Monday, December 22, 2008

More Healthy Homestyle Cooking or Webers Art of the Grill

More Healthy Homestyle Cooking: Family Favorites You'll Make Again and Again

Author: Evelyn Tribol

The Queen of easy home cooking serves up more than 200 outrageously good recipes. And they're good for you!In this long-awaited sequel to her million-copy bestseller Healthy Homestyle Cooking, Evelyn Tribole proves once and for all that home cooking can be just like Grandma used to make-- minus the fat and fuss! From easy oven-baked goodies like Spiced Apple Muffins to down-home Sunday dinners like Barbecue Pot Roast with Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, these innovative new recipes will have your family clamoring for more, more, more! And with no hard-to-find ingredients or time-consuming techniques, you'll have no problem using these recipes again and again. An award-winning dietitian, Tribole reviews the basics of nutrition and clears up the confusion surrounding carbohydrates, sodium, fatty acids, and phytochemicals. She also reveals her insider secrets to recipe makeovers, both tried-and-true and brand new. Here's a hint: Straight substitutions don't always work. (Anyone who has spread fat-free cream cheese on a bagel knows the truth in this.) Lots of reliable fat-saving swaps and flavor-boosting tricks are out there, and Tribole knows them all. Besides sound nutritional wisdom and fail-safe cooking tips, what truly sets this book apart are the simple recipes, so delicious that you'll forget how healthy they are. For breakfast or brunch, try a new twist on an old favorite: Stuffed French Toast. In a hurry? Fifteen-minute meals like Speedy Tostadas or Spicy Garlic Shrimp will prevent a pit stop at the local fast-food joint. Expecting company? Chicken Kiev or Beef Pinwheels are sure to impress, and you can cap the meal with a satisfyingly sweet slice of PeanutButter Pie or Strawberry Cheesecake. With chapters on meatless main dishes, salads, appetizers, side dishes, and a range of "pastabilities," More Healthy Homestyle Cooking has something for everyone at every course. In each and every recipe, Tribole explains exactly how she reduced the fat, calories, cholesterol, and sodium or increased the fiber. Plus, she provides a complete nutritional analysis and a Nutrition Scorecard that takes a before-and-after look at calories and fat. Packed with useful information, personal anecdotes, and easy recipes that have proven appeal, More Healthy Homestyle Cooking is sure to be as popular as its predecessor. Also includes: * Step-by-step guide to recipe makeovers, with substitution chart * Secrets of using reduced-fat foods * Six key flavor-boosting tricks * More than 50 Health Notes on the healing powers of food * More than 80 Homestyle Hints with Tribole's timesaving tips and sensible kitchen wisdom * Easy ways to get more whole grains and vegetables into your diet * "Daily 6-5-4-3 Countdown" to simplify the Food Guide Pyramid * "Plate Model of Eating" takes the guesswork out of meal planning * Big chapter of 15-minute meals * Complete nutritional analysis with every recipe

Publishers Weekly

In this follow-up to her 1994 bestseller Healthy Homestyle Cooking, Tribole continues to teach readers how to lighten up a varied assortment of family-pleasing dishes by using a smart collection of replacement ingredients and a refreshing dash of common sense. Don't cut out the mascarpone and cocoa so essential for tiramisu, she urges; pair them with fat-free cream cheese and sponge cake, swirled with frozen light whipped topping. Appetizers, entr es, "fixings," desserts and baked goods have all been revamped the Tribole way, and she tells exactly how she did it in two information-packed introductory chapters (one featuring helpful "conversion" charts--change coconut flakes to coconut extract and save 337 calories!). Each recipe has a "nutritional scorecard" totaling fat and calories before and after; tricks for making changes (such as using fruit puree for shortening in cakes); and a complete nutritional analysis. Some selections are naturally light and easy--Broiled Sole with Olive Topping or Portobello Pizzas (the caps serve as "crusts"). Others, like Chicken Kiev, demand more tinkering. If the goal is to have your Cheesy Green Enchiladas and eat them, too, then Tribole's methods will be great weapons in the battle against the bulge. (Oct.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|

Library Journal

Tribole is the author of Shape magazine's "Recipe Makeovers" column (but only one of these recipes appeared there), and her first Healthy Homestyle Cooking title has sold more than a million copies. For each recipe, she gives a "Nutrition Scorecard" listing calories and fat before and after her low-fat, low-calorie, low-cholesterol, high-fiber makeover. Many of the recipes are somewhat old-fashioned--Orange-Pineapple Fluff Gelatin, Chicken Kiev (though now stuffed with light Muenster cheese instead of herbed butter), Creamed Tuna on Toast--and the low-fat/no-fat substitutions make others seem like a shadow of their former selves. Obviously, however, there will be a good deal of demand. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.



Table of Contents:
Contents
Acknowledgments
Nutrition Update
Recipe Makeover Secrets: New and Tried-and-True
Homestyle Bakery
Brunch Specials
Nibbles for One or a Crowd
15-Minute Meals
Relax while It Cooks
Homestyle Beef and Pork
Finger-Lickin' Chicken and Turkey
Family-Pleasing Meatless Meals
Pastabilities
Salads Big and Small
Fixings and Trimmings
Best-Loved Desserts
Resources
Index
Conversion Chart

See also: Santa Monica Farmers Market Cookbook or Martin Yans Quick and Easy

Weber's Art of the Grill: Recipes for Outdoor Living

Author: Jamie Purvianc

Bringing grilling to a whole new level, this delightful cookbook includes all the techniques, tricks, and tools of the trade, plus more than 100 tempting recipes. Color photos.

Gourmet Magazine

Art of Grillmakes you think Michelin stars. This book can stand up to any coffee table at home. The photographs accompanying recipes are gorgeous, and handily all of the recipes are paired with wine.

Library Journal

This lavish book from the grill manufacturer includes full-page color photographs (of the extreme close-up, "big food" variety) of every recipe and a techniques section illustrated with attractive watercolors. The upscale, sophisticated recipes, ranging from Grilled Scallops with Fresh Pea Sauce to Fettuccine with Grilled Radicchio and Roquefort Cheese, are interspersed with a few spreads called "Settings" that portray the good life (e.g., "Wine Country Lunch"). Recommended for collections where grilling books are popular. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.



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