Healthyish: All the goodness with none of the fuss

By Emma Petersen

‘My cooking style doesn’t neatly fit into any one category – it’s not low carb, not entirely plant-based, and certainly not fixated on calorie or macro counts. So, when asked, I often quip, “well, it’s healthy… ish.“‘

Promising all the goodness with none of the fuss, this is healthy eating with a little wiggle room – perfect for real life.

So many of us want to embrace a healthier approach to eating, but maintaining a sense of balance any particular diet often results in a sense of failure – whether through a feeling of over-restriction, or everyday life getting in the way.

This is how Emma came to the -ISH part. It’s a positive approach that understands the challenges people face in cooking from scratch. You’ll find everything from high-protein batch breakfasts, preppable lunches, plant-forward feasts that taste unreal, under 30 minute dinners, and indulgent treats that hit the sweet spot.

Joyful cooking centred around six pillars that guarantee a HEALTHY-ISH way of eating:

HIGH PROTEIN / PLANT-FORWARD / REFINED SUGAR-FREE / UPF-FREE / CONVENIENCE-FOCUSED / NOURISHING FOR MIND & BODY

Format: Hardcover
Release Date: 23 Sep 2025
Pages: 192
ISBN: 978-0-00-873056-7
Quite the polar opposite of being a cookbook author, or a food content creator, Emma Petersen qualified as a solicitor in August of 2023. After devoting many years to attaining her quote unquote dream career as a corporate lawyer in the City, it wasn’t until she got there that she realised she was slowly losing everything that was most important to her: time for cooking, exercising, seeing family, socialising with friends and sharing my love for food online. She quit and threw herself into growing her social media platforms (which she had run as a ‘side hustle’ since 2016) and developing her culinary skills.