The Complete Plate
120 Recipes · 30 Meals · A Stronger, Healthier, Happier You
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- $22.99
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- $22.99
Publisher Description
Food wellness is a term used to describe the ideal state for adopting healthy eating habits into a busy day-to-day life. When food wellness is achieved, the hope is that the body and mind will be able to perform at peak performance. When one of these areas is missing, it is almost impossible to establish sustainable healthy eating habits.
Featuring meal plans for a caloric diet of 1,500, 2,000, and 2,500 calories, The Complete Plate shows that weight maintenance, and weight loss, can be achieved through the science behind a balanced diet that meets both nutritional and caloric demands. It features 30 daily meal plans with each day perfectly balanced to provide 100 percent of your macro and micro nutrient needs, based on current daily recommended intake (DRI) values. The 90 recipes range from an indulgent 'Coconut and Flax Seed French Toast' to a savory 'Portobello and Prosciutto Pizza' to a nourishing 'Creamy Corn, Ham, and Roast Pepper Chowder,' and include additional snacks so that readers are satiated and energized throughout the day.
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This well-designed debut cookbook highlights the importance of meal planning, nutrition, and cooking for health and weight management. Klukas was an athlete and personal trainer who had to give up exercise due to a heart condition. She blogged about her experience of losing weight while eating nutritiously, leading to this book of meal plans and recipes that she developed for diets of 1,500, 2,000, and 2,500 calories per day. Klukas emphasizes that her plan doesn't "demonize whole nutrients like fat or sugar" but instead recommends a balanced approach to eating. Readers who try recipes such as sweet potato frittata, banana parfait, and lemon ricotta crepe will not feel deprived. This cookbook is extremely well organized and provides a checklist of ingredients for each meal plan, a guide to meals based on what readers are in the mood to eat, a calorie count for each recipe, and informative side notes on nutritional value, advance preparation, and freezing. Recipes are generally easy to prepare, giving readers a refreshingly moderate and nutritionally sound approach to weight management.
