The Everything Mediterranean Diet Book: All You Need to Lose Weight and Stay Healthy!

With 150 original recipes, menu plans, and dieting tips, you'll get a comprehensive tour of the Mediterranean diet! By combining nutrient-rich vegetables, healthful olive oils, and plenty of exercise, this lifestyle can help you shed pounds and prevent myriad diseases. Here, you'll learn how to adopt heart-healthy habits and create recipes like:

• Chicken Tagine with Whole-Wheat Couscous
• White Bean and Tomato Pizza
• Grilled Fennel Shrimp
• Pancetta with Peaches
• Hazelnut Ricotta Cake

By learning the science behind better eating and how to utilize the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid, you will eat your way to better health--and feel like a Greek god or goddess in the process

Author: Connie Diekman, Sam Sotiropoulos
Publisher: Everything
Published: 12/18/2010
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.21h x 8.10w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781440506741
ISBN10: 1440506744
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Health & Healing | General
- Cooking | Regional & Ethnic | Mediterranean
- Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition | Diets

About the Author
Connie Diekman, Med, RD, LD, FADA is immediate past president of the American Dietetic Association. She is now the director of university nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis. Diekman is a member of the advisory board for Parent's Magazine. She has researched and reported on the Mediterranean diet and has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, and the Today Show.
Sam Sotiropoulos is a first-generation Greek-Canadian. He has worked as a cook in Toronto's vibrant Greektown, as well as in the posh Athens suburb of Glyfada, Greece. He honed his cooking skills in restaurants on the Aegean islands of Kos and Santorini. He writes a blog about traditional Greek foods, www.greekgourmand.com.