These docs-dietitians know what they're talking about. Their emphasis is on keeping your mind sharp and healthy through food. Full nutritional information and easy instructions are coupled with photos that will make you hungry.

If you love the Mediterranean diet or just want to check out what the fuss of the past few years is about, get a copy.

This cookbook offers healthy recipes, with a main focus on ingredients for brain and mental health. The recipes use real, clean food ingredients that are generally easy to find. I found the recipes interesting and easy to follow. The end of the book offers some weekly meal plans you can follow with several of the recipes from the cookbook. I’m looking forward to trying more of the recipes.

I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

My partner and I have made several recipes from this cookbook and they were all so good! We will definitely be getting a physical copy when this is published!

For more than a century, people have been saying that eating fish would make one smarter. Now registered dietician Serena Ball and her co-author Deanna Segrave-Daly promise that a Mediterranean diet will keep your brain healthy and working.

I will not weigh in one way or another on that premise. In fact, I feel unsure of weighing in on the cookbook in absolute terms. If you’re the adventurous kind of cook with disposable income and access to some pretty exotic ingredients, this could well be a five-star read for you. Black Lentil Salad and Toasted Cumin Seeds and Melon and Prosciutto Panzanella aren’t recipes that Betty in rural Nebraska can make. Heck, I’m in Louisville, Ky., and I have never seen black lentils, even in ethnic groceries. The cookbook features hummus made with chickpeas and raw beets, a milkshake made with Medjool dates and tahini, a salad of asparagus and roasted oranges, and pesto made with walnuts and arugula rather than pinenuts and basil. If this sounds like just the escape from the rut you’ve been looking for, you’ll love this book. If that sounds like a cookbook with ingredients you can’t find where you live and/or recipes that are bit too much, steer clear. For me, it was a two-star book, but your mileage may well vary.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley and BenBella in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to receive this book for an honest review.

I found this book to be very helpful in understanding the Mediterranean Diet and enjoyed the recipes.

I look forward to get started and cooking quite a few.

The smart Mediterranean Diet Cookbook t Serena Ball and Deanna Segrave- Daly provides you with the necessary tools to create quick, easy, and delicious recipes with key ingredients that will benefit your family's health. This particular cookbook includes over 100 different brain- healthy recipes to protect the mind and boost the mood. The Mediterranean diet supplies flavorful, vibrant, antioxidant,- rich foods in sourcing the body in a plentiful manner.
By eating smart by increasing spices,herbs and seeds daily, consuming olive oil daily, and consuming berries, fiber and probiotics as well as seafood would help the gut. Making these changes for the body, will help with a whole body wellness for the future

This cookbook is very helpful, packed with very tasty recipes for all to enjoy such asde scent desserts, hearty soups and salads, plentiful breakfast on the go, and amazingly tasty pasta dishes and sauces.

We all want to eat healthier. And don't we all love at least some foods from the Mediterranean region? I was anxious to read these recipes to see how I could make our meals healthier. My initial reaction was that I'd need to buy a lot of new foods, spices, etc. that I don't have in my kitchen.

But as I read through the cookbook, I realized that there were quite a number of recipes that I could make today, with what I have on hand. My plan is to start slowly. Make foods that I'm pretty sure we would eat in our house while introducing some new tastes, textures, and approaches to meals.

This book has many recipes. You'll be able to find several to start with, just as I did. There are beautiful photos and the instructions are easy to follow.

The chapters are as follows: Introduction, Breakfast, Small Plates & Snacks, Salads, Sides, Soups, Sandwiches & Pizzas, Pasta, Vegetarian Main dishes, Seafood, Meat & Poultry, Desserts, and some special chapters.

Most people know that the traditional Mediterranean diet has been shown to help people live longer and healthier, but not everyone knows about the benefits to brain health like reducing the rates of Alzheimer’s and depression. This cookbook focuses on healthy, whole food recipes that feature lots of nuts, spices, olive oil, fish, berries and herbs to make the most of these benefits.

The recipes are fairly simple, with some requiring a little more effort. Photos are provided for about half. Nutritional information is provided, along with notes by folks who made the recipes, background on each recipe, and hacks and substitutions.

I read a digital copy of this book for review.

I really enjoyed reading this cookbook because it takes a different approach to cooking as it focuses on making food that is good for your brain health. The author explains how there is a much lower rate of dementia and Alzheimer's in the Mediterranean region and how their diet may play a very significant factor.. She writes of how college students decreased the anxiety by consuming a Mediterranean diet. The recipes in here are plentiful and definitely different. They incorporate berries, seeds, yogurt, fish, shellfish and much more. She has recipes for throughout the day. I received this copy in the digital form and I much prefer to have my cookbooks in paper form. I will definitely be purchasing this cookbook because if there is something that I can do this easily to help my family's brain health and emotional wellbeing then I defintely want to do it.

I received this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher for my honest opinion. I give it an enthusiastic 5 stars and would definitely want a paper copy in my kitchen too!

Very enjoyable! Good recipes, some of them really are mouthwatering.The book offers a lot of useful information. I would have probably liked to see more photos of the recipes.

■Each recipe is a celebration of the vibrant flavors of the Mediterranean, thoughtfully designed to enhance brain function and mood. The cookbook is not just a collection of meals; it’s a guide to a lifestyle that prioritizes mental well-being and overall health.

■What sets this cookbook apart is its practical approach to healthy eating. The Healthy Kitchen Hacks for every recipe, including substitutions and time-saving suggestions, make it accessible to everyone, regardless of dietary restrictions or cooking experience. The inclusion of adaptable recipes for various lifestyles and the Five-day meal plans are invaluable tools for anyone looking to integrate the Mediterranean diet into their daily routine.

■The Smart Mediterranean Diet Cookbook is a must-have for those who want to indulge in the pleasures of eating while also caring for their brain’s health. It’s a culinary journey that promises to delight the palate and enrich the mind.

I'm a big fan of the Mediterranean diet, so I was really excited for this cookbook! It has a lot of great recipes, and I feel like they are different than most Mediterranean cookbooks. My favorite sections were the sides, soups, and pasta. I also liked that it has photos for almost every recipe!

I have loved the other recipe books in this Mediterranean series. This one is no different. The additions 9f breakfast and snack options are such a help to me as I try to change my ways of eating. Can't wait to pick this one up!

I was not sure if I needed another cookbook but I am glad I read this one -- the recipes are good for all levels of cooking skills and there are accompanying photos. The introduction explains how this diet differs from MIND and DASH diets and how it helps with whole body wellness, the brain and your mood. There is a chart that shows different foods and which nutrients provide the benefits. I plan to use the foods listed here as part of my regular shopping list. Some of the recipes will fit easily in my regular meal planning and tastes. Other recipes will be a new experience for me and take me out of my comfort zone but I am willing to try them! The book is broken out into sections by meals, etc. and even includes sample meal plans. There is also a helpful chart that displays the recipe guide for special diets. The benefits of following a Mediterranean diet have been consistently researched as highly beneficial. I am happy to have a helpful guide and recipes to help me begin to incorporate these foods into my diet.

Thank you to Netgalley and BenBella Books for an ARC and I voluntarily left this review.

I just finished reading this from cover to cover and now I can't wait to get in the kitchen and start cooking. What wonderful ideas and information on health, food and so much more. The recipes are great and easy to follow and things I can easily make and ingredients I can easily source. The photos made the food look so tasty as well.

A great book for healthy eating that tastes great too. I do love cookbooks that can do this and make everything look so wonderful. YUM. I'm off to do some cooking now.

Thank you NetGalley and BenBella Books for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

I received an ARC of this cookbook from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a wonderful cookbook. The pictures were great and the recipes were varied and interesting but still contained ingredients that would be easy to find at the grocery store!

The Smart Mediterranean Diet Cookbook is one that I plan on buying when it's released, despite having an ARC of it.

I've already made a few of the recipes and look forward to many more - the authors have included nutritional information, appetizing recipes and gorgeous photos of the foods that have something that appeals to the pickiest of eaters. (me!)

I look forward to creating recipes that my family will enjoy and that are nourishing and a delight to look at!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC in lieu of an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Cookbook is full of gorgeous pictures of food good for both your body and your brain. Bonus points for having so many delicious sounding recipes that had me salivating. I found myself bookmarking almost half of the recipes to start trying in the next few weeks. And the recipes were clearly written with understandable steps easy enough for a novice in the kitchen