Roar Recipes

The Medicinal Chef

Dale Pinnock 

‘The Medicinal Chef’ Dale Pinnock has been a real inspiration for me and my cooking. As a qualified nutritionist Dale approaches food and cooking in a rather unique way, focusing on the nutritional properties of his ingredients and combining them in such a way to help combat or alleviate the symptoms of common yet frustrating health conditions.

I regularly find myself flicking through two of his books “Eat Your Way to Better Health” and “Healthy Every Day” which both talk in depth about individual ingredients, vitamins and minerals; what foods are helpful for specific illnesses, as well as containing loads of fantastically delicious recipes.

I Quit Sugar

Sara Wilson 

It’s no secret that sugar is unhealthy for us, but do we actually realize how much sugar we are consuming on a daily basis?

In her book ‘I Quit Sugar’, Australian journalist, author and cook, Sarah Wilson explores the toxic effect that modern-day high-sugar diets are having on our heath. In a very interesting and readable way, Sarah talks though why sugar is so bad for us, and how we can change out diets and reduce our sugar intake while still enjoying delicious food (including puddings and treats). Included in the book is an 8 Week Detox Program to break the long-term sugar addition as well as a collection of mouthwatering sugar-free recipes!

Riverford Farm Cook Book

Guy Watson & Jane Baxter

Healthy cooking can be a bit daunting. All of these strange and sometimes complex looking vegetables requiring different techniques for their preparation and cooking! Sometimes just naming the vegetable can be a tricky one. With Guy & Jane’s Riverford Farm Cook Book you’ll have it covered!

This book acts as a complete guide to vegetables, from storage and perpetration to flavorsome recipes to incorporate them into. If you love your veg or are trying to expand your use of them, this cookbook is a must have.

The Coconut Flour Gourmet

Bruce & Leslie Fife

An absolutely essential cookbook for anyone trying to avoid gluten, or trying to master the art of cooking with coconut flour. If you have tried cooking with coconut flour before, you’ll understand when I say the experience and end results can be frustrating and disappointing. It’s high fiber content and lack of gluten causes this flour to act unlike its wheat counterparts. Therefore, it’s not possible to simply substitute one flour for the other and expect the same tasty results. However, thankfully Bruce and Leslie Fife have done all of the hard work for us when it comes to experimenting with coconut flour. After what I can only imagine were many long days, repeatedly and carefully measuring and balancing the ingredients, Bruce and Leslie have engineered 150 gluten-free coconut flour recipes so you can achieve similar end results to those you would get with regular flour. Personally I’m completely addicted to their coconut flour pancakes, which are great for both savoury and sweet dishes!