Stop following recipes. Start understanding food.

Most people don’t actually know how to cook… they know how to follow recipes.

They might have a handful of meals they can make without thinking.

But the moment they want something new, they’re back to scrolling online or digging out a cookbook.

So what happens?

They fall into the same common pattern:

  • The same 4–5 meals on repeat

  • Little variety from week to week

  • Meals chosen based on convenience, not intention

Not because they lack motivation… just because they’ve never been shown a better way.



The Solution

Cook Like a Nutritionist is built around a simple idea:

If you understand the principles of making a great dish, you can create endless variations without ever needing to follow a recipe again.

Instead of giving you 50 fixed recipes, this ebook teaches you 14 Core Meal Templates

Each one broken down into a simple formula. 

You’ll finally understand the structure for building your own:

  • Flavour-packed stir fries

  • Hearty power bowls

  • Delicious whole food pancake stacks

  • Satisfying whole food burgers

  • And many more, including breakfasts, main meals, and snacks 

The beauty is, once you understand the general principles for making these dishes, you can mix and match ingredients based on:

  • What you have

  • What you fancy

  • What’s in season




What You’ll Be Able To Do

After using this ebook, you’ll be able to:

  • Walk into your kitchen and build a meal without a recipe

  • Create endless variations from the same core ideas

  • Shop for ingredients intuitively, without having to write or memorise a list

  • Make meals that are both nutritionally balanced and genuinely delicious

  • Use up ingredients instead of letting food go to waste

  • Cook faster, with less stress and more confidence



Built Around Nutrition 

This isn’t just about cooking… It's about eating well, consistently.

Throughout the ebook, you’ll learn:

  • How to adjust meals to hit your specific goals 

  • How to naturally hit protein and fibre targets

  • How to build meals that support energy, performance, and health

  • Simple ways to improve micronutrient intake

No calorie obsession. No rigid rules.

Just practical, evidence-based principles you can use every day.



What’s Inside

  • 14 flexible meal formulas you can use forever

  • Example dishes for each template, to spark ideas

  • Ingredient swaps and variations

  • Evidence-based nutrition tips woven into each section

  • Practical cooking guidance to make everything easier and faster



Why This Works

Because it shifts you from:

Following instructions, to understanding principles

From “What do I cook tonight?” to “I know how to build something great from anything I’ve got”



Who This Is For

This ebook is perfect if you:

  • Want to eat healthier without overthinking it

  • Are bored of repeating the same meals

  • Feel too reliant on recipes

  • Want more flexibility in your cooking

  • Care about nutrition but don’t want complexity



The Outcome

You won’t just have a set of meals.

You’ll understand the principles of cooking, and have a system you can use for life.

A way of cooking that is:

  • Flexible

  • Enjoyable

  • Nutritionally sound

  • Sustainable long-term



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The origin of Cook Like a Nutritionist 

A few years ago, I wrote The Plant-Based Power Plan, published with Penguin Life. It focused on plant-based sports nutrition, and helped thousands of athletes and active adults thrive on a diet centred around plants.

Although it included a selection of recipes to help bring the principles to life, I kept hearing the same thing:

“This is great… but please can you write a cookbook next?”

At the same time, I realised something important.

Most people don’t actually need more recipes.
They need to understand how to cook.

Alongside my work as a nutritionist, I’ve spent years working in kitchens and teaching at the world-renowned Demuths Cookery School. Through that, I’ve learned how to build meals that are not just nutritionally sound, but genuinely satisfying and packed with flavour.

So instead of creating another traditional cookbook full of fixed recipes, I built something different.

A system that teaches you the principles behind great meals – so you can create your own, again and again, without ever needing to follow a recipe.

That’s an invaluable skill that can set you up for eating well for life.



FAQs

  • Macros and calories included? - yes

  • Vegan? - yes

  • Suitable if I’m gluten free? - need to check

  • Measured in cups or grams? - need to check I’m consistent with this!

  • Paperback copies available? - not yet but I’ve designed the ebook in a way that can be printed at home and the page numbers will be visible on each page

  • Any hard to find ingredients? all found in UK supermarkets, if accessing this from other countries a small number may not be found but not many

  • Are the recipes oil free? - good to get fats from whole food sources like nuts, seeds, tahini, avocado as unlike oils they come with protein, fibre, vitamins and minerals etc. Oils contain around 120 calories per tablespoon and without these nutritional benefits. But for me cooking is a balance between nutrition and making food taste delicious and using oil, especially during sauteing, helps infuse the flavours through the dish.

  • Added sugar free?

  • How many pages

  • Do you call for vegan meat or cheese substitutes?