About the Book

Overseeing the care of my elderly parents  was my motivation. I was living in Las Vegas and visiting my parents in  Michigan from time-to-time. I cooked the food for them that I made for  myself. I also rotated the proteins so that brain function would be  optimal for their medication absorption into the brain. There was a  noticeable improvement in their attentiveness and energy by the end of  my visit. I talked to their doctor and the nurse at the home care agency  about getting them healthier meals, explaining that I could see how the  food I prepared had had a positive effect on them. They both told me  there are no guides or books for caregivers about cooking for home care  or seniors, just regular cookbooks. They were right. I searched the  Internet, bookstores and found nothing that addressed the needs of  caregivers for recipes and meal planning, let alone guides for shopping  or time management. And certainly nothing about the importance of  protein rotation and the planning that alone requires. So I wrote the  book myself to fill the void.

  Not your average cookbook. It is more than just recipes.

Originally, this cookbook was written for the burgeoning population of caregivers who are cooking for their aging parents on a daily basis. But it is more than just recipes, it is a step-by-step guide to managing their time for meal planning, shopping, preparation and serving healthy, delicious meals.

We know our diet effects our well being at any age. Anyone can benefit from this. So this book extends beyond seniors. 

Healthy eating is in the mainstream today. As a personal chef, I have found that no matter what our age, we still want to eat the food we grew up with, whether good for us or not. 

In this book, the recipes are good for us. Even working parents with children and even teens will appreciate the time saving methods for preparing fresh grocery-to-table meals. I developed it based  on the recommendations from the research and resources listed in the  back of this book, focusing on nutrients that slow down the aging process, protein  rotation, and plain old fashioned good tasty food!  

 The  focus of this book is to make it easy for caregivers to provide both  taste and foods that enhance our health.   And it is super easy to follow with pictures of each meal and very  simple, yet appetizing, presentations.