The Wholesome Junk Food Cookbook

by Trice, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780762438013
• ISBN10: 0762438010
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-11
• Publisher: Running Pr Book Pub

Summary

The Wholesome Junk Food Cookbookis a cookbook devoted to wholesome eating. It satisfies our desires for snacks while keeping us healthy. With more than 100 snack recipes from cookies and cakes to ice cream and smoothies, Dr. Laura Trice is on a mission to make healthy eating more fun with treats such as lemon pound cake, Boston cream pie, and chocolate-banana milkshake. While in medical school, Laura saw how people suffered due to illnesses that could have been prevented with better nutrition. Like her patients she realized that she only ate the food that tasted great to her.In 1997, while working on the set of7th Heaven, Dr. Laura would bring snacks to the set from time to time and was inspired to make her snacks available on a large scale when she noticed that some of the truck drivers on the set were actually eating her cookies for breakfast instead of donuts! This passion for healthy and great tasting food led to Laura's Wholesome Junk Food, est. 2001. Her wholesome "junk foods" are distributed nationally in Whole Foods and Harris Teeters as well as numerous health food stores.An introduction explaining the importance of eating healthy and promoting a healthy lifestyle and two full-color photographic inserts complement the text. Each chapter includes a sidebar with nutritional and cooking tips.

Author Biography

Laura Trice, M.D. is the CEO of Laura’s Wholesome Junk Food based in Venice, California. Laura received her B.A. from Smith College with a double major in Chemistry and French Language & Literature, and her M.D. from the University of Vermont’s College of Medicine. Laura currently resides in Venice, California.