 And we want to get more organized in the kitchen, but this is for all year round, not just for Christmas Yes, exactly. Thanks for that lovely introduction. You've really explained it. Well, I think my background is a nutritional therapist I've worked with clients for years and years and years helping them to make small, you know sensible realistic changes to their diet and lifestyle so that they can eat a bit better But I think what I've observed over the years is that there has been quite a shift in the landscape with healthy eating And now it's not so much a lack of knowledge. I think most people know the basics of what healthy diet consists of like eating your five a day and you know, not having too many ultra processed foods, etc But what I noticed was that there's, you know, people are still finding it hard. And I think, you know, it's because it is hard Let's be realistic. We have to make decisions about the food that we eat every single day Usually three times a day and yet often most of the cases, especially with clients that I've worked with We don't really give it the amount of attention that it deserves So like you can get the end of the day and stick your head in the fridge and think, oh, I don't know what to eat You know, we can get quite exhausted and overwhelmed with making the amount of decisions that we need to make On a daily basis for the rest of our lives about what to eat So I wanted to write this book to kind of join the dots between The the sort of knowledge of the importance of healthy eating But this book doesn't actually tell you what to eat or why it's important because like I said, I think People know that that this is more of the joining the dots with the day to day practicalities. It's not Like it's not really sexy or exciting stuff, but it's just really simple Useful habits that we can slowly build on to just make it that little bit easier for us Amelia is it For the most part A lack of time. It's not it's not a lack of Effort or desire. It's just a lack of time for most people and then we end up Taking shortcuts and making the wrong decisions and just going for something handy from the deli Totally totally. I think most people you're right. It's a lack of time and again just because our lives are so busy and maybe we don't Factor in the time for the importance to eat because it is really important Like I said, we have to eat every single day and we do need To eat essential nutrients and proteins and fats etc in order to help us to thrive But yet it for some reason it's always something that falls to the bottom of our list So my the tips in the book. I mean this book is Like hopefully there's something for everyone. I'm not expecting people to read this book and You know, there's some things that might be really common sense to some people But not to others the idea is that there's just loads and loads of simple nuggets That we can start to build into our lives just small things And that aren't going to you know, this is not about making Giving us more to do and making us feel more stressed and concerned about time But they are ultimately time-saving things that make it easier for us to just make better Healthier decisions around the food choices that we're making, you know Consistently because it's not about what we do for one or two weeks here and there. It's about, you know, our health and our Nutrition is important over the whole context of our lives. It's not it's not a short-term fix So the the book is really to give people lots and lots of simple habits whether it be to You know, there's I give it my system for how to organize your fridge because it really helps to have a fridge where you can see What you've got easily available to hand and obviously have the healthier options Visually available to you and that can massively help on reducing waste so that things don't go out of date or get lost in the back Um, or it can be simple tips like meal planning for me That's been an absolute game changer if I take 10 minutes On a weekend to plan my meals for the rest of the week It just takes away that decision fatigue when you're really stressed and Short of time at the end of the day or you know, trying to think what to do for lunch So the book spot it's like I say, it's really practical It's not about giving people more to do but actually helping to lessen the burden of what we have to do day in day out I was watching TV chef Tom carriage last night And I he always like a lot of the really good TV chefs Makes it look so simple But the big thing about him is he he was he was being he was getting prepared for the christmas dinner And it was all about preparation and He made it look like all he had to do was to show up on christmas day because he had the stuffing balls made He had the sticky toffee and the sauce made in advance. He had the gravy all prepared The roast potatoes were par cooked and they even had the turkey prepared and Allured with the garlic butter and and herbs and stuff inside So a lot a lot is about being prepared and this is just a christmas dinner Which you know, I suppose for many people would be the biggest the biggest meal maybe of the year But day to day week to week The key is being prepared and you've even touched on some of it They're just having your fridge organized and maybe having a you know a detailed shopping list before you go out and simple things Yeah, I think I think you raised such a good point. I think chefs are you know, they're trained To plan ahead. They're trained to be really really efficient and organized with their time Obviously in big kitchens, they've got it's easier for them because they've got sous chefs. They've got it's a team effort Right, it's not one person trying to fit it in at the end of the day or over the weekend Um, but chefs are taught how to plan. They're taught how to shock They're taught how to really really be organized and yet it's something that the rest of us normal folk You know, we're just not taught those skills and that's really what this book is about it's helping people to Get into that mindset where you know for people that find it a burden because a lot of people Do find cooking all the time every day a burden and a chore rather than a complete joy like I think chefs might It's just about getting into the mindset of being that little bit more organized and having some good You know habits in place and again to reiterate this is not about giving people More to do or saying that we need to you know, produce chef standard Meals all of the time because I certainly don't but Slowly over the course of you know, the last few years as I've been building all of these habits and and these resources and writing this book Um, you know, they've become a way of life. So it doesn't take more time. It actually saves my time and helps my Limited resources in the kitchen to be much much slicker and much more efficient which takes out the stress means I'm eating better And um, you know, I'm just that bit more in control and not as weary and fatigued by at all There's a there's a lot of great ideas and tips in the book Amelia and as you've mentioned You wouldn't expect people to sit down and read it from cover to cover And I suppose remember everything in it But there's a number of things that we can take away and if we Implement them into our daily lives. It will make life a bit easier And it's it's not preachy a lot of its common sense not preachy But you know our practical ideas and tips that if we just take a few of them away from the book and introduce them into our daily lives Will make life easier and that's what it's all about Definitely that's certainly my goal and thanks for saying it's not preachy because that's Absolutely the opposite of what this book's meant to be. It's um, As you say, hopefully people can just take one or two things and most people kind of know where their weak spots are whether it's not planning ahead or not shopping and always running out of food um, or you know Just having a fridge that's a bit neater and tidier and so that you can actually see to reduce waste and hence not spend so much Um, hopefully there's something in it for everyone, but there's also about 17 new recipes as well So for people that just like to get a few more ideas For what to cook. There's there's lots of healthy options in there as well Absolutely. Well the book is called the organized cook and we all want to be one of those Amelia for your thank you very much for joining us and a very happy Christmas to you Thank you so much and to you. Bye