Fakeaway: Healthy Home-cooked Takeaway Meals

Description

100 simple recipes for fast food made healthy and affordable by BBC TV presenter Chris Bavin! Chris Bavin's Fakeaway promises some healthy fun for home cooks looking to lose weight or who are feeding family or friends with special dietary requirements. Put curries, stir-fries, burgers and chips back on the menu with 100 simple recipes for takeaway-inspired meals that needn't feel like junk food! Popular BBC TV chef and presenter Chris Bavin is a resourceful home cook who prides himself on producing healthy food fast for his young family, sometimes tempting them with "fakeaways", his good-for-you versions of takeaways. Chris is building a reputation on TV and at live cooking events nationwide as the down-to-earth ex-greengrocer who helps British families change their shopping and cooking habits to eat well and spend less. In this book, he shares his healthy ingredient swaps and savvy shopping ideas to buy everything you'll need for a fakeaway feast. Organised by type of takeaway, there are dishes to recreate from the chippy, pizzeria, diner and more. Refreshingly practical, Fakeaway contains all the inspiration you need to make delicious meals for your family from scratch and on a budget.

Chris Bavin is a judge on "Britain's Best Home Cook", co-presents the hugely popular "Eat Well for Less?" and presents "Food- Truth or Scare"; "The Truth About Meat"; "Tomorrow's Food"; and "The Truth about Obesity". He is much-loved for his easy, healthy and tasty cooking - the ideal person to teach the nation how to ditch their expensive takeaways and still enjoy their favourite dishes made at home. As well as his busy TV career, Chris runs a fruit and veg box delivery service, hosts cookery demonstrations and gives educational talks to children to pass on his passion for good food. He is also the family cook.