Eat Smarter Family Cookbook: 100 Delicious Recipes to Transform Your Health, Happiness, and Connection

We have found some new favourites in our household from this book. So much valuable info inside.

The Eat Smarter Family Cookbook is amazing! It contains a hundred healthy recipes, sites hundreds of health studies, explains the health benefits of connecting over meals with family, has great information on the nutrient dense ingredients and why to use them. I have already bought a few copies as gifts for family members! I believe this cookbook is the revolution we need in family meals and family health!These recipes and the ingredients are accessible and can be modified to meet your needs. The closest organic grocery store is about 50 minutes away from me, so I tend to never shop there. I have still managed to use upgraded, healthy ingredients thanks to the wealth of knowledge in Shawn Stevenson’s cookbook. I have made several recipes from the cookbook already and the flavors are amazing! I often get overwhelmed by long recipes with tons of ingredients. I’m a busy mom so I tend to give up on a recipe if it is going to take too long to prepare. The ingredients are nutritious and very filling! I have teen boys and they have devoured every single meal Ive made from the cookbook. They leave the table feeling full, and I know they are eating a much healthier meal than the ultra-processed school lunches at their high school.Its really not complicated to switch to healthy, home-cooked family meals thanks to this cookbook. The health benefits are explained and research sited incredibly well within the pages. The standard American diet is severely lacking in nutrients and nutrition education is usually non-existent or outdated. This cookbook is a great resource for everyone!

I've only just started and love it do far, but I'm from the UK so just letting you know that the weights are mainly imperial ( a cup of this, a pound of that) Obviously not the end of the world or anything but can be helpful to know before buying, would be great if it could have both sets of weights listed in future books 😄

Shawn Stevenson has put out another gem! I have already made many of the recipes and my family loves them! Delicious and nutritious!The information with science backed studies he provided have been life changing!I highly recommend EVERYONE has this book as an arsenal for their family’s health and well being!

This is a wonderful book for seasoned cooks and those just starting out. It is more than a cookbook in that the first section discusses how eating affects us individually and as a community. Shawn talks about healthy habits for longevity, for raising healthy eating with our children and how our society has shifted thoughts about nutrition and meals over the past 50 years. He has a playful attitude that is reflected in the various tables comparing choices in food categories. For example, under Sweeteners we have Scary Choice, Sufficient Choice and Smarter Choice. He provides these same "Choices" for Grains, Oils, Beef, Poultry, Fish, Eggs, Dairy, Spices, Family Snacks and Condiments. He talks about Smarter Grocery Shopping and Smarter Cooking Tips. One of the latter tips is to Get the Kids Involved. We see in the beautiful photos spread throughout the book, that he does this with his family. (Kudos to Eva Kolenko for her talented photography that make everything pop visually.) There are photos of the family and several of the recipes that follow the Transform Your Kitchen Culture and Eat With A Purpose Sections. The Recipes are very nicely laid out on the page, with helpful emojis that indicate whether the recipe supports/stimulates Brain health, Heart health, Metabolic, health, Sleep, Mental and emotional health and Gut health. I have made a few of the 100 recipes already, and they are easy to put together and taste delicious! I've got post-it arrows curling out of the pages marking more that I want to prepare.This book would make a great gift for anyone on your list, including yourself!