Downshiftology Healthy Meal Prep: 100+ Make-Ahead Recipes and Quick-Assembly Meals: A Gluten-Free Cookbook

I have been watching Downshiftology on YouTube for a few years, and the cookbook is a welcome continuation of that. The recipes are gluten-free and emphasize whole foods, rather than processed foods. Lisa is a proponent of meal prepping in batches and then combining the prepped components into different combinations throughout the week to keep it interesting. She includes information about how to select the best food from the grocery store (what to look for), different ways to prep and cook it, and different ways to use it in different dishes, as well as storage tips, so she offers a lot of versatility, in addition to traditional recipes. Although the recipes are gluten-free, they are not low carb. For example, rice, potatoes, and legumes are all naturally gluten-free but high in carbs. I follow a low-carb diet, so I simply use substitutions like riced cauliflower instead of actual rice or zucchini instead of potatoes. The recipes are all simple and easy to customize to your liking. She’s a proponent of prepping from whole foods (e.g., spiralizing her own zucchini noodles or making her own hummus), but I don’t have the time, equipment, or energy for that, and that’s Okay too. You can buy pre-spiralized zucchini noodles at many grocery stores, for example. It’s more important to remove any potential barriers to healthy eating than to try to follow everything verbatim. The pictures are beautiful and inspiring. My husband was really struck by the cover picture of a shrimp dish, so I bought the ingredients and he made it that night, which has never happened before from a cookbook. Something random is that many of the pictures have the food on a white marble counter, and I kept mistaking the spots in the marble for stains on the pages of the book, but that’s not really a critique, just something I noticed. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced cook, I think you’ll like this cookbook. Give it a try, and see how much better you feel when you eat healthy, delicious food.

I have been watching Lisa Bryan on her “Downshiftology” channel on YouTube for several years. I really appreciate the whole food ingredients and the quality. I really appreciate how she is not just concerned about excellent nutrition, but also in the presentation. She is very clear and easy to follow! It’s amazing that this book is not just a repeat of her YouTube channel. I have made many recipes from her YouTube channel and printed them off, but this book contains a lot of new recipes. I have bought several copies of these books for Friends and Family. She also has great tips about using leftovers. My favorite thing about this book is the abundance of photos. I like to know what the recipe is supposed to look like. You’ll have to excuse all my blue sticky notes in the photos. That’s how it was marking my favorite recipes.

So many easy and delicious recipes!! Love all the helpful hints and personal preferences on what pots, utensils, and others items used!

Everything is very tasty! I’m dairy free & have trouble finding cook books that suit by diet. This one has mostly dairy free recipes, and everything with dairy can be modified to be dairy free. Most recently, I made “chicken breasts with tarragon cream sauce,” which I think was intended to be a healthier play on a beurre blanc (without butter or wine). The recipe called for plain Greek yogurt but still tasted great with cashew yogurt! Instructions are easy to follow, not too difficult, and the seasoning is flavorful. Tons of pics with the recipes. I would definitely recommend this book!

I had seen many of Downshiftology you tubes, and enjoyed her recipes and approach to cooking meals. I saw that she had a cookbook and I am extremely pleased to have ordered it. I have made several of her recipes, which include: cilantro lime shrimp ceviche, cilantro lime shrimp with cucumber and rice, mango curry chicken, honey ginger salmon, coconut chickpea curry, etc…and I look forward to making many more! The ingredient's list is not at all complicated. And her directions are easy to follow and straight forward. None take long to make. She shares ideas of how to make several meals from the same ingredients, so that you could meal prep for the week. I have wanted to know how to add the right combination of spices for wonderful tasting meals, and she has nailed it. Curry, coconut, cumin, and ginger have been prominent in the recipes I have tried, and that is what I hoping for! This is a well written and organized cookbook. I actually look forward to making dinner again, after being so tired of planning meals.

I love this cookbook. It’s easy to follow and the recipes for the most part are delicious! And genuinely healthy/low calorie. I’ve had to alter a few recipes that needed a little more flavor, but that really just comes down to personal preference.

I am loving this book! I have never been good at meal prepping and using my leftovers efficiently. I love how she gives you guidelines for how long the prepped items keep in the fridge and freezer. I have only had the book a week or so and I have made several recipes and everything came out great. I made the Mediterranean Lamb Meatballs with her Tzatziki sauce, Pepper Steak Stir Fry, Honey Citrus Chicken Breasts and used some of her guidelines for salads. I love her Lemon Vinaigrette. I made a batch of Lemon Herbed Rice and have been using it all week! I get home late tonight and am looking forward to having some of the leftover Lamb Meatballs and Lemon Herbed Rice when I get home. I liked this book so much that I sent copies to my daughters! Looking forward to trying Chia Pudding! I have been cooking for years and have large collection of cookbooks. Some get use, some are pretty but sit on the shelf because the recipes are too complicated for everyday. The recipes in this book are easy, quick and made with easy to find ingredients. And they taste great!

Awesome book for meal planning and cooking using everyday ingredients. The meal prep section at the beginning is so helpful and then further in the book Lisa tells us how to use the ingredients to make meals. This is not meal prep in the sense that you make a meal and portion it and eat it all week. These are individual ingredients that can be used any way you want, no boredom. Book is also beautiful quality and pictures are super nice.

Book is delivered with visible damage on two places + dirty/dusty. It looks like the book was on the shelves for a long period not protected from the dirt/dust. Packaging for books should be better not cardboard envelope.

Lisa makes cooking gluten free meals easier and more fun! She also is great at giving many ideas about how to prepare and construct meals before hand which is what we, modern busy people, need. The book has beautiful pictures, suggestions for storage and substitutes, not to mention the nutritional value of each meal! As transparent and clear as possible, that even beginners can do magic!

Very nice book with some great recipes!

Great book. Has changed my life. I’m cooking again and there are some very tasty and healthy recipes.

Es in buen libro y tiene muy buenas recetas!