"I hope that you'll come to think of eating healthy, home-cooked meals, made from the freshest, most natural ingredients as a gift you give to yourself and your loved ones," states Bob Greene, the popular creator of a healthy diet plan that sustains well-being while keeping the calories down. Greene's fans are legion and the book is a response to their requests.
Greene's diet plan (also see The Best Life Diet: Revised and Updated, Featuring New Menu Plans and Recipes) emphasizes health, not weight loss, but healthy eating leads to weight loss as it gets rid of the junk foods that pile on excess calories. The recipes are geared toward life style eating and range from the all-important breakfast to desserts that are not loaded with butter and sugar.
Among the wide range of recipes that satisfy all tastes you will find Flank Steak with Potatoes and Garlic and Sweet-and-Sour Stuffed Chicken, comfort foods like Sweet Potato with Turkey Hash and Beef Stew with Winter Root Vegetables. There are soups from a chilled Mango Soup to a steaming Chicken Noodle Soup. For sides, try Olive Oil Roasted Potatoes or Wild Rice with Celery and Carrot, maybe Okra, Corn and Leeks or Roasted Eggplant. Dessert is feasible within Greene's plan and you'll find such recipes as Sesame Seed Biscotti, Chocolate Cake, or Frozen Banana Chocolate Chip 'Ice Cream.' No category has been overlooked.
As an illustration that creativity knows no limits while staying within the bounds of healthy eating, Greene has included recipes from top chefs such as Charlie Trotter, thomas Keller, Roy Yamaguchi, Nobu Matsuhisa, Suzanne Goin, and others. All these chef recipes are are calorie conscious as well as inspired and inspiring.
Also included are three sets of two-week meal plans: The Quick and Easy Plan for when you're most time-pressed; The Family-Friendly Plan with meals to satisfy the whole gang; and The Kitchen Connoisseur Plan for those looking for more of a challenge in the kitchen.
Greene has included shopping tips and culinary information. The book is illustrated with dozens of beautiful black-and-white and color photographs.
Enjoy food, enjoy life, stay healthy. And maybe lose a few pounds along the way.
About the Author:
Bob Greene is an exercise physiologist and certified personal trainer specializing in fitness, metabolism, and weight loss. He has been a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He is also a contributing writer and editor for O, The Oprah Magazine, and writes on health and fitness for Oprah.com. Greene is the best selling author of Get With the Program!, The Get With the Program! Guide to Good Eating, The Get With the Program! Daily Journal, and The Get With the Program! Guide to Fast Food and Family Restaurants.
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