Announcing: The New Cookbook!!!

Exciting news! Our new cookbook - Love & Lemons Every Day - comes out soon! It’s packed with over 100 all-new vibrant recipes for every meal.

Love & Lemons Every Day - my new cookbook!

I’ve been keeping this a secret for a while now, but today’s the day that I can finally tell you about my new cookbook, Love & Lemons Every Day! The main thing that I want you to know about it is that, well… it’s packed with all of my absolute favorite recipes, ones I’ve been obsessively making, eating, serving, and testing nearly every day for the past three years. It’s a big fat beautiful book packed with all-new vibrant veggie recipes (none are on the blog – you’ll only find them in the book) and lots of beautiful visuals to inspire you to make fun, delicious food. It’s coming out April 2nd, and you can pre-order it now!

My approach to this cookbook was very different from the first book. With the first book, I focused all of the recipes on my farmers market finds, and I based dishes solely off that inspiration. With our recent move closer to my family in Chicago, I decided to change things up a bit. With Chicago’s farmers market season being much shorter, as well as having more meals with my extended family, I shifted the focus of this book more towards everyday cooking with vegetables that you can easily find – whether you’re shopping at the grocery store or the farmers market. Of course, the book is full of recipes featuring gorgeous produce, but it’s organized by meal type, so you’ll easily find something yummy to make any day. This means more meals that your whole family will love with vegetables at the center of the plate.

PRE-ORDER TODAY!

U.S.
Amazon  /  Barnes & Noble  /  Indiebound

Canada:
Chapters Indigo Amazon.ca

International:
Book Depository

eBook:
Apple Books  / Google Play  / Kindle
Kobo (US)  /  Kobo (Canada)  /  Nook

Love & Lemons Every Day - my new cookbook!

So, what’s in the book?

100+ all-new vibrant recipes that make vegetables insanely delicious!

Love & Lemons Every Day is the perfect book for making any meal, from breakfast to dessert, where vegetables (and/or fruits) are the star. Butternut squash becomes the best queso you’ve ever eaten, broccoli transforms into a zesty green “rice” burrito filling, and sweet potato blends into a smooth chocolate frosting. The book is organized by meal type, including Breakfast, Snacks & Starters, Salads, Soups, Side Dishes, Desserts, Drinks, and Homemade Extras, but the biggest chapter by far is Dinner! Because, when I personally read cookbooks, I’m usually looking for something inspiring to make for dinner, and I wanted to give you lots and lots of plant-forward main dish options.

And speaking of plant-forward options, all of the recipes are vegetarian and nearly all of the recipes have a vegan alternative if the recipe is not vegan already. There are a good amount of gluten-free recipes as well.

Love & Lemons Every Day - my new cookbook!

Go-to guides

If you have our first cookbook, you’re probably familiar with the hummus, smoothie, and pesto charts that are at the back of the book. Everyone loved those (including me!), so I made more! Sprinkled throughout the book are visual charts and guides to show you how to make my favorite kitchen staples. Learn how to roast or grill any vegetable, how to make vegetable stock with whatever you have on hand, and more.

Inspiration to get creative!

Tired of your usual desk lunch? A giant grid of 5-ingredient salad dressings will have you devouring a new salad every day! All the dressings are wonderful to have on hand for throwing together quick meals. You’ll have a great time discovering other uses for them as well. Of course, the dressings are great to pep up your greens, but you’ll also love them on grain bowls or drizzled over roasted vegetables. As I created these dressings (and had a million dressings hanging around my fridge), I had tons of ideas of how to mix and match them to create new recipes. I hope these informative graphics spark that kind of kitchen joy for you too.

Love & Lemons Every Day - my new cookbook!

Fast food

Sometimes you just need a quick, tasty combination of healthy ingredients. If you’ve been reading the blog for a while, you’re familiar with our Many Ways posts, such as Overnight Oats Many Ways and Stuffed Sweet Potatoes Many Ways. These ‘many-ways’ style concepts (new ones!) appear in the book, too! You’ll see 6 Ways to Scramble, 5 Easy Pasta Favorites, and Fruit Crumbles 4 Ways. 

… and slow food

Sometimes you want to pour a glass of wine and spend quality time in the kitchen. This book features an array of more involved recipes for those days. Try the Cozy Vegan Mushroom White Bean Pot Pies, Zucchini Verde Vegan Enchiladas, or explore a collection of special occasion menus.

  Love & Lemons Every Day - my new cookbook!

Clever ideas to use the whole vegetable

Not sure what to do with your beet greens and broccoli stalks? I’ve included a section filled with fun ways to use scrap vegetable parts in your everyday cooking – waste not, want not!

A recipe for “insert vegetable here”

Nearly every (easily accessible) vegetable under the sun is featured. Cauliflower and kale are here, but you’ll find tasty ideas for less popular veggies like parsnips, rutabagas, and collard greens, too! Some of my favorites include a hearty meatless rutabaga ragu and a collard green slaw that’s perfect to pack for lunch.

And some sweet treats

The day you get your book, I suggest that you make the Flourless Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies (we constantly have a stash in our freezer), my all-time favorite Lemon Olive Oil Pistachio Cake, or these Vegan Date Brownies:

Love & Lemons Every Day - my new cookbook!

I truly hope you love this book as much as I loved making it for you!

Click one of these links to pre-order the book!

U.S.
Amazon  /  Barnes & Noble  /  Indiebound

Canada:
Chapters Indigo Amazon.ca

International:
Book Depository

eBook:
Apple Books  / Google Play  / Kindle
Kobo (US)  /  Kobo (Canada)  /  Nook

 

Praise for Love & Lemons Every Day

“For years, Love & Lemons has been my go-to guide for vegetable-packed inspiration in the kitchen. Love & Lemons Every Day, Jeanine’s latest and most vibrant project yet, is the tangible incarnation of why her work is so popular and appealing. It’s loaded with positive, practical, and passionate recipes that make cooking every day a true joy, as well as endless smart tips for healthier, happier eating!”
– Gail Simmons
 
“Love & Lemons Every Day is going to be a new staple on my bookshelf. First of all, the recipes are SO GOOD. They’re vegetarian without sacrificing anything, and they’re totally drool-worthy (Lasagna Soup—like what??) but don’t require spending your whole night in the kitchen. Then there are the add-ins, sprinkled throughout the book like delectable little bonus morsels: How to use food scraps and freeze herbs, easy salad dressing formulas, and more.  It’s a book that will inspire people to get excited about healthy food, but more importantly, a book that will actually enable them to cook it in their daily lives.”
 – Liz Moody
Food Director at mindbodygreen and author of Healthier Together
 
“Being a California girl, Jeanine’s approach to food speaks deep into my heart. Her new book is bright, fresh, and filled with everyday recipes that beautifully celebrate what is so special about cooking with what is in season.”
– Tiffani Thiessen
Actress and author of Pull Up a Chair

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  1. Amanda from picklesnhoney.com
    01.30.2019

    Big congrats, Jeanine! I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy. Your first cookbook is a huge source of inspiration for me, and one of my favorites whenever I’m cooking for other people. 🙂 I’m so happy you’re doing go-to guides again! I love the hummus and pesto charts in your first book—so smart! <3

  2. Jocelyn
    01.29.2019

    Yay! I am so excited. I’ve been following your blog for years and own your first cookbook. Congrats! I cannot wait to purchase this and make so many yummy things

  3. Annette
    01.25.2019

    This sounds amazing. I can’t wait to see it in person !

  4. Liz
    01.25.2019

    This is such exciting news! Your first cookbook is one of my absolute favorites and I’m so excited to hear about the new one! Hooray!

  5. Feestzaal
    01.25.2019

    I am eagerly awaiting for the book. Thanks for writing this post and hope we get to read your book soon 🙂

  6. Susanna
    01.25.2019

    Congratulation on the new book!! The first one was great, I bet this one will be amazing too! I love your recipes so much!

  7. Megan
    01.24.2019

    Finding out you have a new cookbook coming out was the highlight of my day! This week, my meal plan had 5 nights in a row of Love and Lemons recipes, a mix of blog and first cookbook. Already preordered!

  8. Whitney
    01.24.2019

    This is the best news! I can not wait!

  9. Jill
    01.24.2019

    Pre-ordered this based on those lasagna noodle roll up thingies alone. Can’t wait!

  10. Brad Gelfond
    01.24.2019

    Can you post a table of contents? Would be nice to know what’s in the book – sounds amazing!!

  11. Ursula
    01.24.2019

    Could not be more excited for this cookbook. When I saw the email I was so happy. I have been following the blog for so long dn can remember purchasing the first one. That book has been such a staple in incorporating plant based food into my family’s life. I am most excited to see how sweet potatoes can be chocolate. Can’t wait!!!!

  12. Sophie
    01.24.2019

    Ahhhh! I’m so excited for this!! I’ve been waiting for this news since I bought your last book and devoured its contents!

  13. Georgia
    01.24.2019

    Yay You and Yay us! Just pre-ordered. Looking forward to receiving it!!

  14. Jenny G
    01.24.2019

    Just to confirm and double check, ALL Vegetarian yes? I see “plant forward” and vegetarian but just double checking. I’ve so had it with sorting through meat recipes.

    • Jeanine Donofrio
      01.24.2019

      Hi Jenny, Yes! It’s entirely vegetarian and nearly every recipe has a vegan option.

  15. Tammy
    01.24.2019

    Can’t wait! Love your blog and your first book, after getting it out of my library several times, I finally ordered my own copy. Can’t wait to get this one too!

  16. Fiona Manoon
    01.23.2019

    Thank you so much for your post. Keep sharing

  17. Mailinh
    01.23.2019

    Woohoo! So excited for this. 🙂

  18. Kara
    01.23.2019

    So exciting! I cannot wait! I am actually making your butternut squash cauliflower coconut curry tonight for dinner. I have made it a couple times now and everyone loves it!

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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.