Gillian McKeith - Dr Gillian McKeiths You Are What You Eat Cookbook: Over 150 Healthy and Delicious Recipes

PENGUIN BOOKS You Are What You Eat Cookbook Dr Gillian McKeith (PhD) is an internationally acclaimed holistic nutritionist. She is the presenter of You Are What You Eat, the hit Celador primetime television programme for Channel 4. She is also the author of the bestselling You Are What You Eat, Dr Gillian McKeiths Ultimate Health Plan and Living Food for Health (Piatkus). Raised in Scotland, Gillian now travels extensively, giving lectures and seminars. Over 150 healthy and delicious recipes Dr Gillian McKeiths

Cookbook A Celador Production as seen on Channel Four www.youarewhatyoueat.tv PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi 110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Mairangi Bay, Auckland 1310, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England www.penguin.com First published 2005 Published in paperback 2007 Copyright Celador Productions Limited, 2005 You Are What You Eat logo and book TM Celador International Limited, 2005 All rights reserved The moral right of the author has been asserted Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publishers prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser ISBN: 978-0-14-194949-9 I truly believe anyone can be a great cook as long as they have the will to do it. When I was a wee lass at Perth High School I remember making cheese flan in Home Economics.

The funny thing was, I hadnt even tasted the flan because at the time I detested the idea of eating cheese. But somehow I had been so passionate about my recipe that my cookery teacher gave me top marks, because my heart and mind had been in the right place. My younger brother David had different views about my culinary skills, and when we were growing up he spent the entire time complaining to Mum and Dad that I couldnt even toast bread properly. OK, its true that for some reason my toast always came out pitch-black like coal Anyway, David always used to say that Id burn the house down one day a statement I took to be completely ludicrous until that fateful rainy day when I was 17 and had just received my letter of acceptance into Edinburgh University. I was feeling really excited and preoccupied and, of course, the bread was toasting away in the toaster when, all of a sudden, the smell of burning wheat seemed to be permeating my bedroom. I quickly darted into the kitchen, to be greeted by what looked like a scene from The Towering Inferno.

My toast had caught fire and the flames had spread to the counter tops and walls. I was terrified not just at the thought of burning down our family home, but at what my dad would say. Then, right on cue, David burst on the scene and quickly and efficiently proceeded to extinguish the fire with buckets of water and heavy wet towels. So I am no Michelin-star chef I am just a mother who wants the best for her family, and a holistic nutritionist who wants the best health and purest food for you. I just happen to have developed lots of healthy, fun and easy recipes over the years as part of my job. My recipes are quick to prepare many only take a few minutes and theyre dead simple.

If I can make them, anyone can! Writing these recipes for you and making them readily available was something that was very important to me, because I understand first-hand how essential support like this can be to achieve wellness and a fit body. When I was twenty-something, I lived in Spain and survived on a diet of Spanish clairs, paella, chocolate and sangrias. When I got back to Britain I was chubby, had spots all over my face and felt constantly tired, listless and demotivated. A special diet could be my answer, I thought. A simple food plan. So for eight weeks I ate almost nothing but pork luncheon meats or, to be precise, three slices of thin ham on two pieces of white bread.

And I ate that for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. As you can imagine, I felt and looked terrible. Over time, my unhealthy eating habits continued to play havoc with my body, energy levels and general wellbeing. It was this degeneration in my health that was the key motivating factor in my embarking on a new healthy lifestyle, and a diet of living foods. When I finally turned my life and health around through natural nutrition and good food, I realized that (a) healthy recipes can be easy to prepare; (b) healthy meals can be quick, exciting and fun; (c) you can make food taste great even without any experience or training; and (d) healthy food can make you feel and look well, because you really are what you eat. All you need is the desire and the will to feel and be well.

The recipes in this book are easy, colourful and utterly delicious, and I really hope you love them as much as I do. But theyre really just the beginning. Once youve got to grips with them, Id like you to feel empowered to experiment, using them as a basis for creating other tasty dishes of your own. All my recipes have the ability to enhance your health and wellbeing for a far happier, healthier, energized, fitter and sexier you. And best of all, they wont ever make you fat, which means you can eat as much as you like with them. So its time to get cooking to your hearts (and tummys) content.

Wishing you Love and Light, My food philosophy consists of a few simple guidelines. These are covered in much more detail in the book You Are What You Eat. Follow them and youll be happier, healthier, fitter, stronger, sexier and, oh yes, slimmer too, if thats what your body needs. Please understand that my philosophy isnt primarily about losing weight, but about being interested in eating good food and feeling really well. Just follow my plan and your body weight will regulate itself naturally. Believe me, Im speaking from experience here.

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