Alex Blair
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Alex Blair
Real Food For Low-Energy Days
by The Big Gay Al Presents and Alex Blair
Some days, the gap between hungry and able to cook feels impossibly wide.
This book was written for those days.
Alex Blair wrote it because he needed it - because chronic pain, anxiety, and a body that doesn’t always cooperate made cooking feel impossible on the days when eating well mattered most.
Inside: 154 recipes organised by how much energy you actually have. No-cook plates ready in minutes. Proper comfort food for the good days. Freezer meals your future self will thank you for. Every single recipe comes with a Tired-Day Tip.
No guilt. No hustle. No one telling you to just meal prep on Sunday.
You don’t have to be well to deserve a good meal. You just have to be here.
Alex Blair is The Big Gay Al - cook, host, and world award-winning marmalade and preserve maker. He lives in rural Andalucía with his partner, four rescued dogs, and more cookbooks than shelf space.
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““One of the great joys of this book is that it gives one an understanding guilt free hug on every page. You are doing the best you can and that is good enough. Tomorrow is a new day.” ”
London, UK 🇬🇧
““I received your cookbook yesterday. I love it. It is easy to understand and I made dinner from it last night. I didn’t force myself to do the dishes either. I did them this morning when I had oomph!” ”
Portland, USA 🇺🇸
““⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This is a brilliantly put together recipe book, good tasty food ordered by an accurately estimated “effort to make” rating (spoons, for those who know). Fatigue syndromes suck, normal fatigue sucks, just being too tired to treat yourself properly on any given day sucks - and having this as an immediate source of low-difficulty meals is just great. If you’ve found yourself having cereal for the third time in a day because you haven’t got the mental resources to work out what to cook, please take a look here. It has good food. It has easy food. It has *very* easy food. It has variation tips for when you’re desperately rummaging the fridge for ingredients and your brain just isn’t working properly. It also has a reassuring “you can do it” nature. You can.””
United Kingdom 🇬🇧
““I have the book myself and can honestly say it’s wonderful. It gives you so many practical, low-effort ideas for eating well when you don’t feel like cooking. It’s added so many great new ideas to my own routine.“”
France 🇫🇷
““I like it! It has a positive message and is very no-shaming. (And you have to admit: someone who writes that a charcuterie board doesn't have to be a board, but *is* a meal, should be supported. 😀 )””
Sweden 🇸🇪
Alex Blair is a writer, creator, and chaos-cultivator behind the pen names Lex Lair and The Big Gay Al, telling bold, queer stories in fiction, food, and beyond.
Alex Blair is a writer, creative producer, and all-round mischief-maker best known under his pen names Lex Lair and The Big Gay Al. Based in rural Andalucía by way of South East London, he writes bold, character-driven stories that explore identity, belonging, and resistance—with a particular focus on queer lives and voices. As Lex Lair, Alex crafts fiction that blends grit, emotion, and political undercurrents, from dystopian dramas to found-family adventures. Under The Big Gay Al, he’s an award-winning marmalade maker, event host, and cookbook author with a cult following and a flair for the theatrical. He lives with his husband and a small gang of rescued dogs, surrounded by olive groves, good food, and far too many creative projects on the go.