Pure and simple : Natural food combining for health and happiness

In Pure and Simple, Pascale Naessens shares her method for staying happy, healthy, and slim, with more than 60 recipes. She recommends a lifestyle that embraces only natural, unprocessed foods, but she is not advocating for a diet dominated by restrictions. Instead she celebrates delicious meals, pleasure, and health. Her approach has only one rule no carbohydrates with protein. So, you can eat anything you want, but not together. She works with a basic series of food combinations: meat or fish + vegetables; carbohydrates + vegetables; or dairy + vegetables. And her mouthwatering recipes for appetizers, mains, and desserts make adopting this eating style entirely uncomplicated. You don t need to count calories or restrict portion sizes. If you are overweight, you will lose the extra pounds. You will cook delicious food simply and easily. You can drink wine. You will be satisfied. And you will enjoy your food with relish." Discover how natural, unprocessed foods can help you live a happier, healthier, and slimmer life with this book featuring over sixty recipes. In Pure and Simple, Pascale Naessens shares her method for staying happy, healthy, and slim, with more than sixty recipes. She recommends a lifestyle that embraces only natural, unprocessed foods, but she is not advocating for a diet dominated by restrictions. Instead she celebrates delicious meals, pleasure, and health. Her approach has only one rule—no carbohydrates with protein. So, you can eat anything you want, but not together. She works with a basic series of food combinations: meat or fish + vegetables; carbohydrates + vegetables; or dairy + vegetables. And her mouthwatering recipes for appetizers, mains, and desserts make adopting this eating style entirely uncomplicated. You don't need to count calories or restrict portion sizes. If you are overweight, you will lose the extra pounds. You will cook delicious food simply and easily. You can drink wine. You will be satisfied. And you will enjoy your food with relish. "Forget calories, focus on food quality, and let your body do the rest! Pascale Naessens shows how to put this prescription into practice with delicious recipes in her beautiful book Pure & Simple ," —David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD, author of Always Hungry? Belgium's bestselling cookbook author Pascale Naessens has started a revolution in Europe, changing how people think about food. Celebrating natural, beautiful, unprocessed foods, Pascale's message is about pleasure, health, and losing weight--not restrictions. Arguing that you don't need to count calories or reduce portion sizes to eat healthy or lose weight, Pascale's method is informed by the principles of food combining, a widely embraced approach to nutrition based on the latest scientific research. With more than sixty delicious recipes, Pascale's Pure & Simple is an inspirational introduction to a way of eating that has resonated with hundreds of thousands of her fans around the world, helping people feel better, look better, and enjoy life to the fullest Machine generated contents note: Food: A Source of Happiness -- This Is Not a Diet. I Hate Diets -- "Fast" versus "Slow" Carbohydrates -- What Should We Eat Tonight? -- Natural Food Explained -- How to Use My Book -- Mix and Match My Recipes to Create Rich, Original Meals -- The Waterfront, Source of All Life -- Fish -- Seaweed -- Shellfish -- Meat -- Cheese -- Vegetables -- Good Bacteria and Nutrition -- Fermented Vegetables -- My Delicious Fruit Breakfast -- Desserts -- Starting Your Journey. Pascale Naessens's simple plan for losing weight, promoting good health and enjoying delicious meals