American Heart Association Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook: 200 Low-Fuss, Good-for-You Recipes

by Janice Roth Moss    (Find this book)
Start with healthy ingredients and take delicious meals out of your slow cooker any night of the week.

The slow cooker, America’s favorite kitchen appliance, has become increasingly versatile and sophisticated, and now it can support a heart-smart diet, too. Under the spell of its low heat, lean meats, whole grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits transform into succulent meals.
From appetizers to desserts and everything in between, the 200 recipes in American Heart Association Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook will surprise you with their variety and depth of flavor. Braised Curry-Rubbed Chicken slow cooks among Middle Eastern spices, including ginger, cumin, cinnamon, and curry, in a pool of citrus juice and honey. Cioppino with White Wine features a saucy tomato base that simmers until scallops, mussels, and bite-size pieces of mild fish are added to finish this hearty fish stew. Vegetables, beans, and beef stew together to make for a mouthwatering rustic Country Cassoulet, and chopped zucchini, tomato, and basil along with bulgur and provolone cheese are packed into Italian Artichoke-Stuffed Bell Peppers that cook until tender. With some easy planning before or after the slow cooking, such as browning meats or boiling water for pasta, you’ll have tasty meals chock full of good nutrition on your kitchen table night after night.
This cookbook also includes nineteen full-color photographs as well as information on the benefits of slow cooking and how a slow cooker can help you eat well. The best way to ensure good food comes out of your cooker is to put only good-for-you ingredients into it, and with American Heart Association Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook, you’ll learn how much your slow cooker can do for you while you’re enjoying a healthy lifestyle.  --  Publisher Marketing

Ten Dollar Dinners: 140 Recipes and Tips to Elevate Simple, Fresh Meals Any Night of the Week

by Melissa D'Arabian    (Find this book)
Melissa d’Arabian, host of Food Network’s Ten Dollar Dinners and season 5 winner of The Next Food Network Star, makes good on the $10 promise of dinner for four in her eagerly awaited debut cookbook. For home cooks who care about what they feed their families and want to stretch their dollars, Melissa is the best guide for putting delicious meals on the table.
With four young girls ages six and under, and a hit show on Food Network, Melissa d’Arabian focuses on savvy budgeting, efficient shopping, and full-flavored cooking. Ten Dollar Dinners has 140 recipes and more than 100 creative, practical tips on great money-savers (“Clear-Your-Pantry Week”); inventive takes on old standby dinners (try her Moroccan Meatloaf); and how to get ingredients to last longer (keep your green onions in a glass of water and they will regrow several times over!). And with a coding system to help you create your own $10 menu, Ten Dollar Dinners celebrates spending with purpose, cooking with love, minimizing time spent in front of the stove, and savoring your homemade meal.
Melissa is a pro at creating satisfying meals that adults and kids alike will enjoy, using everyday ingredients and transforming them into delicious dinners. Her Potato-Bacon Torte (which, at 50 cents a serving, was one of her winning recipes on The Next Food Network Star) shows how basic and inexpensive supermarket ingredients can be turned into an amazingly satisfying dish. Her Roasted Vegetable Tian is a great way to take advantage of deals in the produce aisle. The Four-Step Chicken Piccata offers a plan for getting food on the table in just minutes, using almost anything in the pantry.
Anyone can use this book—especially those who want to save money—and feel great about cooking sensibly for elevated, simple meals that are healthy family-pleasers.  --  Publisher Marketing

Melt: 100 Amazing Adventures in Grilled Cheese

by Shane Kearns    (Find this book)

A funked-up American classic
Your favorite comfort food—grilled cheese—is going where no toasted sandwich has gone before. Gone are the boring days of white bread and yellow cheese. In their place are creativity and excess: griddled stacks dripping with hybrid cheeses, sandwiches oozing with surprising flavor combinations, and deep-fried desserts that reveal the standby's sweeter side. Inside this awesome book, you'll find 100 mouthwatering recipes, with twists on the traditional like:

• Crème Fraîche with Apple and Cucumber
• The Beer, Kale, and Crouton Mash-Up
• Inside-Out Blue Cheese Pecan
• The Candied Baconator
• Chocolate Brownie Indulgence

Melt is one part gourmet, one part gluttony—and the only book you'll need to satisfy all your grilled cheese cravings!  --  Publisher Marketing

Betty Crocker Diabetes Cookbook: Great-Tasting, Easy Recipes for Every Day

by Richard M. Bergenstal    (Find this book)
The all-in-one cookbook and resource for managing your diabetes
"This beautiful cookbook will help millions of individuals in their quest to live well with diabetes. The authors bring together recipes along with practical advice on developing a healthy lifestyle, which is at the heart of great diabetes care."
—Robert R. Henry, MD, University of California School of Medicine and VA Medical Center, San Diego; Past President, Medicine & Science, American Diabetes Association
Living with diabetes doesn't mean having to give up the foods you love. The Betty Crocker Diabetes Cookbook includes a wide variety of delicious, satisfying foods that are good for people with diabetes—and everyone else too! In conjunction with the International Diabetes Center and experts from the Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition at General Mills, this book offers more than just recipes. It also features the latest medical advice and essential nutrition information.
You'll find:

• 140 easy-to-make recipes for breakfasts, snacks, main dishes, desserts and even vegetarian and gluten-free meals
• Mouthwatering full-color photography offering plenty of delicious inspiration
• Real-life advice on planning, preparing and enjoying great food
• Menus for everyday healthy eating and special occasions, too
• Carbohydrate Choices for every recipe, as recommended by the American Diabetes Association—the easier way to plan your meals throughout the day
• Nutrition information with every recipe, including food exchanges if you use them to plan your meals
• Diabetes resources guide and glossary