Quick Healthy Cooking Recipes: Dieting and Grain Free Recipes

SUMMARY: There are two sections in the book – Weight Loss and Grain Free. Each section is explained well and offers a variety of recipes. Grain Free Section has an easy coding system to determine which recipes are Paleo vs. Gluten Free vs. Low Carb. Ingredient lists are inconsistent in quantities and thoroughness – be sure and read recipe instructions before shopping for a recipe.CONTENTS: Weight Loss section contains an overview of different eating styles that can help us lose weight. The section focuses on different ways to lose weight including: Low fat, Low carb, Muscle Building, Fish recipes for weight loss, Vegetarian and Vegan recipes for weight loss, Paleo Diet Recipes, Desserts for the Diet Conscious and a 5 day meal plan. The Grain Free Section differentiates between Paleo, Gluten Free and Low Carb and has an EASY marker system, which says which recipes are which. This is super useful for people like Diabetics (me!) who want to stick to Low Carb or people with gluten allergies.MY FAVORITES: There is a great interesting omelet recipe – Vanilla Blueberry Omelet, which uses eggs, vanilla extract and blueberries to create a weird but wonderful breakfast item. I love mixing things up with something unusual and tasty! No Grain Breakfast Burritos is another recipe that made it in my repeat list. It subs the tortilla with eggs! Seriously! I was skeptical, but it looked pretty and worked. Perfect for a high bloodsugar (or low carb) morning. Finally, the almond coconut chocolate chip cookies use almond and coconut flour to make them more bloodsugar friendly. I love it!CONCERNS/QUESTIONS: (1) The front half seems to be written by a different author than the second half. In the Weight Loss Section, ingredient lists do not contain quantities. In the Grain Free Section, every ingredient list has quantities specified. Weird. (2) In the Weight Loss Section, the author often leaves ingredients out of the ingredient list. The Buffalo chicken salad “ingredient list” lists 3 ingredients – but you really need 7. That’s strange. (3) The recipe measurements are inconsistent. “Mix in two full ounces…” “Dice about 2 cups along with one teaspoon…” “Mix in 50 grams of cottage cheese…” I’ve never used GRAMS to weigh sour cream or cottage cheese.NOTE: I received this product for free or at a discount in exchange for an honest review. There is no incentive to leave positive feedback. This is my honest opinion of the book and I had fun trying the recipes. I hope my experience helps!

I have always loved learning about healthy eating and am always fascinated at how people from all over the world enjoy different kinds of foods. Studies have linked eating a typical Western diet—filled with processed meats, packaged meals, takeout food, and sugary snacks—with higher rates of depression, stress, bipolar disorder, and anxiety. Eating an unhealthy diet may even play a role in the development of mental health disorders such as ADHD, Alzheimer’s disease, and schizophrenia, or in the increased risk of suicide in young people.Fruits and vegetables are low in calories and nutrient dense, which means they are packed with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber. Focus on eating the recommended daily minimum of five servings of fruit and vegetables and it will naturally fill you up and help you cut back on unhealthy foods.Try to eat a rainbow of fruits and vegetables every day as deeply colored fruits and vegetables contain higher concentrations of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Add berries to breakfast cereals, eat fruit for dessert, and snack on vegetables such as carrots, snow peas, or cherry tomatoes instead of processed snack foods.If you have never heard of the Mediterranean diet, it probably is time you Google it and learn because you will love it. Mediterranean diet incorporates the basics of healthy eating. Most healthy diets include fruits, vegetables, fish and whole grains, and limit unhealthy fats. While these parts of a healthy diet are tried-and-true, subtle variations or differences in proportions of certain foods may make a difference in your risk of heart disease.Benefits of the Mediterranean dietI read an article online that stated that, “Research has shown that the traditional Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of heart disease. The diet has been associated with a lower level of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol — the "bad" cholesterol that's more likely to build up deposits in your arteries. In fact, a meta-analysis of more than 1.5 million healthy adults demonstrated that following a Mediterranean diet was associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular mortality as well as overall mortality”Armed with this information, it seems like an awesome way of eating for all age groups and a healthy way of daily eating instead of going on diets.An article I found online gave the information below as a guide for Mediterranean diet. I hope you find it helpful.• Eat your veggies and fruits — and switch to whole grains. An abundance and variety of plant foods should make up the majority of your meals. Strive for seven to 10 servings a day of veggies and fruits. Switch to whole-grain bread and cereal, and begin to eat more whole-gain rice and pasta products.• Go nuts. Keep almonds, cashews, pistachios and walnuts on hand for a quick snack. Choose natural peanut butter, rather than the kind with hydrogenated fat added. Try tahini (blended sesame seeds) as a dip or spread for bread.• Pass on the butter. Try olive or canola oil as a healthy replacement for butter or margarine. Use it in cooking. Dip bread in flavored olive oil or lightly spread it on whole-grain bread for a tasty alternative to butter. Or try tahini as a dip or spread.• Spice it up. Herbs and spices make food tasty and are also rich in health-promoting substances. Season your meals with herbs and spices rather than salt.• Go fish. Eat fish once or twice a week. Fresh or water-packed tuna, salmon, trout, mackerel and herring are healthy choices. Grilled fish tastes good and requires little cleanup. Avoid fried fish, unless it's sauteed in a small amount of canola oil.• Rein in the red meat. Substitute fish and poultry for red meat. When eaten, make sure it's lean and keep portions small (about the size of a deck of cards). Also avoid sausage, bacon and other high-fat meats.• Choose low-fat dairy. Limit higher fat dairy products such as whole or 2 percent milk, cheese and ice cream. Switch to skim milk, fat-free yogurt and low-fat cheese.• Raise a glass to healthy eating. If it's OK with your doctor, have a glass of wine at dinner. If you don't drink alcohol, you don't need to start. Drinking purple grape juice may be an alternative to wine.I received this book for free in place of an honest review.

So many great recipes are included in this book! I have been trying to start a new healthy diet and this book has provided so many delicious meals for me. Some of the recipes include: Breakfast Breakfast Burrito Kale Omelet with Mushrooms and Feta Cheese Super Green Smoothie Wilted Kale Ham and Cheese Pinwheels Breakfast Pizza Casserole Kale Quiche Kale Cake Muffins English Muffin Personal Pizzas 10 Great Kale Recipes: Soup Kale Gazpacho Dilled Kale, Beets and Tofu Soup Kale and Bean Soup Sri Lanka Kale Coconut Soup Sesame Noodle & Kale Soup Tuscan Kale Soup Kale & Avocado Gazpacho Raw Kale Soup Sesame Kale Soup Green Power Soup 10 Great Kale Recipes: Salads Kale Salad with Parmesan, Avocado and Apricots Tuscan Kale Salad Pickled Watermelon Radish with Kale Salad Kale Salad with Lemon and Pecorino Kale Salad with Meyer Lemon and Blood Orange Ricotta and Kale Salad Kale Slaw with Peanut Dressing Mixed Kale Salad Northern Spy Kale Salad Kale Miso Salad with Tofu 10 Great Kale Recipes: Main Dishes Kale and Scallion Fried Rice Vegetarian Lasagna with Kale Cajun Chicken Skillet with Kale Kale and Spinach Turnover Braised Chicken with Kale White Bean Soup with Chorizo and Kale Kale with Steamed Halibut and Walnuts Greens and Garbanzo Beans Garlic-Roasted Kale 10 Great Kale Recipes: Desserts Coconut and Chocolate Kale Chips Bacon and Kale Bread Pudding Kale Cake Pesto & Kale Muffins Kale Colada Kale Cookies Kale, Pancetta Pie and Butternut Squash Parmesan and Kale Scones Blueberry Kale Ice Cream Apple & Kale Muffins Section 2: Smoothie Basics and You Liver Detox and You Part 1: Fruit Smoothies Recipe #2: The Frozen Banana Smoothie Recipe #3: The Banana Berry Colada Recipe #4: The Basic Grape Smoothie Recipe #5: Raspberry-Orange Smoothie Recipe #6: Kiwi-Apple Smoothie Recipe #7: Apple-Lemon Smoothie Recipe #8: Pear-Nut Smoothie Recipe #9: Nutty Creamy Apple Smoothie Recipe #10: Apple-Blueberry Smoothie Recipe #11: Cherry Apple Smoothie Recipe #12: Cranberry Banana Smoothie Recipe #13: Plum-Apple-Lemon Smoothie Recipe #14: Plum-Banana Smoothie Recipe #15: Kiwi-Banana Smoothie Recipe #16: Kiwi-Mint Smoothie Recipe #17: Cantaloupe Strawberry Smoothie Recipe #18: Cantaloupe-Apple Smoothie Recipe #20: Basic Sweet Grapefruit Recipe #21: Watermelon-Banana Smoothie Recipe #22: Watermelon-Pear Smoothie Recipe #23: Tangerine-Coconut Smoothie Recipe #24: Tangerine-Pineapple Smoothie Recipe #25: Pineapple-Vanilla Smoothie Part 2: Green Smoothies Recipe #1: Banana-Papaya Smoothie Recipe #2: Dandelion Smoothie Recipe #3: Romaine Lettuce and Avocado Smoothie Recipe #4: Fuji-Apple Avocado Smoothie Recipe #5: Rainbow-Chard Smoothie Recipe #6: Spinach-Banana Smoothie Recipe #8: Red Lettuce and Raspberry Smoothie Recipe #9: Bell Pepper-Avocado Smoothie Recipe #10: Tomatocado Recipe #11: Red ‘n Green Recipe #12: Celery-Banana Smoothie Recipe #13: Kale-Banana Smoothie Recipe #14: Blueberry-Spinach Smoothie Recipe #15: Lovely Tomato Recipe #16: Purple Rainbow Recipe #17: The Monster Recipe #18: Basic Green Smoothie Recipe #19: Green Grape Smoothie Recipe #20: Pomegranate-Blueberry Acai Special Recipe #22: Cucumber-Pear Recipe #23: Citrus Sweet Potato Smoothie Recipe #24: Banana and Broccoli Smoothie Recipe #25: Celery-Red Grape Smoothie Recipe #26: Mango-Tomato Smoothie Part 3: Breakfast Smoothies Recipe #2: Oatmeal-Strawberry Smoothie Recipe #3: Basic Berry Smoothie Recipe #4: Banana Crunch Smoothie Recipe #5: Raspberry-Peach Smoothie Recipe #6: Basic Protein Smoothie Recipe #7: Cherry Vanilla Smoothie Recipe #8: Basic Apricot Breakfast Smoothie Recipe #9: Pomegranate Smoothie : Coffee-Banana Tofu Smoothie Part 4: Energy Smoothies Basic Energy Smoothie All Day Energy Smoothie : Blueberry-Soy Smoothie : Super Energy Smoothie Cocoa-Peanut Butter Smoothie.I received this product in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. I was in no way influenced by the seller to give a positive review.

This book help provide a lifestyle way of eating that allows you to eat comfortable, weigh less, and become the fittest you can be. Eating clean inspires a lifestyle approach on exercising and a diet plan of natural whole foods like vegetables, lean meats, and no preservatives, sugars, and trans fat. Processed foods have damage our health in many ways like sugar. Written in a motivating, and easy-to-understand style which nice quality picture. It has lots of chicken recipes that I am please with. For a few weeks now I have been trying to start eating healthy but it was not successful. I tried all types of online recipe but the food did not turn out great so I decided to purchase this book with good review to try it out and I truly love it. The recipes are easy, simple and delicious. It gives an explanation of the clean food option, which makes it easier to help people that want to know the answer to. Mainly website that provide diet food are recipes for vegan but this book include both vegan and meat which I love. Another great thing about this book is that its an online version so I can carry this around when I cook and can go grocery shopping for the stuff I need by looking through my phone. Overall I would recommend to all my friends and family. You can eat clean with all types of meat recipe they provide. Trimming and cutting out the fat is the best ideas to improve and lose weight faster. I have proven that with the diet this book provide. Whole grains I believe are essential, but I would be nice to have a little more detail into what they would consider whole. They believe that taking away bran from the oats or wheat or any grain would still be considered whole grain but I do not think so. The grain is made up of bran, endosperm and germ. Manufacturers separate these now and because of that, it has been leaving buyer confused about what is whole grain. This book is loosely covered on diet and to exercise even. It was a fast read before getting to the section I needed. This book needs to be in more detail of eating clean. The author believes that GMO is fine, because it isn’t even mentioned. I received this item at a discounted price, which was free so in return, I give an honest and unbiased review after testing and using the product. My opinions, thoughts, and experiences are those of my families and I. Other people or sources did not influence my thoughts. This discounted free item I receive does not influence me to give it a 5 star rating. If you found this review helpful, please vote yes bellow to let others know.

This book help provide a lifestyle way of eating that allows you to eat comfortable, weigh less, and become the fittest you can be. Eating clean inspires a lifestyle approach on exercising and a diet plan of natural whole foods like vegetables, lean meats, and no preservatives, sugars, and trans fat. Processed foods have damage our health in many ways like sugar. Written in a motivating, and easy-to-understand style which nice quality picture. It has lots of chicken recipes that I am please with. For a few weeks now I have been trying to start eating healthy but it was not successful. I tried all types of online recipe but the food did not turn out great so I decided to purchase this book with good review to try it out and I truly love it. The recipes are easy, simple and delicious. It gives an explanation of the clean food option, which makes it easier to help people that want to know the answer to. Mainly website that provide diet food are recipes for vegan but this book include both vegan and meat which I love. Another great thing about this book is that its an online version so I can carry this around when I cook and can go grocery shopping for the stuff I need by looking through my phone. Overall I would recommend to all my friends and family. You can eat clean with all types of meat recipe they provide. Trimming and cutting out the fat is the best ideas to improve and lose weight faster. I have proven that with the diet this book provide. Whole grains I believe are essential, but I would be nice to have a little more detail into what they would consider whole. They believe that taking away bran from the oats or wheat or any grain would still be considered whole grain but I do not think so. The grain is made up of bran, endosperm and germ. Manufacturers separate these now and because of that, it has been leaving buyer confused about what is whole grain. This book is loosely covered on diet and to exercise even. It was a fast read before getting to the section I needed. This book needs to be in more detail of eating clean. The author believes that GMO is fine, because it isn’t even mentioned. I received this item at a discounted price, which was free so in return, I give an honest and unbiased review after testing and using the product. My opinions, thoughts, and experiences are those of my families and I. Other people or sources did not influence my thoughts. This discounted free item I receive does not influence me to give it a 5 star rating. If you found this review helpful, please vote yes bellow to let others know.