Simply Laura Lea
Balanced Recipes for Everyday Living
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
Featuring recipes drawn from familiar classic dishes and new favorites, Laura Lea’s new book, Simply Laura Lea, offers delicious home-cooked food without sacrificing healthy eating.
In Simply Laura Lea the author of The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook and creator of LLBalanced.com offers a collection of over 130 delicious, balanced, and healthy recipes based on the food she eats every day. Unlike diets that prescribe food restrictions that are neither attainable nor desirable on a long-terms basis, Laura Lea promotes an attainable approach to cooking and eating healthy for life. All of the recipes collected here follow the LL Balanced Approach to Food:
Focus on whole, fresh foods that make you feel great.Ditch any preconceived idea of what you should eat, and list to your body; it is your best wellness guru.Indulge in moderation, and occasionally, not in moderation!Have fun and don’t take yourself, or your food, too seriously. Enjoy food in a relaxed atmosphere and in the company of dear ones.Above all, practice self-love and patience in the kitchen. It will translate to the rest of your life.
In Simply Laura Lea, you’ll find familiar dishes that can be cooked in 30 minutes or less. And with ingredient lists comprised of a limited number of easy-to-find items, recipes are approachable and easy-to-follow for new or seasoned home cooks. As Laura Lea likes to say: "No diet, no dogma, just great healthy food."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Chef Lea presents over 130 healthy, flavorful recipes made of "nutrient-dense, whole foods" in this thorough cookbook. Understanding that "we cannot appropriate another person's diet and assume it will work for us," she encourages readers to "listen to your body" by following a balanced approach to food, and labels each dish by diet (e.g., vegetarian, keto-friendly, paleo, gluten-free). For instance, some of her dishes, such as chive and goat cheese fluffy baked eggs and hot honey cheddar-stuffed sweet potato skins, call for dairy products, but other rich dishes, such as creamy corn and chive farro (made with coconut milk and tahini) and Cajun cauliflower potato soup are vegan. Other flavor-packed recipes include chicken pineapple paprika (paleo and gluten-free); baked goods like maple bourbon baked pears (vegetarian and paleo); and such beverages as a coconut milk and lime macadamia smoothie (vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free). Throughout, Lea shares instructions for beginners, among them tips for using an Instant Pot ("Don't use the Instant Pot directly under shelves or cabinets") and mastering cooking techniques ("When a liquid simmers, you will see very small bubbles around the edges, but not in the middle"), to ensure success in the home kitchen. This excellent volume is perfect for beginning cooks looking for healthy options.
