Anne Danahy

Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Two: 100 Perfectly Portioned Recipes for Healthy Eating by Anne Danahy,RDN
Dedication page and then starts with table of contents where recipes are broken up into meal categories.
Lots of basic information about the Med diet plan and other aspects of it=-good resource.
Like chart showing portion sizes you need to be in taking, so clear.
Each meal section starts with a full color photo and a summary of the category.
Each recipe starts with a title, prep and cook show more times and servings. also total time, allergy free, gluten, etc are mentioned
Summary of the ingredients and why they are so special to the recipe and health benefits.
List of ingredients is given and you should be able to use a low fat, low sugar, low sodium product as well for your healthier dietary needs.
Directions are given and there is some nutritional information: calories, total fat, total carbs, fiber, protein, sugar, sodium and cholesterol. Fat is NOT broken up into good or bad.
There are no individual pictures for recipes.
Wish at the start of each of the chapters there was an index of the recipes included.
Conversion measurement charts are also included at the end along with references, index, and about the author.
A KEEPER for me because of nutritional information included and wide variety of items.
I received this review copy from The Callisto Publisher's Club and this is my honest opinion. show less

The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Two is just that, a diet book for two, comprised of mostly vegetarian recipes.
There is an overview of the Mediterranean diet which helps you to understand what the diet is.
There are 8 principles of the Mediterranean Diet:
Focus on Vegetables
Change your thoughts about meat
Herbs and spices
Dairy foods
Grains
Fruits
The Mediterrean diet reduces the risk of heart disease
Beneficial for weight management
May reverse metabolic sydrome
Reduces the risk of, and helps show more manage Diabetes
Improves brain health and cognitive function
It may also reduce the risk of cancer.
The recipes are simple, easy to make and don't take a lot of time. there are recipes for breakfast, snacks, soups, salads, vegetable mains, fish and seafood mains, poultry mains, beef, pork and lamb mains, simple side dishes and desserts and sweets.
I have marked several recipes that I want to try.
The book is easy to read and understand, I just wish there were more pictures. Other than that, this book is certainly one to have on the cookbook shelf! show less