Whether it's a crock pot, dutch oven, or even a casserole dish, one-pot cooking is the quickest and easiest way to create hearty recipes, with minimal ingredients and even less clean-up. What's more, you can do it healthy, too. With Delicious One-Pot Dishes, food columnist and book author Linda Gassenheimer has pulled together a collection of amazing recipes that are a snap to prepare, packed with flavor, and perfect for those with diabetes. These 60 meals are designed to be stewed, braised, slow-cooked, or steamed, but each can be prepared in just a single pot, minimizing technique, reducing preparation time, and leading to hearty meals that will please any appetite. Highlights include Buffalo Sloppy Joe’s, Saag Gosh, Pork Fried Rice, Chicken Gumbo, Shrimp Jambalaya, Goulash with Caraway Noodles, Vegetable Lasagna, and much more. With additional sections on shopping smart and stocking the pantry, this affordable collection will be a go-to favorite for anyone looking for quick prep, low-cost, and hearty results.
From Margaritas to Tropical Coffee Cake to Snapper Rangoon—more than 200 Florida Keys culinary delights from the James Beard Award winner. The sun-drenched Florida Keys are a unique crossroads where Caribbean, European, and American cultures and cuisines meet. In The Flavors of the Florida Keys, Linda Gassenheimer brings the islands to your kitchen with over two hundred recipes that range from the humble (Bahamian Conch Chowder) to the sophisticated (Crab Cakes with Pommery Mustard Sauce) to the comforting (Sweet Potato Bisque) to the unusual (Heavenly Hogfish). In her quest for the best of the Keys’ culinary traditions, Gassenheimer has been everywhere from waterfront beach shacks to resort dining rooms, while collecting the stories of the men and women behind the recipes—the eccentric artists and writers, the local fishermen, and the bon vivants captured by the magical atmosphere of the region. Your dinner companions include chef Doug Shook from acclaimed Louie’s Backyard, Elena Spottswood, a member of one of the original Conch families, who shares her recipe for a perfect Cuban Mojito, and Wolfgang Birk, whose Ocean Bounty serves up an abundance of superlative seafood from the surrounding seas. Travel the Keys with Gassenheimer’s “highly recommended” book by your side, and discover its hidden treasures—perfect as a stove-side companion for bringing the sunlight and spirit of the Keys to your own dining table, whether it be for cocktails, appetizers, entrees, side dishes, salads, sandwiches, soups, or desserts (Library Journal).
Breakfast on the run, lunch in a hurry, and even a quick snack: in our time-starved lives, everyone is looking for a quick meal on the go. Unfortunately, the foods designed to be quick and inexpensive are often loaded with fat, sugar, and calories. For those trying to control their diabetes, or those who want to lose weight and improve nutrition to prevent diabetes, these fatty, salty convenience foods can be a train wreck. The perfect solution for a quick meal that won't bomb a meal plan? Smoothies! Nutritious and tasty, smoothies are a quick and surprisingly filling meal option with nearly limitless possibilities. Linda Gassenheimer has put together this collection of delicious and incredibly easy superfood powerhouses. This pocket-sized book focuses on short recipes that are quick, easy, and made with few ingredients. Best of all, these recipes use the latest nutrition research to balance glucose response while delivering unbelievable taste. Most smoothies are packed with sugar and carbohydrates; these recipes cut the carbs, but not the fun.
People with diabetes know that cooking at home means healthier meals, but they also assume it means more planning, cleaning, and work. Best-selling author Linda Gassenheimer proves just the opposite — preparing delicious, diabetes-friendly meals is easier than most people imagine. Just let the supermarket do the work! By using convenience foods and fresh products from the supermarket bakery and butcher, Fast and Flavorful shows readers how to make great meals they won't believe are diabetes-friendly and save time and effort in the process. Best of all, each recipe is presented as part of a complete meal, designed specifically for two people. Each meal comes with instructions for preparing recipes simultaneously, a complete shopping list, and cooking tips, time-saving techniques, and meal planning advice straight from Linda's "Dinner in Minutes" newspaper column. It turns out that cooking fantastic, nutritious meals is easier than anyone thought possible.
Chicken is easy to cook, incredibly versatile, and a wonderful choice for health-conscious home chefs. It's no surprise, then, that it's also the most popular food item in the United States by a wide margin. In fact, on the American Diabetes Association website, the number one searched word by online visitors is, you guessed it, chicken. To keep up with the popular appetite for all things poultry, the ADA has teamed up with best-selling author Linda Gassenheimer to cook up Quick and Easy Chicken, an affordable, easy-to-follow collection of chicken recipes designed for people with diabetes or prediabetes. With more than five dozen recipes based on flavors and traditions from around the world, this handy little volume is stuffed with quick, easy, flavorful recipes everyone will love. Highlights include Fresh Herbed Chicken with Red Potatoes and Green Beans; Gorgonzola Chicken Scaloppini with Fresh Linguine and Sweet Pimento; Chicken Satay with Thai Peanut Sauce and Broccoli Rice; Sangria Braised Pulled Chicken Sliders with Quick Slaw; and Moroccan-Spiced Chicken with Spinach and Lentils.
Quick, healthy, great-tasting meals--using the same approach as the author's enormously popular Dinner in Minutes" column that reaches millions of readers each week When Linda Gassenheimer's bestselling cookbook "Low-Carb Meals in Minutes appeared, famed chef Jacques Pepin cheered: "What starts as a diet book becomes the blueprint for a healthy lifestyle based on appealing recipes that are quick and easy to prepare." Reviewers greeted her previous work with similar enthusiasm. Now this award-winning author has applied her "Meals in Minutes formula to the latest USDA dietary guidelines--emphasizing portion control and more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains--and the result is a treasury of 150 enticing recipes, organized into a sensational 4-week meal plan. Recipes range from Asian to Mediterranean, from Tex-Mex to Caribbean, from breakfasts like Wild Mushroom Parmesan Omelet to show-stopping dinners like Sicilian Swordfish with Broccoli Linguine. Mouthwatering desserts complete the meals, like the Velvety Chocolate Mousse that takes less than 10 minutes to prepare. Helpful shopping lists make stocking the kitchen as efficient as possible, and smart advice on substitutions allows readers to take advantage of seasonal and discounted ingredients. Enjoying good food that's good for you has never been simpler, or, as the "Rocky Mountain News has raved about the author's "Dinner in Minutes: "She does everything except come to your home and cook it for you.
Don't settle for flavorless foods just because you're busy. Let Mix 'n' Match Meals in Minutes take the stress out of meal planning. This new edition offers an assortment of breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes for people who need entire meals planned in a snap, along with an all-new section on speed meals that spice up any meal plan with healthy and hearty meals you can prepare in minutes. All recipes include a complete grocery list.
A James Beard Award–winning collection of elegant, healthful meals that can be ready in 45 minutes or less—from the popular syndicated food columnist. There is plenty of inspiration to rescue weekday fare from the doldrums in this eclectic collection of more than 250 recipes and 80 dinner menus, each one featuring an entrée and one or two simple side dishes. Though recipes like Hot and Spicy Stir-Fried Shrimp and Pickled Carrot Salad and ethnic specialties like Chinese Garlic Steak and Oriental Peanut Noodles don’t sound like fast food, each one can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. Linda Gassenheimer provides complete shopping lists for each menu and a simple timetable for preparation—along with meal planning strategies, helpful cooking tips, and wine recommendations. “What so many books promote (and often fall short of) this book delivers.” —The Arizona Daily Star
A delightful cookbook with 175 fabulous recipes featuring the fish, shellfish, fruits, and vegetables from the tropical paradise of this multicultural, culinary bonanza, the Florida Keys. Also covers buying the freshest fish and methods for grilling, frying, broiling, and steaming.
Many people achieve weight loss and improve their cardiovascular health by managing their intake of carbohydrates and protein. This title contains six weeks worth of recipes which allow you to follow a low-carb diet.
Completing the Low-Carb Meals in Minutes recipe card deck series, the Right Carbs Recipe Deck covers the third segment of Linda Gassenheimer's popular low-carb program. A permanent well-balanced lifestyle is achieved to keep the weight off. Like Low-Carb Meals in Minutes Quick Start Recipe Deck, this deck contains 52 cards providing every meal of the day for a two-week regimen, with complete recipes, ingredients, directions, and nutritional information. Introductory cards describe the benefits of the Low-Carb Meals in Minutes program, with specific cards explaining what the Right Carbs Recipe Deck are designed to accomplish. Other reference cards include a list of staple ingredients to keep on hand; tips on quick snacks; a guide to portion sizes; and basic low-carb cooking hints. Best of all, each recipe card includes a shopping list of ingredients needed for each recipe.
Completing the Low-Carb Meals in Minutes recipe card deck series, the Which Carbs Recipe Deck covers the second segment of Linda Gassenheimer's popular low-carb program. Carbohydrates are reintroduced to the diet at appropriate levels. Like Low-Carb Meals in Minutes Quick Start Recipe Deck, this deck contain 52 cards providing every meal of the day for a two-week regimen, with complete recipes, ingredients, directions, and nutritional information. Introductory cards describe the benefits of the Low-Carb Meals in Minutes program, with specific cards explaining what the Which Carbs Recipe Deck is designed to accomplish. Other reference cards include a list of staple ingredients to keep on hand; tips on quick snacks; a guide to portion sizes; and basic low-carb cooking hints. Best of all, each recipe card includes a shopping list of ingredients needed for each recipe.
At the end of a meal, nearly everyone has the same question: "What’s for dessert?" Now, for people with diabetes, there's a good answer. No-Fuss Diabetes Desserts is designed to satisfy any sweet tooth with dozens of dessert recipes specifically designed for those with diabetes. Best of all, these desserts are simple, fast, and, of course, very tasty. For most newly diagnosed people with diabetes, the assumption is that desserts and sweets are a thing of the past, but any meal plan can accommodate something sweet as long as the portions are appropriate and the ingredients are selected carefully. Author Linda Gassenheimer also shows that dessert doesn’t have to be elaborate, just something that’s quick, easy, very delicious, and not likely to break a calorie or carbohydrate bank. In fact, most of the desserts in this book take only minutes to make. Most importantly, No-Fuss Diabetes Desserts shows that people with diabetes can end a meal with dessert and not feel guilty or left out. These are quick desserts that can be made with very little effort, all based on simple ingredients found in a local supermarket.
A sequel to the best-selling low-carb cookbook offers recipes geared to long-term weight loss that are also low in saturated fat and can provide for a range of meal needs, in a guide that further explains how to reintroduce carbohydrates without regaining weight.
Contains 50 smoothie recipes, all with fewer than 7 grams of carbs. Each recipe card features ingredients, a shopping list, directions, helpful hints, and complete nutritional information.
Linda Gassenheimer builds on the success of Low-Carb Meals in Minutes by developing her ideas for all culinary occasions. She proves that following a low-carb regime doesn't have to mean eating for one: new chapters on Entertaining and Weekends and Special Events present delicious 'real' food that you can serve to family and friends without a qualm. The basic meal planners are also there: 7-day menu plans for the three phases of the low-carb weight-loss diet (Quick Start, Which Carbs? and Right Carbs) all give nutritious and satisfying recipes, each with its own shopping list, helpful hints and countdown. Following a low-carb diet has never been easier.
Offers nuticious and appetising meals that are low in saturated fat and quick and easy to make. Includes a three-stage plan that helps you cut out carbs to kick start weight loss, bring carbs back into your life without regaining weight and finally establishing a low carb lifestyle forever.
A delightful cookbook with 175 fabulous recipes featuring the fish, shellfish, fruits, and vegetables from the tropical paradise of this multicultural, culinary bonanza, the Florida Keys. Also covers buying the freshest fish and methods for grilling, frying, broiling, and steaming.
Presents a collection of more than two hundred recipes using Caribbean seafood and seasonal ingredients found in the Florida Keys, with stories about local culinary traditions behind the dishes.
Breakfast on the run, lunch in a hurry, and even a quick snack: in our time-starved lives, everyone is looking for a quick meal on the go. Unfortunately, the foods designed to be quick and inexpensive are often loaded with fat, sugar, and calories. For those trying to control their diabetes, or those who want to lose weight and improve nutrition to prevent diabetes, these fatty, salty convenience foods can be a train wreck. The perfect solution for a quick meal that won't bomb a meal plan? Smoothies! Nutritious and tasty, smoothies are a quick and surprisingly filling meal option with nearly limitless possibilities. Linda Gassenheimer has put together this collection of delicious and incredibly easy superfood powerhouses. This pocket-sized book focuses on short recipes that are quick, easy, and made with few ingredients. Best of all, these recipes use the latest nutrition research to balance glucose response while delivering unbelievable taste. Most smoothies are packed with sugar and carbohydrates; these recipes cut the carbs, but not the fun.
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