Health Minister Lesley Griffiths and TV chef Nerys Howell have launched a new series of Change4Life recipes to encourage families in Pembrokeshire to eat more healthily this year.

The Change4Life's Food Smart campaign is a drive to help thousands of families to switch to healthier dishes that are tasty, simple, quick and cheap to make.

Thousands of people in the Pembrokeshire area who have signed up the Change4Life programme in Wales will all be receiving a copy of the Food Smart recipe brochure through the post. To sign up to Change4Life Wales and receive a copy of the recipe brochure, go to the website: http://www.change4lifewales.org.uk">www.change4lifewales.org.uk

Health Minister Lesley Griffiths said: "Now is the perfect time to think about making a change for life. Everyone is cost conscious and health conscious in January, and the Food Smart brochure provides some healthy swaps, from unhealthy takeaways and ready meals to tasty alternatives that are easy to make at home, like stews, curries and even fish and chips.

"Anyone already signed up to the Change4Life campaign will receive a copy through the post, and we hope many more people will be inspired to sign up for a free copy too. Food Smart is here to help us all make good choices about what we put in our bodies each day and help prevent diseases like cancer, strokes, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The recipes are all low in sugar, salt and fat and are a really easy way to get those important five a day."

Television chef, presenter and cookery writer Nerys Howell, said: "The free Food Smart recipe brochure is full of quick and healthy meals that anyone could make for their family. Signing up to receive them in the New Year through the Change4Life programme is a great way to eat more healthily after a Christmas of excess.

"Making a food swap means you don't have to give up what you like - there are lots of tasty alternatives to unhealthy food out there.  There is even a healthy breakfast recipe for bangers on toast, which I'm looking forward to trying out at home.

"Shopping with food co-operatives is an affordable way of using seasonal food and buying locally because they sell vegetables and fruit at wholesale prices. Healthy food is the best gift you can give to your family because what you eat now will have an impact in the long-term."

To sign up to Change4Life Wales and receive a copy of the recipe brochure, go to the website http://www.change4lifewales.org.uk">www.change4lifewales.org.uk. You'll find all the Food Smart recipes online along with lots of Change4Life tips, swaps and other recipe ideas. To find your nearest food co-op just go to http://www.ruralregeneration.org.uk">www.ruralregeneration.org.uk