How to Use This Cookbook

Cooking nourishes your body and mind on many levels. It slows you down and brings you into the present moment, giving you a chance to nourish yourself and the people you love. By cooking at home, you can control what goes into your body and go back to a simpler way of eating that will be much healthier than anything you get outside the home.

The recipes in this cookbook have been carefully selected to cover all dietary needs in a healthy and accessible way. These recipes seldom include more than 5–7 ingredients, and we encourage readers to repurpose the ingredients they buy for more than one recipe.

I’ve done some cool things to make it easy for you to navigate this book:

• Are you looking for a recipe for a specific meal? Reference the Table of Contents. The recipes are divided into sections like The Main Event and then into chapters like Perfect Proteins.
• Wondering what you should do with your extra kale? I included IINsider Tips for repurposing your ingredients for other recipes within this cookbook.
• Aren’t familiar with the nutritional information or health benefits of a food? Check the Glossary at the end of the book.
• Do you have food allergies/intolerances? If you have food allergies or are interested in making a meal within certain dietary guidelines, there is a section called Freedom Favorites with chapters that cover vegan, gluten-free, and vegetarian recipes, to mention a few. Also, all of my recipes have dietary icons right underneath the title. Pretty cool, right?
  1.   Vegan
  2.   Vegetarian
  3.    Gluten-Free
  4.    Dairy-Free
• There’s no community like the IIN community. Some of my awesome graduates contributed great recipes, and I’m so excited to share them with you. Look out for Grad Features in each section.