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All Sorts of Healthy Dishesfeatures 96 delicious yet healthy recipes for family meals and entertaining. Author Chantal Lascaris has travelled widely throughout the Mediterranean region and has taken her inspiration from the cuisine of the countries bordering on the Med. As she has always been interested in health and nutrition, she has focused on the Mediterranean diet cooking, which is relaxed, tastes absolutely wonderful and still offers well-documented health benefits. Moreover, she has ensured that all the ingredients are easily available in South Africa.
Accompanied by mouth-watering food photography, the recipes will take you on a culinary journey through the Mediterranean zones of France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Spain, and Turkey. Instead of an expensive travel itinerary, all you need is your kitchen, cooking utensils and a copy ofAll Sorts of Healthy Dishes. And if youre planning to invite your friends, there is even a selection of menus to guide you.
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About the author
Chantal Lascaris is a successful businesswoman who has a hand in several entrepreneurial ventures. After her short stint in advertising, she entered the fashion industry designing and manufacturing hotel uniforms for hotels in Africa and the Middle East. She now owns a Sorbet Beauty Salon in Somerset West, is a qualified pilates fitness instructor and has just completed her second cookbook titledAll Sorts of Healthy Dishes,due to be published by Struik Lifestyle in October.
All Sorts of Healthy Dishesis a culmination of Chantals family history, her culinary trips abroad and her passion for maintaining optimum health. For as long as she can remember, shes had a fascination with food and beauty, and the irrefutable link between the two. I strongly feel that what you eat impacts whats happening to your body both internally and externally.Her new cookbook is a follow-up toAll Sorts of Saladswith a strong emphasis on the healthy Mediterranean way of eating. It focuses on a nutritious lifestyle which shes rediscovered through her family background.
Chantal has always been intrigued by the longevity and general health of communities in the Mediterranean and travelled to France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Morocco to learn more about the diets of these countries. She spent quite some time with local vendors at food markets and eateries; she visited peoples homes and even lived in Southern France for a bit.I learnt so much from these experiences; from the Bouquei in Barcelona to the vibrant spice markets of Marrakesh. I also spent time in North Africa and Turkey people often forget these also form part of the Mediterranean! I went on a thorough food journey where I got to experience and understand local ingredients. All of this has been integrated into my new cookbook.Chantal has adapted the recipes to local produce and availability so that everyone can taste a piece of her culinary adventure. The ingredients used inAll Sorts of Healthy Dishesare easily available and easy on the pocket too.
Affordability is not the only highlight of the Mediterranean lifestyle; its very doable. It boasts healthy and reasonably priced ingredients that are basic and have fantastic health benefits.Its been proven time and time again to help reduce Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, while breaking down elevated levels of cholesterol all of which are health problems in South Africa. In the past, eating seasonally was the only way to eat. I say its now the only way we should eat, both for our own good and the sustainability of the planet.Chantal has become accustomed to this way of eating and considers it part of her daily lifestyle. Its simple, uncomplicated and all about balance.As a regular entertainer of guests and a lover of good food that the entire family can enjoy, Chantal appreciates the straightforward technique and wholesomeness of the dishesprepared in her cookbook.
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