It doesn’t matter if you’re a novice cook or a veteran chef, it is easy to get stuck on what to make. Human diets are a major contributor to the environmental impact of our planet. All the chemicals and water used to grow food and the emissions required to transport it to your local supermarket make up one large foodprint.
These environmental cookbooks can help you move beyond Meatless Mondays and into a more sustainable diet.
Zero-Waste Chef Anne-Marie Bonneau
If you haven’t, follow the instructions. Zero-Waste chef on InstagramYou really should. Anne-Marie Bonneau, a blogger, speaker, and author, inspires thousands every day to reduce their food waste in innovative and delicious ways. Bonneau also has her own cookbook. Zero-Waste ChefThis book teaches readers low-cost or free ways to reduce food waste, and how to reuse food that is often thrown away.
Bonneau will show you how to reduce waste starting with grocery shopping. Learn how fermentation works, how to make homemade soda, how to turn scraps into amazing meals, snacks, and even zero-waste desserts.
Zero-Waste ChefAvailable for $25
Unbelievably VeganCharity Morgan
Charity Morgans has more than 100 vegan recipes. Unbelievably VeganIt is a must have for any kitchen. Morgan has cooked for celebrities and professional athletes, and knows a lot about food that fuels the body.
Morgan is a professional chef who has over 15 years experience. His recipes are full-flavored and free of meat, dairy, or any other animal products. Morgan’s recipes include the chickpea omelet and buffalo chickn tacos. Or the loaded-up fries, which include a delicious poutine with whiskey-caramelized onion.
While you wait for your cookbook to arrive in the mail, make sure to try some of Chef Morgan’s recipes. Website.
Unbelievably VeganBooks are available for sale at a retail price of $29.99
#EatMeatless Jane Goodall Institute
Jane Goodalls, an anthropologist and primatologist, has published a cookbook for home cooks who want a smaller carbon footprint. The book is available here #EATMEATLESSThis cookbook contains over 75 recipes that are 100% plant-based and emphasize flavor, nutrition, seasonal ingredients, and more.
The book begins with information about factory farming, the resources required to get food to the table, and how eating local, seasonal and plant-based foods can help to save the planet.
There are many delicious recipes available, including banana pancakes with seasonal fruit syrup as breakfast, tofu kimchi soup or new potato radish salad as lunch, creamy cashew pasta primavera as dinner, and tahini choc chunk cookies for dessert.
#EATMEATLESS You can buy books for $35 anywhere you are located.
The Noma’s Guide to FermentationRen Redzepi and David Zilber
Noma means “one of the best restaurants in the world”. Yes, that’s it. Noma founder Chef Ren Redzepi and chef and food scientist David Zilber were both involved in the collaboration. The Noma’s Guide to FermentationIf you are concerned about food waste, this book is a must-have. This handy book will make dining at home a three-Michelin-star experience.
The book provides simple fermentation tips and recipes that will help you make kombucha, koji and fermented plums to enhance your everyday meals.
The Noma’s Guide to Fermentation Retails at $40
The PLANeT BASED DIET
Kip andersen and Keegankuhn, the creators, brought this to you Cowspiracy,This guidebook was written by Laura Hooper Beck (screenwriter), and aims to teach you about the benefits of plant-based food. It also follows up on some information in the documentary. The chapters provide information on environmental issues as well as sustainable recipes that are suitable to home cooks starting out.
The PLANeT BASED DIETThis cookbook is Available through CowspiracyFor $19.95
The Big Green Cookbook by Jackie Newgent
Jackie Newgent, registered dietitian and registered dietitian, explains how food choices can have a significant impact on the environment. The Big Green Cookbook. This cookbook includes over 200 recipes. They are all designed to help readers adopt an ecotarian diet.
Make delicious mojitos, dark chocolate raspberry truffles, and garlicky flatbread pizzettes with navel oranges. Plus, you can learn how to cut down on energy in the kitchen. Newgent offers advice on how to buy local organic foods, seasonal ingredients, use up leftovers, as well as how to save money in the kitchen.
Even the cookbook itself is printed with post-consumer paper and soyink. The Big Green CookbookRetails at $24.95.
One: Pot, Pan and PlanetBy Anna Jones
It is better to wash dishes less for the environment. We don’t set the rules but this is one we are happy with. Many people find cooking dinner difficult, especially when you have to use half of the pots and pans that are in your kitchen. Anna Jones, food writer, hopes to reduce the mess and save our planet one meal at time with her cookbook. One: Pot, Pan and Planet.
Each of the 200 recipes found in this book is designed to cut down on energy and water consumption during cooking. There are many great recipes, including the sweet potato, ginger, coconut stew and golden rsti with ancho chill chutney.
One: Pot, Pan and Planet Retails for $35 at Bookshop.org or Barnes and Noble.
Enjoying food for pleasure, people, and the planetTom Hunt
Tom Hunts, chef and activist Enjoying Food for Pleasure, People, and the PlanetBalance is achieved by eating healthy food that tastes great while also putting the environment first. Hunt lives by the motto of Root to Fruit, which is eating for pleasure, eating whole feet and eating the best foods.
The book will teach readers how to shop low-carbon produce and support regenerative farming practices. It also includes tips for reducing food waste. You will learn how to make amazing dishes such as corn cakes with pulled oyster mushrooms and macaroni and tapioca, and summer vegetable ceviche.
Enjoying food for pleasure, people, and the planet Retail price: $35