Pre-Order Our New Cookbook for 5 Bonus Recipes!

Pre-order our new cookbook Simple Feel Good Food and get 5 EXCLUSIVE bonus recipes! Keep reading to learn how to receive this free thank you gift.

I developed a TON of recipes while I was working on my new cookbook, Love & Lemons Simple Feel Good Food…so many that not all of them fit into the book! But I loved the extra recipes wayyyy too much not to share them with you all, so I put them together into a cute downloadable bonus e-book. You’ll get these 5 exclusive recipes as a FREE thank you gift when you pre-order Simple Feel Good Food!  The book comes out on April 25th, but you’ll get this free recipe e-book now! These recipes aren’t in the cookbook or on the…

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Pre-order Love & Lemons Simple Feel Good Food!

Our new cookbook, Love & Lemons Simple Feel Good Food, is now available for pre-order. Read on for a sneak peek of what's inside it.

Thank you SO MUCH for your enthusiasm about our cookbook announcement a couple weeks ago! We are so excited to share this NEW book with you. Love & Lemons Simple Feel Good Food comes out on April 25, but it’s available for pre-order now. I know that April 25 might seem like a long way away, so I wanted to take today’s post to explain some of the reasons to pre-order the book now. Why pre-order? You’re guaranteed a copy of the cookbook as soon as it comes out. No need to worry about supply chain issues or the book…

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Big News! Our New Cookbook!

Our new cookbook, Love & Lemons: Simple Feel-Good Food, comes out this spring! Find a sneak peek of what's in it and learn how to preorder below.

Hey friends, exciting news! We wrote a new cookbook! Love & Lemons: Simple Feel-Good Food comes out this spring on April 25, and it’s now available for preorder! But first, I want to THANK YOU! Simple Feel-Good Food wouldn’t have come to be without readers like you. As I’ve chatted with you over the years and responded to your questions, comments, and recipe requests, I’ve noticed that… Some of you love easy recipes that you can make right now, while others of you love recipes that you can make ahead. I wrote this cookbook with these two types of cooks…

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10 Kitchen Gifts for The Cook in Your Life

Delight your favorite home cook with one of these kitchen gifts! They range from small gift ideas to must-have cookware and all-star appliances.

This post contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission when you make a purchase through links on our site. Hey friends! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! I’m not sharing a recipe today, because I’m personally all cooked out after yesterday, and I thought you might be too. Instead, I’m highlighting 10 great kitchen gifts now that the next holiday season is upon us. In my opinion, these kitchen gift ideas are all must-have items for people who love to cook. If you have a passionate home cook in your life, you’d blow them away with any of…

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Get The Ultimate Guide to Soup Season!

Subscribe below to receive The Ultimate Guide to Soup Season! In this 5-part email series, I share tips and recipes to help you make AMAZING soup.

The Ultimate Guide to Soup Season is a 5-part email series. In it, I share tips, tricks, and recipes to help you make delicious soup this fall and winter! Learn how to stock your soup season pantry, how to adapt soup recipes, and more! Sign up here to get the guide: By signing up, you’ll receive the 5-part soup series as well as our Love & Lemons newsletter two times a week. Of course, you can unsubscribe at any time.

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Behind the Scenes at Love & Lemons

Ever wondered how we come up with recipes? Find out below! I'm answering some of your most common questions in this behind-the-scenes peek.

Hey, happy Tuesday! We post a ton of recipes here, but it’s been a while since I’ve given you an update on our process behind the scenes at Love & Lemons. I thought I’d take today’s post to give you a sneak peek into the Love & Lemons kitchen and answer some of the questions I often get from readers like you! I started Love & Lemons in 2011 as a place to share seasonal recipes and cooking stories about my husband Jack and me. I did the cooking, and Jack and I would photograph recipes out of our home…

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Get 5 Days of Thanksgiving Sides!

Subscribe below to receive 5 Days of Thanksgiving Sides! In this email series, I share tips and recipes to help you make the ultimate holiday feast.

5 Days of Thanksgiving Sides is a 5-part email series. In it, I share tips, tricks, and recipes to help you make an AMAZING holiday meal! Discover the 4 kinds of sides you should have on your Thanksgiving table (and get recipes for each!), and learn tips to make your prep simple and fun. Sign up here to get the guide: By signing up, you’ll receive the 5-part Thanksgiving series as well as our Love & Lemons newsletter two times a week. Of course, you can unsubscribe at any time.

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Our 2021 Kitchen Gift Guide

Shopping for someone who loves to cook? These kitchen gifts are a great place to start. They include must-have appliances, cookbooks, and more!

Happy holidays, friends! If you’re looking for the perfect gift for someone who loves to cook (and that someone can totally be you!), you’re in the right place. Below, I’ve rounded up my favorite cooking gifts of the year. They include gorgeous cookbooks, impressive appliances, stunning serving dishes, and more. I can vouch for all of them – they’re some of the most-loved and most-used items in my kitchen. No matter what you pick, I promise, it’ll be a wonderful gift for whoever’s on your list. Now, to our favorite kitchen gifts: Our Cookbooks! The perfect gifts for the veggie…

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FREE Cookie eBook Giveaway

Cookbooks are the best gifts! Buy either of our cookbooks by December 24, and we'll send you five FREE cookie recipes in return. Find the details below!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Every year, I say that cookbooks make the best gifts, but this year, I think it’s especially true: we’re all cooking at home a lot more! While we love the recipes that we post here on the blog, many of our absolute favorites are in the books – the Zucchini Verde Vegan Enchiladas and Sesame-Ginger Avocado Fennel Salad from Love & Lemons Every Day, the Coconut Rice with Brussels Sprouts and the Creamy Broccoli Soup from The Love & Lemons Cookbook, and so many more! Whether you need a perfect present for…

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Daily Harvest New Scoops & Flatbreads

Lately, Jack and I have loved trying Daily Harvest's inventive, plant-forward meals and treats. Read more about our favorites (+why we love them) below!

Special thanks to Daily Harvest for partnering on this post. Before this spring, Jack and I went out for dinner at least once a week, and we often picked up something quick for lunch during the workday. But in March, that changed. All of a sudden, we were eating every meal at home, every day. Obviously, I love cooking. But prepping breakfast, lunch, and dinner for both of us (and doing the dishes afterward) takes up a lot of time. Luckily, I signed up for Daily Harvest, a subscription service that delivers thoughtfully-sourced, chef-crafted foods to your door, over the…

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Love & Lemons Every Day Cookbook Birthday!

Love and Lemons Every Day is one year old! It's a big, beautiful book filled with healthy, delicious recipes, flexible cooking charts, and more.

Hi all! I’m popping in today to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the launch of our second cookbook, Love and Lemons Every Day. To all of you who have the book – thank you! The best part of this year has been seeing you dive in to it and its recipes. I can’t tell you how much I love seeing your creations when you tag me on Instagram or Facebook. If you like what you’ve made (and I hope you do!) it’d mean the world to me if you’d leave a positive review on Amazon or wherever you bought the…

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Photograph of Jeanine Donofrio and Jack Mathews in their kitchen

Hello, we're Jeanine and Jack.

We love to eat, travel, cook, and eat some more! We create & photograph vegetarian recipes from our home in Chicago, while our shiba pups eat the kale stems that fall on the kitchen floor.