Let's Fix Lunch!: Enjoy Delicious, Planet-Friendly Meals at Work, School, or On the Go
Item 9781797205731
Sale price$19.95
Let's Fix Lunch! makes it easy (and fun!) to prepare meals that are good for you and good for the planet.
This eco-friendly cookbook features delicious, waste-free recipes for sandwiches, salads, soups, snacks, and more.
An inspiring guide for anyone who wants to do their small part to save the earth, Let's Fix Lunch! makes it simple to create a sustainable, waste-free home.
• Easy-to-make recipes for all home cooks • Includes more than 50 simple tips for reducing food waste and plastic use • Features a handy guide to buying in bulk, meal prepping, and food storage
This eco-conscious cookbook is written by Kat Nouri, founder of the beloved, environmentally friendly kitchen brand Stasher.
Let's Fix Lunch! is the perfect kitchen companion for eco-conscious parents and office workers.
• Brims with bright, vivid photographs of tasty dishes and beautifully packed lunches • Perfect gift for anyone who tries to live a waste-free, low plastic, and environmentally friendly lifestyle • Packed with inspired, accessible meal-prep ideas and techniques • Add it to the shelf with books like The Healthy Meal Prep Cookbook: Easy and Wholesome Meals to Cook, Prep, Grab, and Go by Toby Amidor; The Just Bento Cookbook: Everyday Lunches to Go by Makiko Itoh; and The Best Homemade Kids' Lunches on the Planet: Make Lunches Your Kids Will Love with More Than 200 Deliciously Nutritious Meal Ideas by Laura Fuentes.
"An absolutely beautiful book by the founder of Stasher bags (an alternative to plastic zipper bags). Divided into categories such as prep/supplies/environmental concerns, soups, sandwiches, snacks, grain bowls, and salads (the best chapter). Her spreads/dressings recipes seem to be the strongest, to me, and definitely are worth trying!! I am not sure that many of the recipes would be appealing to my family, but if you are not looking to cook for children and instead you are looking for a great way to bring an at-home meal for lunch at work, this book would work well for you! I received a free ARC as a reviewer for NetGalley."
— Jennifer82735 (3/5)
Beautiful photography; not all recipes are strong
"An absolutely beautiful book by the founder of Stasher bags (an alternative to plastic zipper bags). Divided into categories such as prep/supplies/environmental concerns, soups, sandwiches, snacks, grain bowls, and salads (the best chapter). Her spreads/dressings recipes seem to be the strongest, to me, and definitely are worth trying!! I am not sure that many of the recipes would be appealing to my family, but if you are not looking to cook for children and instead you are looking for a great way to bring an at-home meal for lunch at work, this book would work well for you! I received a free ARC as a reviewer for NetGalley."
— Jrt6306 (3/5)
Clean eating for body and environment!
"Kat Nouri put together a great cookbook with so many useful ideas along with recipes that make you want to start cooking as soon as you read them! The premises of building around easy prep meals as well as working towards plastic-free lifestyle changes and litter-free lunches all work well together. I had a difficult time deciding which chapters had the most foods I wanted to try first!! The accompanying photographs and back stories to the food and better practices add to the importance of a cookbook of this type in these times of dangers to our environment and ecosystems. Thank you to NetGalley and Chronical Books for the ARC in return for an honest review, which this has been. #NetGalley #LetsFixLunch"
— ValleyNana (4/5)
Beautiful pictures in this cookbook
"Let's Fix Lunch! has some pictures that could be spread over social media. Gorgeous and colorful! The recipes had nice spices listed in the ingredients, a few that I would like to try (apple streusel, frittata, and those BBQ chickpeas). There was some prep work to be done for some of these recipes which is fine as I do a lot of prepping for weekly meals on Sunday already. Directions seemed to be written well and I like the fact that there was lots of reusable items like cloth bags among them. Definitely earth friendly with hints about recycling. Almost every recipe there was a stasher bag listed so it made the book feel like a constant advertisement. Maybe that was what the author was going for when writing this cookbook. Unfortunately, those bags are just not in my budget but could other ways to be earth-friendly. Beautiful cover that will surely capture the eye of many. Thank you to the author, Chronicle Books, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book."
— Twhitehead24 (4/5)
A Cookbook & Guide for Beginners
"Let’s Fix Lunch is a helpful cookbook and lifestyle guide for those wanting to be more environmentally conscientious. The book is full of helpful little “eco tips” on each recipe page and offers more points of advice on lists in the back of the book. Unfortunately, in the days of Covid-19 some of these tips will be useless (my grocery store now pre-packages bulk bin items in plastic bags); but there are still quite a few nuggets in here to try. Although for a cookbook with a focus on “planet-friendly” meals and practices, I was surprised to see so many recipes with meat since animal agriculture is one of the leading contributors to climate change. Half of the main dish recipes are vegetarian, although some of them do call for Parmesan cheese which is not a vegetarian cheese and the author seems to be unaware of this fact. There are no vegan recipes. The images in the book are beautiful and the recipes look tasty. However, many of the recipes require you to make your own snack or condiment as an ingredient to your main dish and that’s generally not something I’m willing to do for a middle of the day meal unless I’m prepping ahead. And even then it seems like a little too much work for lunch. Overall, I think this could be a good cookbook for someone trying to develop new environmentally friendly habits surrounding their food, but it’s really not for those of us who already bring our reusable produce bags to the grocery store and have nooch in our pantry."
