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Easy Recipes for Hard Days
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Quick & Easy CookingDiet & Nutrition
Publisher Price: $35.99
ISBN13: 9781965020036
Publisher: First Comes Love Publishing
Published: Dec 4 2025
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.32 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
From the award-winning author of the groundbreaking book Hypermobile and Happy comes another tool to help you on your natural and holistic healing journey.
Whether you're coping with illness, grieving a loss, starting over, or simply exhausted, Easy Recipes for Hard Days will meet you where you are.
With this comforting, easy-to-use cookbook, you'll be able to cook for yourself even when it feels impossible. Inside, you'll find simple, healing recipes made with affordable ingredients and minimal prep. These dishes are designed to bring relief, nourishment, and the wholesome pleasure of homemade food back into your life.
- Start your day gently with cozy breakfasts like Effortless Banana Bread or a Fluffy Egg Sandwich.
- Sip something soothing like Healing Spice Cocoa or a refreshing Bright Berry Slushie.
- Satisfy your cravings with salt-kissed snacks like Spring Tonic Dip and Sunny Avocado Snack.
- Relax with comfort foods like Swiss Chalet Potage, Sheet Pan Wild Herb Gnocchi, or Tender Pot Chicken.
- Delight in healthy, sugar-free indulgences like 4-Ingredient Strawberry Cheesecake Bites, Garden Mint Ice Cream, or a comforting Rich Maple Pudding.
Author and holistic health expert Shannon E. Gale offers realistic guidance on meal planning, grocery shopping, and choosing foods that calm the nervous system and support the body's natural healing process. Her recipes are thoughtfully adapted for those living with chronic conditions such as brain fog, fatigue, pain, incoordination, or chemical sensitivities-offering comfort that's both accessible and deeply restorative.
Alongside practical advice, Shannon shares insights on the spiritual and emotional side of nourishment, helping you reconnect with self-compassion and enthusiasm for life in difficult seasons.
This beautiful guide, Easy Recipes for Hard Days, will be your companion through illness, stress, or grief, transforming difficult times into opportunities for healing, empowerment, and gratitude.
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