A Pressure Cooker Saved My Life

Part survival guide, part cookbook, ABC TV's much-admired Juanita Phillips opens up her personal life - and her kitchen cupboards - to share simple, practical solutions to achieve a better work/life balance. It is a must-read for every working mum.

When Juanita Phillips stumbled on an old pressure cooker in an op shop, it changed her life. As a frantically busy working mother, she was desperate for solutions to that modern dilemma: how to juggle kids, career, housework and marriage. the pressure cooker helped her solve one of the biggest problems - preparing daily healthy meals - but that was just the beginning. She and her husband decided to transform their chaotic life in other ways too, and where it led them was surprising. this candid confession of a failed supermum offers practical tips for anyone searching for a calmer, simpler, healthier life. Includes: the Amazing 7-Minute Risotto and other pressure cooker recipes How to find more than 24 hours in a day Role reversal: the pros and cons of house-husbandry the guilt-free guide to cutting housework