I enjoyed watching the sitcom “Sister, Sister” with my daughter when she was a little girl. I’ve always been fascinated with twins, and it was fun watching young Tia and Tamera Mowry and their antics.

Fast forward to now, and the twins are young women, and Tia has a cookbook that details her health struggles and provides a road map of sorts and plenty of recipes to help others get on the right path for a healthier life.

“Whole New You” is part of the collection at the Wilson County Public Library, so it was nice to have it in my home a few weeks.

I don’t always read long introductions to cookbooks. Instead, I like to cut to the chase and read the recipes. But with this book, I read the pages before the recipes and learned about Mowry’s diet pill use and reliance on junk food. She discusses her wake up call (which happened in college) her path to eating healthy and her relapses.

What she wants people to know is how her diet of “clean, powerful whole foods” helped heal her body.

I encourage you to read Mowry’s story before diving into the recipes, which are labeled as clean, fun, veg (for plant based) and g-f (gluten-free).

Also, check out her 10-day “Wake-Me-Up Menu Plan.”

THE RECIPES

I’m a sucker for a good soup recipe, so the first chapter really caught my eye, especially the recipe for chicken noodle soup using chicken thighs. I made it last week, and we loved it.

Her “buttermilk” fried chicken intrigues me because it’s made with unsweetened cashew milk, and pan-roasted chicken with maple bacon sauce sounds yummy. It’s marked gluten-free.

The photo of Mowry’s tomato and basil cauliflower pizza makes my mouth water, and I’d really like to make her turkey and mushroom bolognese or turkey sausage and peppers. We eat a lot of turkey products at my house.

Some of my readers would probably enjoy her smoky collard greens or roasted beet salad, but I’ll be glad to volunteer to try banana pancakes with blistered blueberries or peach raspberry crisp.

I’m including Mowry’s recipe for turkey sauce and peppers. Give the recipe and her new book a try.

Lisa Boykin Batts has been writing a weekly food column since 2001. Her column includes recipes she and her family enjoy.