We've all been there: you start a diet with the best of intentions, but, after a busy day at work or a nightmare journey home, the thought of spending an age chopping vegetables for a salad or gloomily sipping a flavourless soup is just too much. Before you know it, you're reaching for the frozen pizza or dialling the number of your favourite takeaway. That's where Nadia comes in. In Greedy Girl's Diet, she proved that healthy food doesn't have to be dull and that you can still have treats without overindulging. Now she's back, with a host of family-friendly, healthy and nutritious recipes (including her famous desserts!) that can be prepared and on the table in no time. Greedy Girl's Diet: Second Helpings is full of delicious, diet-friendly dishes, with one chapter specialising in ten-minute meals, another for half-hour dinners - perfect for a weeknight - and a whole host of lunchbox suggestions. There's a section on guilt-free 'junk' food, a guide to making takeaway-style dishes without the calories, and even an emergency three-day detox for when you just have to fit into that dress.

Author Biography

Nadia Sawalha played Annie Palmer in Eastenders. In 2007 she won Celebrity Masterchef and then hosted Junior Masterchef. She reaches a combined audience of 2 million people a week through her columns in the Daily Mirror and in Best magazine. In addition to her regular Lorraine appearances, she is the resident female cook on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, hosting her own 'Greedy Girl's Kitchen section.