More with Less: Whole Food Cooking Made Irresistibly Simple

The More With Less cookbook is now my all time favorite/go-to cookbook, for both every day meals and special dinners for friends and family. I found it while browsing in a tiny Mill Valley, CA bookstore and have already given it as a gift to 4 people, and recommended it to many more. While there are LOTS of cookbooks for healthy eating, this one is head and shoulders above the crowd because of how incredibly delicious the recipes are—featuring amazing sauces, snacks and ‘nibbles’, and creative approaches to healthy, low-on-the-food-chain cooking. Virtually all are either gluten free or easily adaptable. I am married to a traditional “meat and potatoes” guy who has LOVED everything I have made from these easy, fantastic recipes—including quinoa/beet/shiitake mushroom beet burgers, when he (previously) thought he didn’t like the first two ingredients.

This cookbook is aesthetically gorgeous, and the recipes are fabulous for simple, clean, healthy and delicious eating. My staples are the crispy potatoes, the roasted chickpeas with scallions and lemon and the french vinaigrette. I have met Jodi and she is extremely dedicated to sourcing the best ingredients and working on new and innovative ways to eat vegetables and elevate what many think is just another potato or carrot. If you like to entertain guests who love vegetables, and add something delicious, filling and healthy to your own meat, chicken and fish dishes...buy this book. If you have something to suggest or ask Jodi about, reach out to her on her blog, whatscookingoodloking.com I've been following for 2 years.

I'm always looking for recipes that don't take too much time to prepare. This is perfect. It uses fresh foods and simple preparation. I've got several favorites already.

The "More with Less: Whole Food Cooking Made Irresistibly Simple" has become my day-to-day go to cookbook! All the recipes are delicious but take healthier twists (which I love) and minimal ingredients. We recently featured it at my cookbook club, and all our members were wow-ed by the dishes created from it. I especially love that you can make chocolate mousse with sweet potatoes . The flourless chocolate blood orange cake (gluten-free and dairy-free) was a crowd favorite along with the curried sweet potato + yellow split pea stew with crispy shallots and also the oven-baked risotto rice with kale + leek + mushrooms.

Exactly what I needed to make all kinds of flavorful dishes. I appreciate so much about this cookbook- the simple ingredients, yet all the recipes are new to me. Every meal tastes very fresh and I feel so healthy! I also appreciate the aesthetic and the way it's organized

This is the only cookbook I've ever had (and I have lots!) in which I want to cook 98% of what's in it--and fortunately, it won't be hard to do, because just like the title says, you're doing more with less. Not a ton of ingredients in each recipe, and the recipes are doable--they turn out. I love love love this woman's repertoire and want to see what she comes out with next.

This is a beautiful book that does emphasize fresh fruit and vegetables. It has a great section on pickling.It's not vegetarian in case that's important to you (I missed that before I ordered it). Many recipes are vegan or lacto-ovo vegetarian, but many include fish, some of which are anchovies as a condiment/flavoring and are not in the separate "fish" chapter.Given its emphasis, it definitely includes recipes that are better for you than what you'd find in most cookbooks, but most recipes include a lot of oil and/or butter, so the combination of that with the focus on fish just isn't for me.

This book is fantastic! Easy to follow simple recipes using delicious ingredients, you can’t go wrong when you simply follow the steps. I have made quite a few things from this book-the crispy potatoes are a HUGE hit in my household. For a person who tries to eat mostly healthy, this book is perfection. You won’t need another recipe book again.

I love everything about this book: the recipes, the use of the + signs that puts emphasis on the ingredients and how they can combine together, and the stunning photography. The recipes literally leap off the pages with their flavourness, originality and creativity. Also love the focus on the condiments and sauces, and how they can be paired with so many dishes. A must have cook book for your home, kitchen and palate.