How I Think About Meal Planning: 3-in-1s!

Don't like eating the same thing every day? Me neither. In Simple Feel Good Food, I show you how I meal prep to keep my cooking simple, yet exciting.

Simple Feel Good Food comes out in 2 days!!! Quick reminder: if you haven’t pre-ordered yet, we have an awesome Vitamix giveaway going on AND we’re sending a free bonus e-book to those who pre-order. Head to our cookbook page to get the details and to pre-order while you still can! Ok, logistics aside, I want to tell you about a really cool feature in Simple Feel Good Food: the 3-in-1 meal plans! What is a 3-in-1? I also like to call this section “Meal Prep for People Who Don’t Like Eating The Same Thing Every Day.” Here’s how it works: In…

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The Simple Feel Good Book Tour!

Join me for a live event to celebrate the launch of my new cookbook Simple Feel Good Food! Find the full schedule of virtual and in-person events below.

My new cookbook Simple Feel Good Food comes out on April 25, and I’m going to be doing some really fun live events to celebrate! I’m sharing the full schedule with event details below. I hope you can join me for one, whether in-person or virtually. See you soon! Virtual Events Tune in from anywhere to learn about Simple Feel Good Food! Times listed in CDT. 4/25 at 7pm – Live Cook-Along with Williams Sonoma I’ll be making my White Bean Swiss Chard Burgers and answering all your cookbook-related questions on Zoom! This class costs $35, which includes a copy of the book. Get…

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The Ultimate Vitamix Giveaway

Pre-order our new cookbook Simple Feel Good Food for a chance to win a high-speed blender, food processor, and immersion blender from Vitamix!

This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Amy Gingery! The countdown begins! Our new cookbook Love & Lemons Simple Feel Good Food comes out in a little over a week. To celebrate, I have the most AMAZING Vitamix giveaway! Yes, we’re giving away the best blender ever, but that’s not all… Pre-order Simple Feel Good Food by April 25th to enter to win this extra special Vitamix prize pack: A3500 Gourmet SmartPrep Kitchen System which incudes: a Vitamix A3500 Ascent Series Blender the Vitamix 12-Cup Food Processor Attachment Vitamix 4-Piece Immersion Blender Bundle To enter, just send your book…

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Don’t miss out on these exclusive recipes!

Pre-order our new cookbook to get a FREE e-book with 5 exclusive recipes. They aren't in the book or on the blog—you don't want to miss them!

Our new cookbook Simple Feel Good Food comes out in less than a month! Creating a cookbook is a long process—we’ve been working on this one for over two years. I can’t believe that it will finally be out in the world! I’m so excited to share it with you. Simple Feel Good Food will hit bookstore shelves on April 25, but today’s post is a reminder that it’s available for pre-order NOW! Why pre-order? You’ll be guaranteed a copy of the book on launch day. Get a sneak peek of what’s in it here! AND we’re offering a free e-book as a thank…

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Pre-Order Our New Cookbook for 5 Bonus Recipes!

Pre-order our new cookbook Simple Feel Good Food and get 5 EXCLUSIVE bonus recipes! Keep reading to learn how to receive this free thank you gift.

I developed a TON of recipes while I was working on my new cookbook, Love & Lemons Simple Feel Good Food…so many that not all of them fit into the book! But I loved the extra recipes wayyyy too much not to share them with you all, so I put them together into a cute downloadable bonus e-book. You’ll get these 5 exclusive recipes as a FREE thank you gift when you pre-order Simple Feel Good Food!  The book comes out on April 25th, but you’ll get this free recipe e-book now! These recipes aren’t in the cookbook or on the…

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Pre-order Love & Lemons Simple Feel Good Food!

Our new cookbook, Love & Lemons Simple Feel Good Food, is now available for pre-order. Read on for a sneak peek of what's inside it.

Thank you SO MUCH for your enthusiasm about our cookbook announcement a couple weeks ago! We are so excited to share this NEW book with you. Love & Lemons Simple Feel Good Food comes out on April 25, but it’s available for pre-order now. I know that April 25 might seem like a long way away, so I wanted to take today’s post to explain some of the reasons to pre-order the book now. Why pre-order? You’re guaranteed a copy of the cookbook as soon as it comes out. No need to worry about supply chain issues or the book…

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Big News! Our New Cookbook!

Our new cookbook, Love & Lemons: Simple Feel-Good Food, comes out this spring! Find a sneak peek of what's in it and learn how to preorder below.

Hey friends, exciting news! We wrote a new cookbook! Love & Lemons: Simple Feel-Good Food comes out this spring on April 25, and it’s now available for preorder! But first, I want to THANK YOU! Simple Feel-Good Food wouldn’t have come to be without readers like you. As I’ve chatted with you over the years and responded to your questions, comments, and recipe requests, I’ve noticed that… Some of you love easy recipes that you can make right now, while others of you love recipes that you can make ahead. I wrote this cookbook with these two types of cooks…

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10 Kitchen Gifts for The Cook in Your Life

Delight your favorite home cook with one of these kitchen gifts! They range from small gift ideas to must-have cookware and all-star appliances.

This post contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission when you make a purchase through links on our site. Hey friends! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! I’m not sharing a recipe today, because I’m personally all cooked out after yesterday, and I thought you might be too. Instead, I’m highlighting 10 great kitchen gifts now that the next holiday season is upon us. In my opinion, these kitchen gift ideas are all must-have items for people who love to cook. If you have a passionate home cook in your life, you’d blow them away with any of…

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Get Our Thanksgiving Menu Bundle!

Subscribe below to get our 2024 Thanksgiving menu bundle! It includes 2 full dinner menus plus our best recipes to bring to holiday gatherings.

Our Thanksgiving menu bundle is a pdf download that includes two delicious menus: A festive vegetarian Thanksgiving A classic Thanksgiving (just add the turkey…or don’t!) Plus, we share our best recipes for bringing to holiday gatherings! We hope it gives you some fun, fresh inspiration as you plan your holiday feast. 😊 Sign up here to get the bundle: By signing up, you’ll receive the downloadable menu bundle as well as our Love & Lemons newsletter three times a week. Of course, you can unsubscribe at any time.

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Get The Ultimate Guide to Soup Season!

Subscribe below to receive The Ultimate Guide to Soup Season! In this 5-part email series, I share tips and recipes to help you make AMAZING soup.

The Ultimate Guide to Soup Season is a 5-part email series. In it, I share tips, tricks, and recipes to help you make delicious soup this fall and winter! Learn how to stock your soup season pantry, how to adapt soup recipes, and more! Sign up here to get the guide: By signing up, you’ll receive the 5-part soup series as well as our Love & Lemons newsletter three times a week. Of course, you can unsubscribe at any time.

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Behind the Scenes at Love & Lemons

Ever wondered how we come up with recipes? Find out below! I'm answering some of your most common questions in this behind-the-scenes peek.

Hey, happy Tuesday! We post a ton of recipes here, but it’s been a while since I’ve given you an update on our process behind the scenes at Love & Lemons. I thought I’d take today’s post to give you a sneak peek into the Love & Lemons kitchen and answer some of the questions I often get from readers like you! I started Love & Lemons in 2011 as a place to share seasonal recipes and cooking stories about my husband Jack and me. I did the cooking, and Jack and I would photograph recipes out of our home…

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A food blog with fresh, zesty recipes.
Photograph of Jeanine Donofrio and Jack Mathews in their kitchen

Hello, we're Jeanine and Jack.

We love to eat, travel, cook, and eat some more! We create & photograph vegetarian recipes from our home in Chicago, while our shiba pups eat the kale stems that fall on the kitchen floor.