Cooking à la Heart, Fourth Edition: 500 Easy and Delicious DASH and Mediterranean Diet Friendly Recipes for Heart-Conscious, Healthy Meals

Promote heart health, support brain health, and reduce inflammation, with this comprehensive cookbook filled with 500 flexible, flavorful recipes and practical tips for healthy eating, including 50 color photos and illustrations

The Mediterranean and DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) eating patterns are scientifically proven to be the healthiest for our hearts, and they even have added brain health benefits. Combined, they make the MIND (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) diet, which further reduces the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Cooking à la Heart incorporates all three into one nourishing, wholesome, environmentally friendly cookbook with

• 500 delicious, health-promoting recipes for every meal (plus snacks and desserts), including: Spinach Scramble Pita Pockets • Turkey-Vegetable Soup • Cilantro-Lime Chicken & Corn Salad • À la Heart Mexican Inspired Mac & Cheese • Shrimp Tacos • Blueberry Crisp • Pumpkin Spice Ginger Bars
• an emphasis on plant-based ingredients, healthy fats, and thoughtful use of dairy, poultry, and lean red meat
• nutrition facts for calories, protein, total carbs, dietary fiber, added sugars, total fat, saturated fat, omega-3s, sodium, and potassium

More than 35 color photographs show off how indulgent heart-healthy eating can truly be. With Cooking à la Heart, eating better isn’t difficult or boring―it’s an investment to keep you enjoying good food for many years to come. 50 color photographs and illustrations

Linda Hachfeld, MPH, RDN, is an award-winning author and publisher who has been a leader in nutrition education for more than 40 years. As a food and culinary writer, educator, and public speaker, Linda is passionate about being of service, whether its helping people achieve a better quality of life through healthy eating or taking on leadership roles to improve the health of communities. 

Linda has authored, edited, or contributed to numerous articles and books on food, nutrition, and culinary medicine; health enhancement; and disease prevention. She has been featured in a wide range of media including the BBC, New York Times, Redbook Magazine, Minnesota Public Radio, Health Confidential, and the Environmental Nutrition Newsletter. Today, Linda resides in Mankato, Minnesota, where she tends her beautiful flower and herb gardens and continues to experiment and develop wholesome new recipes―bold on flavor, light on effort, and good for the body.