Maybe your mom taught you everything she knows about healthy cooking, or perhaps you're trying to be a healthful influence now that you're on track with eating right — either way, it's time to show her how much you appreciate her with a holiday gift she'll love. Any of these options will encourage the healthy cook to keep up her knack for great tasting food.

• Professional Multichopper: Cutting vegetables can be a time-consuming task, especially if the recipe of the day is a big pot of soup. This device is easy on the hands and leaves little room for the excuse that making a healthful meal is too time consuming. It chops fruit and veggies in just one swift step.
• EatingWell Healthy in a Hurry Cookbook: This collection of 150 recipes is just what any mom, from empty nester to brand new mama, needs for healthy cooking inspiration. The cookbook claims that all recipes can be made in 30 to 40 minutes or less.
• Vegetable/Seafood Steamer: This simple item steams ingredients in the microwave for great tasting food that's oil free. Done and done.