The Moms' Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way Your Family Eats, One Meal at a Time!
by Janice Bissex
from Broadway
For the legions of harried moms who have tossed in the dishtowel on cooking healthy meals (or any meals!), the easiest-ever guide for bringing super nutrition back to the kitchen.
Getting dinner on the table night after night can be a challenge. So it’s no surprise that busy moms often rely on fast food, takeout, and convenience meals like macaroni & cheese, chicken nuggets, and fries. The kids love it but the drawback is that little twinge of guilt moms feel every time they feed their family another not-so-healthy meal. At the end of the day, many children end up with a poor diet high in sugar, saturated fat, and calories … a major factor in the rising rates of obesity.
Finally, here are realistic guidelines designed to give families a healthy meal makeover.
The Moms lay out a 5-Step Meal Makeover Plan, explaining how to market good nutrition to kids, establish food rules, and make life easier in the kitchen.
In The Best of the Bunch chapter they reveal which brands of kid convenience foods–hot dogs, frozen pizza, and more–are the best tasting and most nutritious ones out there.
The Moms show how to stock a healthy pantry and whip up delicious anytime meals using pantry staples.
They even serve up 120 reworked recipes for family favorites such as Fast-as-Boxed Macaroni & Cheese, Squishy Squash Lasagna, Cheesy Broccoli Soup, Sweet Potato Fries, and Chocolate Pudding with Toppers.
Microwave Gourmet
by Barbara Kafka
from William Morrow Cookbooks
Learn to use your microwave oven to do everything you hoped it could and more with breakthrough techniques and recipes that will change the way you cook forever.
First published in 1987, Barbara Kafka's Microwave Gourmet redefined the way people thought about the microwave oven. Microwave Gourmet is the only book that clarifies which dishes are at their best when made in the microwave, which are the worst, and why.
There are over six hundred delicious recipes for everything you can conceivably want classics like Filet of Sole with Almonds and Turkey with Cranberry Sauce and Saffron Risotto, plus old-fashioned favorites such as Baked Macaroni and Cheese and an American Chocolate Layer Cake that cook up in five to ten minutes. Microwave Gourmet lets you eat good, homemade food in no time at all.
Microwave Gourmet is an indispensable reference and a ground-breaking book that will change your mind about using the microwave forever.
A Man, a Can, a Microwave: 50 Tasty Meals You Can Nuke in No Time (Man, a Can... Series)
by David Joachim
from Rodale Books
Next came A Man, a Can, a Grill: 50 No-Sweat Meals You Can Fire Up Fast. Cookbook author Andrew Schloss, who wrote Cooking with Three Ingredients and Dinner's Ready, called the recipes "easy, flavorful...streamlined and smart. Real food-so good that no one will ever guess your secret is in the can."
Now there's A Man, a Can, a Microwave-and all those "dudes" who helped put the "Grill" book on the New York Times how-to bestseller list will be pleased to know that David Joachim and the editors of Men's Health haven't lost a beat. The 50 guy-friendly, nuke-able meals using packaged ingredients are fun to make and great to eat-and include such tasty dishes as "Italian One-Dish Fish," "Teriyaki Beef with Broccoli," and "Painless Paella." With step-by-step recipes and full-color photos, A Man, a Can, a Microwave, like the previous books in the series, is a perfect gift for anyone learning to cope in the kitchen. Make sure he has a can opener-and a hearty appetite!
Easy Livin' Microwave Cooking: A microwave instructor shares tips, secrets, & 200 easiest recipes for fast and delicious microwave meals
by Karen K. Dwyer
from St. Martin's Griffin
Microwave Cooking for One
by Marie T. Smith
from Pelican Publishing Company
The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Microwave Cookbook
125 Best Microwave Oven Recipes
by Johanna Burkhard
from Robert Rose
Perform microwave magic in your kitchen.
Typically, microwave ovens are only used to heat leftovers, thaw frozen foods or nuke popcorn. Yet, there are many benefits to microwave cooking, such as:
- A greater retention of taste and natural flavors
- More vitamins and minerals are retained for better nutrition
- Shorter cooking times use less electricity than a conventional oven
- Less mess to clean up
In 125 Best Microwave Recipes, Burkhard brings her culinary expertise to this versatile and convenient appliance with outstanding recipes for delicious main meals in a fraction of the time required by conventional ovens.
From the tantalizing Chicken Creole, Beef, Macaroni and Zucchini Casserole to the Salmon Steaks with Creamy Tomato-Dill Sauce there is a variety of recipes for every occasion and taste. Grains and pastas are particularly well suited to cooking in a microwave. Lemon Barley Pilaf with Mushrooms, Asparagus Risotto, Linguine with Broccoli-Tomato Sauce and Tortellini with Basil, Cream and Walnut Sauce are sublime when cooked in the microwave. There is also a wonderful array of recipes for appetizers, side dishes and desserts.
The recipes in 125 Best Microwave Recipes reflect the latest technology in microwaves, while recognizing that many cooks still use older microwaves. Rediscover the easy and convenient way to cook with this practical and appetizing cookbook.
Moghul Microwave: Cooking Indian Food the Modern Way
by Julie Sahni
from William Morrow & Co
The Classic 1000 Microwave Recipes (Classic 1000)
by Sonia Allison
from Foulsham
Cooking Healthy With a Microwave: A Healthy Exchanges Cookbook
by JoAnna M. Lund
from Perigee Trade
Over one million Healthy Exchanges(r) cookbooks in print!
In this all-new collection of more than 240 Healthy Exchanges recipes for the microwave, JoAnna M. Lund will have readers in and out of the kitchen faster than ever-without sacrificing good taste. From mouthwatering main dishes such as Creole Pork Tenders to fabulous sides like Rising Sun Rice Pilaf to irresistible desserts like Cherry Hill Cheesecake-and everything in between-JoAnna shows how the ever-convenient microwave was meant to be used.
- The best and worst foods for the microwave (or convection oven)
- Helpful hints for choosing and using ingredients
- Complete nutritional information for each recipe
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