Coconut Oil

Recipes for Real Life is just that it features over 100 gluten-free, easy-to-follow, recipes using every day, natural ingredients, including coconut oil and other products from the Lucy Bee range.

If you need inspiration in the kitchen or just want a change from the usual, then this is the book for you. Tasty, nutritious meals using ingredients that you'll either already have at home or are easy to find in your local shop.

Enjoy a little 'me time', or get a friend or your family to join you as you rustle up your favourite recipes from the book, such as 'One-Tray Roast Chicken' a Sunday roast doesn't have to be a hassle anymore, nor with lots of washing up afterwards!

Try a healthy twist in our 'Fakeaways' section, where we use alternative ingredients to achieve mouthwatering dishes you'll still feel as though you're indulging in your favourite, naughty takeaway restaurant food. Here we include recipes such as Chicken Katsu Curry, Courgetti Carbonara or Sweet and Sour Chicken.

The chapters include: Brunchin', Glow With The Flow, Saturday Night Fakeaways, Sharing Is Caring, One Pot Cooks, Naughty But Nice and Lucy's Larder.

We all lead such busy lives and it's not always possible to spend hours creating meals, so these recipes intend to nourish and satisfy with minimal prep time (and washing up) involved. They're great to share with family and friends or simply to make for yourself and take to work as snacks or to have for lunch the next day.

Recipes for Real Life recommends Fair Trade and organic ingredients where possible, which, in turn, supports those communities that produce these and cares for the environment, making a real difference to real lives across the world.