~~~~~~~~~~~~ Healthy and hearty ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This was a book I bought on whim if I am honest while doing a bit of online shopping on amazon. I am always keen to cook healthy, hearty meals so this book caught my eye. What makes this book special is that that author, Sally Bee, has a pretty remarkable tale to tell. A perfectly normal and healthy mum of three, Sally suddenly, at 36, suffered three heart attacks in a week. Despite being given a slim chance of survival, Sally lived to tell the tale - and write this book. She explains in the introduction that she realised she had to take complete control of her lifestyle to ensure she ...  Read the complete review

The Secret Ingredient by Sally Bee "Delicious and easy, heart-healthy recipes that might just save your life." Sally Bee. At 36 years old Sally Bee was in her prime; happily married with 3 young children, a non-smoker, fit and with a healthy diet she never saw coming what happened one sunny day. Whilst at a child's birthday party Sally suffered a heart attack. The doctors were unsure what it was at the time as she was so young and had no family history of heart problems so after being taken to hospital in an ambulance they eventually let her go with some indigestion tablets. A few days later she suffered another heart attack ...  Read the complete review

I love to cook whenever I can and with that comes a real addiction to cookery books. Most of my cookery books are by the usual suspects, Delia, Nigella, Rachel etc but I have to say one of my favourites is my Sally Bee book 'The Secret Ingredient'. She may not be as well known but for me I love her recipes and the story behind how she wrote this book. Sally Bee is a mum of 3 who has had an extraordinary experience; the introduction of this book goes into lots of detail and really lays the foundation of why she wrote the cookbook. To summarise Sally was a healthy young woman with a young family who developed serious ill-health quiet rapidly. First a heart ...  Read the complete review