Future-proof your life through your forties, fifties and beyond with these delicious, fuss-free recipes that restore, rejuvenate and revive, revised and updated for 2025.
Delicious recipes for perimenopause and the menopause.
'No fads. No gimmicks. Just delicious, health-boosting food' - Daily Mail
As featured in The Times and the Daily Mail.
This new edition has been updated by the authors and an expert nutritionist in line with the very latest research and advice.
Are you at a point in your life where health is becoming more of a priority? The perimenopause and menopause years are a great time to take stock of what you eat - in fact, midlife is a glorious opportunity to wrest back control of your eating in the interests of health, happiness and a long life.
This is what The Midlife Kitchen is all about: eating gorgeous ingredients in the most delicious combinations to give yourself the best possible odds for a healthy future. Mimi Spencer and Sam Rice have created more than 150 recipes to restore, rejuvenate and revive - with them you can future-proof your life through your forties, fifties and well beyond.
Busy lives require simple, sustaining recipes that incorporate health-giving ingredients without too much fuss, so each recipe features Mimi and Sam's unique colour-coded star anise system, highlighting the specific health benefits of the dish.
...this fabulous cookbook cuts through the hype to offer a balanced diet for health needs of middle age. - The Lady
...rather than focusing on fads and fasting, the vibrant recipes champion a balanced diet with less sugar, better fat and good carbs. - BBC Good Food
I have to say, it's one of the best cookbooks I've seen for a while - mainly because, as someone in my (late-ish) forties, it's actually specifically directed at *me*. - The Pool
Mimi Spencer is a journalist and author. A feature-writer and columnist for titles including the Mail, the Evening Standard, the Guardian, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Observer Food Monthly and Waitrose Food Illustrated. She is the author of 101 Things To Do Before You Diet (Transworld 2010).