Williams Sonoma New Healthy Kitchen or Diabetic Cooking

Williams-Sonoma New Healthy Kitchen: Starters

Author: Georgeanne Brennan

With New Healthy Kitchen Starters, you can improve your diet while enjoying appetizers such as Cantaloupe and Feta Cheese Salad, Grilled Zucchini Skewers with Coriander, or Prosciutto-Wrapped Radicchio Wedges.

This colorful series of healthy cookbooks takes a commonsense approach to eating right. Food fads and trendy diets may come and go, but your family doctor can tell you that you will never go wrong eating a wide variety of fresh vegetables and fruits, whole grains, and legumes.

We all know that we're supposed to be eating several servings of each of these foods every day. But you might not know that we're also supposed to be eating as many different colors of fruit and vegetable as possible. The naturally occurring pigments that give vibrant colors to fruits and vegetables also offer an array of unique health benefits, boosting your immune system and fighting common diseases and conditions as you age. These pigments and other plant compounds -- known as antioxidants and phytochemicals -- work in tandem with vitamins, minerals, and fiber to keep our bodies strong and well.

The amazing benefits of colorful foods, whole grains, legumes, seeds, and nuts are being studied in labs across the country and touted by government experts on nutrition. But all the good advice in the world won't help you put a healthy dinner on the table. The books of the New Healthy Kitchen series -- Starters, Main Dishes, and Desserts -- will do just that.

The 60 recipes in these pages, grouped by the color of a key ingredient, offer dozens of appealing and easy ways to bring a rainbow of fruits, vegetables, and grains into your daily meals. Even better, 24 "FreshIdeas" suggest simple ways of enjoying fresh produce as a wholesome and impromptu snack.

With New Healthy Kitchen Starters, eating right won't be a sacrifice or a chore. In these books, healthy food means good food, simply prepared and a pleasure to eat.

Library Journal

Each volume in this new series includes 60 recipes, arranged by color of the main ingredient. The general introductions emphasize the nutritional benefits of a diet "rich in fruits, vegetables, legumes, and grains," as well as of "eating the rainbow," listing the health benefits of each color group. Brennan is a well-known cookbook author (e.g., Foods and Flavors of Haute Provence), and Langbein, a prolific cookbook writer from New Zealand. The recipes are simple and uncomplicated, and there are suggestions for other easy dishes in each section as well. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs, these large-format books have a design somewhat similar to that of Donna Hay's popular cookbooks. For larger collections. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Diabetic Cooking

Author: Jean Par

Great tasting recipes the entire family will enjoy. That's what Diabetic Cooking is all about. No more cooking separate meals at dinnertime -- one meal suits all, diabetic and non-diabetic alike. Diabetic Cooking means variety with ease of preparation. Choose from more than 150 quick and easy recipes that make use of common, affordable ingredients. Toss a salad, bake a casserole, or whip up a dessert -- all using ingredients from your cupboard. Whether for weekday meals or special occasions, these recipes will help to make meal planning and preparation a cinch. Diabetic Cooking means great taste. Specially developed and tested with input from people with diabetes and their families, these all new recipes are low in fat, low in sugar -- and high in flavor! Turn to Diabetic Cooking for healthy and delicious eating everyone will enjoy.

Table of Contents:

	The Company's Coming Story	6
	Foreword	7
	About Diabetes	8
	Boosters	11
	Appetizers & Beverages	12
	Breads & Muffins	26
	Breakfast	38
	Desserts	44
	Lunch	66
	Main Dishes	76
	Salads	118
	Side Dishes	128
	Soups	141
	Measurement Tables	151
	Photo Index	152
	Tip Index	153
	Recipe Index	154
	Information/Mail Order Form	158