The 8 Best Whole30 Cookbooks

This wiki has been updated 20 times since it was first published in January of 2019. The Whole30 program aims to ensure weight loss, better sleep, more energy, and healthy habits. Success stems from finding recipes that work for your palette, budget, and lifestyle. Each of the cookbooks on our list will teach you to prepare main courses and sides with high-quality meats, seafood, eggs, vegetables, and fruit, while avoiding no-nos, like sugar, alcohol, legumes, and dairy. When users buy our independently chosen editorial recommendations, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki.

This wiki has been updated 20 times since it was first published in January of 2019. The Whole30 program aims to ensure weight loss, better sleep, more energy, and healthy habits. Success stems from finding recipes that work for your palette, budget, and lifestyle. Each of the cookbooks on our list will teach you to prepare main courses and sides with high-quality meats, seafood, eggs, vegetables, and fruit, while avoiding no-nos, like sugar, alcohol, legumes, and dairy. When users buy our independently chosen editorial choices, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki.

1. The 30-Day Guide

From the diet’s creators, "The 30-Day Guide (appx. $11) to Total Health and Food Freedom" is a bestseller that not only provides a month’s worth of recipes, but also teaches basic meal preparation and cooking skills. In addition, you'll find some inspiring real-life success stories.

Convenient one-pot dinners
Helpful culinary hints throughout
Kid-friendly selections

2. Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans

Two critically-acclaimed healthy food bloggers bring you Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans (about $14), which is chock-full of over 100 compliant recipes accompanied by pictures and cartoons. You’ll learn to maximize flavor without using any grains, legumes, or added sugar.

Easily obtainable ingredients
Relatable anecdotes
Tips for running a kitchen smoothly

3. Against All Grain

In Against All Grain (around $12), author and self-trained chef Danielle Walker aims to improve your health and well-being by teaching you to make everything from appetizers to desserts that are nutritious, yet delicious. Even finicky toddlers will enjoy many of the tasty selections.

Mouthwatering photos
Simple make-ahead choices
Most items already in your pantry

4. Well Fed 2

With Well Fed 2 (around $7), the sequel to the popular original guide, you’ll be able to make 200 healthy dishes, many inspired by international cuisine, like Thai Basil Beef and Deconstructed Gyro. Also included are handy tips for socializing while maintaining good eating habits.

Full of quick meal ideas
Has ways to dress up burgers
Personal vignettes

5. 150 Delicious and Totally Compliant Recipes

Authored by the co-inventor of the program, 150 Delicious and Totally Compliant Recipes (appx. $11) provides ingredients, instructions and attractive photographs for a slew of main courses and sides. Its contributions from accomplished chefs will please family members of all ages.

Incorporates flavorful seasonings
Somewhat complicated for beginners
No mention of portion sizes

6. Paleo Comfort Foods

It’s hard not to get excited when savory, heartwarming meals like Grandma used to fix also happen to be good for you, and that’s what Paleo Comfort Foods (around $10) is all about. You'll find ways to make hearty meatballs, fried chicken, muffins, and more without sacrificing taste.

All gluten-free offerings
Will satisfy picky palettes
No index of dishes

7. Slow Cooker

If you like to set it and forget it, Slow Cooker (appx. $11) gives you the opportunity to do just that while eating healthily, and it caters to Instant Pot users as well. From soups and stews to chicken and ribs, the no-fuss meals call for basic fixings found in any supermarket.

A well-rounded compilation
Handy for busy lifestyles
A number of recipes are bland

8. It Starts With Food

For those curious about the science behind the diet, It Starts With Food (about $8) explains in depth why you should eat certain things and avoid others. While it is heavy on the details, note that it’s lighter than many alternatives on actual recipes.

Good reference for newbies
Written in a conversational tone
Too much information for some

Last updated by Christopher Thomas

Building PCs, remodeling, and cooking since he was young, quasi-renowned trumpeter Christopher Thomas traveled the USA performing at and organizing shows from an early age. His work experiences led him to open a catering company, eventually becoming a sous chef in several fine LA restaurants. He enjoys all sorts of barely necessary gadgets, specialty computing, cutting-edge video games, and modern social policy. He has given talks on debunking pseudoscience, the Dunning-Kruger effect, culinary technique, and traveling. After two decades of product and market research, Chris has a keen sense of what people want to know and how to explain it clearly. He delights in parsing complex subjects for anyone who will listen -- because teaching is the best way to ensure that you understand things yourself.

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