Hi! It’s me.
Today’s the day friends!
I’m thrilled to announce the official arrival ofĀ The Clever Cookbook.Ā Woo hoo!
When I quit my corporate job for culinary school, I had no idea this would be my journey. At times, I wasn’t sure where I was going or what to expect. Right now, I couldn’t be happier. My heart is full.
HUGE thank you to my family, friends, recipe testers, fellow bloggers, my editor & publisher- I couldn’t have done this without you. I think back to all of those late nights organizing my thoughts, writing recipes, and editing photos… And now, you will finally be able to hold this book in your hands!
The book is now available in stores, but you can alsoĀ purchase online:
- Amazon
- Barnes and Noble
- The Book DepositoryĀ (Free Worldwide Shipping)
Oh, and PS! EpicuriousĀ named The Clever Cookbook one of Spring’s BestĀ Cookbooks! YEAH!
So, let’s celebrate! Ready for this giveaway?
Giveaway! {Now Closed 2/26/16}
Thank you all who participated!! Giveaway is now closed. I loved reading your favorite weeknight meals! Please check your inbox as winners will be contacted via email. Winners must respond toĀ info@theclevercarrot.comĀ within 48 hours with full name and address to claim their prize.
Prizes!
Gift #1: SIGNED COPY OF THE CLEVER COOKBOOK (from yours truly)
Gift #2: 1 YEAR HATCHERY SUBSCRIPTION
- Hatchery sources small-batch artisan products from makers across the country. Each month, you will receive a tasting box filled with hand-selected products.Ā All products are sample size for you to enjoy (you can order full size versions directly from their website).
Gift #3: WOLF GOURMET COUNTERTOP OVEN
- I’ve talked about this beauty before!Ā I use it more than my regular oven.
- Don’t forget to register your appliance online; they will send you an extra set of knobs (complimentary), in the color of your choice.
Gift #4: LE CREUSET 5 1/2 QT DUTCH OVEN
- Every kitchen should have a Dutch oven. Whether used for soups, braises, or even to bake bread, it’s a culinary investment of a lifetime.Ā And! You get to pickĀ your favorite color.
Gift #5: WHOLE FOODS MARKET GIFT CARD
- One of my favorite grocery stores for sustainable fish, meat, produce and other ethically sourced products. Check out their 365 Everyday Value products for good deals on pantry basics (they have great olive oil). Happy shopping!
Gift #6: KITCHEN IQ PRIZE BASKET
- Better Zester (this will change your life, I love mine!)
- Spice Grater
- The Grate Ginger Tool
- Ā Pepper Tool
- 3-in-1 Mini Multi Prep Tool
Gift #7: SPICE SOCIETY GIFT BASKET
- 8 Organic Essential Shaker Containers (just wait until you try the cinnamon!)
- 1 Herb, 1 Chili, and 1 Seeds
- Artisanal Gift Decanter
- 1 Organic Edible Flora (Rose)
- Serving Spoons
- Cutting board
- Mortar and Pestal
- Whisk
- Measuring spoons
- Tea Towel
- Grocery List Tablet
Heritage CollectionĀ DinnerwareĀ (I used some of these pieces in my book- they’re gorgeous!)
- 4 salad plates
- 4 dinner plates
- 4 bowls
Comments
Alison @Food by Mars says
Congrats, girl!! The book looks amazing and you look beautiful in these pics! Enjoy every minute… xoxox
Breana says
I love a good fried rice using leftover cooked rice and veggies with a fried egg on top! Also, my potato carrot soup with loads of nutritional yeast – on rotation this week in fact!
Vickie says
A big congratulations to you…very much deserved!
What a fantastic giveaway..and so love the Moroccan (ish) dinnerware..gorg!
I have a number of favorite week day dinner meals.
No matter what each week, two musts are my roasted whole chicken with root veggies or a micro greens salad..and baked wild salmon.
Thanks so much
Ami@NaiveCookCooks says
Congrats on this gorgeous book!! My favorite weeknight meal is a big batch of roasted vegetables with this dressing my husband makes and some kind of protein! :)
Elisabeth D says
Yay, congrats! I found you today through Faring Well and am glad I did! And I just finished my favorite weeknight meal…a big plate of roasted veggies :)
Meridith says
So excited to discover your blog, instagram, and cook book! I get lost for hours on gorgeous food blogs and have been devouring yours. My favorite weeknight meals almost always involve my pressure cooker because it all comes together so quickly. This time of year it has to be a Moroccan tagine, so warm and spicy!
Emily says
My favorite weeknight meal is roast chicken with sweet potatoes and steamed broccoli. Simple and everyone in the family loves it. Your recipes are beautiful!
Anne Kenney says
Left overs chicken tortilla soup: we always have left overs when we have tacos, I seem to over cook for taco night, so I blend the salsa with some tomatoes from the garden (I blend and freeze them when we have too many in the summer and they last all winter instead of buying canned) add the left over black beans, chicken, corn and some cilantro and a bunch of herbs/spices. Some times it needs some chicken stock, but not always. It is one of those things that is different overtime but still always yummy.
Sophie | The Green Life says
Congratulations on the book Emilie!! I’m so excited for you! I can’t wait to get my hands on it, it looks amazing and I’ve heard so many great things about it already. This giveaway is SO awesome! Oh how I wish I lived in the US. :) Big congrats again to you. <3 xo
Jennie says
Absolutely LOVE your blog! Wow favorite weeknight meal – that is a good question. Probably steak cooked in the cast iron pan with a side of spiralized veggies of some sort. Quick & easy! Congrats on the book – can’t wait to pick mine up :)
Emily Andrew says
Congratulations, Emilie! This is incredibly exciting! I aspire to be the caliber blogger and chef that you are. Culinary school is my dream and I am finding lots of reasons to finally do it! My new favorite go to weeknight meal is what I have called “Quinoa Stuffing”. Sweat down a chopped shallot in some olive oil with s&p. Add a cup of water and rinsed quinoa. Simmer it down until it is fluffy, tripled in size and the water is absorbed. Add herbs (thyme, parsley) and season again to taste. Mix in chopped dried cranberries and crumbled feta cheese. YUM! Can be served over greens and I always serve homemade bread with our evening meals. Cheers to the success of your beautiful book!
Landen says
We love a cream cheese black bean soup for dinner with tortilla chips and salad. My husband is always thrilled when this shows up on the table! Such a beautiful cookbook!
Charlene says
Congratulations! :) The book looks wonderful! For weekday meals, I like to cook up a huge batch of soup on Sunday so I don’t have to worry about too much meal prep during the week.
Talitha says
One of my favorite weeknight meals to cook is a baked whole chicken with tomatoes, green bell pepper, onions, potatoes and garlic with fresh lime juice and some season salt and fresh cracked pepper. Then served with steamed rice and lentils and (sour) Persian style yogurt.
Nivedita says
Congratulations, Emilie!
My favorite weeknight recipe is a Thai curry, usually made with ‘a little of this, a little of that’. I always have coconut milk and Thai basil from my garden frozen in cubes of oil on hand, and whatever vegetables are around get thrown in as well. 30 minutes and we have a well-balanced meal!
Staci A says
Congrats! It looks like such an amazing book! Our favorite weeknight meal is veggies with pasta or tacos!
2 Sisters Recipes says
HI Emilie! This is our first time to your blog and we have to tell you- we LOVE your recipes! Congratulate on your new book! It a beautiful book- you must be so proud and we’re so excited for you! And thank you for your generous giveaway- sweet! It’s hard to say one meal is our favorite,but if we have to narrow it down, it would have to be the grilled tenderloin with mashed potatoes, gravy and sauteed peas! Have a great weekend!
xo Anna and Liz
Melanie Hoffman says
Fav weekday meal is supergrains…Bulger kamut with avocado, tomato, mozzarella and balsamic
Heather says
My favorite weeknight meal….quesadillas! They can be custom made for everyone and everyone is happy! Just found your blog and I am loving it!
Kayley says
In thinking about this, I realized that all of my favorite weeknight meals include cheese. Mainly, mac & cheese and cheese quesadillas. I don’t eat them often because they’re not very healthy, but they’re my faves!
Miss @ Miss in the Kitchen says
Congratulations on your cookbook! Our family favorite would be meatloaf and mashed potatoes!
Sarah Schilling says
Best wishes for the success of your book! The basis for my favorite meal of the week is a tortilla wrap or pita, slathered in creamy hummus with fresh roasted balsamic tomatoes and sautƩed zucchini and garlic. As long as those ingredients are there I am happy and can mix it up with more veg, tofu, chicken or sprouts. Yummmmmm!
Sue Ellen says
Just found your blog! Congrats on the launch of your cookbook; it looks great! I am a plant based eater and was glad to see so many recipes and tips that are congruent with my lifestyle. My easy week day meal is a bean soup that is made in my Instant Pot pressure cooker. It is easily changed by the types of beans, veggies and spices that you use and the best part is that I am not ties to the kitchen (or house) while it is cooking!
Lisa says
Hi,
My favorite weeknight meal is salmon fillets. There are so many ways to prepare them (grill, bake, pan roast) and so many quick and easy sauces or even plain. Most of the week we have some type of bean or tofu dish or soup and they are good too but the night we have salmon is the easiest and quickest meal I make and usually tastes so gourmet!
Rachel Joy says
I just found your blog through foodie crush who I follow on Instagram! The subtitle of your cookbook instantly caught my attention, considering I regularly have dinner in the table after 9pm, sometimes 10pm!! My poor husband! Good thing my toddler gets well fed before he goes to bed much earlier.
My favorite weeknight meal is Black Bean Bowls with Poached Eggs from the Sprouted Kitchen blog. We’ve been making this at least monthly for a few years now. Only have to peel and chop a sweet potato, the rest is easy work, it’s delicious and nutritious!
Nikki says
My favorite weeknight meal is rosemary walnut chicken over steamed balsamic glazed kale. When I’m in a pinch though it’s crockpot barbacoa tacos with a spinich, carrot, and pepper slaw with chipotle ranch.
Jenice says
Congrats on cookbook! Eager to try the recipes. Weeknight favorites are something quick but usually involve chicken.
Sarah P says
Hi Emilie!
My favorite weeknight meal is basil pesto tossed with a little penne (I use Barilla protein plus) and tri color cherry or heirloom tomatoes. Topped with pine nuts and lots of parm it’s the perfect summer meal. No oven required. P.S. your book looks beautiful! Can’t wait to get my hands on one :)
Natalia M says
My favorite weeknight meal is a salad with seasonal roasted root veggies and greens, grains such as quinoa or millet, beans or lentils, and a simple tahini sesame dressing. Delicious, nutritious, and heartwarming!
Marcia Butterfield says
Hi Ellie and congratulations!
I’m brand new to your blog and plan to buy your new cookbook. I collect cookbooks and love what I’ve read so far about you.
I love fresh vegetable stir-fry with chicken or shrimp over brown basmati rice. Another favorite dish is a piece of fresh cod, lightly seasoned and a squeeze of lemon and placed in a lightly oiled dish (9×14). Cover with two small thinly sliced zucchini, top with about a cup of marinara sauce and sprinkle with grated mozzarella/cheddar cheese/parmesan. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes. It’s from a quick and healthy cookbook I bought years ago. I sometime add mushrooms and spinach. It’s delicious and simple and I make it often.
colleen says
Congratulations Emiles on your exciting success. To be able to achieve your lifetime dream and to feel abundant is what we all strive to accomplish and you’ve done it obviously with alot of love,hard work and tenacity! I wish you nothing but joy. I have ordered ur book and am excited to see the surprises inside. My fav recipe is roasted veggie kabobs marinated in a olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, cilantro, parsley, salt and pepper mixture tossed over pasta…yummy hot or cold .
BartC says
For a quick meal:
NY strip on a supper hot grill
Tossed greens with simple dressing
Yam or rice.
If I have a nice red, then a glass.
Holds me till morning.
bc
judith says
i love stir frys!
Annamarie V says
My favorite weeknight meal is homemade Pho with zucchini noodles and lots of veggies.
Sarah N. says
So exciting, congratulations! What an awesome giveaway! My favorite weeknight meal is a homemade veggie burger (infinitely customizable!) with homemade pretzel roll (I’ll make them and freeze them– so easy!).
Carol Rechtien says
I am asking for your cookbook as a Mother’s Day gift from my three beautiful daughters! I just finished cutting vegetables for their lunches this week that I keep together in a plastic container in little baggies, so they are easy for them to grab in the morning. I also pre-apportion their hummus in small tupperware for the week. I baked them some nutritious banana muffins (I always add flax seeds to the recipe). I keep often used baking ingredients (baking powder and soda, salt, cinnamon, vanilla) together with a set of spoons in a plastic shoe box for quick access in my cabinet.Can’t wait for the cookbook!
Andrea @ Cooking with a Wallflower says
Your book looks soo amazing and I’m definitely going to have to get my hands on it soon! My favorite weeknight dinner is probably pasta. They’re so easy to make and you can add your favorite ingredients and pair it with your favorite sauce. You’d have your dinner ready in about 30 minutes.
Emily Smith says
My favorite weeknight meal is grilled chicken salad. I grill some chicken breasts on the BBQ then slice them up and put them on a salad with BBQ ranch dressing. So yummy!
Ariel says
Congrats on having your book published.
My favorite weeknight meal is soup or chili because I am very, very tired when I come home from work. I need something where I can toss it into one big pot and just relax.
Kate says
Congratulations!
My favorite week night meal is chicken salad. Allows me to of stray vegetables from my vegetable bin without them going south :-)
Just found your blog and I love it! Plan on trying a few new recipes this week :-)
Great giveaway!
HollyG says
Congratulations on your book. I just stumbled upon your website this morning while looking for advise on my first loaf of sourdough bread. Thank you for the advice.
Our family is running like crazy right now with one son in college, another in high school and two of us teaching full time in opposite directions. We love quick and delicious suppers and, with all of the rain out here in Oregon, we like to whip up something to keep the damp chill off. Grilled Cheese Sandwiches made with home made bread served with a mug of Creamy Tomato Soup just hits the spot. I can make the soup ahead on the weekend and have all of the sandwich makings ready and waiting in case someone gets stuck in traffic or has emergency symphony rehearsal.
I look forward to getting a copy of your cookbook. I like to find nice recipe ideas to pass along to the Wellness teachers and Culinary teachers at my school – they like to pass along the healthy eating tips to our students.
Mary Knapp says
Sirloin Stead Salad with Sweet Butter Lettuce, carrots, celery, red onion & Craisins.
Patricia Wojnar Crowley says
My go to week night meal is baked ranch chicken with rice!
Steve says
Emilie,
Received your cook book on the 16th and most of the pages are already ear-marked and posted-noted. Great book, recipes, pictures and your personal intros. Your site and cook book are becoming a very talked about subject within our cooking and healthy living circles. Thank you.
Favorite weekend meal has to be your sour dough recipe. Over the winter I built a Pompeii brick oven in the backyard. (no kit every stone and brick hand laid) anyway I have spent the last 3 months testing and experimenting on different dough for the crust. Your sour dough recipe has become the del-facto pizza base for our “Friday Night Pizza” menu. The pizza follows the original Italian an traditional NYC thin crust, baked between 750-900 degrees. The family and neighborhood favorites are the Marg, Peppi’s, Aloha, Blanco, T-Rex and BBQ Chicks. still working on a Veggie only style.
Many Thanks.
S.
Steve says
Emilie,
Just wondering how hot have you gotten your wolf oven, and have you ever used a pizza stone in it?
S.
Emilie says
Hi Steve! I have the countertop Wolf oven, and it only goes up to 450 F. Because of its size, I can’t fit a pizza stone inside!
Mary says
Salmon with a marinade, a baked potato and a big mixed salad. Everything’s ready by the time the potato is out of the oven.
Stacey DT says
Lately, it has been all about what is quick and painless, yet still yummy and healthy, of course:) We tend to turn towards lots of roasted veggies or a veg filled soup if we have a stock prepared. I typically am so afraid not to follow recipes (ha), but with soup I just keep dumping in seasonings and tasting until it’s just right for our liking and I always feel like a super chef afterwards! Haha:) Also, your cookbook is already on my Amazon wish list for my next birthday! It’s absolutely targeted for what we need right now! All of these items are actually amazing and perfectly helpful at this time. Thank you for being so generous and congratulations!
Sonia says
My favorite weeknight meal is tacos. Everyone loves to eat them because of the choice in toppings. I always make dried black beans in a slow cooker with garlic and seasonings. I also make pulled pork in a second slow cooker. Recently, I cut up small pieces of cauliflower and corn seasoned with hot pepper as a topping, baked in an oven for 20 minutes. Delish! Other unconventional toppings I like are green peppers, celery, yogurt and feta cheese. The work of chopping all these toppings does double duty – we have fresh ready to use ingredients for the rest of the week. For example the cauliflower and corn mix was great with eggs for breakfast!
Dale Gray says
My fave weeknight meal is breakfast for dinner! :-) I haven’t ordered the book yet, but I will soon!
Nicole says
My favorite week meal is roasted carrots, and pasta with pesto and cheese. Super simple. Super quick. And more importantly loved by my two year old son. He’ll finish his, then sneak over and steal my carrots. I can’t wait until he’s big enought to cook with me and help out in the garden.
debbie says
What an exciting time! For you – and us lucky readers!!
One of my favorite weeknight dinners is one pot pasta. Cook the pasta in good quality broth. Throw some tomatoes, mushrooms, red pepper flakes, whatever you like in there. Don’t drain. Then add some basil or pesto and a hardy handful of parmesan and call it dinner!