As with all of my books, this has been written for you, based on all of the emails, questions, feedback and frustrations that you all share with me. Over the past couple of years, I spotted that there has been a real shift in the healthy eating conundrum. It is no longer really a lack of fundamental nutrition knowledge, nor a lack of desire to eat well, but more a lack of systems that creates so many problems and difficulties in our efforts to enjoy a consistently healthy diet. This is something which hasn’t had enough focus in healthy eating literature so far, including in my own work.

Yet for years, I have been helping my clients to organise their kitchens, cupboards, shopping and cooking, assisting them in putting efficient systems in place. It is a game-changing part of the journey, and now, I am going to teach these methods to you too.

Why is all of this so important? Because life is busy, hectic, and often chaotic. The past couple of anxiety-provoking and isolating pandemic years have created a background of fatigue that ripples through daily life even now. Add to this the cost-of-living crisis, climate change continuing apace (sped up by the often devastating impact of the food industry), as well as the need to be inclusive of likes, dislikes, allergies and changes of appetite, and it all adds up to a very heavy mental load.

Finding the energy (and other resources) required to cook three healthy meals from scratch every day against this backdrop is not an insignificant ask. It’s no wonder so many of us are feeling burnt out in the kitchen.

So I think it’s also unsurprising that sometimes all we can summon the energy for is to reach into the biscuit tin, find the takeaway numbers, or just-about-manage a slice of toast. It’s not a lack of willpower, I think it’s a totally understandable response to these sometimes overwhelming challenges.

Yet we also know, deep down, that good, healthy food is what our bodies really crave, need and deserve. Perhaps even more so than usual, to help support us through tougher times.

My team and I have therefore spent the past couple of years researching, experimenting, testing and working on all sorts of practical ways to help address these challenges. The Organised Cook is packed full of hints, tips, hacks and recipes to help you save time, shop smarter and eat more healthily. I can honestly say that what we found out has been transformative for all of us who have been working on the book, and I am delighted that we can share it with you too.

One step at a time, The Organised Cook will help you shift your cooking from overwhelmed to organised, radically transforming your diet along the way.