and he really is an awesome and fun guy. Lots of great tips on what to do with the stuff you find. Also good combined with Jam and Preserve making book, which has masses of recipes to keep your foraged goodies lasting all year round. The hedgerow book you can just about fit into your jacket pocket - if it's a big one that is...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hedgerow-River-Cottage-Handbook-No-7/dp/140880185X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Preserves-River-Cottage-Handbook-No-2/dp/0747595321/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=58P3VRK2HZ8Y4ZY2N43K
After that maybe check out any local foraging groups or classes? Depends how much you enjoy it. If you're anything like me, then you're in for a real treat :).
P.S the most important bit of any book is the dangerous/deadly section. Make sure you can recognise the nasties or at least not pick anything that looks remotely like them until you're 100% sure and confident!
Looks like they have two cookbooks, the original and The New Chicago Diner Cookbook.
My best friend got me The Gluten Free Vegan for my birthday this year. The recipes seem pretty tasty, we haven't made any yet though.
> In a world where most people don't have a lot of money or time for various reasons, there is no way to eat cheap/convenient/healthy. You can get cheap/convenient. You can get cheap/healthy. You can't get all three though.
Hello, I have read a few of your comments, and I would really like to recommend this cookbook to you! Might solve some of your problems.
Oh goodness, we didn't do anything like that. We EBF to almost 6 months. When LO was sitting up and interested in food (just a week or two before she was 6 months), we gave her a little squash one night with dinner (since we were having it). Over the next few days, we gave her a little squash, then added a little apple. We did avocado, then banana, then chicken and turkey after that, waiting a day or two to see if there was any reaction. Food always came AFTER breastfeeding since that's their primary source of nutrition until 1. (Poultry is good for iron, btw.)
Rice cereal is disguising and turns a lot of kids off of solids (it's basically wallpaper paste, would you want to eat that?) We didn't do anything like that but eventually did some oatmeal with a little water and applesauce.
Kellymom and The Wholesome Baby Food Guide were our resources and /r/babyledweaning too.
Read "The Healthy College Cookbook: Quick. Cheap. Easy." by some college guys.
http://www.amazon.com/Healthy-College-Cookbook-Quick-Cheap/dp/1580171265