Hemsley Jasmine - Hemsley Hemsley : the art of eating well

LOVE WHAT YOU EAT. LOOK AND FEEL AMAZING.

Jasmine and Melissa Hemsleys revolutionary new approach to healthy home cooking is for anyone who loves food and wants to look and feel their very best. The sisters have created over 150 exciting, inventive recipes that are packed with nutrient-rich ingredients and easy enough to enjoy every day meals so tasty you forget their purpose is nourishment and good health.

Jasmine and Melissas down-to-earth guidance and infectious enthusiasm will inspire you to try new foods, reset your body and no longer crave high-sugar and processed meals. Packed with breakfasts, sweets, snacks and drinks as well as fish, meat and vegetable mains, The Art of Eating Well includes reworked classics, bold new flavours, make-ahead food and plenty of practical tips that will change the way you cook and eat for life. Enjoy simple, delicious, nourishing food for a better you.

Melissa and Jasmine Hemsleys family business, HEMSLEY + HEMSLEY, has been the behind-the-scenes go-to food service for celebrities and those in the health, beauty and wellness industry since 2010. The H+H way of eating is based on ten years of study and self-practice. Focusing on the importance of eating natural, unprocessed foods, Jasmine and Melissa combine ancient eating principles with the latest research on diet and nutrition. Using their personal experience they have developed simple recipes for home cooking that suit any lifestyle, however hectic. H+H are regular contributors to www.vogue.co.uk, the London editors of www.sousstyle.com and write for international newspapers and magazines.

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To our loved ones and all those who have inspired and supported us. For our clients who believed in a better way. And to everyone else who wants to join us on our delicious journey.

If you want to love what you eat AND look and feel like the best version of yourself, then this book is for you. Wellness begins from within; eating real, unprocessed and nourishing food allows you to live a healthier, happier and more energised life. By understanding whats good for your body, making some simple changes to your habits and by choosing food thats both delicious and good for you, you will look better and feel amazing and energised. This is The Art of Eating Well.

Weve created 150 exciting and inventive recipes for every day; recipes that are easy and fun to make as well as being packed with nourishing ingredients. You dont need to be a gourmet chef, count calories, go hungry or miss out on dessert there is no fad dieting here. The idea is to cook and eat meals that are so delicious youll forget that youre eating healthy food. Many of the recipes in this book will seem familiar to you at first glance; a reworking of popular dishes from pizza and spaghetti to chocolate cake and ice cream, or traditionally healthy recipes like supercharged salads and nourishing veg-packed smoothies. We dont believe in depriving ourselves of treats and comfort foods, we just make them using whole ingredients and unrefined, natural sweeteners.

Dont be put off by unusual names or worry about tracking down certain ingredients. Weve included plenty of alternatives and the stockist list on our website (www.hemsleyandhemsley.com) will help you find your local specialist store or point you in the direction of an online shop.

In amongst the recipes youll find simple, practical tips on sourcing and preparing food and enhancing digestion. Our easy, sustainable, common sense philosophy will arm you with the knowledge and tools to take control of your food choices and begin your own journey to the art of eating well.

Our food

Our society is just beginning to acknowledge the ill effects of high-sugar, high-gluten, overly processed and chemical-laden foods in our diet. These foods have become so much a part of mainstream eating that we can be forgiven for being completely confused about what the ideal diet is.

Much of the food on offer to us is nutritionally substandard. It will keep you alive, but not necessarily in the best of health if eaten as the bulk of your diet. Natural foods are often overshadowed by commercially produced, heavily advertised health foods, which are usually designed in a lab and are full of ingredients and chemicals that we, let alone our bodies, struggle to recognise.

The HEMSLEY+HEMSLEY way is to keep it simple and as close to nature as possible. In essence, this means we eat meat and vegetables, taking the best ingredients and foods from the plant and animal kingdoms as humans have always done. Simple food.

H+H food is free from gluten, grains and refined sugars, and focuses on nutrient-dense, unprocessed foods, good fats and bone broth.

We encourage you to eat organic vegetables, sustainable and ethically caught wild fish and grass-fed naturally reared, free-range meat. We enjoy high-quality dairy and a whole range of natural fats, including butter, unrefined oils and animal fat. This produce is better for nutrition, the environment, local economy and, in our opinion, it really does taste better.

We avoid processed foods, refined carbohydrates and sugar, and chemical sweeteners. Instead, we stick to pseudocereals, such as quinoa and amaranth, seasonal fruit and naturally sweet ingredients such as raw honey and maple syrup that have nutritional value.

We urge you to steer clear of food products that shout low fat and no fat as well as those promoted as low calorie. Stay away from margarine, vegetable spreads, sugar-free cakes and cereal bars along with products that claim to speed up your metabolism or contain ingredients you dont recognise. Think of these as fake foods that cause stress to the body.

Humans evolved to eat natural foods, foods that were foraged, hunted or grown. Many of us have lost this connection to the food we eat. We believe its important to re-establish that link.

We dont believe in dieting or that good health is as simple as calories in, calories out; this is not a natural way of evaluating what to eat. The answer is not to limit calories but to eat more high-quality foods and listen to our bodies. Mindful Eating.

Youll find that once your taste buds have been weaned off sugary, refined and chemically enhanced food products, you will quickly develop a taste for fresh, unprocessed whole foods. By preparing your own meals you can be more in control of what is going into your body and feel better for it.

Who we are

HEMSLEY + HEMSLEY, launched in 2010, is our family-run, bespoke food service looking after individuals and their families all over the world, including high-profile people within the music, media, fashion, beauty, health and wellness industries.

Alongside the food delivery service, we consult for private clients, restaurants and hotels as well as catering dinner parties and events. In 2012 we joined Vogue.co.uk as food bloggers, which allowed us to share our nourishing recipes with a wider audience.