Each recipe follows my tried-and-true Usually-Sometimes-Rarely approach, which gives you the freedom to enjoy the full spectrum of wonderful foods available and tailor your choices to what works best for you at any given time. Once you start to eat (and think) this way, you realize there is no need to deprive yourself or go to extremes to be healthy.<\/p>\n
The idea is to make the Usually foods\u2014delicious choices with the most health benefits\u2014the backbone of what you eat each day, so I use them most plentifully in my recipes: vegetables, whole fruit, beans, nuts and seeds, lean proteins, seafood, whole grains, healthy oils, and dairy products, such as yogurt.<\/p>\n
I sprinkle in Sometimes foods here and there, for flavor and variety. Those are somewhat more processed, such as a baguette; a little higher in saturated fat, such as chicken thighs; or best used in modest amounts, such as honey and maple syrup.<\/p>\n
Rarely foods\u2014such as refined sugar, cream, bacon, and butter\u2014are those many nutritionists forbid but many cooks use with a heavy hand. I have found the ideal balance by using them strategically in small amounts for maximum impact.<\/p>\n
And there’s no such thing as \u201cnever.\u201d There’s no forbidden fruit, which kind of takes the stress and guilt out of it.<\/p>\n
If you know me from my TV shows, newspaper and magazine columns, and social media, you know my mission is to hit what I call the \u201csweet spot\u201d where delicious and healthy meet\u2014and the recipes in this book are a perfect bull\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n
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Host and executive producer of the cooking series Ellie\u2019s Real Good Food on public television, Ellie Krieger is the leading go-to nutritionist in the media today, helping people to find the sweet spot where delicious and healthy meet. She\u2019s a New York Times best-selling and two-time James Beard Foundation award-winning author of seven cookbooks. She\u2019s just released her newest cookbook, Whole in One: Complete Healthy Meals in a Single Pot, Sheet Pan or Skillet.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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