Roasted garlic mellows addictive tahini sauce on this Italian sausage-stuffed squash.

What if you couldn’t exercise at all? For Calgarian (and former competitive swimmer) Lauren Klukas, this quandary became reality when she was suddenly diagnosed with a rare heart condition that made it life-threatening for her to hit the gym. A lifelong athlete, Klukas had to make an abrupt change to her lifestyle and diet, but she channelled this pursuit to stay healthy into a popular blog, and now book, The Complete Plate. Inside her new cookbook are 30 different daily meal plans comprising 120 recipes (and snacks!) to keep your body nourished with macronutrients (carbs, protein and fat) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) so that you can stay satiated and manage weight in a healthy way—without any drastic measures.

Find Lauren Klukas’s recipe for this bright stuffed squash with tahini sauce here.

Alyssa Hirose

Alyssa Hirose

Alyssa Hirose is a Vancouver-based writer, editor, illustrator and comic artist. Her work has been featured in Vancouver magazine, Western Living, BCBusiness, Avenue, Serviette, Geist, BCLiving, Nuvo, Montecristo, The Georgia Straight and more. Her beats are food, travel, arts and culture, style, interior design and anything dog-related. She publishes a daily autobiographical comic on Instagram at @hialyssacomics.