HEALTHY LITTLE EATERS corned beef and Brussels sprouts. Yuck. They’d agitate around my mouth for what seemed like hours, and I still really don’t like them. But that battling and bargaining doesn’t really work, as we parents know underneath it all, and Dunedin nutritionist Wal Herring has come up with a different approach that throws out the assumptions around children and food. For example, why do we cut tomatoes into wedges for children when they are perfectly capable HEALTHY LITTLE EATERS By Wal Herring (Penguin Random House NZ; available now; $35; for more information visit: www.randomhouse.co.nz) One day, sugar hater Damon Gameau says, we’ll live in a world where eating less sugar is not a diet, it’s the norm. I concur. But until then, we need to be guided by people like him on what we can do now to quit sugar…and this Australian award-winning actor and author of the incredibly successful That Sugar Guide and accompanying That Sugar Film is a good candidate for the job. Working with Australian actor and wife Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Gameau gives us 80 brand new recipes and advice that can be integrated JULIA & LIBBY’S WHOLEFOOD KITCHEN By Julia and Libby Matthews (Penguin Random House NZ; available now; $50; more information: www.randomhouse.nz) 30 MARCH 2016 “If you don’t eat your vegetables, you won’t get any pudding.” Oh, how many times I had that threat thrown over the dinner table by my desperate parents when I was little! The worst things were B O O K R E V I E W S of eating them whole like an apple? Why do mums peel grapes for their kids? Why do we preface offering children something new by saying ‘I don’t think you’re going to like it’. Giving an immediate impression that the food is not desirable is the worst thing we can do and Herring, who has battled her own demons when it comes to eating, says tone, gestures and even body language can affect what and how we eat. Healthy Little Eaters is fi lled with ideas to set children on a healthy pathway for life, and a chance to change the threat to “If you don’t eat your pudding, you won’t get any cabbage!” THAT SUGAR GUIDE into family life straight away to start weaning everyone off the white stuff. Divided into two parts – a bridging phase and a consolidation phase – the book covers a range of different meals whose ingredients can be bought at any supermarket. Gameau, who appeared in American sitcom How I Met Your Mother and Australian drama Puberty Blues, is a passionate advocate for good health and is determined to offer people a way to have happier lives. Thanks Damon. JULIA & LIBBY’S WHOLEFOOD KITCHEN “I used to always be rushing around, not getting enough sleep, not eating right, and I would feel exhausted every day,” Auckland naturopath and nutritionist Libby Matthews says. “Over the past few years, I have made some simple changes in my life so that I now have more energy throughout the day, making me a happier person and easier to be around.” That’s the catalyst for this book, written with sister Julia, to help ensure readers eat the right type of food, discouraging processed foods and encouraging wholefoods. Five years ago the THAT SUGAR GUIDE By Damon Gameau (MacMillan Publishers; available now; $34.99; more information: www.macmillan.co.nz) siblings were lacking in energy, reaching for caffeine and sugar to get through the day. Now the two, who have a staggering 45,000 followers on Facebook and the same on Instagram, have created a book full of energy-rich, nutritious recipes that are mostly gluten and dairy-free, with vegetarian choices and tips on food types that make your skin healthy. They call it a healthy prescription for better health. Take one look at the two on the front cover, and you’ll want to use their kind of medicine. THIS MONTH’S LUCKY SUBSCRIBER, Emily Agnew of James & Wells, will receive all three of the publications reviewed on this page. Enjoy, Emily!
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