Half Hour Hero: Roz Purcell's new book offers real food — fast

A proper food fan with an appetite to match, Roz Purcell tells Clodagh Finn about her new labour of love, a book of recipes that are as quick easy as they are delicious

EXCUSES just don’t wash with Roz Purcell. Tell her that you don’t have the time, the money, the inclination, or even the right ingredients to eat healthily, and the bestselling cookery author will direct you to Half Hour Hero, her new book that shows you how to make real food, real fast.

Not that she’s a purist. She spent long enough dieting and feeling deprived in her modelling days to know that life is about finding a balance and learning to give your body the nutrients it needs.