Mediterranean Lifestyle for Dummies

Achieve optimal health and live longer with timeless advice from Mediterranean culture
 
The Mediterranean lifestyle offers achievable and enjoyable opportunities for a longer, healthier, and happier life. By incorporating simple and fun habits into your daily life, you can enjoy these lasting benefits. In Mediterranean Lifestyle For Dummies, best-selling author, Mediterranean lifestyle ambassador, chef, and culinary expert Amy Riolo walks you through the basic lifestyle practices that have stood the test of time and will transform the way you eat, socialize, and experience life.
 
You'll find practical ways to enjoy increased energy, better sleep, an improved attitude, and a revitalized social life. You'll learn to make a healthy, produce-based diet the centerpiece of a new approach to living that includes engaging with nature, making mealtimes sacred, and laughing at life every day.
 
More than 30 delicious, simple, and authentic Mediterranean recipes from various countries in the region, this book shows you how to:
* Benefit from ancient wisdom which has enabled people to survive and thrive well into their 90s for millennia
* Adopt a food-friendly approach that makes cooking for yourself, friends, and family an opportunity for fun and memorable experiences
* Organize your pantry and kitchen around Mediterranean principles so making simple, healthy foods becomes second nature
* Make time for yourself, your family, and your friends by reconnecting with the outdoors, siestas, and communal meals
 
The transformational opportunity found in this lifestyle guide is about more than improving your diet and losing a few pounds. It's about showing you how to find a happier and healthier you without resorting to fads, tricks, shortcuts, or diets that only last a few days. By revealing the often-overlooked cultural traditions and lifestyle components that have earned the Mediterranean Diet top ranking among the world's diets, this book will help you to achieve lasting and meaningful results, anytime and anywhere. Mediterranean Lifestyle For Dummies is for anyone who wants more flavor in their food, more wine in their glass, more friends at their table, and more life in their life.

List of contents

Introduction 1
 
Part 1: Getting Started with the Mediterranean Lifestyle 7
 
Chapter 1: Defining the Mediterranean Lifestyle 9
 
Chapter 2: Living the Mediterranean Approach to Food 15
 
Chapter 3: Looking Forward to a Long and Healthful Life 35
 
Chapter 4: Achieving the Mediterranean Lifestyle Abroad 43
 
Part 2: Making the Mediterranean Lifestyle Work for You 57
 
Chapter 5: Making Meals a Priority 59
 
Chapter 6: Laughing at Everyday Life 65
 
Chapter 7: Participating in Pleasurable Activity 71
 
Chapter 8: Engaging with Nature 81
 
Chapter 9: Setting Aside Time for Siestas 91
 
Part 3: Adopting Healthful Cultural Attitudes 99
 
Chapter 10: Living Mediterranean-Style Daily 101
 
Chapter 11: Seeing Food as a Metaphor for Life 119
 
Part 4: Preparing and Eating Food with Pleasure 133
 
Chapter 12: Ancient Flavor Enhancers and Plant-Based Menus 135
 
Chapter 13: Planning Meals with the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid 147
 
Chapter 14: Stocking a Mediterranean-Style Kitchen 159
 
Chapter 15: Shopping for Food the Mediterranean Way 173
 
Part 5: Authentic Mediterranean Recipes for All Occasions 181
 
Chapter 16: What to Serve and When to Serve It 183
 
Chapter 17: Breakfast 189
 
Chapter 18: Small Plates and Snacks 207
 
Chapter 19: Base Recipes and Main Courses 229
 
Chapter 20: Fruit, Cheese, Nuts, and Desserts 251
 
Part 6: The Part of Tens 263
 
Chapter 21: Ten Easy Ways to Enjoy the Mediterranean Lifestyle Anywhere 265
 
Chapter 22: Ten (or So) Creative Strategies for Communal Eating 275
 
Chapter 23: Ten (or So) Fun Ways to Repurpose Food and Eliminate Waste 281
 
Appendix A: Metric Conversion Guide 287
 
Index 291

About the author

Amy Riolo is an award-winning and bestselling author, chef, TV personality, and educator. She is one of the world's foremost authorities on culinary culture and the Mediterranean diet and lifestyle in particular.

Summary

Achieve optimal health and live longer with timeless advice from Mediterranean culture

The Mediterranean lifestyle offers achievable and enjoyable opportunities for a longer, healthier, and happier life. By incorporating simple and fun habits into your daily life, you can enjoy these lasting benefits. In Mediterranean Lifestyle For Dummies, best-selling author, Mediterranean lifestyle ambassador, chef, and culinary expert Amy Riolo walks you through the basic lifestyle practices that have stood the test of time and will transform the way you eat, socialize, and experience life.

You'll find practical ways to enjoy increased energy, better sleep, an improved attitude, and a revitalized social life. You'll learn to make a healthy, produce-based diet the centerpiece of a new approach to living that includes engaging with nature, making mealtimes sacred, and laughing at life every day.

More than 30 delicious, simple, and authentic Mediterranean recipes from various countries in the region, this book shows you how to:
* Benefit from ancient wisdom which has enabled people to survive and thrive well into their 90s for millennia
* Adopt a food-friendly approach that makes cooking for yourself, friends, and family an opportunity for fun and memorable experiences
* Organize your pantry and kitchen around Mediterranean principles so making simple, healthy foods becomes second nature
* Make time for yourself, your family, and your friends by reconnecting with the outdoors, siestas, and communal meals

The transformational opportunity found in this lifestyle guide is about more than improving your diet and losing a few pounds. It's about showing you how to find a happier and healthier you without resorting to fads, tricks, shortcuts, or diets that only last a few days. By revealing the often-overlooked cultural traditions and lifestyle components that have earned the Mediterranean Diet top ranking among the world's diets, this book will help you to achieve lasting and meaningful results, anytime and anywhere. Mediterranean Lifestyle For Dummies is for anyone who wants more flavor in their food, more wine in their glass, more friends at their table, and more life in their life.

Product details

• Authors: a Riolo, Amy Riolo, Riolo Amy
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781119822226
• ISBN: 978-1-119-82222-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Lifestyle, mediterran, Lifestyles, Spezialthemen Lifestyle, Lifestyle Special Topics