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Today's Eat-Clean Diet Vegetarian Cookbook guest blogger is none other than Zain Jamal. She has a beautiful website full of fitness, yoga and Eating-Clean recipes where she shares her personal journey through recovering from anorexia to a place of wellness. rachael ray recipes She has also shared with us a delicious Island-Style Meal. How delicious! Try it at your next backyard barbecue. 
Although always athletic, my adoration for fitness and health intensified after I nearly lost my life in a four-year battle with anorexia nervosa. During my years of recovery, I experienced a near 50lbs weight gain, fell into patterns rachael ray recipes of binge eating, body dysmorphia, emotional eating rachael ray recipes and tried every diet, cleanse, workout and magic pill on the market to find balance and reach a comfortable weight, only to attain fleeting success followed by cycles of perpetual weight gain, over-exercising, anxiety and depression. It was during this desperate time when I discovered Tosca’s Eat-Clean Diet books, which gave me immeasurable insight into the importance of proper nutrition, using food as fuel, macronutrient balance, and what a real portion size actually looked like. I never had to diet again and what’s more, I could enjoy foods that I once coined as ‘bad’ rachael ray recipes such as carbohydrates and healthy fats! I learned that I no longer had to eat tasteless, unsatisfying meals and that this lifestyle would actually help me attain the physique I desired!
Eating five to six meals a day and exercising portion control as Tosca described, helped me to break the destructive binge/restrict cycle and enabled my body to reveal true signals of hunger and satiety again.  I returned to a healthy, balanced weight, regained my vitality and my hair and skin glowed. rachael ray recipes It was the beginning of a life-long romance with Tosca’s Eat-Clean Diet books. I am so excited for the Eat-Clean Diet Vegetarian Cookbook , as I have been a spiritual vegetarian for twelve years, having learned much of what I know from my Indian heritage, yoga, and study of Ayurveda; however, I am just starting to dabble in a pescatarian lifestyle for health specific reasons and am looking forward to expanding my horizons with these delicious recipes. I have spent the last several years rebuilding all aspects of myself as a woman, athlete, fitness model, yogini, nutritionist and Eating-Clean recipe chef through my own learning from the Eat-Clean Diet Series and under the guidance of my coach Fatima Leite Kusch, WBFF Pro. I would love to welcome all of you to follow me on my blog , Twitter , Pinterest pages for inspiration, rachael ray recipes clean and delicious recipes and fitness information. rachael ray recipes Over the next few weeks I will be sharing a number of Tosca's recipes from The Eat-Clean Diet Vegetarian Cookbook  on my website via fun videos like this one where I have prepared some of my favourite recipes to celebrate this amazing opportunity with my friends and offer them the chance to sample a few of Tosca’s incredible recipes. Stay tuned & in the meantime you can enjoy my favorite Clean meal below... Zain’s Island Style Macadamia Nut Crusted Prawns (or Tofu) with  Coconut Rice and Roasted Pineapple, Mango, Saffron Salad  rachael ray recipes
Indulge in succulent, tropical tastes with one of my favourite signature meals that can be made to suit any pescatarian, vegetarian rachael ray recipes and/or vegan! Servings: 2 Time: approximately rachael ray recipes 40 minutes Note: This meal works wonderfully for athletes and competitors; however, it does call for servings of honey as well as fruit so if you are monitoring your simple carb intake due to on-season training, swap the honey for the sweetener of your choice. Ingredients Prawn or Tofu Skewers 8oz Fresh Jumbo King Prawns OR 175g Organic Extra Firm Tofu (Cut into 1” Cubes) 1” Fresh Ginger (minced) ½ Cup Light Coconut Milk 3-5 Drops Braggs Seasoning 1/16 Tsp White Pepper 1 Tbsp Honey 30g Unsweetened Coconut Flakes 12 Large Macadamia Nuts (Unsalted) Cooking Spray (I use Canola) *Note – ½ rachael ray recipes Cup Pineapple and ½ Cup Mango from below amounts will be used for the salad once BBQ’d, I made two skewers with just fruit and the remaining ones combined fruit and prawns or tofu. 1 Cup Fresh Pineapple (Cubed and amount divided) 1 Cup Fresh Mango (Cubed, rachael ray recipes I used Ataulfo variety for sweetness, amount divided) rachael ray recipes Macadamia Dipping Sauce 2 Tbsp Macadamia Butter 5-6 Drops Braggs rachael ray recipes ¼ “ Fresh Ginger (minced) ¼ Clove Garlic (minced) ½ Tbsp Honey Coconut Rice ½ Cup Brown Basmati Rice 1½ Cups Water Pinch Himalayan Crystal Salt ¼ Cup Light Coconut Milk 1 Bay Leaf 1 Packet Stevia/Splenda OR ½ Tbsp Agave Syrup Salad 2 Belgium Endives (de-leaved, rachael ray recipes remaining finely chopped) 2 Spring Onions (finely chopped) 4-5 Leaves Radicchio (finely chopped) ¼ Red Bell Pepper  (finely chopped) 2 Sprigs Cilantro Juice of 1 Fresh Lime ½ Jalapeno (minced) Mango pulp remaining from seed 1” Cu