High-Fibre Cookbook

Over 30 sensational recipes provide the first step to a healthier diet, from Minestrone, Seven-Vegetable Couscous and Chicken & Bean Risotto to Sprouted Seed Salad, Baked Stuffed Apples and Fruity Muesli Bars. Dietary fibre plays an essential part in a balanced diet. It is important for maintaining a healthy digestive system and in the prevention of heart disease and certain cancers. It is easy to increase the fibre content of your meals by replacing refined ingredients with unrefined ones, or by adding extra beans, fruits or vegetables to dishes. All the tempting and nutritious recipes in this book contain a minimum of 4g of fibre per serving providing a varied selection of ideas to help you increase your daily fibre intake. Choose from soups, appetizers, fish, chicken, meat, vegetarian dishes, salads, desserts and baking, all illustrated with 50 inspiring photographs. Part of the Cooks Kitchen Series, this book has been written by a professional chef and all the recipes have been properly tested in our chefs own kitchen. Ingredients are measured out in metric and imperial and US cup measures are also included.