In collaboration with Professor Ralph Martins, Maggie Beer has teamed up to fight one of the most debilitating, dreaded diseases of our later years, Alzheimer’s, also known as stage 3 diabetes, as well as other preventable lifestyle diseases. This updated edition of this book has over 200 delicious, healthy recipes including 13 new recipes from the ABC TV series ‘Maggie Beer’s Aged Care Mission’. Based on the latest scientific research, the recipes provide the nutrients we need for optimum brain health.

This is not a diet book, it’s a way of life. You will learn how to restock your fridge and pantry, not only to avoid temptation, but to buy condiments, herbs and spices, ingredients that will quickly turn into a tasty and nutritious meal for two or a dinner party. Maggie maintains that we need to eat a wide spectrum of food – lots of greens, brightly coloured vegetables for a good mix of vitamins, fermented foods that are good for your gut, oily fish for omega 3, nuts and seeds, as well as humanely farmed, organic meat and poultry. In her words, ‘food without flavour, without pleasure, in both the cooking and eating, is unthinkable’. Sales of this book also support Professor Ralph Martins’ Lions Alzheimer’s Foundation and the Maggie Beer Foundation.

If you are looking to increase your recipe collection, improve your family’s health, or buy a wonderful present for a deserving foodie, I can highly recommend it.

Reviewed by Ziggy Koenigseder

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Maggie Beer’s many cookbooks include Maggie’s Harvest, Maggie’s Kitchen and Maggie’s Verjuice Cookbook. As well as overseeing Maggie Beer Products in the Barossa Valley, SA, Maggie appears as a judge on The Great Australian Bake-Off and heads up the Maggie Beer Foundation committed to providing a good food life for all.