The Master Your Metabolism Cookbook

by Jillian Michaels

COOKING COMPANION TO MASTER YOUR METABOLISM

Master Your Metabolism, the phenomenal diet bestseller by Jillian Michaels, has been help­ing millions of people become hotter and healthier without their having to obsess over food or exercise. The key is ditching fad diets and chemical-filled Franken-foods in order to optimize your metabolic function and maximize your overall health.
 
Through the Master Your Metabolism plan, Jillian has taught readers how to balance their hormones naturally so their bodies become energetic, thriving, fat-burning machines.

Now Jillian makes it even easier for you by bringing the Master program right into your kitchen. With more than 125 recipes specifically designed for the Master Diet and including health tips tailored to enhance your nutrition and weight loss, The Master Your Metabolism Cookbook will help make living a long, healthy life easier—and tastier.
 
Jillian understands that your life is busy and your time is precious. She believes that being healthy shouldn’t financially strap you. That’s why she designed these recipes with a professional recipe developer to provide you  with healthy bites for when you’re in a hurry. The Master Your Metabolism Cookbook deliv­ers simple, great-tasting meals with minimal ingredients that can be made in thirty min­utes or less!

Mastering healthy eating and living has never been easier.


From the Hardcover edition.

Genres: Cookbooks, Health, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food, Fitness, Reference

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Jillian Michaels is an American fitness trainer, nutritionist, businesswoman, media personality, and author known for her influential role in mainstream health and wellness. She rose to prominence as a trainer on the NBC reality series The Biggest Loser, where her direct, motivational style became a defining feature of the program. Before entering television, she developed her expertise across multiple training disciplines including kickboxing, yoga, Pilates, plyometrics, and weight training, later becoming a certified nutrition and wellness consultant. Michaels built a broader platform through bestselling books, fitness programs, and digital media, including the award-winning Jillian Michaels: The Fitness App and her long-running podcast Keeping It Real. She launched her company Empowered Media and the streaming fitness service FitFusion, expanding her reach across broadcast, online, and on-demand platforms globally. Her work emphasizes sustainable health, mental resilience, and accessible fitness education. Michaels also supports a number of charitable causes focused on health, children, and humanitarian relief, and continues to serve as a prominent public advocate for personal well-being and empowerment.

Reviews

[Jessi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The recipes are pretty easy, but they take some thinking ahead and preparation to make. For instance, Jillian suggests a quiche for lunch. Well, who has time to cook a quiche for lunch? Also I went to cook a skirt steak recipe and found that I had to refrigerate the sauce for 4 hours first. I am not used to thinking about what I want to eat before I make it, so this book really makes me focus in on what I plan to eat for the week and prepare some of the recipes the night before (like the quiche). Once you've mastered the planning, this is a really great, simple to follow, cookbook that feels very healthy, balanced and back to the basic, in the ground or on the trees, type of cooking, even when the ingredient list is 10 items long-they're still basic items. She also explains the basics of how our body uses the food (think Dr. Oz without all the similes that he likes to use). The only complaint is the cost of getting all these different ingredients at once, but Jillian is up front with the fact that healthy eating is going to cost more, so I eat the same thing for a few days to use up all my ingredients before doing a new recipe and I like that she uses a lot of the same ingredients in different ways. Jillian even gives you a recipe for your own ketchup!

[Jen B · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love to cook healthy foods and to exercise, but I've never been one of those people to buy into fad diets/exercise programs pushed by celebrities. I do, however, read cookbooks of all kinds in search of good, healthy recipes to make for my family. I love Jillian Michaels' book because I don't feel like she's pushing any particular diet -- she simply breaks down different kinds of foods and the effects that they have on your body, touts the benefits of eating organic foods whenever possible, and preaches avoiding genetically engineered or highly processed foods. This is more a healthy lifestyle cookbook rather than a fad diet cookbook, even though there's a celebrity on the cover. And the recipes are absolutely delicious! Perhaps my biggest recommendation for this one: I usually check cookbooks out from the library and then copy down the few recipes I want to keep in my collection; this one, however, I'm actually going to go buy.

[Delores · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this after reading the Master Your Metabolism book. What I discovered was I could have saved myself the trouble of reading that book and just read the cookbook because the beginning is basically a synopsis of Master Your Metabolism. A lot of the recipes sounded good and there were some good tips and other useful information through out the book but the lack of pictures was disappointing. Let me state that I did not make any of the recipes so I cannot rate whether or not they were actually tasty, easy to make, etc. The biggest reason for not trying any recipes was probably due to, you guessed it, the lack of pictures. I'm glad I checked this out from the library instead of purchasing it. As far as cookbooks go, this one was just o.k.

[Kristin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent, excellent, excellent. The recipes in this book are absolutely delicious. Out of about 20 recipes made so far, there's only 1 that I probably won't make again. The one surprise was that there aren't any pictures of the food. Not even one. This was to cut back on costs which would have made the book much more expensive. Don't let that stop you from getting it, though. It's well worth the money and even includes some info on how different foods affect your health. I love the little blurbs sprinkled throughout on choosing, storing and cooking specific foods. My favorite chapter is "Snacks." This gave me some simple ideas for one of the main diet question marks in each day.

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommend this cookbook! This has such an easy approach to what someone should be eating and the reasons on how certain foods effect the everyday process in your body. Not only have I lost 9 pounds in one month from eating the recipes in this book, my body has never felt better. My energy is up, my life is on track, and I possess the certainty of being able to keep this up on a daily basis.

It doesn't cost more to eat organic. It doesn't take more time to cook these recipes at home. If you dedicate just one week to figuring out what to purchase, going to the store and preparing your meals... it's worth it.

This book changed my life.

P.S. Buy online, much cheaper!

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book! I actually read the cookbook before reading Jillian's first book, "Master Your Metabolism." There are A LOT of recipes in this cookbook, and they sound delicious to make. (I have not made any yet, but plan on making some this week).

I have always considered myself in the middle when it comes to "going green" or "buying organic" etc. One of my big hangups with organic products is the price, but honestly Jillian does a great job of breaking it down for people. She explains WHAT products/produce are the most important to buy organic because otherwise they are the most toxic for our bodies after considering all of the hormones, pesticides, or fillers that have been added to the food.

Our bodies are very complex "machines" and the biological processes taking place within them can be GREATLY disturbed when we are consuming these toxins, hormones, and fillers used in our day-to-day food supply.

This cookbook is realistic (meals that everyone would enjoy), easy (anywhere between 10-30 minutes of prep time), and good for you. I would highly recommend reading this if you are interested in your health and the role that hormones play in keeping us healthy.

[Lauren Kramer-Theuerkauf · Rating 5 out of 5]

The companion book to Jillian's outstanding "Master Your Metabolism" does not disappoint! Jillian serves up page after page of delicious recipes that you do not have to be Rachael Ray to know how to make.

She also provides a grocery list of all the items that you will need to purchase so that you do not have to sift through the actual recipe to discern the ingredients. And the pictures of the finished product are enough to make your mouth water.

I found myself putting Post-it notes on the pages with recipes that I wanted to try. I soon found out that over half the book was covered with them! Perhaps that is because Jillian provides a great variety of foods to try. You are not limited to what one might call "rabbit food." There are tons of options to choose from, including snacks!

This book is a must for any Jillian Michaels fan or for anyone that loves to cook. You will not be disappointed!

[Christi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book! I read the kindle version because its more portable and easier for me to see but I bought the hard cover because I love this book so! A full review can be found on the kindle version. I highly recommend this book to anyone on a healthy lifestyle journey!

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

I cannot give a good review for a cookbook that doesn't have A SINGLE PICTURE OF THE FOOD. The recipes might be tasty, but I am not motivated to look for one when I can't see what it's supposed to look like.

[Carole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, simple information about eating clean food. Recipes look tasty and manageable.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some really helpful tips in this.

[Nellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book with yummy recipes to boost your metabolism.

[raya (a little mango) · Rating 3 out of 5]

the recipes are all right, but I am really not okay with cookbooks that don't have any pictures of food. I mean none. at all. zilch. what gives?

[Shelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the background information provided in this book and that it is compact and simple to understand. The recipes we tried were either good or excellent and I plan on trying more of them. The one big downfall is that most of the recipes require ingredients that we do not keep on hand (nor know where to buy!) or that are very expensive. Feeding 8 people makes it hard to spend a significant amount of our grocery budget on items I would consider to be "specialty items" and getting to a store that actually has them would be a complete mess. I plan to try some ingredient substitutions to remedy this and hope to get some delicious results (that my kids will eat!!).

[Rizwana · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book. It starts with a great quote from Herodotus: "Let the food be your medicine"! And keeping this quote in mind Jillian gives a great explanation about the various hormones and how they interact with our metabolism. The explanations were simple and easy to understand. It never felt like I was reading a boring scientific book.

Jillian explained about the group of foods that can help up to rave the metabolism and what foods to avoid. Also the book is full of really good and easy to make recipes.

[Alina Collins · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of recipes that strange mix of ingredients that are not easily found in stores.

[Kirsten (lush.lit.life) · Rating 2 out of 5]

like most cookbooks this one has too many obscure ingredients to make it practical for my use, but there is useful information. and i mostly wanted her brownie recipe which, you know, says a lot about how i want to eat...

[Elisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I checked this book out from our library but I'm going to need to buy this book because the several recipes I've tried from it so far are fabulous! Only complaint: I wish it had pictures. I love seeing pictures of food from recipes.

[Lisa Crouch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent cookbook. I've made 5 recipes and and am already remaking one for guests. I originally checked this out from the library. Now that I have to return it, I just ordered my own copy from Amazon.

[Stephanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I so wanted to love this book because I knew the authors put the science of healthy eating into every recipe of this book. But after cooking 5-7 of these recipes, I was disgusted at all of them! So sad.

[Kat · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the Master Your Metabolism book. However looking through the recipes only one or two caught my eye and the rest seemed too complex to be inviting.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some interesting tips and I found a couple of recipes I would like to try.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Everything about Jillian Michaels is fabulous - including her cookbook. We found many recipes to try.

[Konnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This cookbook is fabulous! My husband got it for me and I have already begun making recipes from it. I have a love/hate relationship with Jillian and this cookbook is part of thee love! :)

[Mrs. Dolin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This cookbook is a great companion to the Eat Clean and This is Why You're Fat books. I'm excited to start cooking. I love reading about nutrition too.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG I have tried several recipes in this book and absolutely LOVE every single one! Some of my favorites include the pumpkin muffins, greenbean salad, banns smoothies, and home made fries.

[Kristi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of tasty recipies.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the recipes in this book. Easy and fulfilling - and not way out there.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are many yummy recipes in this cook book!

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

a book about clean, whole eating. great info in the first chapters, and lots of recipes even the kids love.