Dale L. Roberts - Clean Eating Recipes Book 1: Over 30 Simple Recipes for Healthy Cooking (Clean Food Diet Cookbook)

Clean Eating Recipes: Over 30 Simple Recipes for Health Cooking

ISBN: 9781310713637

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September 22, 2015

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Original publication June 18, 2015

ISBN-13: 978-1514613832

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CLEAN EATING HAS BEEN A term tossed around lately, but the concepts have widely varied from one source to the next. If you are not careful, then you may buy into a philosophy that is nutritionally inadequate and has dangerous repercussions to your health. Simply put, clean eating is about more mindful choices in the food you are eating. This way of eating is not about calorie deprivation or subtracting any foods for you to get ridiculous results quick.

To eat clean means to be selective with what you are putting into your body. Most concepts of clean eating may include:

1. Avoiding junk food and most fast food
2. Cutting back on processed foods, refined grains, added sugars and unhealthy fats (i.e. saturated, trans)
3. Increasing the consumption of fresh vegetables, fruits, and whole grains
4. Eating healthy proteins and fats (i.e. monounsaturated, polyunsaturated)
5. No calorie counting since you are not eliminating any one food group

The concept of eating clean is that you eat as naturally as possible and load up on the good things that will keep your body vibrant and full of energy and vitality.

These recipes can be cost-effective if you are selective with where you are buying your groceries. When I purchase ingredients, I look out for sales, use coupons and only purchase produce when it is in-season. Look out for any stores that sell grains and legumes (beans) in bulk so you can get more for your dollar as opposed to smaller boxed grains and legumes. You are more susceptible to eating clean if you always have a supply of clean food ready for you. Produce is going to be tricky since you dont want to purchase more than three days at a time of fruits and vegetables. Three days of produce ensures that you always have fresh food and dont have anything spoiling in your fridge.

I designed this cookbook based on my personal experiences in cooking. The truth is I cannot stand spending more than a half hour working on any one meal. It drives me crazy because all I want to do is eat or find something more productive. Except two recipes (or so), I feature dishes that take under a half hour to make. The first time you put together one of these recipes, it may take a little longer, but with practice, you may become more efficient at slapping these dishes together.

You will notice the lack of nutritional information, and this is for good reason. Based largely on the ingredients you buy and how much you put into each dish, the nutrition information I would provide would not be accurate. I did, however, tell you how many servings a recipe makes so that you could dish it out appropriately. You really shouldnt be eating any more than one serving at a time of any one dish. The side dishes would be the exception to the rule, but otherwise, separate out the recipe into equal portion sizes according to the serving size. I will store extra portions of food that I can eat later in a small plastic container.