Product Description

What you are is what you eat and everyone wants to be healthy and look their best. Gordon Ramsay super-fit chef, marathon runner and high-energy television presenter is a great advertisement for eating well and staying in the peak of good health. For this third series of The F Word, he has put together over 100 dishes that are completely in tune with the way we want to eat today packed with fresh, vital ingredients cooked in the most healthy way to achieve maximum flavour. Geared around our daily lives he gives ideas and recipes for healthy breakfasts, lunches, barbecues, suppers, desserts, kids and entertaining, demonstrates healthy cooking methods that guarantee optimum flavour, and tells us which are his favourite healthy ingredients. Recipes include Mango and Smoked Chicken Salad, Griddle Squid with Roasted Peppers and Cannellini Beans, Wild Mushroom Risotto with baked Courgettes and Roasted Peaches with Vanilla and Spices. With its fresh, colourful photographs and clean modern design, this is a worthy follower to his hugely successful Fast Food and Sunday Lunch.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-02
• Released on: 2008-05-02
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

The Times Magazine, 26th April, 2008
He's tackled fast food- now Gordon Ramsay has set his sights on our expanding waistlines, creating delicious new recipes that are big on taste but not on calories.

Latest Homes, 15th May, 2008
A new recipe book collecting together over 125 mouthwatering recipes, centered around healthy living....making extraordinary and delicious dishes that focus on staying in th peak of good health.

The Times Body & Soul, 26th April, 2008
Get in shape with delicious recipes from Gordon Ramsay's new book Healthy Appetite.

Customer Reviews

Jean Turner
Fantastic read and usual high standard that we expect from Mr Ramsay - thoroughly recommend to all

Irresistable!
Wonderful, inventive recipes that inspire not only a healthier way of eating but are just great in themselves. The sort of book where I want to work my way through every recipe (and probably will). Just ordered a second copy for my cooking but health conscious son. Terrific! Well done Gordon.

If you love a `Full English Breakfast'
this is still the book for you......but if a `Herb Omelette with Cherry Tomatoes' is more your scene.......the good news is.....`Healthy Appetite - Recipes from the f Word' is unlikely to disappoint many!

`After all, a big part of living a good life is the enjoyment of food' .... and you can't say fairer than that!

Gordon isn't the first and he won't be the last to quote:-
`What you are is what you eat' or words to that effect...

From the introduction:-

`Healthy eating is a topic close to my heart.
I've been passionate about leaving a healthy lifestyle for many years now...

Now let me clarify: this is not a diet book.
Those who know me know that I don't believe in faddy diets.
I do, however, believe that I can prepare and serve healthy food without jeopardising taste and flavour, or drastically changing my style of cooking. Whether it's an elegant dinner party or a simple mid-week supper, a few simple adjustments are all that's needed to make our favourite meals that bit more balanced...lower in fat and calories yet rich in energy-giving nutrients.
Choosing the right ingredients is the core of healthy eating. It's not just a matter of selecting the leanest cuts of meat and reducing the amount of fat we consume, it helps to know which ingredients are at their peak at any given time, both in terms of flavour and nutrition.........
When it comes to putting a healthy dish together, balance and moderation are key. It's not simply a matter of putting the right types of food on a plate. How the food is cooked and seasoned and how the whole menu comes together are just as important.
And I don't advocate cutting out butter and cream completely, just using a little here and there where it will really enhance the flavour of a dish....'

An eye-catching book in its own right with bright lime green covers and white titling.....(if you would rather not have GR peeking out over the top of his leafy greens on the dust-jacket!).....opens to 256 high quality matt pages split over 9 chapters:-

Healthy breakfast
Healthy brunch/lunch
Healthy working lunch
Healthy Sunday lunch
Healthy barbecues
Healthy suppers
Healthy kids
Healthy entertaining
Healthy desserts

plus an introduction, which includes a `Healthy Cooking Techniques' section, a `Healthy Basics' section, finishing with a concise index and a page of acknowledgments.

Over 125 recipes laid out in the familiar GR format as seen in his other best sellers, `Fast Food' and `Sunday Lunch', where this book follows on from.
The useful `5 ways with' sections are here, e.g. :-

`Oats'
`Tomatoes'

along with useful information sections, e.g.:-

`Omega-3 boost'
`Avoid the bad fats'
`Getting the right balance'

Each recipe is clearly laid out with the, the number of servings, a list of ingredients and the clearly presented method.
The majority have a photograph(s) and more often than not a useful note or two, e.g.:-

`Melon and Berry Salad'
`Rich in Vitamin C to boost your immunity'

There are a number of `on location' shots, also.

A taste of the other recipes within:-

Berry and yoghurt smoothie
Seeded honey loaf
Cod and tomato chowder
Smoked trout, orange and wild rocket salad
Spinach and goat's cheese soufflé
Spaghetti vongole
Borscht
Mango, avocado and smoked chicken salad
Roast chicken with baby vegetables
Sticky baked chicken drumsticks
Spicy beef curry
Venison pie with sweet potato topping
Glazed gammon with pineapple salsa
Lamb kebabs with peppers and tomatoes
Four cabbage coleslaw
Glazed ling with sweet `n' sour shallots
Steamed prawns with black bean sauce
Vietnamese beef and noodle soup
Braised pork with leeks and pak choi
Calves liver with caramelised onions
Penne primavera
Lunchbox dips and dunkers
Stir-fried duck in lettuce cups
Mixed fish sashimi
Pot-roast sirloin of beef with root vegetables
Vanilla pannacotta with blueberry sauce
Spiced apple cake
Pavlova with roasted rhubarb fool
Poached pears in mulled wine
Lime mousse
Chocolate mousse - `a lighter version of my cook-along recipe'

My only criticism is that I do miss the quick reference recipe list at the front, but this is just habit from my very regular use of `Fast Food'!