To Justin Schwartz, my editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, writing and editing with you continues to be a joy. I like you more and more with every book we work on together—and we have worked on a lot of books.
To Bruce Nichols, Ellen Archer, Marina Padakis, Deb Brody, Claire Safran, Jessica Gilo, Rebecca Liss, and the entire Houghton Mifflin Harcourt team, you give so much to me and to the Whole30 community. I am so happy you are my people.
To Andrea Magyar and Trish Bunnett at Penguin Canada, you continue to encourage, support, and motivate me to better serve our Canadian Whole30ers. Thank you for your continued faith in this program and our mission.
To Christy Fletcher, you are my advocate, my sounding board, and my sympathetic ear when the writing gets hard. Thank you for being on my team.
To Grainne Fox, Melissa Chinchillo, Erin McFadden, Sylvie Greenberg, Sarah Fuentes, and the Fletcher and Company team, thank you for your tireless efforts to support my books and my engagements. I love working with all of you.
To Ghazalle Badiozamani, your talents were so well-suited to this book. Thank you for supporting our vision so beautifully.
To Paola Andrea and Monica Pierini, you took our ingredients and turned them into meals that will inspire hundreds of thousands of budding cooks. Thank you for sharing your passion with our readers.
To our talented guest contributors: Dana Monsees, Anya Kaats, Scott Gooding, Jessica Beacom, Stacie Hassing, Kelly Smith, ChihYu Smith, Brian Kavanagh, Laura Miner, and Ronny Joseph. Thank you for everything you do for our community, and for sharing your creative, healthy dishes here with us.
To Sarah Steffens, our Whole30 in-house recipe creative, bringing you on board was one of the best ideas I’ve ever had. Thank you for all of your hard work reviewing these recipes to make sure they’re as fast, easy, and delicious as possible, and contributing your own favorite dishes to the project.
To my Whole30 team: Kristen Crandall, Shanna Keller, Jen Kendall, Karyn Scott, and Tawni Schall; thank you for giving so much of yourselves to our mission, vision, and community. You are Whole30.
To my family and friends, thank you for your love, support, and encouragement. And don’t ever let me write two books at the same time again. I mean it. Where were you people in December?
To Dallas, thank you for your contributions to the Whole30 program and this community. I will always be grateful.
For my son, you are my whole world.
Finally, to YOU, my Whole30ers. I will always do as much as I can to make you healthy, happy, and successful in the Whole30 and your food freedom. You give more to me than I could ever give to you. Thank you.