JHB West - July 2020

BOOKS FOR
HEALTHY COOKS
Indulgent and show-stopping, Vegan Cakes is the place where traditional
baking rules are thrown out of the window, proving you don’t need dairy
and eggs to create baked wonders. In Sarah Hardy’s book, you’ll find recipes
for a pink vanilla dream cake and sherry berry trifle, a rose and ginger
cheesecake and black sesame banana bread. Step-by-step recipes, yummy
photos and tips about vegan icing and decorations, this is one all vegans –
actual or aspiring – will love. Hardie Grant Books, R340.
Yes, you’d love to lose weight, but
where to start? Consulting dietitian
Regine du Plessis gives all the info
you need plus recipes for 1000 kJ
meals, in A Slimmer You Cookbook.
The introduction includes topics
such as BMI (body mass index) and
cholesterol, how to balance daily
food intake with physical activity as
well as the role of carbohydrates,
proteins and fats in our diet. Don’t
despair ... it’s not all lettuce and
lemon juice. Yes, you can have fried
egg and bacon for brekkie, or tuck
into a burger or yummy savoury beef
mince. You can even splash out and
enjoy chicken in red wine or ostrich
fillet steak with a baked potato. Got
a sweet tooth? Sorry, no luck, as this
book sticks firmly to breakfasts, salads,
soups, chicken, meat, fish and pasta.
Struik Lifestyle, R300.
Local foodie darling Sarah Graham has just released another of her brilliant
cookbooks, this one featuring plant-based recipes. Super Natural is, Sarah says,
‘a celebration of vegetables (and their humble friends ... fruit, whole grains,
nuts, seeds, legumes and pulses)’. Great, seasonal, plant-based food. We will, this
month, be making her whole roasted tandoori cauliflower flatbreads and her
salted peanut butter oak cookies. Then so much more. As you’d expect from
Sarah – amazing! Penguin Random House, R320.
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