Our New Cookbook is Now Available!

 Great news, everyone!  The new cookbook, Cooking With Trader Joe's Easy Lunch Boxes, is now in stores! And I'm so pleased and proud to be one of the book's contributors!

Kelly Lester, the "singing CEO" of easylunchboxes.com, is the author of this fantastic book - all about packing healthy meals as quickly ( and beautifully) as possible.  Well, I'm all about that! Imagine my excitement when I found out I was one of the 32 lucky ones she chose to be a contributor to this fantastic project! You can read more about our new cookbook here.

I was able to preview the book, and I can truly say that I can't wait for my own copy to come in the mail so I can try out these delicious looking recipes! Each page is just bursting with pictures of gorgeous fresh fruits, vegetables, and other healthy ingredients - so yummy! And the best part is being able to see at a glance how each lunch should look when packed in its box - which will be a big help when I need some new lunch inspiration. All of these lunch recipes look really easy to prepare, and you will find a wide variety of ideas for all ages, and all kinds of meals. If you wanted just one book to help you get started with packing your family's lunches, then this is the one I recommend!

I was given permission to show my blog readers an exclusive look at my own sections in the cookbook, so here they are:

This page tells how I got started with healthy cooking, and gives you a little glimpse of our family.

This page has the recipe for our family's favorite sandwich, chicken BLT with Pesto Cream Cheese, which first appeared on this blog, here

This is my recipe for Greek Chicken and cucumber feta salad, which also appeared first on my blog, here.

and here's the recipe for another family favorite, Smoky Chipotle Barbecued Beef:

and my last recipe, which my daughter-in-law named "pasta-tively delicious" Pasta Primavera :

Cooking With Trader Joe's Easy Lunch Boxes can be found at amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and if you're lucky enough to have a Trader Joe's grocery store near you, you can always buy it there. I recently found out we'll be getting a Trader Joe's in our area in December of this year, so I can't wait !

You can even buy Cooking With Trader Joe's Easy Lunch Boxes through my blog, by clicking on the link box below, or click  the picture  of the book's cover in my store page.  These links will take you to amazon.com - if you buy the book there, or buy anything else while you're there, I will get a small percentage of that sale.  Just sayin  ; )