Natural born fillers - Silvana Franco

Fast food doesn't have to be bad food. In "Natural Born Fillers", Silvana Franco provides a feast of easy-to-prepare recipes that will fill that rumbling hole in your stomach and sustain your energy levels throughout the day. Delicious soups and sandwiches, portable food for picnics and lunchboxes and the best brekkies, ensure that you can rustle up a tasty treat in no time at all. Whether you need a mid-morning boost, take no time for lunch, or want a midnight snack, this book provides no-nonsense answers to cooking simply with natural produce - just what you needed to fill that gap.

Silvana Franco is an inspirational and innovative food writer and stylist with over a decade's experience working in the food media. She has made numerous TV appearances, including acting as guest chef on BBC2's Saturday Kitchen and UKTV's Good Food Live and Good Food Bites. She co-starred in The Best for BBC2, which was accompanied by a hugely successful book of the series and her success led to two 15-part series for GMTV on Christmas cooking and summer cooking. In autumn 2004 she joined ITV's flagship magazine programme This Morning, co-presenting a regular feature called One Stop Food. She has also completed a new series, The Hi-Lo Club, for 2005 transmission on UKTV. She is the author of a number of cookery books, including The Really Useful Vegetarian Student Cookbook and The Student Cookbook, Can't Cook Won't Cook Leaves Home, Pizza, Pasta, Family, and most recently The Hi-Lo Club to accompany her TV series.