Breakfast: The Cookbook

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Our winner, " The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook," includes 500 recipes, meal planning suggestions, and much more. The " 5-Ingredient Mediterranean Cookbook," however, is both budget-friendly and great for beginners. What to Look for in a Mediterranean Cookbook Number of Recipes

For the month of December (2022), I’m donating all proceeds from sales of my book to the World Central Kitchen Ukraine relief fund. If you plan to cook exclusively from this new book as a part of your new diet, purchasing a book with more recipes will give you more options and variety; this might be particularly helpful if you’re cooking for a larger family with lots of different meal preferences. On the other hand, if you plan to use the book only occasionally or for cooking for a particular family member or guest, you don’t necessarily need quite as many recipes and can opt for a smaller book. Quality is what matters, not quantity. Which leads me to a second point. For whom is The Healthy Breakfast Cookbook healthy? I have recently drunk the kool aid for the Mediterranean diet/lifestyle and am completely convinced that this is the way to eat. So to see a cookbook suggesting that adding ground beef to the already healthy shashuka (a definitely healthy Mediterranean dish without meat) makes it healthier seems like sacrilege. I can’t imagine in what situation eating ground beef is healthy to begin with. Toss in all of the recipes in which bacon (a processed food) and sausage (also processed) appear and I’m certain that “healthy” shouldn’t be in the title.This solid recipe collection will be a boon to those whose favorite meal of the day is their first.' - Publishers Weekly The Mediterranean diet is a popular diet that’s proven to be particularly helpful when it comes to heart health. It's recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and World Health Organization, according to the Mayo Clinic, as a means to “promote health and prevent chronic disease.” Most of the meals looked pretty easy to make - though those with the unfamiliar ingredients did seem a smidge intimidating! (But that's half the fun of trying a new cookbook!). A clean layout is paramount to a great cookbook. After all, if it’s too difficult to read, you’re not likely to use it. Highlights of an easy to use cookbook can include numbered directions, substitutions for ingredients, information like serving sizes or cook time, pictures with each recipe, conversion tables, a well-organized table of contents, helpful tips.

Handy tips and tools―Advice for substituting ingredients, making prep as easy as possible, and perfecting staples such as hard-boiled eggs. Admirably substantive ... with its simple concept and impressive breadth, Breakfast: The Cookbook offers a satisfyingly feel-good take on the most universal meal, one that will open home cooks' eyes to food traditions beyond their own while reminding them just how alike we all are.' - EaterGiven that the Mediterranean diet is named after the sea the region surrounds, it should come as no surprise that seafood is a main staple. That said, there are a number of other foods that are commonly found in Mediterranean diets, including: Also worth mentioning-The cholesterol found in egg yolks and butter is the GOOD kind of cholesterol, and in egg yolks, you also get LOADS of vitamins and minerals.