If you have all the ingredients at home, or perhaps even a finished meal in the fridge/freezer, it's actually easier - and quicker! - to get a healthy meal than to order take-away. I keep stocks, spice mixes, pastes and so on in stock so that I'm always halfway to a great-tasting meal and I'll just need to add protein and vegetables.
Meal-planning is a great way to take control over what you eat. I'll take a little time during the week to go through some of my favourite recipes and select what I want to cook in the coming days.
Aubergine with buttermilk and pomegranate
Aubergine rolls with pesto
Avocado
Tricolore - tomato, avocado and mozzarella salad with olives
Carrots
Chicken
Chicken with rhubarb, almond and spices
Coconut
Coconut pancakes
Eggs
Poached eggs
Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon
Mango
Mango pickles
Olives
Tomato, avocado and mozzarella salad with olives
Salmon
Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon
Tomatoes
Tomato, avocado and mozzarella salad with olives
Watermelon
Yoghurt
Mango pickles
Olives
Tomato, avocado and mozzarella salad with olives
Salmon
Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon
Tomatoes
Tomato, avocado and mozzarella salad with olives
Watermelon
Yoghurt
Lemongrass yoghurt
Cook for your life - by Ian Thorpe
The Australian swimmer is an outstanding athlete who knows from his own experience how important it is to eat healthy and nutritious food in order to get optimal results, physically as well as mentally. Ian's philosophy is that he wants to get all the nutrients that he needs from his food. He doesn't want to take any suppliments. Passionate about cooking since childhood he also doesn't want to compromise on taste. The result is a collection of healthy and tasty recipes from all over the world. There is also a basic list of home-made stocks and pastes that makes it easy for you to cook great-tasting made-from-scratch food even with a hectic schedule.
Here's Ian on his passion for food and his strategy for eating healthy.
Plenty - by Yotam Ottolenghi
When you need inspiration to cook your vegetables in new, tasty ways. Skip the recipes with bread, breadcrumbs, grains, rice, roots, pasta, polenta and couscous if you want to avoid eating food that upsets your fat metabolism. You can also find a lot of the recipes by Yotam on The Guardian's website.
Marmalade & Mileposts - food blog by Carrie Brown
Carrie is a former pastry chef (yep!) who used to create pastry for the Queen of England. Now she treats the rest of us like royalty with her sugar- and starch-free recipes for cookies, cakes, soups and what have you. This website is particularly good if you have a sweet tooth and chocolate cravings. Don't let some of the weird ingredients scare you off. You can find them in a well-assorted health store or on Amazon. I also want to give a shout-out to Carrie for just being an awesome, happy, brave and inspiring person in general!
Some cookbooks
Here is a list of some of the cookbooks that I love and use very frequently.Cook for your life - by Ian Thorpe
The Australian swimmer is an outstanding athlete who knows from his own experience how important it is to eat healthy and nutritious food in order to get optimal results, physically as well as mentally. Ian's philosophy is that he wants to get all the nutrients that he needs from his food. He doesn't want to take any suppliments. Passionate about cooking since childhood he also doesn't want to compromise on taste. The result is a collection of healthy and tasty recipes from all over the world. There is also a basic list of home-made stocks and pastes that makes it easy for you to cook great-tasting made-from-scratch food even with a hectic schedule.
Here's Ian on his passion for food and his strategy for eating healthy.
Plenty - by Yotam Ottolenghi
When you need inspiration to cook your vegetables in new, tasty ways. Skip the recipes with bread, breadcrumbs, grains, rice, roots, pasta, polenta and couscous if you want to avoid eating food that upsets your fat metabolism. You can also find a lot of the recipes by Yotam on The Guardian's website.
Marmalade & Mileposts - food blog by Carrie Brown
Carrie is a former pastry chef (yep!) who used to create pastry for the Queen of England. Now she treats the rest of us like royalty with her sugar- and starch-free recipes for cookies, cakes, soups and what have you. This website is particularly good if you have a sweet tooth and chocolate cravings. Don't let some of the weird ingredients scare you off. You can find them in a well-assorted health store or on Amazon. I also want to give a shout-out to Carrie for just being an awesome, happy, brave and inspiring person in general!
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