100 Days of Real Food: How We Did It, What We Learned, and 100 Easy, Wholesome Recipes Your Family Will Love

Inspired by Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, Lisa Leake decided her family's eating habits needed an overhaul. She, her husband, and their two small girls pledged to go one hundred days without eating highly processed or refined foods—a challenge she opened to readers on her blog.

Now, she shares their story, offering insights and cost-conscious recipes everyone can use to enjoy wholesome natural food—whole grains, fruits and vegetables, seafood, locally raised meats, natural juices, dried fruit, seeds, popcorn, natural honey, and more.

Illustrated with 125 photographs and filled with step-by-step instructions, this hands-on cookbook and guide includes:

• Advice for navigating the grocery store and making smart purchases
• Tips for reading ingredient labels
• one hundred quick and easy recipes for such favorites as Homemade Chicken Nuggets, Whole Wheat Pasta with Kale Pesto Cream Sauce, and Cinnamon Glazed Popcorn
• Meal plans and suggestions for kid-pleasing school lunches, parties, and snacks
• “Real Food” anecdotes from the Leakes' own experiences
• A ten-day mini starter-program, and much more.

“For practical pointers on making real food a family affair, there’s no better resource than Lisa Leake’s one hundred Days of Real Food. It offers both gradual and wholesale approaches to relinquishing synthetics.” —Portland Press Herald

“Very detailed and comprehensive . . . If you’re ready to take the challenge, this is an excellent handbook.” —The Charleston Post & Courier

“Perfect for those who are trying to ditch processed foods.” —Well+Good