EatingWell One-Pot Meals: Easy, Healthy Recipes for 100+ Delicious Dinners

by Jessie Price    (Find this book)
Want a healthy dinner on the table but don t have time to cook? Need to keep things simple for a weeknight dinner? Then you re going to love this book it s full of simple, satisfying, delicious dinners that can all be made in just one pot. If you think one-pot meals are just heavy stews, you ll be amazed at the spectacular array of nutritious dishes on offer here. The meals in this book range from paellas, pilafs, and risottos to frittatas, braises, casseroles, and roasts. Plus you'll find advice on some of the essential tools for one-pot cooking; favorites include the large nonstick skillet, the Dutch oven, the slow-cooker, the roasting pan, and the wok. Flip through this book, filled with recipes for over 100 meals, most accompanied by mouthwatering photos, and you ll be hungry to try them for yourself. Each recipe has been tested and approved by the EatingWell Test Kitchen. And they re easy most take less than 45 minutes and call for simple, easy-to-find ingredients. You ll feel good about serving these meals to your family, knowing that each one has been approved by EatingWell Magazine's team of registered dietitians. The recipes follow simple, sound nutrition principles: they use lean meats and seafood; plenty of herbs and spices rather than loads of butter, cream, and salt for seasoning; lots of vegetables; and whole grains over refined grains. All this plus fewer dishes to wash afterwards! It s the authoritative guide to quick and easy one-pot meals. -- Publisher Marketing

Ciao Italia Family Classics: More Than 200 Treasured Recipes from Three Generations of Italian Cooks

by Mary Ann Esposito    (Find this book)
Host of the PBS series Ciao Italia and author of 11 previous cookbooks, Esposito has been demystifying rustic cooking from her ancestral homeland for decades. In this volume, which compiles favorite recipes passed down from her grandmothers and mother, Esposito argues for a return to the family dinner table, where meals are shared alongside memories and the traditional Italian values of food and togetherness are celebrated. Following a brief primer on the Italian pantry, the book opens up into an expansive collection of recipes from antipasti to dolce. Standards like baked ziti with meatballs, and chicken cutlets with Marsala wine and mushrooms, appear alongside Espositos own innovative creations like fava bean and parmigiano-reggiano cheese cylinders, and watermelon and strawberry salad. There are even a few homey American-style dishes like a chiffon cake with lemon curd. Recipes are unintimidating and Espositos interwoven narratives are by turns personal and educational. While it breaks no new ground, this book will be welcomed by Espositos fans, and it will make a useful guide for anyone new to Italian cookery. Photos. (Nov.) Copyright 2011 Reed Business Information.  -- Publishers Weekly

The Neelys' Celebration Cookbook: Down-Home Meals for Every Occasion

by Pat Neely    (Find this book)
Pat and Gina Neely, the beloved husband-and-wife team and authors of the "New York Times "best seller "Down Home with the Neelys, "are all about lettin' the good times roll.
It takes family, friends, and ample good food, and in their new book, they share their recipes and secrets for entertaining year-round, dishing up new spins on seasonal classics, and suggesting occasions to celebrate that most of us haven't thought of ourselves.
Along with menus for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter Sunday, and every known holiday in between, here are all the fixings for a year of down home celebrating, 120 recipes including Hoppin' John Soup and Deep-fried Cornish Game Hens for New Year's Day; Smothered Pork Chops and Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes for "Welcome Home, Baby"; One-handed Turkey Burgers and Mint Tea for "Spring Cleaning." The Neelys believe that life should be celebrated, holiday or not. With this mouth-watering collection of recipes you have everything you need to Neely-tize your table far beyond the holiday season.  -- Publisher Marketing

All about Roasting: A New Approach to a Classic Art

by Molly Stevens    (Find this book)
Successful restaurateurs have always known that adding "roasted" to a dish guarantees immediate appeal. Molly Stevens brings her trademark thoroughness and eye for detail to the technique of roasting. She breaks down when to use high heat, moderate heat, or low heat to produce juicy, well-seared meats, caramelized drippings, and concentrated flavors. Her 150 recipes feature the full range of dishes from beef, lamb, pork, and poultry to seafood and vegetables. Showstoppers include porchetta ingeniously made with a loin of pork, a roast goose with potato-sage stuffing, and a one-hour beef rib roast-dishes we've dreamed of making, and that Molly makes possible with her precise and encouraging instructions. Other recipes such as a Sunday supper roast chicken, herb-roasted shrimp, and blasted broccoli make this an indispensable book for home cooks and chefs. All About Roasting is like having the best teacher in America in the kitchen with you. -- Publisher Marketing