Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Everything Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook

Slow-cooker meals may save you time and energy, but they can also help you pack on the pounds. Thanks to this clever collection of deliciously good-for-you recipes, you can please your palate without sacrificing nutrition--or your waistline! This cookbook serves up hundreds of mouth-watering recipes, including:
  • Sun-Dried Tomato and Pesto Dip
  • Greek-Style Orzo and Spinach Soup
  • Red Wine Pot Roast
  • Ginger Caramelized Chicken
  • Curried Lentils
  • Italian Meatloaf
  • Chocolate Cr?me Br?l?e
  • Stewed Cinnamon Apples
Popular food blogger and cooking instructor Rachel Rappaport provides full nutritional analyses so you can choose recipes based on calories, fat content, fiber, and more. When you save time "and" produce healthy meals, you?ll find you can have your pot roast--and eat it too! (Check Catalog)

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The New American Heart Association Cookbook, 8th Edition

In print for more than thirty-five years and with three million copies sold, "The New American Heart Association Cookbook" remains "the" ultimate resource on achieving a healthy diet. With 612 mouthwatering recipes and the latest heart-health information,
this newly revised and updated edition is more valuable than ever.
There's just no denying that nutritious, wholesome eating combined with an active lifestyle helps prevent heart disease and increases vitality. The American Heart Association knows that maintaining good heart health throughout your life is possible, and this cookbook shows you how to get started right in your own kitchen.
"The New American Heart Association Cookbook, 8th Edition," includes not only 600-plus everyday recipes for the whole family but also the most current dietary, exercise, and lifestyle recommendations. This latest edition features more than 150 brand-new recipes, all of which meet the American Heart Association's good-health and high-flavor standards. With globally inspired tastes, trendy ingredients, and popular time-saving cooking methods, here are just some of the new recipes this edition has to offer:
- Curried Pumpkin Soup
- Spinach Salad with Roasted Beets and
- Pomegranate Vinaigrette
- Ginger-Infused Watermelon and Mixed Berries
- Slow-Cooker Cioppino
- Salmon Cakes with Creole Aioli
- Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce
- Couscous Paella
- Slow-Cooker Chile Verde Pork Chops
- Black Bean Polenta with Avocado Salsa
- Cumin and Ginger Lentils on Quinoa
- Edamame with Walnuts
- Sweet Potato Bread
- Pistachio-Cardamom Meringues
- Delicate Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake with
- Blackberries
In this revised edition of "The New American Heart Association Cookbook," you'll find updated information on trans fats and sodium, all-new nutritional analyses, and important good health tips. Also included are grocery-shopping strategies, healthy cooking methods, more than a dozen new menu plans for special occasions and holidays, a recipe index of Planned-Overs and Plan-Aheads for easy reference, and more.
With so many recipes and so much information packed between its pages, "The New American Heart Association Cookbook" will be the cookbook you return to again and again. (Check Catalog)

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Everyday Easy: Freeze-Ahead Meals: Casseroles, Hearty Soups, Pizzas, One-Pots, Oven Bakes

Given the pressures of other aspects of fast family life, help in the kitchen is essential. And "Everyday Easy"-a series of cookbooks that each include a collection of around 90 recipes-provides an inexhaustible collection of favorite family recipes to be dipped into on a daily basis for any home cook.
"Everyday Easy: Freezer Ahead Meals" is packed with 90 great recipes that can be made ahead of time and will keep well in the freezer. So, for delicious family meals on hectic weeknights, all you have to do is defrost and serve. (Check Catalog)

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

15-Minute Diabetic Meals

Great taste happens fast, even for diabetes-friendly meals!
What can you cook in 15 minutes? A lot! "15-Minute Diabetic Meals" provides time-saving recipes that can be prepared in 15 minutes or less. Using convenience items--such as pre-cooked meats, poultry, and pre-cut produce--and taking advantage of the tremendous choices in the grocer's freezer section, healthy meals can be made in a fraction of the time.
For people with diabetes, meal times can become a chore. All the measuring and recording doesn't leave much time for actual cooking. Survey after survey has shown that people with diabetes want recipes that are not only delicious but fast. "15-Minute Diabetic Meals" contains 200 recipes that cover everything from breakfast, lunch, and dinner to between-meal snacks! 200 recipes that take less than 15 minutes to cook Written by Nancy Hughes, author of nine published cookbooks and a recipe developer. Backed by the American Diabetes Association. (Check Catalog)