Gold Winner, 2019 Taste Canada Awards - Health and Special Diets Cookbooks Cheeky registered dietitian, food lover, and YouTube star Abbey Sharp is often described as "Nigella Lawson in a lab coat." In her debut cookbook she shares fun, satisfying, and unbelievably healthy recipes that will ignite your love affair with food. In over 100 recipes, Abbey shows us how she eats: healthy and nourishing meals that are packed with flavour like PB & J Protein Pancakes, Autumn Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese, Stuffed Hawaiian Burgers, Chicken, Sweet Potato and Curry Cauliflower, Chocolate Stout Veggie Chili, Chewy Crackle Almond Apple Cookies, and Ultimate Mini Sticky Toffee Puddings. Many of her recipes are plant-centric and free of dairy, gluten, and nuts. Others contain some protein-rich, lean beef, poultry, eggs, and dairy, so there are plenty of delicious recipes for every one and every occasion. Featuring gorgeous photography throughout, The Mindful Glow Cookbook is perfect for anyone looking to fully nourish their body, satisfy food cravings, and enjoy every snack, meal, and decadent dessert in blissful enjoyment. One of  Global News ’ December 2018 entertainment picks National Winner for Gourmand World Cookbooks Award 2019 – Diet category "Abbey’s recipes and photos radiate a vibrant wholesomeness that reflect her personality so well, and by the time you reach the end of The Mindful Glow Cookbook , you feel like you’ve made a new friend. Her breakfast dishes inspire a good day to follow, her main courses are supported by stupendous sides, and her "3 P.M. Fix" chapter is pure genius—truly mindful of all of our cravings and needs." —Anna Olson, bestselling cookbook author and media host “This book is brimming with healthy inspiration. Every page I turn makes we want to run into the kitchen and get cooking. It is a gem that, on every beautiful page, celebrates the taste and splendor of healthy food for true, whole-life nourishment.“ —Ellie Krieger RD, bestselling cookbook author and host of Ellie’s Real Good Food on Public Television “Abbey's unique take on healthy cooking is imaginative, optimistic, and refreshing. In a world where everyone is looking for a quick fix, she insists on putting food first with delicious results.  A brilliant resource for more inspired eating, The Mindful Glow Cookbook is a feast for the eyes that makes you want to get into the kitchen and cook everything!" —Sara Lynn Cauchon, founder the popular YouTube channel The Domestic Geek ABBEY SHARP is registered dietitian and the creator of the popular food blog and YouTube channel Abbey's Kitchen . She appears regularly on TV, including The Marilyn Denis Show and The Morning Show , and regularly contributes to wellness publications, including Best Health and Shape . Abbey's core philosophy is that a pleasurable relationship with food, your body, and yourself is the fundamental secret to good health. I n t r o d u c t i o n Life is about relationships, and we all obsess over cultivating the best. The rock-solid marriage. The best friend. The mother-daughter bond. But in the process of trying to be domestic superheroes, we’ve forgotten how to nourish the one relationship that we will never be able to divorce: our relationship with food. Let’s face it—it’s pretty messy. Like Jerry Springer bad. We’ve all tried at least one buzz-worthy diet under the guise that we’ll be healthier and happier if we just weighed ten pounds less, but somehow we never escape that diet rollercoaster cycle of restrict-binge-regret-repeat.   Trust me, I know; I chose this as my profession. I’m a registered diet- itian, an educated woman who devoted the early years of her professional life to finding the one diet that actually works. Sadly, after $20,000 in tuition fees and weeks of my life lost to memorizing the Krebs cycle, I’ve come to terms with a fact everyone who’s ever dieted already knows: diets don’t work. And much like Shakira’s hips, statistics don’t lie: fewer than 5 percent of dieters who have lost weight actually keep it off. Apparently, it takes more than willpower or an endorsement from Oprah to change our relationship with food. That statistic alone is more depressing to me than my student loans, but it hardly surprises me now.   Diets are physical, emotional, and mental traps. They lure us in with a sexy sales pitch and then supress our self-confidence with every kick at the can. Once you’re in, it becomes even harder to get out (but you surely already know that). Diet culture is that nagging internal voice that tells us that we’re not good enough, that our bodies aren’t right, and that we lack self-control, but we hold on under the pretense that the struggle is for our own “good.” It’s amazing how bad “good” can feel, but That’s the diet game.   Diets are controlling and malicious activities that isolate us from our bodies and from each other. They deny us communication with important people who enrich our live