For real

Good clean fun to have for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Oh, and dessert and afternoon tea.

Food

SHE’S A FOOD WRITER, A STYLIST, a photographer and a mum, and she has the energ y to create recipes that are nourishing and delicious in equal measure. We want what Aucklander Kelly Gibney’s having.

And happily, now we can. Her debut cookbook Wholehearted: Inspiring Real Food for Every Day includes 100plus wholefood recipes you’ll be raring to sink your teeth into. Having worked in hospitality in Auckland, Melbourne and New York, and helped to open and run Auckland’s hipster haunt Golden Dawn, it’s clear this lady knows how to have fun, and it comes through in her food. Be it with or without meat; vegan; or gluten-, sugar- or dairy-free, it’s designed to both make you happy and keep you firing on all cylinders.

Kelly doesn’t believe cooking for yourself has to be complicated or tiresome. Eat what you enjoy, do it mindfully and let your intuition be your guide, she says. We don’t know about you, but our intuition’s telling us to serve the following dishes asap. kellygibney.com