Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite: Recipes from the F Wo… (2024)

Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite focuses on healthy recipes. Throughout the book there are cooking tips such as techniques explained (such as braise, poach, roast, etc.). There are sections titled "5 ways with ___" and then 5 suggestions for preparing aforementioned ingredient. Five ways with leafy greens, five ways with tomatoes, etc.

Onto the recipes:

Variety: There is a large variety of recipes in this book; however, it does seem to be heavy on seafood ingredients. If you like seafood, I think you may enjoy this book more than I did. My family and I eat occasional seafood but not enough to be interested in incorporating this much seafood into our meals.

Pictures: The pictures are gorgeous and almost all recipes have an accompanying picture.

Difficulty: The recipes have easy to follow instructions and are set up in an easy to follow format.

Ingredients: Most of the recipes include ingredients that are easy to find and include a lot of fresh ingredients.

Nutrition: Nutrition facts are NOT included with the recipes.

BEST recipe — Stuffed mushrooms. Very simple and fast recipe that was delicious!

I like this cookbook, mostly I like the fact that they are easy to understand.... 3-5 basic steps. The pages of the books are colorful but that does not interfere with the visibility of the words. The titles are in a large bold font, the ingredients are in a medium thin font, and the various steps are in a bold font. There are very many lovely & appetizing photographs.

Contents: Introduction; 9 sections of "Healthy" recipes; Healthy basics; Index; and Acknowledgements

Healthy Breakfast: Melon & berry salad; Lightly spiced fruit compote; Full English breakfast; Scrambled eggs w/ anchovy & asparagus; Stuffed mushrooms w/ ricotta & walnuts on toast; Berry & yogurt smoothie; and whole wheat blueberry muffins

Healthy Brunch/Lunch: Cod & tomato chowder; Persian style onion soup; smoked trout w/ orange & wild arugula salad; Deviled Caesar salad w/ prosciutto; and Spaghetti vongole

Healthy Working Lunch: Borscht (yes, with beets); Cranberry bean minestrone; Tabbouleh w/ goat cheese; Spiced lentil soup; Rice noodle salad w/ shrimp & Thai dressing; Mango avocado, & chicken salad; Flatbread, feta & chickpea salad

Healthy Sunday Lunch: Baked sea bass w/ lemon couscous; Roast chicken w/ baby vegetables; Pheasant & ginger casserole; Roasted filet of beef w/ tomato tarragon dressing; Venison pie w/ sweet potato topping; and Roast lamb w/ paprika & oranges

Healthy Barbecues: Spelt focaccia w/ rosemary & garlic; tandoori poussins w/ mango relish; Lamb kabobs w/ peppers & tomatoes; Four cabbage coleslaw; and baked stuffed figs w/ goat cheese & pinenuts;

Healthy Suppers: Spiced monkfish w/ crushed potatoes, peppers & olives; Seared yellowfin tuna w/ black beans; Steamed shrimp w/ black bean sauce; Thai style beef stir-fry; Vietnamese beef & noodle soup; Braised pork w/ leeks & bok choy; Stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in sage & prosciutto; and Braised eggplant Szechuan style

Healthy Kids: Lunchbox dips & dunkers; Turkey brochettes w/ red pepper salsa; Chciken burgers w/ sweet potato wedges; Stir fried duck in lettuce cups; and Rigatoni w/ yellow & green zucchini

Healthy Entertaining: Mixed fish sashimi (but not in CA, OR, WA); Baby spinach, artichoke, & watercress salad; Seared scallops w/ minted peas & fava beans; Roasted pigeon w/ pickled red cabbage; and Lamb steaks w/ puy lentils & green beans

Healthy Desserts: Vanilla pannacotta w/ blueberry sauce; Roasted peaches w/ vanilla, spice & honey; Lime mousse; Ricotta cheesecake w/ orange & cinnamon; Yogurt sorber; and Chocolate Mousse

Healthy Basics: Vegetable stock; Fish stock; Chicken stock; & Beef stock

This book also has several section of: "Five Ways" w/ oily fish, summer berries, etc.

Lovely.....

I guess "healthy" is all perspective, really. If you tend to indulge, then, yes, this is healthy. There are wonderful recipes in this book with fantastic combinations to inspire any cook. The directions are very well-written, and helpful tricks are sprinkled throughout the book. The recipes contain a few ingredients that one might not find easily in their neighborhood grocery store. For the average home cook, most of these recipes aren't simple enough to pull off after a long day of work. It might be better to save this book for the weekend. Also, there aren't pictures for every recipe but the ones that do have pictures are mouthwatering.

Strange as this may sound, I didn't like the feel of this cookbook. The page weight is too heavy, the spine is really tight so the book won't stay open, and the recipes were boring.

I liked the section on "Healthy Suppers" but didn't really enjoy the rest. I love Chef Ramsay, but this collection of recipes didn't work for me.

I liked a fair number of recipes in this book, although most of his approaches are not dieting (like he says in the book) but rather more common sense plus exercise. That being said, I am glad he included a recipe for Pho that I can use without using bones/marrow or tripe, that isn't too difficult to make. I give this book 3 1/2 stars.

Was glad I got it from the library. It was awfully pricy for about 100 recipes.

There is some really good information here. I do not like the layout. I got some good recipes. Have liked the ones I tried.

This is a good book with tasty food.

I like the fact that they are healthy and not full of butter and cream as I sometimes find GR recipies too rich.

The food here is healthy and full of flavour.

I also recommend FAST FOOD by GR.

Some of the best recipes I've eaten are creations of Gordon Ramsay. Taking that into consideration I jumped at this 'healthier' offering from him. Full of beautiful photos and yummy recipes it is sure to please.

a good family meal book, gives loads of great ideas, on healthy meals, not particuarilly good for large groups though - too fiddley

We've only had a chance to try a few recipes out of here so far, but they've all been excellent and have sparked some new ideas. Looking forward to doing a few more!

Interesting recipes, but a bit too too for my tastes (pun intended).

His books are just gorgeous. Recipes aren't necessarily that useful for me, but I still love to oogle.

I don't like the way this book is organized. I know it was meant to be original and useful but I found it difficult to construct menus and put dishes together.

Beautiful layout and photos that really enhance the recipes. I particularly like the "5 Ways with ..." sections" and within that category the ones that covered oily fish and tomatoes.

A beautifully edited book with many recipes and wonderful photos. Made me bookmark some pages. On the sad note most of the recipes, even those for breakfast or lunch, are very time-consuming.

Everything I have made out of this book has been fantastic. Not overly complex, the only drawback is finding some of the ingredients in American groceries, not hard to make some substitutions though.

Simple recipes, easy to follow, mouth watering pictures, delicious food.

Not really what I would call diet food, with the exception of some fruit and salad. It is OK. Nothing looked interesting enough or tasty enough that I had to make it right away.

Great for beginners and pro. Very nice pictures. Delicious reciepes!
A must in your kitchen.

I wasn't overwhelmed with this one, but then haven't yet cooked all that much from it.

Delicious pictures and doable recipes, but nothing that I had to have.

good book

I like the simple recipes, that would turn me to a new idea of flavors.

There were only a few recipes worth trying.

I LOVE GORDON!!! He helped save my relationship by helping me learn to cook, and cook well, instead of serving Kraft Mac and Cheese every night. This book had lots of great ideas for turning meals into a healthier direction, which my family certainly needed more of at the time!

Interesting to learn about Chef Ramsay's journey to living a healthy lifestyle. Too basic for the experienced cook. Really like the roast chicken recipe.

Got this ages ago and really like the no nonsense approach with healthy recipes