Day 25 of 365 - The Cookbooks on my Shelf

As a means of introducing the nutritional aspects of my ongoing search in the past several years, here is a list of the cookbooks still on my kitchen shelf, in their chronological order.

The New Complete Book of Cookery
The Chatelaine Cookbook
These two are basic, traditional cooking references.

The Lighthearted Cookbook
Lighthearted Everyday Cooking
Looney Spoons
Crazy Plates
Meal Lean Y Yumm
These ones are all low fat recipes from the days when that came into high popularity and also related to the years where I thought that was the best way to manage my elevated cholesterol.

The Schwarzbein Principle Cookbook
The Hormone Diet
The Autoimmune Solution
These reflect my early days of studying aspects of nutrition as it relates to hormonal balance, inflammation and disease symptom management in my perimenopausal years. They are not just cookbooks, but are lifestyle approaches.

Chef Michael Smith's Kitchen
Michael Smith's Fast Flavours
These are easy delicious recipes made with whole foods.

Skinny Vegetarian
Oh She Glows
Oh She Glows Every Day
These are healthy vegetarian recipes to support my intention to decrease meat consumption.

Life Changing Foods
Alive - An Energy Plan for Life
These are more lifestyle oriented books.

Complete Gluten Free
Hot Detox
The Grain Brain Cookbook
Fat for Fuel Ketogenic Cookbook
The Wicked Good Ketogenic Cookbook
These are predominant ones from the last couple of years.

Additionally, I also have two binders of recipes which I have printed from internet sites.  The above listing illustrates my progression over almost the past 20 years in my attempts to address health and wellness issues via the food I eat.

This is a relatively short post today.  There will be more related to this topic.  I realize that getting into the whole area of food consumption can be a hot topic.  I think it's partly due to nutrition being such a basic primal need and a source of comfort.  It will not be my intention to convert anyone to a particular approach.  I am merely cataloguing and describing my own experiences here in my attempts to feel better in my own body.  Stay tuned for more on this topic.

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