The MIND Diet & Cookbook Giveaway

A review and giveaway of the new MIND Diet Plan & Cookbook – recipes and lifestyle guidelines to help prevent Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Friday Favorite

If you ever need to get me a gift – a cookbook is the way to my heart. Sure the internet and pinterest are great resources for recipes but I love the stories and pictures in a cookbook.

I recently received a gifted copy of The MIND Diet Plan & Cookbook written by the fabulous Julie Andrews, Registered Dietitian and trained Chef.

I read it cover to cover and love it!

The MIND Diet

MIND stands for Mediterranean DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay.

Basically it’s a combination of the Mediterranean Diet and DASH Diet (dietary approach to stop hypertension) designed to help prevent Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

The focus of the MIND diet is incorporating potassium and fiber rich fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, whole grains, and omega 3 rich seafood into everyday meals while limiting sodium and saturated fat.

I love that the focus is on incorporating these brain boosting foods into your diet instead of excluding certain foods.

To find out more about the MIND diet and see more great recipes, be sure to check out Julie Andrews’ (author) blog and website – The Gourmet RD

The MIND Diet Plan & Cookbook

I honestly, truly love this book.

Easy to Understand

It has just enough science to explain the connection between this way of eating and cognition. There is nothing worse than trying to read something scientific and having to re-read the same sentence 100 times before you just give up trying to understand.

Example MIND Meal Plan

Julie does the hard work for you and gives you a beautifully laid out, easy to follow 28d day MIND diet meal plan. Complete with tips for meal prep and grocery lists.

Delicious Recipes

Probably one of my favorite parts of this cookbook are the recipes! I have seriously bookmarked almost every page of the recipes to try.

They are all so flavor packed but still easy enough for everyday meals. I also love that they don’t call for exotic ingredients that you have to try and track down. Plus most of the recipes require 30 minutes or less of cooking time…a huge plus in my home.

• White Bean and Mushroom Toast (pictured above)
• Crispy Baked Artichoke Hearts
• Turkey Sausage and Kale Baked Ziti

All three of the above recipes have been easy to cook and taste amazing!

And now for the good news…

Julie and her publishing team have been kind enough to giveaway one copy of The MIND Diet Plan & Cookbook to a lucky reader!

Hint, Hint…One of YOU!

How to Enter –

Simply comment on this post in the comment section below describing your favorite summer memory!

Winner will be selected 5:00pm PST on Tuesday, April 30th.

(please note you can also enter by commenting on this instagram post or this facebook post as well if you don’t want to comment below).

**A few rules – Only one entry per person. Giveaway available to US Residents only. Publishing company will mail book directly to winner. Must be 18 or older to enter. Winner will be notified via email attached to their blog comment by myself to request mailing address. (or direct message via Facebook or instagram if applicable).

To Get Your Own Copy

In the event that you don’t win a copy, Julie’s amazing book will be available to purchase on May 7th.

Grab your very own copy of The MIND Diet Plan & Cookbook here – http://bit.ly/MINDDietCookbook