Book excerpt: Living a healthy lifestyle is Emily Frisella's passion. That includes overall wellness, fitness, and maintaining a healthy diet. With this book, it is her hope that you will find or continue your love of treating your body well with good-for-you recipes that are easy to create and easy to track by using the nutrition information provided. On one side of this book, you'll find The Saint's Plate-recipes for the dutiful and the responsible. On the other side, you'll find The Sinner's Dinner-a more indulgent selection of dishes. In both, you will find recipes that will please your palate as well as your waistline--all without breaking the bank or having to search high and low for exotic ingredients. Emily wants you to feel confident in the kitchen to provide truly healthy, made-from-scratch recipes for yourself and your family and realize that ''diet food'' doesn't have to taste like cardboard and broken dreams. So dive into the pages and find some new favorite recipes to create and enjoy while keeping your goals and progress on the right track! AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Emily Frisella is a healthy-living chef, entrepreneur, co-host of the Food in Session podcast, co-creator of apparel company Savage & Frisella, wife, bulldog momma, and a health and fitness enthusiast. Emily was born and raised in rural Missouri on a cattle and row crop farm; this instilled the ethics of hard work and the appreciation of food and where it comes from. Emily's passion for health and fitness married with her culinary knowledge and love of farmhouse recipes sparked the inspiration for her cookbooks. AUTHOR HOME: St. Louis, MO