The Deliciously Healthy Cookbook promotes the enjoyment of healthy eating for a healthy heart with 100 recipes that are nutritious, tasty and quick and easy to prepare.

Each recipe is accompanied by a beautiful photograph that will not only guide you on the end result but may also make it difficult for you to choose which recipe to try first. Tips and star ingredient descriptions are also littered throughout the book.

The introduction begins with useful information about how to eat healthily to help your heart, based on four key principles in heart disease prevention. It also describes the difference between the types of fats, the twelve steps to achieving a healthy fat balance, how to reduce sodium in your diet and how to get the balance right from the different food groups, amongst other advice.

The back of the book also contains a glossary; an imperial/metric conversion chart for liquids, weight and oven temperatures; egg sizes to use; a guide to Australian cup and spoon measurements; and an index, all of which are useful references.

Dish Examples

Below are the recipe categories with some examples.

Breakfast, Snacks and Lunch
Skinny Eggs and Ham on Bagels
Baked Pasta with Turkey and Cranberry
Madras Curry Soy Burgers

Soups and Starters
Thai Prawn Soup with Lemon Grass
Mixed Mushroom Noodle Soup
Chargrilled Baby Octopus Salad
Asparagus with Seared Scallops and White Wine Dressing
Vegetable Lasagna Stacks with Pesto
Moroccan Lamb Pizza

Main Meal Salads
Thai Beef Salad
Asian Chicken and Kiffir Lime Salad
Orange Lamb and Couscous Salad
Ricotta and Beetroot Salad with Pita Crisps
Warm Potato and Salmon Salad
Summer Prawn and Avocado Salad

Dinner
Crisp Skin Salmon Fillets with Bean Puree
Slow Simmered Lamb Shanks with Couscous
Steamed Fish Rolls with Tomato Vinaigrette

Vegetables and Side Dishes
Chargrilled Asparagus and Leeks
Puy Lentils with Spring Vegetables
Baby Eggplant with Ginger and Sweet Soy
Marinated Mushroom and Capsicum
Spicy Chickpea and Spinach Salad
Individual Macaroni, Broccolini and Cauliflower Cheese

Desserts
Creamed Rice with Honey Macadamia Pears
Almond, Blueberry and Marshmallow Friands
Chocolate Mousse with Fresh Berries

If you would like to purchase a copy of the Deliciously Healthy Cookbook, you can do so from the Heart Foundation’s website here.

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