Looking for some healthy food inspiration? Any cookbook could hold the answer!
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| Jamie Oliver's Skinny Carbonara |
It doesn't matter.
That's largely for two reasons.
Firstly, lots of cookbooks feature healthy recipes alongside dishes that you'd only have as a treat. They're based on balance so some dishes might focus on vegetables and spices, others on sugar and cream. Pick and choose which ones you'd like to make.
British-Iranian chef Sabrina Ghayour's Sirocco cookbook brings Eastern tastes to Western-style dishes. With bold flavours, it's as much about spectacular salads as it is about sweet treats. One of my favourite recipes in this is butternut rostis - great as a side, even better as a meal topped with poached eggs.
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| Spicy butternut rostis |
Top of her list was Jamie Oliver's Sweet Potato Muffins from Everyday Superfoods - great for breakfast or to take to work for lunch - see her Instagram post below.
"If you like baking but want to bake something healthier these are perfect. This book is brilliant because it's designed around food you can eat every single day and know you're eating well. It even includes nutritional information for every recipe. The recipes celebrate all the food groups and Jamie outlines why each one is important in the final chapter along with some advice on how to live well."
Tonia Buxton's Eat Greek for a Week was up next. This made the list because the Mediterranean diet is naturally healthy so you know the recipes will be good for you. See Chloƫ's Instagram post of a fish favourite of ours from Tonia.
"This books goes one step further including pages on key ingredients that you should have in your diet and, importantly, why they are good for you."
She picked a recipe for butter bean stew called Gigantes to highlight from Eat Greek for a Week, a dish she'd eaten since she was a child - Chloƫ has Greek Cypriot heritage - and enjoyed Tonia's version.
"It's delicious, full of veg and vegan - though I like to add feta on top of mine as she also suggests!" She said.
Chloƫ couldn't resist mentioning Sirocco - pointing out that this book proves that you don't need to go on a search of 'healthy-eating' books in order to eat delicious, good-for-you food.
She recommends the recipe for Parsee duck egg scramble, "I love eggs and they are full of nutrients. Sabrina adds cumin, chilli, garlic, all of which are delicious. I usually skip the butter when I make scrambled eggs, but this recipe encourages you to add some extra heat and flavour. I now always add herbs and spices to mine!"
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