Homemade Simple: Effortless Dishes for a Busy Life

Haas (The Vibrant Life) shares her family’s favorite recipes that are simple to make, low-cost, and delicious. The book starts with a list of pantry staples and Haas’s favorite kitchen tools. A section on meal-planning includes handy templates to use, and Haas provides a three-week plan of her favorite meals. Each recipe indicates whether it’s vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, quick to make, or possible to make ahead, and both prep and cook times are given. Full of inviting photos, the chapters are arranged by basics, breakfast and breads, snacks, salads, soup, vegetables, dinner, and sweets. There are recipes for many popular-in-the-U.S. foods (spinach-artichoke dip; kale salad; meat chili; roasted cauliflower; tofu stir-fry; lasagna; lemon bars), with a focus on making things from scratch and using fresh ingredients.