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A holistic approach to weight loss with easy Mediterranean diet recipes and a 28-day meal plan.

The Mediterranean diet is a healthy and delicious way to lose weight and nurture your overall health and well-being. Filled with 100 tasty, low-calorie recipes and a 28-day meal plan to help kick-start your weight loss, this Mediterranean diet cookbook is specifically designed to help you lose weight, keep it off, and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

This is more than a cookbook, it's a comprehensive book on the Mediterranean diet that offers a healthy alternative for weight loss. Explore simple Mediterranean diet recipes that cut calories without sacrificing flavor, like Berry and Yogurt Parfait, Easy Zucchini Lasagna Wraps, and One-Pan Tuscan Chicken. Four weeks of pre-planned menus and exercise routines help you establish healthy habits and accelerate your weight loss without requiring much time or effort.

This Mediterranean cookbook includes:

A Mediterranean diet primer―Learn more about the pitfalls of the standard American diet and how the Mediterranean diet offers a healthy alternative for sustainable weight loss and holistic well-being.

The science of weight loss―Get essential information about how weight loss works, including how to identify your daily caloric intake, the importance of exercise and rest, and tips for portion control.

Quick and easy dishes―Spend less time in the kitchen with convenient recipe labels for 30-minute and one-pot meals, plus make-ahead tips, shopping lists, and suggestions for leftovers.

Exercise, rest, and relaxation tips―Discover how to get the most out of your workouts and create a schedule of sleep and activity that facilitates weight loss.

Lose weight and feel your best with help from this complete Mediterranean diet guide and cookbook.

From the Publisher

Achieve your weight loss goals with the help of:

A Mediterranean diet primer

Learn more about the pitfalls of the standard American diet and how the Mediterranean diet offers a healthy alternative for sustainable weight loss and holistic well-being.

The science of weight loss

Get essential information about how weight loss works, including understanding your daily caloric intake, the importance of exercise and rest, and tips for portion control.

Quick and easy dishes

Spend less time in the kitchen with convenient recipe labels for 30-minute and one-pot meals, plus make-ahead tips, shopping lists, and suggestions for leftovers.

Exercise and relaxation tips

Discover how to get the most out of your workouts and create a schedule of sleep and activity that facilitates weight loss.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Callisto (August 22, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1623159407
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1623159405
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.6 x 9.25 inches
Reviewer: Jessica Lavender
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Helped me to plan my new lifestyle change.
Review: I am a 38 year old obese female. I received lab work showing I had elevated cholesterol. I decided it was time to get serious and make some changes. I ordered this book, because although I can find anything online I really enjoy having the book in front of me. This book was enlightening, helped to break things down. I liked the weekly meal plan, along with your grocery list. Just remember to add in your snacks to your grocery list, they are not included in the break down. I did not 100% stick to her plan. The nightly meals were large enough that a lot of times my husband and I would eat it for 2 nights. So I didn’t have the leftovers for lunch. I would usually just eat salads. Also sometimes I would improvise a meal. I live in a small town in the South, so I don’t always have access to some of the ingredients. We have enjoyed the dishes, packed with flavor. The only thing is I wish that the recipes had pictures, not a big deal I just enjoy the look of the end results. I started my new lifestyle as of 6/7/24, as of date I am down 30 pounds. And my cholesterol has improved drastically, only a little bit more to go before I am in normal range. I feel better, and within days my feet didn’t hurt as bad. Obviously they were quite inflamed. My blood pressure (although not terrible) has improved. In my short time I am already a big advocate for the Mediterranean Diet, and this book is a good starting point.

Reviewer: Elaine M.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book
Review: This book is well written, easy to follow. Recipes are easy and taste so good! If you follow this the weight comes off so fast. I love to cook but even if you don't the way this works is your dinner is always your lunch c h the next day! It's brilliant! I have purchased a few of these to give to relatives and recommend to friends.

Reviewer: L. Wright
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Useful but with Flaws
Review: We started using this cookbook to improve our eating habits a couple months ago.ProsI have lost weight utilizing the book, even though it was the holidays and even though I have not strictly stuck to the diet plan. We eat dinners only 3-4 times a week from it.Using these recipes has helped me learn how my cooking can be healthier. For example: Using olive oil instead of butter. Heavier emphasis on vegetables. Adding flavor with garlic, lemon and herbs instead of unhealthy fats. Limiting meats with saturated fats, but not eliminating them.We have found many delicious new recipes to add to our repertoire. The Greek Salad. Orzo with spinach and feta. Pasta puttanesca. Salmon with Gremolata sauce. Halibut in papillote. Chicken piccata. Greek meatballs. Balsamic carrots.Weekly menus. The menu plans helped perspective on portion sizes and ideas for combining recipes to make a meal. The only time I lost any weight with this diet, was when I did not do the snacks, however. Total calories still counts.ConsThere are many items that I cannot find. Fennel and quite a few types of seafood. She does have good suggestions for substitutions.The shopping lists are a wonderful idea, but ended up in buying too much food. I found it best to consult each recipe individually and make my list from that. That also gave me the opportunity to see if I really needed a more expensive version of something. For example, if an herb was just a garnish or could be substituted with a dried version.Serving sizes. Serving sizes for the recipes vary from 1 people to 8 people. I serve meals that range from 1 to 8, depending upon visiting family members. This was another reason looking at each recipe to adjust to expected people served and amounts needed was necessary to create my own shopping lists.Inconsistencies. The recipes needed more testing/editing. The suggested servings didn't always match the amounts listed in the menu or nutrition info. Some recipes needed to be cooked far less time than stated. Or took far more time than stated. Not too difficult to figure out if you are an experienced cook, but could create some disappointments for a beginner.Finally, and this is more a personal taste thing, there were times when there was just too much of things that were not well received by my audience. One week is very heavy on the times spinach is served (although in many creative ways). I learned to half the lemon, although I liked the citrusy emphasis. Also, my family members can't/won't eat garbanzo beans, peppers, cilantro, whole grains....sigh. Many things that I do enjoy! I was surprisingly able to get them to eat whole grain pasta. My picky teenaged son did not appreciate most of the recipes.Overall, I am happy with this book and found it valuable. I do hope that any further editions can work out the quirks.

Reviewer: LH
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wonderful Recipes
Review: Wonderful recipes, easy to follow. Very tasty!

Reviewer: Amber S.
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great meal plans if you have $250 / week to spend on groceries
Review: Some of the recipes in this book are really good. However I started trying to buy the ingredients for the first week of meal plans and my walmart online shopping cart quickly racked up to over $200. And I wasn't even done yet! And that was only for the first week!I mean I love that the shopping lists are included, and that the lists are broken up into easy-to-read categories (produce/dairy/meat/etc) but seriously? There are a LOT of groceries to buy every week and even though I've got a pretty healthy finances I can't spend that much on groceries! You could never do this plan on a tight budget or if you're someone who struggles to make ends meat. It's not realistic and that was disappointing.That being said, some of the recipes really are pretty delicious, so I'm still giving three stars. I had to pick and choose some recipes a la carte from the book since the meal plans weren't realistic budget-wise. There are better meditteranean diet cookbooks out there that I've found since.

Reviewer: Duzy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I like the all the recipes I've tried
Review: I like all the recipes I've tried so far. Easy to follow recipes for a beginner. I would recommend.

Reviewer: Deborah
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: It's very thorough.
Review: It's great.

Reviewer: JJ
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Buy this!
Review: This cookbook is an excellent book to help you transition to a Mediterranean diet and lifestyle. All the recipes are easy and delicious.

Reviewer: Lorene
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I'm kinda new to the mediterranean cooking style and this book is wonderful. The recipes are great,the 28 day plan is great, let's just say that I love this book. It gives me joy to read and use this book. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

Reviewer: Tracy
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Pretty good quality some of the recipes not great

Reviewer: Mrs Teresa J Wiles
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: great information

Reviewer: Creature
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This book is extremely beautiful! The info and the wide variety of information goes Beyond, over and above my expectations! Great designs on each page and gorgeous pictures of amazing recipes which I started marking pages immediately! Do you not miss out on this one, not a chance you will regret it! even though it says diet weight loss on it, for me it’s a lifestyle change because our family has decided to eat healthier by following the Mediterranean meal plans!!!! In my opinion, and my doctors!!!! The Mediterranean “diet” Is and extremely healthy we to eat! Heart smart and body smart!

Reviewer: Aw Clarkson
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Be careful if you are outside the US. It is an US book with US measures such as cups.Recipes good otherwise.