Everyone knows we should all eat “healthy” to stay healthy and lose weight–for most of us. The problem is most of that food tastes so blah or has so many seasonings to cover up that there is no taste. Robert Rose has published a new cookbook written by Camilla V. Saulsbury. It is named 5 Easy Steps to Healthy Cooking. This cookbook has 500 (yes 500) recipes for Life Long Wellness. Now of course I have not had time to try all 500 hundred recipes but the few I have tried have been wonderful. The book has chapters on breakfast, poultry, lean meat and fish and seafood main dishes, side dishes, sandwiches, pastas and much much more.
5 EASY STEPS TO HEALTHY COOKING
500 Recipes for Lifelong Wellness
MARCH 2012 • 552 pages • $27.95 CA / $24.95 US / £16.95 UK
ISBN-10: 0778802965
Delicious recipes that use ingredients with a proven track record in enhancing health and offering protection from diseases. With our daily exposure to a constant stream of conflicting information about nutrition and health, it can be a challenge to discern which foods really do form a healthy diet, let alone how to turn them into delicious dishes that can be prepared without too much time, fuss and expense.
5 Easy Steps to Healthy Cooking offers a solution. Vastly different from a diet book, this simplified, five-step approach to health is holistic and flexible. It begins and ends with easy and enticing recipes.
The five steps are:
• Choose fresh, whole foods
• Eat mostly vegetable- and fruit-based foods
• Opt for healthy fats and proteins
• Select superfoods (nutrient-dense foods)
• Eat more whole grains
The choices we make at the market, in our kitchens, and around the dining table, can affect our health (for better or for worse). No one food can make you healthy on its own — aim instead for a varied and balanced diet.
I liked the fact that Ms. Saulbury explains foods, vitamin and mineral content and why they are good for you. Health notes and nutrient listing for each recipe is included too and I love that! She tells you why you should choose this food over another. She has given us recipes for vegans and “raw foods” enthusiasts. There are some foods in this book that I have never heard of and I cannot wait to try them.
I tried Cumin-Scented Black Beans and Quinoa. I love Quinoa (keen-wah) and have used it before in soups and pilafs. This was a great dish that most of my family liked. I have a picky eater who doesn’t like new textures so it wasn’t a hit with him. I also tried a recipe called White Beans and Spinach. No one turned that one down. We all like tuna and egg salad so the Tunisian Tuna and Egg Salad Pitas were a big hit.
Who said “healthy” eating can’t taste good? Some of these recipes will become family favorites very quickly. Eat up!!
CAMILLA V. SAULSBURY is a food writer, recipe developer, cooking instructor and fitness expert/personal trainer. She has been featured on the Food Network, in the New York Times and on Today and QVC, and has won numerous top cooking competitions, including the Food Network’s $25,000 Ultimate Recipe Showdown (Cookies Episode).
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