Eat Your Feelings: The Food Mood Girl's Guide to Transforming Your Emotional Eating

Emotional eaters will find common sense advice, food facts, and recipes in the newest book from the blogger known as Food Mood Girl. Smith introduces readers to this judgment-free tome by describing her personal awakening to the connection between food and feelings. The signs of what she calls "The Roller-Coaster Emotions of Food" include deprivation, undereating, cravings, and overeating. Scattered throughout are helpful tables that examine food and cooking specifics, such as what food cravings mean and which foods deflate moods (and substitutes that don't). Offset boxes offer useful tips and definitions. Occasional black-and-white illustrations are lively, yet the black-and-white photos are lackluster. Smith's preference is for a plant-based diet, but she provides options for carnivores. Recipes are categorized into sections by emotion: "Sadness," "Stressed and Anxious," "Exhausted and Tired," "Hangry," or "Bored." Smith presents healthy recipes for a variety of culinary courses, snacks, and drinks: "tasty taco salad," "falafel burgers," "PB chip banana ice cream," and "berry burst smoothie." Creative cooks will appreciate the comprehensive list of individual foods (mostly fruits and vegetables) and what benefits they provide.