Violet Cooks: 100+ Healthy Gluten-Free Recipes That Satisfy—Meal-Prep Staples, Simple Weeknight Mains, and Dense Bean Salads [9780063468573]

Overview

The first (and eagerly awaited) cookbook from the food writer and content creator best known for her viral “dense bean salads,” filled with 100+ easy, healthy recipes to fuel and satisfy a busy life.

Violet Witchel, the beloved content creator known as @VioletCooks and inventor of the viral Dense Bean Salad, has a simple goal: to teach her audience how to make nutritious food that satisfies both cravings and fitness goals without compromising on flavor. While the size of Violet’s audience has grown astronomically—from cooking for her college roommates to writing one of the most popular Food & Drink Substacks—her approach to food has remained the same. Her recipes lead with fresh ingredients, flavorful nutrition, and the belief that wholesome cooking is good for the body and the soul.
Using her skills as a CIA-trained chef, and as a former collegiate athlete with specific nutrition needs, Violet makes it easy to cook healthy, adaptable meals. Recipes are gluten-free and protein and fiber–packed and make preparing healthy meals feel accessible and achievable for home cooks of all skill levels. Recipes include:

• Situationship Chicken Soup—the perfect meal to make when you’re looking for something delicious, but not that time-consuming, kind of like that person you should probably stop texting…
• Buttermilk Zucchini Coffee Cake—the best way to sneak some veggies into your day and make use of the abundant late-August farmer’s market zucchini
• Cilantro Cucumber Margaritas—because life is all about balance, and this make-ahead drink is perfect for a girls’ night in
• Plus, a chapter filled with Violet’s signature and endlessly riff-able Dense Bean Salads, including Thai Chicken, Steak Tzatziki, and Giardiniera Calabrian Chili!

Whether you’re a beginner learning to build your culinary skills or an experienced home cook looking for great recipes and strategies, Violet Cooks is the perfect cookbook to help build a repertoire of nutritious recipes, make wholesome meals for a life on the go, and maintain a balanced and sustainable healthy lifestyle.