I’ve been sitting with this non-diet Ramadan cookbook and meal planner for a while now, and I still feel a small rush of excitement every time I open it. Not because it is perfect. Not because it is polished in a glossy way. But because I’ve always wanted to write it, and it’s the first project I’ve ever stuck with till the end.
I didn’t write this book because the world needed another Ramadan cookbook. It did not. There are already many beautiful ones full of great recipes out there. I wrote it because I could not find something that reflected how Ramadan actually feels for me, and for so many women I speak to who enter Ramadan with a diet mindset.
Ramadan is meaningful and grounding, but it can also be exhausting. The long fasting hours. The mental load of feeding a family. The quiet pressure to eat “right” or go on a diet while pretending hunger and fatigue are not real. Somewhere along the way, food stops being nourishment and turns into another thing we are supposed to manage perfectly.
I wanted to create something different.
This book came from a place of wanting Ramadan to feel lighter. Not lighter in calories, but lighter in the head. I wanted something that supported the body without controlling it, and supported the mind without adding rules. Something that made space for real energy levels, real cravings, real life.
As someone who has spent years unlearning diet culture and watching how deeply it sneaks into everything, even spirituality, I was very intentional about what this book would not be. It would not tell you to compensate for food. It would not moralize eating. It would not turn fasting into a test of discipline or worth.
Instead, I focused on nourishment, rhythm, and kindness.
The recipes are there to support you, not impress anyone. The meal planner exists to reduce decision fatigue, not to lock you into a rigid plan. Some days you will cook. Some days you will repeat meals. Some days you will do the bare minimum. All of that belongs in Ramadan.
What excites me most is not the recipes themselves, but what I hope this book allows women to feel. Less pressure. Less guilt. Less obsession with doing things “perfectly”. More trust. More ease. More presence in the month itself.
I hope it helps someone feel steadier through a long fasting day, gives permission to eat well without fear, and reminds someone that health is not something you perform, especially in Ramadan.
This Ramadan cookbook is not loud. It is not trendy. It is not trying to fix anything.
It is simply an offering.
A way of saying that nourishment can be gentle, and that Ramadan does not have to be another month of control disguised as care.
Writing it reminded me why I do what I do – not to create rules, but to create space. A non-diet space where we can enjoy those cherished Ramadan meals without rules or guilt.
And that, honestly, is what I truly hope comes out of it.
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