As much as I like to drink, I like to eat, and it seems I am in great company. In her new cookbook, Jane Kennedy tells us how much she also likes to eat and then educates us foodies on how we can have it all – comfort food without the calories.
Like finding Manolo’s on sale, this cookbook is one in a million. Where I once skipped lunch in order to have a piece of lasagne or a hearty casserole, Jane tells me how I can have both – one for lunch and one for dinner – and still maintain my waistline.
Excited? Me too. The book is called OMG, I can eat that? and the tag line is Indulgent food minus the boombah. A winner don’t you think?
Split into chapeters – small plates, soups, piemakins, beef, lamb and pork, chicken and duck, comfort classics, vegetables and dessert, Jane covers all areas of the calorie laden foods we love and turns them into easy to prepare, hearty and HEALTHY dishes that you can enjoy day after day.
My favourite chapter is, by far, comfort classics. Pizza, souvlaki, hamburgers, chilli con carne, lasagne and fried rice, among others, are all laid out for you to enjoy, accompanied by beautiful images by photographer Mark Roper.
The beauty of taking the boombah out of these recipes is that in most cases, they are also gluten free. Healthy eating never tasted so good.
Jane’s classic wit is littered through her book and provides a great follow up to her first book, Fabulous food minus the boombah.
OMG! I can eat that? is available at all good book stores now. (Hardie Grant, RRP $39.95)
