VIDEO: Fashionable foodies: Hemsley + Hemsley share recipes from their first cookbook
GLAMOROUS sisters Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley reveal how to eat delicious but nutritious food that is good for your body and mind
Britain has become a nation of healthy eating addicts but for sisters Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley, eating well isn't a fad - it's a way of life.
Spurred on by their love of eating well, the London-based sisters set up Hemsley + Hemsley, which provides nutritious home-cooked food to celebrities and high profile clients.
The glamorous pair, Jasmine, 34, and Melissa, 28, also run a blog, encoraging people to eat well and live more energised lives.
And, they have just released their first cookbook, The Art Of Eating Well.
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They said: "This recent movement on healthy eating being all about low-fat, fake 'health foods' - often full of sugar - did not appeal to us.
"We realised that by taking things back to basics and making it all about real food that nourishes you, made us feel so much more alive.
"Simply put; The Art of Eating Well is mindful eating and enjoying the foods that make you feel good from the inside out."
Here, Hemsley + Hemsley share two exclusive recipes from their book so you can begin eating well at home.
FLOWER POWER PIZZA
The base is made from cauliflower which make these pizzas much more healthy than traditional ones.
Makes one pizza
For the tomato sauce
3 garlic cloves, or diced
1 tbsp ghee
12 large tomatoes, roughly chopped
2 tsp dried oregano or 1 tbsp fresh oregano leaves
sea salt and black pepper
1 fresh or dried chilli, finely sliced or chopped
For the pizza base
140g cauliflower (about ¼of a head without the stalk)
1 egg white, beaten
50g ground almonds
40g buckwheat flour
½ tsp sea salt
½ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
For the Parma ham and rocket topping
4 slices of Parma ham, torn into small pieces
2 handfuls of rockets
Parmesan shavings
Method
Preheat the oven to fan 190°C/Gas mark 6. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and lightly grease with butter, ghee or coconut oil.
Make the tomato sauce: gently heat the ghee in a pan over a medium heat and fry the garlic for 1 minute, then add the chopped tomatoes, oregano, salt and pepper and a little chilli.
Cook the tomatoes down to a thick sauce over a medium heat, lid off,which will take about 15 minutes, then mash the tomatoes with your spatula or blend to a paste if you like things less rustic.
While the sauce is cooking, grate the cauliflower into rice-sized pieces using a hand grater or food processor.
Put all of the pizza base ingredients into a bowl and mix well with a spoon, or add to the food processor and blend, to form a sticky dough.
Spread the dough out with the back of the spoon on the prepared tray, shaping it into a 30 cm-diameter.
Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes, flipping it over after 15 minutes to cook the underside.
Spread the tomato sauce over the base of the pizza with the back of a spoon.
Top with the Parma ham, rocket and Parmesan shavings.
Serve the pizza with a big green salad.
PINA COLADA SMOOTHIE
A delicious pineapple and coconut smoothie that's rich in enzymes and Vitamin C.
Serves 2
Ingredients
½ large pineapple, peeled and cut into blendable chunks, about 300g
200ml full-fat coconut milk
½ large avocado, peeled, about 100g
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp ground turmeric
Method
Blend everything together with 150ml water or coconut water until smooth, adding more liquid if necessary.
Drink immediately or pour into a glass jar or stainless steel flask and keep in the fridge for up to 48 hours.
The Art of Eating Well by Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley
Recipes feature in: The Art of Eating Well by Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley (RRP £25).
See, eburypublishing.co.uk.