The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook: 120+ Everyday Recipes for the Healthy Home Cook
By Laura Lea
No Diet. No Dogma. Just Good Food.
In The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook, the rubber of old-fashioned home-cooking meets the road of new healthy food. With over 120 delicious and easy-to-prepare recipes, this first cookbook from the creator of the popular LLBalanced.com website reaffirms that balance is possible: you can find the joy, relaxation, and healing of cooking for yourself, family, and friends during these frenetic times.
All of the recipes in The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook are approachable, familiar and no-fuss. Many of the recipes come together in thirty minutes or less, will appeal to kids and adults alike, and can be modified for picky eaters or served proudly at a dinner party. The food isn’t dogmatic: a little of everything is used and flexibility is the key. With a focus on quality and moderation, the healthy aspects don’t hit you over the head. They just make you feel good.
With expert tips and easy-to-follow menu plans, The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook will help any home cook create a foundation in the pantry and kitchen that will make the prospect of healthy cooking accessible and exciting, not stressful. It doesn’t overthink things and focuses on consistency instead of perfection. In the end, The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook will have you discovering the balance of cooking healthy while re-connecting with yourself and loved ones over a delicious home cooked meal.
About the Author
Laura Lea is a Certified Holistic Chef with a holistic wellness business in Nashville, Tennessee. Laura Lea graduated from the University of Virginia in 2008 and moved to New York City, where she worked in legal and finance jobs for four years. Laura Lea found herself disillusioned by New York corporate culture, which seemed to reward output at the expense of personal health, as well as the social cycle of over-indulging and under-sleeping. Laura Lea began studying holistic health and cooking fresh, produce-focused meals. She marveled at the profound improvement on her physical and emotional state; particularly, her ability to cope with stress and anxiety. She became determined to make a career out of sharing this simple but forgotten connection. In 2012 she discovered the Natural Gourmet Institute in Chelsea, New York. The program focuses on cooking with whole, mostly plant-based foods, and includes nutrition and healing courses. In September 2012, Laura Lea quit her job at a hedge fund and enrolled in the program.
After graduating in August 2013, Laura Lea returned to her hometown of Nashville and created her website, LLBalanced.com. The goal of LL Balanced is to increase awareness about the relationship between food and mental, emotional, and physical health, so that people can live their most vibrant, productive, and happy lives. Through LL Balanced, Laura Lea provides her clients and readers with easy, family-friendly, and, of course, healthy recipes. Her dishes are often remakes of Southern-influenced comfort food, with the intention of having the best of both worlds. Laura Lea also contributes articles and recipes for Nashville Lifestyles, Greatist, and Shape Magazine, among others. She has also appeared in Southern Living and Food Republic. Laura Lea has a regular cooking segment on WSMV Channel 4, where she demonstrates how to make some of her most popular dishes.
368 pages
ISBN 9781951217006
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