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It’s the season of gift-giving and if you have food friends or family members, you’ll want to check out the items on this list! I’ve included my favorite cooking tools and appliances, and my go-to cookbooks or nutrition-centered books on this list of 10 gifts healthy foodies will love.
Blackstone Grill
This Blackstone Grill has been one of our more recent purchases and we use it often, even as the weather has started to cool down. While I love grilling on our charcoal grill in the summer, it’s been great to have a grill that heats quickly. We’ve enjoyed batch cooking chicken and steak on the grill along with veggies like mushrooms, onions, and zucchini so we can easily make stir-fry or rice bowls!
Easy Everyday Mediterranean Diet Cookbook
Written by two fellow dietitian colleagues and friends, the Easy Everyday Mediterranean Diet Cookbook is full of flavorful inspiration! It’s a beautiful cookbook and the recipes are budget-friendly and most take less than 30 minutes to make. If you’ve been considering diving into a Mediterranean-style eating pattern, grab a copy of this cookbook as your guide!
Excalibur Electric Food Dehydrator
I’ve wanted a food dehydrator for so long and I was fortunate to receive this one at no cost from Excalibur. Big thanks! We’ve been using ours to make dried apples for snacking, dried orange slices, and banana chips. It’s super easy to use and very hands-off once you get things into the dehydrator.
Everything DASH Diet Meal Prep Cookbook
My second book, The Everything DASH Diet Meal Prep Cookbook, is a great gift for those who love to cook and are mindful of heart health. With a meal prep focus, the cookbook has 200 recipes and includes chapters with freezer meals, make-ahead snacks, and staple meal prep components so that you can easily combine ingredients to make a healthy meal in a flash! Studies show that the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet can help lower blood pressure in just two weeks. It’s not a restrictive diet at all! Instead, there’s a focus on including more fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products, while adding flavor with spices and herbs to help reduce sodium.
Family Immunity Cookbook
With the focus on immunity, there are so many colorful, antioxidant-rich recipes in this cookbook! Toby Amidor is a great recipe developer and has written 11 cookbooks. While all of her cookbooks are excellent, I’m highlighting this one specifically in the round up given the time of year and the focus on immune health. I mean…how good does the recipe on the cover look?! Yum!
Graza Olive Oil
These were gifted to me for my birthday and I love the flavor. The squeeze bottles are also super convenient for drizzling & sizzling!
King Arthur Whole Grain Cookbook
This is now my go-to book whenever I’m in the mood to bake! I’ve been very happy with the results of each of the recipes I’ve tried, and it’s great to know the nutritional benefits of whole grains are present in each recipe. King Arthur Flour is such a well-established brand and I know I can rely on the recipes they create. I found my copy at a garage sale (score!) and it’s pretty worn, which I love. This is one of those tried-and-true cookbooks that I’ll have on my shelf for as long as I’m baking.
Kitchen Aid Grain Mill
For the bread maker or person in your life that likes to do most things from scratch! The KitchenAid Grain Mill is an attachment for a KitchenAid mixer. We’ve used ours several times to grind einkorn wheat to use in baked goods. It has a 12-level grind adjustment and works on all types of grains, rice, corn, and even for grinding coffee!
The Mind Diet, 2nd edition
This one just released in December 2024 but having read through the 1st edition, and having met Maggie Moon, I know the 2nd edition of The Mind Diet is a book to have! She does a great job explaining the science behind brain health and how we can use nutrition and lifestyle choices to support a healthy brain. The book includes recipes, meal planning guides, shopping lists, in addition to diving into the what you need to know about enhancing brain function and preventing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Syrup Bottles with Spouts
For the person in your life who loves fun syrup options for coffee and tea, or making their own homemade vanilla. I started a batch of homemade vanilla at the beginning of 2024 and then put some into these fun syrup bottles so I can easily add vanilla to my matcha lattes or use when I’m baking. I appreciate that this set came with a small funnel, different topper options, a cleaning brush, and cute labels.