A full-color guide to the Mediterranean Diet, featuring weight-loss techniques, lifestyle changes and tasty recipes. Living the Mediterranean Diet creates an approachable way to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle and includes a bounty of traditional Mediterranean recipes presented with a California flair. With the fresh and nutritious recipes in this book, you can enjoy creative dishes to stay healthy and fit: • Butternut Squash-Pomegranate Hummus • Eggplant and Kalamata Rolls • Heirloom Tomato and Kale Pizza • Barley Risotto with Mushroom, Fig and Arugula • Wild Salmon with Dill-Yogurt Sauce • Tuscan Tomato and Cannellini Soup with Kale • Seared Scallops over Spinach • Whole Roasted Apple-Rosemary Chicken • Farfalle Pasta with Sunflower Seed Pesto • Quinoa Kale Salad with Roasted Squash Hearty whole grains; crisp, farmers’ market vegetables; luscious, garden-grown fruits; freshly caught fish—the Mediterranean Diet has proven itself as one of the most sustainable programs for improving health and achieving your ideal weight. “Mediterranean dining came naturally to the authors. Nigro’s family was Italian-American, so it was in his blood. And Ewald’s family grew up on a farm, so their focus on fresh, un-processed, plant-based foods was already a way of life. I like that this is more a lifestyle than a diet. It doesn’t endorse CrossFit and protein shakes. It is instead a life that embraces enjoyment. Pleasure is to be found in nature, health in eating naturally.” —Ellen Clifford, writer for HelloGiggles (the positive online community founded by Zooey Deschanel, Molly McAleer, and Sophia Rossi)