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BOOK OF THE WEEK with Linda Jennings. HOW TO EAT BETTER, James Wong, ISBN 9781784721916 (MITCHELL BEAZLEY) BD9.800 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
WANT to get more nutrition from fruit and veg? It’s a fascinating science and better than cutting out food groups or paying for so-called superfoods.
SELECT a Braeburn apple over a Fuji and get almost double the antioxidants from a fruit that tastes just as sweet.
STORE strawberries on the counter, instead of in the fridge, and in just four days they will quadruple their heart-healthy compounds.
COOK broccoli with a teaspoon of mustard and send its levels of cancer-fighting potential skyrocketing ten-fold.
Between the rush to keep up with the latest miracle ingredient, anxiety about E-numbers and demonization of gluten/dairy/sugar (or the next foodie villain du jour) many of us are left in a virtual panic in the supermarket aisle. Tabloid headlines, ‘free-from’ labels and judgemental Instagram hashtags hardly help matters - so what should we be buying?
How to Eat Better strips away the fad diets, superfood fixations and Instagram hashtags to give you a straight-talking scientist’s guide to making everyday foods far healthier (and tastier) simply by changing the way you select, store and cook them. No diets, no obscure ingredients - just real food made better, based on the latest scientific evidence from around the world.
With over 80 fool-proof recipes to put the theory into practice, James Wong shows you how to make any food a superfood, every time you cook.
FAMILY FAVOURITE
OF THE WEEK
THE EASY FAMILY COOKBOOK, Ella’s Kitchen, Isbn 9780600631859 (OCTOPUS)
BD7.300 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
Ella’s Kitchen: The Easy Family Cook Book is packed with more than 100 easy-to-make and delicious family recipes that bring everyone together to share in life’s food adventures.
In chapters organised by mealtime, each recipe has been carefully developed to ensure that it’s perfectly balanced and lip-smacking tasty for little ones and grown-ups alike. Find out which meals are best to adapt for weaning babies, know what to cook for a play-date crowd-pleaser (little friends will go mad for Munchy Cheese and Leek Sausages); and see instantly which dinners keep beautifully warm for when mum or dad gets home (Your Sunshine Carnival Curry is in the oven!).
Ella’s Kitchen is a baby and children’s food company founded by Paul Lindley when he was deputy managing director of children’s TV channel Nickelodeon and trying to wean his reluctant daughter Ella. The range is based on simple, natural ingredients that ooze goodness and really appeal to children. The company has won many awards and is one of the fastest growing brands in the UK.
Building on the huge success of the previous three books in the series, this latest addition to the Ella’s Kitchen Cook Book library is an absolute must for busy families with hungry tummies to feed up and down the family tree.
My favourite
read of the week
THE HAIRY BIKERS GO VEGGIE, The Hairy Bikers, Isbn 9781409171874 (ORION) BD7.300 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
The bestselling, big-hearted and down-to-earth chefs, The Hairy Bikers, return with 80 delicious vegetarian recipes to make losing weight and eating less meat even easier.
In their multi-million selling HAIRY DIETERS series, the Hairy Bikers proved that you can eat your favourite foods and still lose weight. Jam-packed full of delicious, low-cal versions of traditional classics and family favourites, they have taken the deprivation out of dieting and helped millions shift the pounds.
Following on from THE HAIRY DIETERS, THE HAIRY DIETERS EAT FOR LIFE, THE HAIRY DIETERS GOOD EATING and THE HAIRY DIETERS: FAST FOOD, THE HAIRY DIETERS GO VEGGIE shows that going vegetarian can be just as easy as going low-cal. Whether you want to cut out meat entirely, cut down, or just incorporate some more meat-free dishes into your diet, the book is full of simple and easy-to-follow recipes for tasty veggie meals and snacks, from Lancashire Hot Pot to Veggie Sausages.
Si King and Dave Myers, aka the Hairy Bikers, have been entertaining and feeding Britain with their unique blend of delicious recipes, cheeky humour and motorbike enthusiasm for years now. The Hairy Dieters books have sold over 3 million copies in the UK, and their fifth book is set to make healthy eating even easier.
Si King and Dave Myers are the nation’s favourite food heroes. The stars of numerous TV cookery series, they represent all that is good-hearted and loved about food.
