Good Mood Food: Simple Healthy Homecooking [Paperback]

Donal Skehan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 5, 2010

Keeping an open mind and a positive approach to what you eat is one of the most important steps when it comes to improving your health. The Good Mood Food approach to cooking is straightforward and full of health benefits by improving your mood, sleeping patterns, energy levels, and mental state. With delicious recipes for Gazpacho Salad, Sesame Chicken Satay Skewers, Real Baked Beans with Focaccia, Apple and Oatmeal Muffins, Ginger Lemon and Honey Tea, Baked Dill and Garlic Salmon, Baked Pears with Spiced Honey and Peanut Butter Cookies among others, Good Mood Food is a healthy delight! ""This book is a feast for the eyes. . . An incredible first cookbook."" - Library Journal ""Truly lives up to the promise of its title and is highly recommended."" -The Midwest Book Review

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This book is a feast for the eyes. . . An incredible first cookbook. --Library Journal

Truly lives up to the promise of its title and is highly recommended. --The Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Donal Skehan writes the Good Mood Food Blog , lives in Dublin where he works as a producer with Bubble Hits, Ireland's first music channel. He has also tried his hand as TV presenting, the odd bit of singing and cheffing at a fortress in Sweden, and he believes variety is the spice of life!

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Mercier Press (May 5, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1856356299
• ISBN-13: 978-1856356299
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,009,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #50 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > European > Irish

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reliable Recipes, May 25, 2010

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I'm usually dissapointed with my cookbook purchases; many dishes that look promising end up tasting just so-so, or have such exotic ingredients that are very difficult to find in my area. Not so with this book; every recipe I've tried has turned out very good. It is amazing how Donal can take very simple ingredients, and prepare them in such a way that ends up tasting complex.

Even though many of these recipes are posted on his blog, it is much more convenient to have them in a book form. Other than my having to translate oven temperatures, measurements, and some ingredients ("Rocket" is arugula, "Courgette" is zucchini) the instructions are very straightforward and clear. I use this cookbook more than any other I own, and my family and I have never been dissapointed with the outcome. Every recipe is a winner!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly lives up to the promise of its title, February 12, 2010

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Mood Food: Simple Healthy Homecooking (Paperback)

In "Good Mood Food: Simple Healthy Homecooking", Donal Skehan emphasizes the importance the necessity of paying attention to what you eat as a fundamental necessity for having good health. What we eat and in what quantities affects our mood, our sleep, our energy, and our overall mental health. That's why Skehan has created this 288-page compendium dedicated to recipes of dishes for all dining occasions from breakfast to lunch to dinner. There are invaluable chapters of recipes devoted to aiding the body in healing and the removal of toxic substances. Of special note is the chapter showcasing recipes for 'Sweets and Treats'. Profusely illustrated throughout, the thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly', step-by-step recipes range from Oat Pancakes; Sesame Chicken Satay Skewers; Asian Steam Baked Fish Parcels; and Real Baked Beans with Ciabatta; to Prawn and Potato Basil Salad; Red Pepper Soup; Baked Pears with Spiced Honey; and a Bacon, Avocado and Sundried Tomato Sandwich. Of special note is the opening chapter offering basic information on storage and freezer essentials, basic tomato sauce, basic chick stock, growing herbs, and washing salad leaves. "Good Mood Food: Simple Healthy Homecooking" truly lives up to the promise of its title and is highly recommended for personal and community library cookbook collections.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy and tasty and good for you, too., August 23, 2010

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L. Hickey "Liza" (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Mood Food: Simple Healthy Homecooking (Paperback)

One of my own personal preferences is that a cookbook include pictures of the finished recipe - and this book has lovely full-page color photos for each of the easy-to-follow recipes included. One negative is that it doesn't include nutritional information, which is always helpful for those of us trying hard to watch our calories or fat or carb intakes. But one thing to remember is that all of these recipes are healthy, and when eaten in the recommended portions, won't contribute to expanding your waistline.