Cooking with Healthy Girl
Everyday Recipes made Healthy
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About the Book
I started revising recipes a couple of years ago when I decided it was time to be as healthy as possible without the loss of the foods that I love. I did a lot of research on foods, nutrition, and the body to discover everything I could to enhance the recipes. Every time I create the healthy version of a recipe, I would follow these 6 points: 1. Healthy - decreasing the bad nutrients and increasing the good nutrients As you will see with my recipes, I still use some of the staple ingredients that I used when I was cooking the unhealthy versions - I just change how much of those ingredients are used and how those ingredients are used. I also added many new staples to my kitchen that help change my recipes to the healthy version. These recipes have helped change my family to a new and healthy lifestyle and I hope they do the same for yours.
2. Tasty - the recipe needs to taste the same or better
3. Good Portion Size - enough to make you fell full
4. Easy to Make - with two kids I have to make this quickly!!
5. Common/ Everyday Ingredients - ingredients you can buy at the local store and use until they are gone
6. Complete Dinner - pairing a side with an entree makes things a lot easier when trying to feed the family
About the Author
I am a married mother of young twins who decided to get healthy. I tried a variety of diets and knew they were not going to work - what I really needed was a lifestyle change. So I made a decision to research everything I could and then make changes to the foods that I loved. Knowing I had a sweet tooth that I couldn't give up, I decided I would treat myself to a rich and decadent dessert once a week. I would look forward to it, and it would be everything I craved. I also decided that the dinners would be something my whole family could eat. Pizza, pasta and all the foods you think you can't eat when you are eating healthy are staples in our home. I discovered all the little changes I could make to those recipes that would allow me to still eat them and not feel guilty. Since then I have lost 85 pounds and gained a new healthy life! These recipes have helped my family to eat healthy and I hope they do the same for yours.