Living the Mediterranean Diet creates an approachable way to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle and includes a bounty of traditional Mediterranean recipes presented with a California flair. With the fresh and nutritious recipes in this book, you can enjoy creative dishes to stay healthy and fit. Hearty whole grains; crisp, farmers'' market vegetables; luscious, garden-grown fruits; freshly caught fish - the Mediterranean Diet has proven itself as one of the most sustainable programmes for improving health and achieving your ideal weight.