Living the Mediterranean Diet

A full-color guide to the Mediterranean Diet, featuring weight-loss techniques, lifestyle changes and tasty recipes.Living the Mediterranean Diet creates an approachable way to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle and includes a bounty of traditional Mediterranean recipes presented with a California flair. With the fresh and nutritious recipes in this book, you can enjoy creative dishes to stay healthy and fit:* Butternut Squash-Pomegranate Hummus* Eggplant and Kalamata Rolls* Heirloom Tomato and Kale Pizza* Barley Risotto with Mushroom, Fig and Arugula* Wild Salmon with Dill-Yogurt Sauce* Tuscan Tomato and Cannellini Soup with Kale* Seared Scallops over Spinach* Whole Roasted Apple-Rosemary Chicken* Farfalle Pasta with Sunflower Seed Pesto* Quinoa Kale Salad with Roasted SquashHearty whole grains; crisp, farmers' market vegetables; luscious, garden-grown fruits; freshly caught fish-the Mediterranean Diet has proven itself as one of the most sustainable programs for improving health and achieving your ideal weight."e;Mediterranean dining came naturally to the authors. Nigro's family was Italian-American, so it was in his blood. And Ewald's family grew up on a farm, so their focus on fresh, un-processed, plant-based foods was already a way of life. I like that this is more a lifestyle than a diet. It doesn't endorse CrossFit and protein shakes. It is instead a life that embraces enjoyment. Pleasure is to be found in nature, health in eating naturally."e; -Ellen Clifford, writer for HelloGiggles (the positive online community founded by Zooey Deschanel, Molly McAleer, and Sophia Rossi)

A full-color guide to the Mediterranean Diet, featuring weight-loss techniques, lifestyle changes and tasty recipes.Living the Mediterranean Diet creates an approachable way to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle and includes a bounty of traditional Mediterranean recipes presented with a California flair. With the fresh and nutritious recipes in this book, you can enjoy creative dishes to stay healthy and fit:* Butternut Squash-Pomegranate Hummus* Eggplant and Kalamata Rolls* Heirloom Tomato and Kale Pizza* Barley Risotto with Mushroom, Fig and Arugula* Wild Salmon with Dill-Yogurt Sauce* Tuscan Tomato and Cannellini Soup with Kale* Seared Scallops over Spinach* Whole Roasted Apple-Rosemary Chicken* Farfalle Pasta with Sunflower Seed Pesto* Quinoa Kale Salad with Roasted SquashHearty whole grains; crisp, farmers' market vegetables; luscious, garden-grown fruits; freshly caught fish-the Mediterranean Diet has proven itself as one of the most sustainable programs for improving health and achieving your ideal weight."e;Mediterranean dining came naturally to the authors. Nigro's family was Italian-American, so it was in his blood. And Ewald's family grew up on a farm, so their focus on fresh, un-processed, plant-based foods was already a way of life. I like that this is more a lifestyle than a diet. It doesn't endorse CrossFit and protein shakes. It is instead a life that embraces enjoyment. Pleasure is to be found in nature, health in eating naturally."e; -Ellen Clifford, writer for HelloGiggles (the positive online community founded by Zooey Deschanel, Molly McAleer, and Sophia Rossi)