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For decades, doctors and nutritional experts have observed and confirmed that Mediterranean countries have much lower occurrences of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer, and diabetes in their citizens than northern European countries and the United States. The Mediterranean Diet For Dummies features expert advice on transitioning to this healthful lifestyle by providing meal planning tips, exercise regimens, and more than 150 recipes inspired by the cuisines of Italy, Greece, southern France, and Spain to improve your health, lose weight, and prevent and fight disease.
Rather than focusing on restricting certain foods and ingredients, the Mediterranean diet embraces a variety of food choices that promote freshness, whole grains, healthy fats, more vegetables and less meat, understanding proper portion control, and using items like wine and olive oil to create rich flavors. With The Mediterranean Diet For Dummies you′ll find out how a delicious diet can reduce the long–term risk of obesity, heart disease, Parkinson′s and Alzheimer′s diseases, and more.
- More than 150 tasty recipes
- Expert tips on meal planning, exercise regimens, and healthy lifestyle choices
- Prevent and fight diseases by eating delicious food
Whether you′re just discovering the healthfulness of the Mediterranean diet or are looking for some new recipes to add to your repertoire, The Mediterranean Diet For Dummies has everything you need to start living a healthier life.
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Rather than focusing on restricting certain foods and ingredients, the Mediterranean diet embraces a variety of food choices that won′t make eating healthy feel like a sacrifice. Promoting freshness, whole grains, healthy fats, more vegetables and less meat, proper portion control, and using items such as wine and olive oil to create rich flavors, Mediterranean Diet Cookbook For Dummies shows you how a delicious diet can be healthy and tasty.
Start exploring — discover how the Mediterranean lifestyle encompasses dietary habits, physical activity, stress management, and fun
Here′s to a healthier you — delve into the benefits of a Mediterranean diet and lifestyle, such as heart health, a reduced risk of cancer, and weight loss
Before things heat up — get meal –planning strategies, cooking tips, guidelines for stocking your kitchen, and grocery–shopping ideas
Start cookin′ — from breakfasts and appetizers to dinners and desserts, find delicious recipes for any meal of the day
Open the book and find:
The health benefits of the traditional Mediterranean diet
Tips to make the switch to the Mediterranean diet
More than 160 delicious recipes for every meal and occasion
Timeless and contemporary Mediterranean dishes
How to satisfy your sweet tooth and still stick to a healthy diet plan
Ways to incorporate more plant–based foods in your diet
Increase your omega–3 intake
Learn to:
Make more than more than 160 delicious recipes inspired by the cuisines of Italy, Greece, Morocco, and Spain
Create a healthy lifestyle with Mediterranean cooking
Use ingredients like wine and olive oil to create rich and savory flavors
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Caveats: I am an unsophisticated cook with no-better-than-average kitchen skills. I hate following recipes. If my wife and I both followed the same recipe, her version would look and taste 50% to 75% better than my version.
Comments: So far, I've made five dishes from this cookbook: Chicken in Paprika Sauce, Moroccan Couscous, Pork Chops with Tomatoes and Bell Peppers, Baked Apples with Raisins and Walnuts, and Pancetta and Spinach Frittata. This is not a huge sample to judge from, I know, but the dishes do include a breakfast, a chicken entree, a pork entree, a side dish, and a dessert.
What I've found is this:
First, I made five recipes! I've been receiving "Eating Well" magazine for two years and they have plenty of attractive and healthy recipes but I haven't tried even one. In this cookbook, the dishes are appealing enough, the recipes easy enough (not EASY, but easy ENOUGH), the ingredients common enough, and the prep time brief enough to pull me in. That's marvelous.
Second, the resulting dishes taste good but not great. Except for the Chicken in Paprika Sauce, which came out on the bitter side, and the Moroccan Couscous, which has a very vibrant, fruity flavor, the dishes came out a bit bland. This is almost certainly a matter of personal taste. It probably is also a reflection of my general cooking skills, the (so-so) quality of our cookware and oven, and the age of our spices -- some of which have been sitting in the rack for a decade or more (I know, I know). Finally, it probably reflects caution on the authors' part, not wanting to get overly spicy with American consumers. In any event, tweaking recipes to suit your personal/family tastes is a normal part of cooking, right?
Third, the authors clearly weighed nutrition, simplicity, authenticity, and flavor against each other when developing these recipes. The dishes are not all low-cal, but most are reasonably low, and none of them are excessively high. Some recipes call for butter and fatty meats like pancetta, and most include olive oil, but all in moderation.
Bottom line: The authors convincingly advocate for their interpretation of Mediterranean cooking and the Mediterranean lifestyle. The recipes are easy, good, and fast enough, I suspect, for most Americans who actually cook their meals rather than picking them up from Doublemeat Palace, Pizza Planet, or the Kwik-E-Mart. Best for people who already know and love the taste of Greek and Middle Eastern food. Recommended.
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