PACKED- Nutrient dense food for on the go lifestyles **NEW RELEASE**

Eating is one of life’s simple pleasures, Eloise Emmett believes even if she is eating from a container in the carpark while waiting at her kids dancing, she wants the meal to be delicious and enjoyable, and to feel good and well nourished after eating it.

This book was created so she could share what she has learnt over many years of being a chef, and most recently being a busy mum of three very active children. She has a very full life – they live on the Tasman Peninsula and her children attend a school in Hobart. For most of the past 10 years they commuted daily with the children to take them to school. And also take them to their many activities outside of school such as dancing, karate, football, cricket, swimming, art classes, acting classes and more. Eloise’s husband was often away for work for long periods so she did this by herself the majority of the time. Eloise also run a busy accommodation and cooking workshop retreat on the Tasman Peninsula and is a freelance photographer, consultant for hospitality and publishing and food-stylist.

But she never allowed this to be an excuse to not find time to cook nutritious meals. Beside the fact that it would cost a fortune to feed her family on takeaways - the cost on their health was just something she is not willing to compromise on.

Eloise says “Always keep in mind that we are brainwashed by the commercial food industry into believing that cooking is time consuming and hard - and I am here to tell you it is not! When those people in the big offices that are creating their products are deciding their next marketing strategy, your health is not considered at all in their plans.”

The book contains over 80 nutrient dense recipes, not just to fill kids lunchboxes, although it will be a handy lunch box resource but for café level delicious meals ideas for on-the-go lifestyles. The book also contains how to prepare the food in a busy life and WHY we should prioritise eating well, exploring the costs to your wallet, health and the planet.

*Cost for your wallet
“Cooking your food is always the most economical choice. I prefer 
to spend my money on the fun activities my kids do that keep them active, which then circles back to them having exercise that they enjoy. Some people believe that takeaway food is cheap, but
for a meal to feed my family at a takeaway shop, it costs $60-$120 and I can buy a lot of veggies and meat with that! Not to mention that it has little nutritional value so is just a waste. An example in the book is a delicious honey mustard prawn salad that works out the same cost as a ham and cheese sandwich purchased from a take -away shop, what would you prefer??”
*Cost for your health
“There are endless amounts of research you can find on the effects of not eating well. We know it contributes to obesity, heart disease, depression, anxiety and more. You can find the information easily yourself. It is pretty confronting
to sadly see that pharmaceutical companies currently define lifestyle illnesses as “growth industries” worth investing in. “
*Cost for the planet
“Did you know that 20% of food that is purchased will never be eaten? It is just thrown away. All that time, energy and resources that went into making that food - all gone. 60% of the Australian diet is discretionary foods, foods that provide little or
no nutrition or are even health negative. Isn't that just a ridiculous waste too? Just think of your own fridge and pantry - how much goes to waste? With better organisation with your meals, not only will your health benefit, but so will the planet. “

Eloise has plenty of professional experience behind her and is very well qualified to be pursuing a career in Cookbook publishing. Eloise was the head chef at The Astor grill and T42 in Hobart and had stints in 5 star hotels and resorts including Bedarra and Hayman islands before moving to the Tasman Peninsula nearly 20 years ago to run her own restaurant, The Mussel Boys, which was once described as one of the best country eateries in the state by leading food critics. Eloise always cooked with regional produce in her restaurant including oysters and mussels from nearby farms, venison, quail and wallaby farmed or hunted locally and fresh fish from local fisherman along with veggies fruits and more.
It wasn’t until she had her own children and was attending children’s playgroups and was working in the local primary school launch into learning pre-kinder cooking class that she saw first-hand the prevalence and normality of packet plastic food fed to children. Plastic packaged foods is not only creating disease in the children but bad for the environment too. And she witnessed the lack of basic cooking skills. Eloise said parents were surprisingly shocked at how easy basic recipes were to make. Eloise firmly believes that it is a lie sold to us through the packet food industry that cooking is hard and overly time consuming, and children will not eat well. The inspiration for Eloise’s first book The Real Food for Kids Cookbook was all the recipes she cooked with the 0-4 year old children in the program at the launch into learning. She then when on to produce Seafood Everyday after hearing many people did not eat the recommended for good health, few serves of seafood each week as they believed Seafood was expensive and difficult to cook. Seafood Everyday also won 2 Gourmand Cookbook awards. Eloise then produced The Tasmania Pantry cookbook and The Tasmania Pantry 2 cookbook that have both won cookbook awards. Eloise has also helped many clients publish cookbooks.

Eloise lives on the Tasman Peninsula where she runs her Accommodation business and boutique cooking school Little Norfolk Bay Events and Chalets, teaching cooking workshops, weekend cooking retreats and Indulgence weekends.

Recipe List

Apple After School Muffins
Apple and Carrot Breakfast Muffins
Apricot and Almond Toasted Muesli
Apricot Bliss Balls
Apricot Chicken and Sage Buttered Cous Cous.
Asian Flavoured Schnitzel Bowl
Baked Hazelnut, Pear, Berry and Cinnamon Porridge
Baked Honey Soy Chicken Drumsticks
Beetroot Salad
Berry, Apple Overnight Oats
Breakfast Trifle
Burgers
Burrito Wraps
Carrot and Pumpkin Soup
Cauliflower and Broccoli Mac and Cheese
Cauliflower Soup
Chicken, Brown Rice and Corn Soup
Chicken Ceaser
Chilli Con Carne
Chocolate Slice
Corn Salad
Cream of Broccoli and Bacon Soup
Egg and Bacon Pies
Fresh Vegged up Muesli
Fried Rice with Teriyaki Chicken
Fruit Leather
Garlic Pizza
Grilled Mediterranean Vegetable Panini
Green Chicken Curry
Green Peppered Chicken Liver Pate
Guocamole
Honey Cinnamon Nut Bars
Honey, Lime Chicken
Honey and Mustard Slow Cooked Beef
Honey and Soy Chicken Nori Rolls.
Honey, Soy Brown Rice Salad with Tassal Hot Smoked Salmon
Italian Chicken Meatballs
Lemon, Garlic and Herb Roasted Chicken
Lamb Kofta
Lamb, Lentil and Tomato Soup
Loaded Baked Spuds
Madras Beef or Lamb Curry
Mango Chicken
Mayonnaise/Aioli
Mediterranean Pasta Salad
Mexican Meatballs
Mexican Pulled Beef
Noodle Salad
Occy and Broccoli, Bean Salad
Pea Hummus.
Pesto Mayo Chicken Salad
Pickled Octopus, Roast Pumpkin and Fetta.
Potato and Bacon Salad
Pumpkin, Mushroom and Chicken Risotto
Quinoa Roast Vegetable Salad
Roast Beetroot and Fetta Salad
Roast Lamb
Roast Pumpkin, Spinach and Fetta Frittata
Salsa - Cooked
Salsa - Fresh
Savoury Rice Breakfast Porridge
Sichuan Pepper Pork Salad
Spiced Tassal Salmon
Slow Cooked Lamb, Silverbeet and Fetta Cannelloni
Slow Cooked Mediterranean Lamb Shoulder
Slow Cooker Roast Lamb and Cous Cous Salad
Smoothies
Spicy Breakfast Scones
Spicy Lamb Shank
Spicy Pulled Pork
Stock/Bone broth
Tatziki Dip
Thyme Polenta
Tropic Co Prawn, Broccoli, Apple salad with Honey and Mustard
Tuna or Salmon Casserole
Vegetarian Lasagne
Wraps