Food should be good for you, it should be delicious and nutritious, and it should be simple and sustainable.
We started our family business with good food and good health at its heart. Our aim was to coach people away from fad diets and unhealthy eating towards an appreciation of the power of real food, properly sourced and correctly prepared. Our clients felt happier, healthier and more energised and couldn’t believe how easy it was to adopt the Hemsley + Hemsley principles for better living. Eating well is one of the most important ways to keep in good health and it is also one of life’s pleasures. Working out how to combine the two culminated in our first book, The Art of Eating Well.
In Good + Simple we want to show that healthy eating doesn’t have to be complicated: eat good food and good things will result. If the food you eat is delicious and simple to prepare, then you can maintain a healthy diet without difficulty. To prove this, we’ve developed over 140 recipes for their great taste, ease and versatility, stripping back our principles to make eating well even simpler. We’ve created dishes that are packed with flavour, work for us every day, are straightforward and quick to make and use ingredients that are readily available.
We take a holistic approach towards well-being, because for us it’s not just about healthy eating. Food should be good for you but it should also taste good, make you and your family feel good, be good for the environment and your pocket. Food culture today is complicated by too much choice and too many fake foods: rows of highly refined packaged products flanked by adverts for the latest fad diet or quick fixes for weight loss – approaches that rarely work in the long term. Knowing how best to feed yourself is a skill for life and means that you’ll be healthier, more contented and better prepared to take on the ups and downs of daily life, and you’ll be setting an inspiring example to those around you too. Anyone can be a good home cook and nothing beats delicious, nourishing home-cooked food made with love.