Everyday Mediterranean
A Complete Guide to the Mediterranean Diet with 90+ Simple, Nourishing Recipes
- Publisher
- Random House Canada
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2023
- Category
- Mediterranean, Diets, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780525611851
- Publish Date
- Dec 2023
- List Price
- $32.95
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Description
The Mediterranean diet made easy! Filled with 90+ easy-to-prepare recipes and expert, step-by-step nutrition advice, Everyday Mediterranean is your go-to companion for living a healthier lifestyle.
The Mediterranean diet is largely considered one of the healthiest ways to eat. Everyday Mediterranean shows us that it’s so much more than a diet—it’s a lifestyle characterized by plant-forward meals made with delicious quality ingredients (spices, herbs, legumes, and seafood, to name a few!) and cooking with healthy fats. Vanessa Perrone, a Registered Dietitian, offers her expert guidance and more than 90 exciting and simple-to-prepare recipes that will bring the power of the Mediterranean into your daily life. Sharing meals with loved ones is another important part of this lifestyle, and these are recipes the whole family will enjoy together.
Throughout the pages of this beautiful book, you’ll find:
- Easy and flavorful recipes: Walnut Zucchini Muffins, Creamy Farfalle Pasta Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Lentil Tabbouleh, Mackerel Bucatini with Crispy Anchovy Breadcrumbs, Baked Salmon with Gremolata Crust, and many, many more!
- Foundational knowledge: A thorough yet approachable overview of the diet, highlighting its principles and tips on incorporating each into your life.
- Practical advice: What kind of olive oil should you buy and use? How to get into the habit of adding more nutrient-dense food to your meals? How to stock a Mediterranean pantry?
- A focus on health benefits: A thorough exploration of the overall health benefits—including a reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes, improved heart health, and supporting mental health. Plus nutritional advice in each recipe!
The Mediterranean diet can be accessible for even the busiest schedules or the tightest budgets. It’s time to embrace the delicious food and health benefits of the Mediterranean diet, and Everyday Mediterranean is here to show you how!
About the author
Contributor Notes
VANESSA PERRONE has been working as a Registered Dietitian for over a decade, and as the clinical director of the well-established private practice, Motive Nutrition. She leads online programs and corporate workshops teaching individuals how to improve their cooking skills and implement healthier lifestyles. She lives in Montreal with her husband and two children.
Excerpt: Everyday Mediterranean: A Complete Guide to the Mediterranean Diet with 90+ Simple, Nourishing Recipes (by (author) Vanessa Perrone)
Excert from the Introduction
There is no best diet.
Considering the title of this book, this statement may come as a surprise. But while there is no best diet per se, there is a best way to eat for you. Your aim should be to find an eating pattern that will nourish your body but still feed your soul and please your taste buds—a way of eating that is easy and delicious, and avoids compromise.
As it turns out, the Mediterranean diet is not an eating pattern that I, nor anyone else, created. As we’ll discuss, it isn’t a diet at all. It represents the traditional eating pattern of real individuals who went about their lifestyle as best they knew how and happened to become one of history’s healthiest populations. The Mediterranean diet is characterized by plant-centric meals, seasonality, daily physical activity, and regular sharing of meals. So, although the Mediterranean diet is traditional, its principles are flexible and still translate to today. I learned of the benefits of the Mediterranean diet in school and now use it as a tool in my practice to prevent and treat chronic diseases. But I mostly learned the principles of a Mediterranean diet at home.
When you’re born into an Italian family, you inherit an almost innate passion for food that feels nothing short of winning a food culture lottery. Growing up, I witnessed culinary traditions passing down generations; some of my fondest memories were formed in the kitchen, and I felt my deepest emotions at the dinner table. This upbringing fanned the initial spark, and my passion for food began to grow. Food remains the centre of my universe, as I wear the hat of both mom and dietitian. In my professional world, I use food as a tool to nourish, prevent, and heal. At home, food is synonymous with tradition, culture, and celebration, all of which are essential to my healthy-living prescription.
This crossover of personal and professional life has inspired me to share the magic of the Mediterranean eating pattern with you. So, while there is no best diet, my mission in sharing with you the principles of the Mediterranean diet is to inspire you to adopt a nutritious, delicious way of eating that fits into your everyday without compromise. Sadly, it’s become too easy to lose touch with our food cultures. Diet culture is stronger than ever before, and this dangerous trade-off puts relationships with food, body image, and health at risk. Add this to work-life balance struggles and you may wonder if it is possible to eat well and feel well while still finding joy in eating.
Fortunately, there is a way to strike that delicate balance that is compatible with our modern lives. And I’m here to tell you how. Welcome to Everyday Mediterranean, a guide to eating well and living well according to the traditional Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean diet has stood the test of time as one of the healthiest eating patterns ever studied, with decades (and counting) of research supporting its benefits. The pattern and its principles have become a gold standard for lifelong health. In this book, you will learn the fundamental principles of the Mediterranean diet—and how to apply them to your life—through tips and recipes inspired by my heritage and favourite Mediterranean ingredients. There’s a little something for everyone—from olive oil granola to spinach falafel to baklava-style apple strudel and figgy energy bites.
I am delighted to bring tradition, modern inspiration, and flavor to your daily table, so that you too can make every day Mediterranean.
Editorial Reviews
“Through her lens as a dietitian, Vanessa artfully takes us on a culinary journey through the Mediterranean way of living in each vibrant page of Everyday Mediterranean. Simple, mouth-watering, and nourishing recipes, such as her No-Bake Honey Yogurt Tart, Fig and Olive Oil Granola, and Baked Salmon with Gremolata Crust are elevated enough for entertaining, yet approachable enough to serve any night of the week. This cookbook is a must for anyone wishing to get inspired in the kitchen and adopt a healthier way of life.”
—TORI WESSZER, RD, co-author of Fraiche Food, Full Hearts
“Connecting to our cultural food ways and embracing the simple joys of cooking and eating together is a recipe for true wellbeing. Vanessa’s approach to plant-forward cooking is about pleasure as much as it is about nutrition; the enticing recipes and gentle nutrition advice in Everyday Mediterranean will inspire you to eat well.”
—Desiree Nielsen, RD, author of Good for Your Gut and Eat More Plants
“Everyday Mediterranean is your ultimate guide to effortlessly enjoying the delicious flavors and incredible health benefits of the Mediterranean diet. With Vanessa’s guidance, you’ll have everything you need to improve your health the Mediterranean way and enjoy a delicious culinary journey!”
—Charlotte Martin, MS, RD, author of The Plant-Forward Solution and founder of Nutrition Daily
“Everyday Mediterranean is oozing with love and backed by so much valuable information on living a healthy lifestyle. The photos are gorgeous and I can’t wait to cook from this beautiful cookbook. It should be in everyone’s kitchen around the world!”
—Joy McCarthy, CNP, author and founder of Joyous Health