The Mediterranean Diet for Every Day: 4 Weeks of Recipes & Meal Plans to Lose Weight

by Telamon Press

NEW YORK TIMES & WSJ BESTSELLERExperience the amazing benefits of the Mediterranean Diet in just one month. The Mediterranean Diet is certified as one of the healthiest diets by trusted organizations from the American Heart Association to the Mayo Clinic. With a focus on flavorful produce, healthy fats, whole grains, and wholesome natural foods, the Mediterranean Diet is a lifestyle change that is so enjoyable it won't feel like a diet. The Mediterranean Diet for Every Day will guide you through the first month of a successful Mediterranean Diet, making it easy to improve your heart health, reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and create a path to sensible weight loss. With smart guidelines and mouthwatering recipes, The Mediterranean Diet for Every Day will make your transition to the Mediterranean Diet simple and painless. Designed to help you fit healthy changes into your busy lifestyle, The Mediterranean Diet for Every Day • More than 100 easy Mediterranean Diet recipes, including Italian-Herbed Lamb Chops, Whole-Grain Mediterranean Pizza, and even Whipped Chocolate Mousse• 4-Week Mediterranean Diet meal plan to guide you through the diet one day at a time• A detailed Mediterranean Diet food list--from whole-grain breads and pastas, to fresh seafood, to healthy fat sources like olives and avocados• Sample grocery lists, tips for cooking Mediterranean Diet dishes, and essential advice on reading food labelsThe Mediterranean Diet for Every Day is your guide to making lasting changes to your diet that are both positive and delicious.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food

279 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 20, 2013

Reviews

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were a good number of recipes in this that I saved to try (haven't made any yet).

I like the concept of pre-made meal plans better than I like the execution -- breakfast was different each day, and some of the lunches seemed either rather involved (like butternut squash soup, that's something I would typically make for dinner and eat leftovers for lunch), impractical (paninis - I guess you could eat them cold), or too light (just a salad). Without any repeats or accounting for leftovers, the plans seemed more inspirational than useful to me.

The book incorporated 'healthy tips' throughout, which for the most part were good (though generic), but a few fell prey to pseudoscience.

[Suzan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I checked this out from the library and found it to include lots of recipes to choose from for every meal . I was surprised though that they did not have nutritional information with each recipe. The book did offer great snack and dessert suggestions that are healthy choices. I will definitely be trying out many of the recipes but can't give it more stars till then.

[Roberta Biallas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Since being put on this diet, I've glanced over several books. One thing that many of them are lacking are meal plans and actual recipes. This book has just about everything. There aren't too many elaborate or exotic ingredients. I recommend this book very much.

[Jeanette Durkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great resource with 4 weeks of recipes and meal plans. The recipes look easy to make, and the ingredients are not food items that are hard to find. I would have liked pictures of the food, just a personal preference.

[grimalkin]

Very specifically not what I was looking for

[Sheri Lisker · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very practical book with helpful meal plans and recipes I actually want to try. I took it out of the library and almost immediately bought my own copy.

[Aprilleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful selection of simple recipes, a four-week plan to get you started, and plenty of tips throughout to help you succeed. There's enough variety here that you could use just this book for quite a long time, repeating the weekly menus every four weeks, and you may never get bored. Once you do, however, any decent Mediterranean cookbook will do, because you'll have learned enough about it in this inexpensive volume to only need a few new recipes here and there.

My one complaint is the weekly menus are arranged awkwardly from a shopping perspective. Recipes with odd ingredients should have been clustered together to take advantage of a single purchase, particularly for perishable ingredients. For example, there are only two recipes that use almond milk (1 cup each time). They are in week one and week four, which would be fine if either one cup at a time is how almond milk is generally purchased or it keeps for weeks, but neither is the case. The authors were so focused on variety that they ended up with a very impractical plan. It's a little more work to rearrange the recipes for a more practical distribution, but over time you're going to end up doing that anyway as you eliminate recipes you don't care for and use favorites more often.

[Cindy Talbott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I won this book at Good Reads. I did not want the book for the diet, because I can not stick to a diet for anything. I wanted the book for the healthy and tasty recipes. I was not disappointed. The recipes in this book are tasty and healthy and amazing. I have cooked a few so far. Love this book. Thank you Cindy

[Tyranamar · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is horrible. My everyday does not include a week one shopping list so long I ran out of paper. Why can't someone write a practical meal plan where you aren't buying hundreds of ingredients to eat for one week. Not practical at all.

[Irene A Hanssen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mediterranean Book

This is a great book to use as a reference for healthy eating. It gives you diversity as to the choices of food available.

[Jeannette · Rating 3 out of 5]

I find these mediterranean books somewhat informative but the problem is that most of the recipes are for 4-6 servings. Not very good for a person trying to use it for one person.

[Ann-Marie Heidingsfelder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the recipes! Easy and delicious . . . .

[Ashley Flynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Provides a nice overview of the Mediterranean diet. The strength of this book is in the four week meal plan with shopping lists and menus, which would be ideal for someone who will eat anything and is new to menu planning. Those elements were not quite what I needed, but there were some appetizing recipes I will definitely try.