Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite [Hardcover]

Gordon Ramsay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2009

You are what you eat — and everyone wants to be healthy and look his or her best. A fit chef, marathon runner, and high-energy television presenter, Gordon Ramsay is a walking advertisement for eating well and staying in the peak of good health. In this new book, which includes recipes from The F Word, he has put together over 100 dishes that reflect the way we want to eat today. Geared around our daily lives, the book offers sensible, fun ideas and recipes for healthy breakfasts, lunches, barbecues, suppers, desserts, food for kids, and entertaining, and demonstrates how to cook for both health and flavor. Recipes include Mango and Smoked Chicken Salad, Griddle Squid with Roasted Peppers and Cannellini Beans, Wild Mushroom Risotto with Baked Courgettes, and Roasted Peaches with Vanilla and Spices. Featuring colorful photographs and clean modern design, this is a worthy follower to the successful Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food.

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About the Author

GORDON RAMSAY's sublime cooking has consistently earned him Michelin stars at his celebrated, eponymous London restaurant in Chelsea, and he has extended his superlative cooking franchise to New York, Paris, and Los Angeles. Now a celebrated TV personality, his award-winning TV series include The F Word, Kitchen Nightmares and Hell's Kitchen. His bestselling books have sold more than 1.3 million copies worldwide. He lives in London, England.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Key Porter Books; 1 edition (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1554701333
• ISBN-13: 978-1554701339
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,818 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I like this new simplified Ramsey style, October 7, 2009

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Jennifer Hughes "irishgalinabq" (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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I was a bit skeptical as I have another older Ramsey book which I never use (odd, hard to find ingredients, hours of cooking & prep time turned me off) so I was a bit skeptical when I saw this book. However, I have now cooked about 8 of the recipes from this book and they were all delicious and very easy to make with ingredients that I can buy at my local grocery store. I like this new "everyone can cook fast healthy delicious food" attitude Ramsey has going. Everything tasted amazing too even though it is healthy! Also, the way he has laid out the cooking methods is excellent. All recipes are easy to follow and completed in a few simple steps.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A++, May 22, 2009

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B. Mitchum - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite (Hardcover)

Love Gordon Ramsay - Love his recipes. Easy to follow and delicious. They make me feel like I am a gourmet chef who cares about the quality of my food. I recommend this book to any level of cook/chef. Ramsay's simpleness is refreshing. A++

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super healthy and super tasty!, November 10, 2009

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K. Miller "Audaci" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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My partner was given this and together we've made so many recipes from this book! The roast chicken was amazing, the goats cheese souffle's came out perfect, I couldn't stop eating the minestrone - and I never thought prawn and watermelon would go so well together but gave it a shot anyway and it was a lovely and fun meal!

One reviewer said the meals didn't seem appetising - to that I say just try them anyway because I felt the same but will try (and eat) anything once. It really was a pleasant surprise and I keep picking random dishes from the book 'just to try'. I must say I've never had so many successes from the one cookbook, usually they're quite hit and miss, but Ramsay balances flavours SO well. Some of the recipes are a touch simple (i.e. oatmeal), but I get the impression that this book has been targeted at men. And if it has then it works, because it's the one book my partner doesn't mind opening up and cooking something from.

Furthermore, this book is very much in keeping with the Mediterranean food pyramid (Google it), which has been shown not only to aid in weight loss, but reduce cholesterol, and the risk of cardiovascular disease. I can't recommend this book highly enough.