Saxelby - Zest: the nutrition for life cookbook

zest Catherine Saxelby & Jennene Plummer More than 120 recipes for vitality and good health
Published in 2007
by Hardie Grant Books
85 High Street
Prahran,Victoria 3181, Australia
www.hardiegrant.com.au All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers and copyright holders. The moral rights of the authors have been asserted Copyright Introduction Catherine Saxelby
Copyright Recipes Jennene Plummer
Copyright photography Ian Hofstetter National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data: Saxelby, Catherine.
Zest: the Nutrition for Life cookbook more than 120 recipes for vitality and good health. 1st ed.
ISBN 9781740664790 (pbk.). ISBN 1 74066 479 5 (pbk.). Cookery. 2. 2.

Functional foods. 3. Nutrition.
I. Plummer, Jennene. II. 641.563 Consultant editor: Philippa Sandall
Editor: Lucy Malouf
Stylist: Jane Collins
Food preparation: Mandy Sinclair
Cover and text photography: Ian Hofstetter
Cover design, text design and typesetting: saso content & design pty ltd
Diagram: Clare Forte
Printed and bound in China by SNP Leefung 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
www.foodwatch.com.au For our children Guy and Georgia, Marcus and Emma, Richard and Emma the next generation, for a lifetime of good health Acknowledgements There are always many people who make a book come together and this book is no exception. 641.563 Consultant editor: Philippa Sandall
Editor: Lucy Malouf
Stylist: Jane Collins
Food preparation: Mandy Sinclair
Cover and text photography: Ian Hofstetter
Cover design, text design and typesetting: saso content & design pty ltd
Diagram: Clare Forte
Printed and bound in China by SNP Leefung 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
www.foodwatch.com.au For our children Guy and Georgia, Marcus and Emma, Richard and Emma the next generation, for a lifetime of good health Acknowledgements There are always many people who make a book come together and this book is no exception.

A big thank-you to Julie Pinkham, Fran Berry, Mary Small and Catherine Cradwick from Hardie Grant Books for their vision and enthusiasm in bringing Zest to life. Our consultant editor Philippa Sandall has been a wonderful guiding force and helped us through the critical planning and editing stages. Catherine would like to thank dietitian and colleague Karen Kingham, for her invaluable work on analysing the recipes, and dietitian Anne Gregory, who helped with research and checking. Jennene would like to thank Mandy Sinclair and Sharon Reeve for their support and contribution in testing some of the recipes in this book. She would also like to thank her wonderful husband and family for allowing her the space to work on the recipes, and the fabulous team of Ian Hofstetter (photographer), Jane Collins (stylist) and Mandy Sinclair (food preparation) for their commitment to producing the beautiful food shots featured in this book. Contents Its good food and not fine words that keeps me alive! Molire (16221673) Despite great gains in our knowledge about food and nutrition, healthy eating hasnt become easier. Contents Its good food and not fine words that keeps me alive! Molire (16221673) Despite great gains in our knowledge about food and nutrition, healthy eating hasnt become easier.

In fact for many of us it has become harder because of our busy, no time to cook lifestyles. But what we eat can make a huge difference to how we feel and how healthy we are. Along with exercise and stress management, its the third of that vital trio of things we can do for ourselves and our families to improve long-term health and wellbeing. In fact, todays hectic lifestyle makes the need to eat right all the more important. Thats why we are firm believers in the value of cooking for yourself and your family. Studies show that people who prepare food at home eat better with less saturated fat, less salt, more vegetables, more vitamins and antioxidants than those who eat out a lot.

And theres so much fun and enjoyment to be had when you prepare and share meals with family and friends. The book Nutrition for Life talks about how a healthy diet gives us vitality and energy, helps us stay at a weight thats right for us, boosts our immune system, delays the effects of ageing and builds strong, dense bones. Since then, many readers have begged for recipes so that they can put nutrition for life into practice in their own kitchens and create healthy meals in their own homes. So we have teamed up to put it all on the plate in Zest, the Nutrition for Life cookbook. Zest is packed with recipes that are easy to prepare as well as being easy on the waistline and good for heart health.Youll also find they taste every bit as good as they look a key part of our food philosophy. These well-balanced recipes are rich in slow carbohydrates, lean protein, the good fats and lots of fibre.

They are not designed to be ultra-low-fat nor extra-high-protein, but if you are following The Low GI Diet, TheCSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet or a heart-healthy diet, you will find many of them suitable. We hope that you will enjoy cooking from our great range of meals. In the recipe section of this book youll find lazy brunches, snacks and meals to rustle up in minutes, dinners for families or for entertaining, scrumptious desserts and tasty baked goods. We have certainly enjoyed creating (and eating) them. Well, someone had to test them!
Good health and good eating!
Catherine Saxelby and Jennene Plummer Nourish your whole self
the whole time What you eat can make a huge difference to how you feel and how healthy you are. In fact, it can really boost your zest for life.