A friend of mine recently gave me a gift for my birthday – a recipe book by Rocco Dispirito called “Now Eat This!”. I’ve already tried a few of the recipes and the they’ve looked and tasted amazing. The idea of eating healthy while maintaining good flavor has always been a concern of mine. We all love things that taste great, and unfortunately most of that food is full of fat, salt, and/or sugar. All unhealthy stuff. Rocco breaks the mold and reinvents comfort food recipes by substituting healthy, tasty alternative ingredients in the recipes that still allow the flavor to pop without sacrificing texture. The result is some great recipes that I never thought a guy like me could pull off. Whether it’s healthy meals for a dinner party, romantic dinner at home, wings for a superbowl party, or family bbq – there’s more than enough recipes here to make your mouth water. I highly suggest this book. There’s a great chapter where Rocco tells his story on the difficulty of being a gourmet chef and having access to fattening tasty foods in the kitchen. If you’re sick of eating egg whites, grilled chicken, bland salads, and brown rice with steamed broccoli every day, this book is probably a good place to start. Most diets fail because there’s very little variety or we all cave in and miss tasty food.. so we go for the ice cream, the chocolate cake, or the buttered popcorn. Check out his book and see if you can taste the difference using healthier ingredients. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. 
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