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More-With-Less: Time-Tested Recipes for Resilience, Generosity, and Joy

by Doris Janzen Longacre

A cookbook connecting everyday meals with simpler living

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A cookbook connecting everyday meals with simpler living

This 50th-anniversary edition brings together more than 400 classic and contemporary recipes built around basic ingredients, with vegetarian and gluten-free labels to help organize meal planning. Alongside the recipes, it includes practical suggestions for living simply in the kitchen and beyond, plus stories about resilience, generosity, and joy. The book links household food choices with concerns including global hunger, sustainability, and justice, framing cooking as part of a wider practice of faith and care for resources. Restored features from earlier editions, black-and-white illustrations, and hardcover binding mark this edition’s return to the book’s earlier format.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Home cooks interested in recipes using basic ingredients.
  • Readers seeking vegetarian or gluten-free recipe labels for planning.
  • Those interested in connecting food choices with simplicity, faith, and global concerns.

Themes

Simple livingGenerosity and faithFood and global hungerSustainability and resource stewardship

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Book overview

A simple invitation to joy, generosity, and faithfulness

For 50 years, More-with-Less has invited cooks to embrace simple, wholesome meals as an act of faith and compassion. With nearly 1 million copies in print, this beloved classic from Doris Janzen Longacre launched a movement connecting everyday choices with global hunger, sustainability, and justice.

Now, the 50th anniversary edition renews that vision for today. Inside you'll find:

  • Over 400 classic and contemporary recipes focused on basic, healthy ingredients
  • Vegetarian and gluten-free labels for easy planning
  • Tips for living simply in kitchens and beyond
  • Uplifting stories of resilience, generosity, and joy

With restored features from earlier editions, black-and-white illustrations, and a return to an easy-to-use hardcover binding, this edition offers vintage charm and enduring practicality.

More-with-Less is more than a cookbook. It is an invitation to live generously, steward resources wisely, and discover abundance through simplicity. Whether you're cooking for one or gathering a community, these pages offer nourishment for body and soul--and a way to make a difference, one meal at a time.

The bestselling World Community Cookbook series is published in partnership with Mennonite Central Committee, a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist churches that shares God's love and compassion for all in the name of Christ by responding to basic human needs and working for peace and justice.

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