One day I got fed up. Fed up of counting carbs, reading front and back labels and paying premium for chocolate covered coconut chips. Suddenly I lost the desire to drive to the other side of the town for some exotic or rare ingredients to keep my health up and up: enoki mushrooms, goji berries, black chia seeds, vacuum packed flax seeds, non-irradiated turmeric, and fair-trade organic quinoa seeds for my super-food healthy salad.Suddenly, I had a reality check. Does it even make sense to waste life on some expensive low-fat, bland-tasting health foods that aren't morphing my body into a health temple?I decided to make nutrition my way: easy, inexpensive, simple, satisfying, yummy, and funny. Exactly the opposite to what most healthy kitchens strive to be. Health is not supposed to be a curse and a chore. It is supposed to be a blessing disguised as pleasure. Forget rigid diets, complicated labels, exotic ingredients, and ten-dollar smoothies. Healthy is simple. Simple is beautiful. First, I am going to turn your nutrition wisdom upside down. You won't be following the government-approved food pyramid, eat low fat as your doctor says, buy margarine that pleases dietitians' bias, avoid cancer-causing meat that your vegan friend runs away from, and eat whole grains like your twenty-year old nutrition "expert" preaches.You are going to do exactly the opposite and you are going to get twice the results for half the effort. You are going to slim down while having fun, possibly say good-bye to your cardiologist while he insists you keep on coming, and drop life-saving pills to the shock of your pharmacists. Why? Because Health is a Skill, not a Pill and this cookbook will build your kitchen skills like no other source you've read before.There are many ways you can use this cookbook. For example, you can use it to drop a few pounds without starving yourself or to fast-track blood sugar management without obsessively checking for carbs. But, maintaining health or slimming down don't have to be the only goals you can set with 69. For example, you can focus on protein dishes to build muscles, lower electricity bill by opting for the most energy-efficient cooking techniques, or increase body temperature by focusing on Yang recipes (Yin-Yang foods are explained further on). You can also rotate the meals depending on personal health goals, seasons, and even daily mood. Except for taste, don't expect anything fancy. The kitchen necessities for this cookbook are so minimal that they can easily fit in an RV, converted van or a tiny home. You won't need any bulky appliances, ovens, microwaves, grills, sifters, blenders, or sophisticated kitchen robots. All you will need is a few kitchen tools you will use over and over again.69 has been conceived to maximize health and time while minimizing the effort, cost, and carbon footprint.