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Transform cooking into an act of self-care and gratitude with a culinary expert's recipes and advice for bringing mindfulness and intention into the kitchen.
In this unique cookbook, Nicki Sizemore combines healthy recipes with simple rituals—like breathing deeply and noticing the sights and sounds of the kitchen—that will help home cooks become more present, calm, and connected to their food.Mind, Body, Spirit, Food contains 51 naturally gluten-free recipes that each include a mindfulness prompt, such as focus on the process and not the result as you bread the chicken or eggplant slices in Sheet Pan Parm, seek balance as you notice how sweet counter salty and spicy tempers richness in Miso Maple Glazed Vegetables, and feel grounded on the kitchen floor as you bite into the earthy beets of Roasted Beet Salad.
With Nicki's intention-setting tips and deeply satisfying whole food recipes, cooking and eating can be transformed from a necessity (or chore) to an act of self-care and deep gratitude, bringing freedom and joy into every meal in your day.
The recipe chapters promise to:
- Awaken (Breakfast, Snacks, and Starters)
- Ground (Salads and Sides)
- Soothe (Soups, Stews, and Bowls)
- Innovate (Streamlined Dinners)
- Transform (Marinades, Sauces, and Rubs)
- Improvise (Clean-out-the-Fridge Meals)
- Share (Desserts)
List of contents
Cook to Connect
My Story
What Is Intentional Cooking & Eating?
Our Complicated Relationship to Food
The Recipes
Awaken: Breakfasts, Snacks & Starters
Oatmeal Breakfast Cake (Carrot Currant or Blueberry)
Granola Clusters (Peanut Chocolate or Fruit & Nut)
Almond Flour Muffins (Banana Chocolate or Apple Spice)
Maple Nuts (Cinnamon Spice or Coriander Fennel)
Chocolate Date Nut Bark (Nut Butter or Banana)
Creamy Cashew Dip (Chipotle or Herb)
Whipped Ricotta Dip (Burst Tomatoes or Roasted Mushrooms)
Ground: Salads & Sides Roasted Beet Salad (Mediterranean Tahini or Creamy Citrus)
No-Recipe One-Bowl Green Salad (Anything Goes)
Creamy Kale Salad (Caesar Style or Green Goddess)
Rice Noodle Salad (Lime Ginger or Red Curry Peanut)
Potato Salad (Herby or Creamy)
Miso Maple Glazed Vegetables (Asparagus or Carrots or Turnips)
Loaded Smashed Roasted Potatoes (Chili Powder Aioli or Horseradish Herb)
Roasted Veggies with Brown Butter Honey Sauce (Broccoli or Brussels Sprouts)
Soothe: Soups, Stews & Bowls Creamy Chicken Stew (Potato, Kale & Cream or Coconut, Peanut & Collards)
Brothy Beans & Greens (Curry Style or Italian Style)
Soup Bowls with Grains & Frizzled Kale (Sweet Potato or Spinach)
Skillet Chili Cornbread Bake (Black Bean or Chicken White Bean)
Creamy Spinach & Chickpea Skillet Bake (Eggs or Feta)
Coconut Curry Bowls (Salmon or Shrimp or Chicken or Broccoli)
Creamy Green Pasta (Broccoli or Kale)
Innovate: Streamlined Dinners
Sheet Pan Parm (Chicken or Eggplant)
Crispy Sushi Rice Bake (Salmon or Mushroom)
Giant Sheet Pan Panzanella Salad (Tomato Za'atar or Butternut Squash & Kale)
Glazed Meatball Lettuce Wraps (Tomato Balsamic or Hoisin)
Easy Enchilada Skillet Bake (Poultry or Beef or Sweet Potato & Chard)
Reverse Marinated Mains (Chicken or Steak or Vegetables)
Whole Chicken in a Pot (French Inspired or Moroccan Inspired)
Crispy Cheese Baked Quesadillas (Spinach or Chorizo)
Transform: Marinades, Sauces & Rubs for Easy Meals Olive, Raisin & Walnut Salsa (Fish or Cauliflower)
Mole-Rubbed Grilled Tacos (Chicken or Steak or Salmon)
Bulgogi Bowls (Steak or Pork or Chicken)
Coconut Cilantro Satays with Peanut Sauce (Shrimp or Chicken or Pork)
Chili Crisp Tahini Noodle Bowls (Turkey or Pork or Shrimp or Broccoli)
Sweet & Savory Miso Glaze (Fish or Sweet Potatoes & Eggplant)
Yogurt-Marinated Grilled Kebabs with Cucumber Tomato Salad (Chicken or Lamb)
Improvise: Clean-Out-the-Fridge Meals
Everything Goes Fried Rice
Clean-Out-the-Fridge Vegetable Soup
Brown Butter Lemon Spaghetti with Greens or Peas
DIY Stir-Fry
Crispy Quinoa Cakes
Socca Flatbread “Pizza”
Thursday Night Frittata
Share: Desserts Rice Pudding (Amaretto Raisin Pistachio or Pumpkin Pie)
Creamy Citrus Bars (Lemon Gingersnap or Lime Pistachio)
Flourless Almond Cookies (Any Way You Like Them)
Grain-Free Brownies (Basic or Peanut Butter Mascarpone Swirl)
Crème Brûlée (Vanilla or Cappuccino)
Fruit Tart with Coconut Ginger Crust (Vanilla Lime Cream Cheese or Creamy Chocolate Cashew)
Yogurt Cake Two Ways (Blueberry Snack Cake or Strawberry Shortcake)
Metric Conversion Charts
Acknowledgments
Index
About the author
Nicki Sizemore
