Three Veg and Meat by Olivia Andrews

by Olivia Andrews

The new flexitarianism - make veg the hero.You know you should be eating more healthy vegies - but sometimes you prefer burgers, nachos and chicken schnitzel to salad. So how do you get the dietary balance right without sacrificing flavour? Olivia Andrews has taken all your favourite dishes and magically flipped the balance to more veg and less meat.Try her Butternut chicken, Quick 'roast' pork dinner, Amen for my ramen, New sausage rolls and Better chocolate brownies and you won't ever want to flip back.Your favourite meals, made healthyIncludes a 4-week meal planFeed the fussiest of familiesKeep your vegetarians and meat-eaters happy

240 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[Tammy]

I love the concept of this book! I believe meat has a place in our diets, but in general we have probably put too much emphasis on it, to the detriment of vegetable intake. I'm definitely keen to find new ways to get more veggies on our plates.

Reviews of the recipes we've tried so far:

8/2/2020 - Roasted Tomato Risotto (p109) - 3/5 stars
Enjoyed this, but kids thought it was a bit too tomato-ey. Didn't make the chicken meatballs, which I think would have made it a bit more enticing for the little people.

10/2/2020 - That's Some Satay Curry (p106) - 5/5 stars
Delicious! Oldest kid proclaimed it a new favourite within two bites. Middle kid enjoyed it, as did youngest, though sadly he dodged every veggie. Still, it's a keeper, and will be going in my rotation for sure.

[Water Moon · Rating 1 out of 5]

The front cover is mostly fresh foods and produce, emblazoned with the words ‘favourite foods made healthy’. Like most ‘healthy’ cookbooks, the term is used loosely. There’s a lot of fried foods in here. The food prep times are also not that family friendly. In reality it's full of home style versions of comfort foods and barely any meals you’d eat all the time as part of a balanced diet. There is a nice chowder recipe and the author has a nice tone to her writing. But the marketing of this book is totally wrong and misleading. It isn’t a healthy cookbook. Plus the layout is very inconvenient and the recipes are written with tiny writing. Disappointed.