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The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook : 200 Delicious Recipes Ready in 30 Minutes or Less

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Home >>> Books Index >>> Food The 30-minute time limit for preparing dinner, popular with Rachael Ray and a host of other cookbook authors, has finally been South Beachified. It's just in time for dieters who've grown bored (or impatient) with The South Beach Diet Cookbook and offers easy recipes that help dieters stay on track. The recipes span all courses, including desserts. Most impressive are the entrées and salads, particularly in their ability to riff on familiar dishes: witness Spaghetti with White Clam Sauce, Chicken and Avocado Salad, and South Beach Classic Burger. Even more inventive fare, such as Thai Shrimp Soup with Lime and Cilantro, is still homey. Adding to the book's unthreatening feel is its idiosyncrasies. It favors certain spices (cilantro, black pepper), vegetables (asparagus, zucchini) and meats and fish (chicken and shrimp). The ingredient glossary is surprisingly enticing, and the introductory material explains modern eating hab...

Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats--A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners (A 30-Minute Meal Cookbook)

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Home >>> Books Index >>> Food Even your favorite dinner can lose its appeal when it’s in constant rotation, so mix it up! With her largest collection of recipes yet, Food Network’s indefatigable cook Rachael Ray guarantees you’ll be able to put something fresh and exciting on your dinner table every night for a full year... without a single repeat! Based on the original 30-Minute Meal cooking classes that started it all, these recipes prove that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel every night. Rachael offers dozens of recipes that, once mastered, can become entirely new dishes with just a few ingredient swaps. Learn how to make a Southwestern Pasta Bake and you’ll be able to make a Smoky Chipotle Chili Con Queso Mac the next time. Try your hand at Spring Chicken with Leeks and Peas and you’re all set to turn out a rib-sticking Rice and Chicken Stoup that looks and tastes like an entirely different dish. As a best-selling cookbook author and host of three top-rated ...

The Inflammation-Free Diet Plan (Lynn Sonberg Books)

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Home >>> Books Index >>> Food A revolutionary diet to help you lose weight and control disease-causing inflammation Medical research has discovered that inflammation increases your risk for many diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer's, among others. The Inflammation-Free Diet shows you how to diminish the effects of inflammation by limiting foods with high IFs (inflammation factors) as well as introducing inflammation-fighting foods into your diet. Provides three weeks' worth of meal plans and dozens of low-IF recipes Covers more than 1,500 foods Order it here >>> The Inflammation-Free Diet Plan (Lynn Sonberg Books)

SuperFoods HealthStyle : Proven Strategies for Lifelong Health

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Home >>> Books Index >>> Food Book Description HealthStyle is the twenty-first-century program for promoting vigor, preventing disease, and extending your life span If up until now you have relied on luck, genetics, and a few healthful practices to achieve this goal, SuperFoods HealthStyle will be your authoritative, engaging introduction to a new, better life. Like SuperFoods Rx , the authors’ bestselling book, HealthStyle takes the most recent, cutting-edge research on what lifestyle practices have actually been proven to achieve disease prevention and improve daily functioning -- both physically and mentally -- and translates this information into simple recommendations that you can use to improve your physical and mental health now and in the future. Evidence abounds that total health is achieved via a network of efforts. You might guess that diet and exercise are important. Did you know that other factors like sleep and stress management can have just as ...

The Best Light Recipe (The Best Recipe)

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Home >>> Books Index >>> Food Let’s face it. In America’s Test Kitchen our goal has always been clear: develop the best recipe possible. Only rarely have we stopped to consider the fat or calorie content of the food we make …until now. The Best Light Recipe is different. In response to the increasing interest from our readers to shed the same obsessive attention the right ingredients and techniques for the guaranteed foolproof recipe for lighter foods, we are pleased to offer more than 300 guaranteed foolproof full-flavored, lower fat and reduced-calorie recipes, 95% of which are completely new! Each recipe lists calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, protein, fiber and sodium per serving to help you cook smart. From chunky guacamole to brownies, from macaroni and cheese, lasagna, and spaghetti and meatballs to blueberry muffins and even chocolate cake and cheesecake, we tested and retested our favorite recipes until we arrived at the best recipes that cut calor...
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Home >>> Books Index >>> Food Parma-designated the culinary capital of the European Union-is renowned for its unique ingredients, parmagiano reggiano and proscuitto di Parma. Giuliano Bugialli presents the food of this legendary city, dishes that have a classic simplicity and full, rich flavors. More than 120 recipes are included-antipasti, a wide array of pasta dishes, main courses based especially on veal and pork of the region, and, of course, the succulent desserts for which the city is famous. Twenty years of writing have made Bugialli the foremost English-speaking authority on Italian food. His body of work weaves together wit and passion for historical authenticity, with a highly innovative use of illustrations and color photography. For Parma photographer Andy Ryan has contributed spectacular views of the city-its historic buildings, markets, and the surrounding countryside-as well as finished dishes and ingredients to create a sense of the richness and vita...

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Home >>> Books Index >>> Food List of Books on Foods, Cooking, and Wine: The Inflammation-Free Diet Plan (Lynn Sonberg Books) SuperFoods HealthStyle : Proven Strategies for Lifelong Health The Best Light Recipe (The Best Recipe) Home Books Index Food Parma-designated the culina...