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By Johnna Albi
St. Martin's Griffin
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The latest word from the nutrition front is that green leafy vegetables may be our most powerful weapon against cancer and other diseases of aging. Plus, most dark leaft greens are high in nutrients such as beta-carotene, anti-oxidants, folic acid, and fiber.
In Greens Glorious Greens! Johnna lbi and Catherine Walthers, both gourmet natural foods chefs, unlock the mysteries of buying and preparing these delicious vegetables. IN an easy-to-use A-to-Z format, they cover thirty-give different greens, providing nutritional information and a brief historical profile for each, plus tips on how to shop for freshness, and how to store, wash, and cut the greens for maximum flavor. Albi and Walthers offer more than 140 ways to turn these nutritional superstars into delicious salads, soups, stews, entrees, and sautees. Most dishes are quick and easy, low in fat, and of the scale in terms of nutrients and taste. Many of vegetarian and therefore cholesterol free, come contain chicken, beef or fish. Any home cook will delight in this clear and engaging guide to preparing all the vegetables that are not only good for you, but just plain good.
Recipes include:
Grilled Polenta with Dandelion Greens, Southern Style Black-Eyed Peas and Collard Greens, Cajun Kale Salad, Broccoli Rabe with Toasted Pecans and Currants, Skewered Chicken Teriyaki over Frisee and Arugula
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By Jennifer Chandler
Thomas Nelson
Hardcover (272 pages)
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Long gone are the days when people created their salads by purchasing a head of iceberg lettuce and a head or romaine, cutting up a tomato and a boiled egg and adding some wishbone dressing. Today anyone can create a delicious gourmet salad by picking up one of the hundreds of bagged salad mixes available and adding ingredients to create masterpieces such as:
- Mandarin Chicken Salad with Toasted Sesame Vinaigrette
- Classic Caesar Salad with Herb Croutons
- Spinach Salad with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Each salad has dressing recommendations and recipes, menu ideas, and nutritional information. The book contains recipes for more than 100 salads and dressings. |
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By Wiley Mullins
Rodale Books
Released: 2008-04-29
Paperback (240 pages)
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Looking for some fresh answers to the question, "What's for dinner?" Do you want an easy way to enjoy healthier meals? Look no further. Salad Makes the Meal shows you everything you need to know to prepare the best fresh, grilled, steamed, and roasted salad dishes with the ingredients we should all enjoy more often. These fast, one-dish meals will have you rethinking the old idea of salad bar. Packed with more than 75 main-dish salads, as well as plenty of starters, sides, and even dessert salads, you’ll find a wealth of crowd-pleasing dishes like: -Thai Beef Salad with Soy-Lime Dressing -Oven-Fried Chicken Salad with Honey-Buttermilk Dressing -Stuffed Bell Pepper Salad -Pesto Pasta Salad with Grilled Vegetables -Chow-Chow Salad -Sugar Snap Salad with Corn and Cherry Tomatoes -Sweet Potato Pie Salad -Ambrosia Salad |
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By Catherine Walthers
Lake Isle Press
Paperback (272 pages)
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This volume of over 135 inventive salad recipes is timed to answer the great demand for healthy recipes with organic ingredients. Walthers offers up delicious twists on tired classics, including pasta salads, salad wraps, bean salads, whole grain salads, and chicken salads. Helpful hints on preparation and health benefits appear throughout. |
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By Mollie Katzen
Tricycle Press
Library Binding (96 pages; 1)
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In the much-anticipated follow-up to Pretend Soup, celebrity chef Mollie Katzen cooks up 20 new vegetarian recipes that kids six and under can prepare themselves (with a little help from their adult assistant). The last decade has seen unprecedented demand in healthy eating for kids. Taking this interest one step further, Mollie Katzen presents kid-friendly recipes that will inspire joyful kitchen adventures and food appreciation. With Salad People, children will enjoy a lifelong love and playful respect for nutritious food from Tiny Tacos, Counting Soup, Salad People, and beyond. Complete with kitchen tips, safety and behavior rules compiled by actual kids, and thoughtful observations on what children gain from cooking, Salad People is the model children's kitchen guide for a new decade. All-new recipes make the perfect companions to Pretend Soup recipes. |
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By Georgeanne Brennan
Free Press
Hardcover (120 pages)
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Tender spring asparagus. Luscious summer berries. Spicy autumn greens and bright winter citrus. More than any other dish, salad allows the characteristic flavors of each season to shine. A simple combination of fresh ingredients in a salad from your kitchen can be more impressive than even the most elaborate dish.Williams-Sonoma Collection Salad offers more than 40 wonderful salad recipes, grouped by season to emphasize the importance of using ingredients as they reach their natural peak of ripeness. Whether you have a bumper crop of cherry tomatoes in your backyard or a handful of wine-colored beets from the farmers' market, there's a recipe here that offers a delicious way to prepare them. A chapter of portable salads will tempt you to plan a picnic, while a selection of classic salads -- from Cobb salad to celery rémoulade -- rounds out the collection. Full-color photographs of each dish help make the choice an easy one, and each recipe is accompanied by a photographic sidebar that highlights an essential ingredient or cooking technique, making Salad much more than a great collection of simple recipes. An informative basics section and extensive glossary fill in all you need to know to create the perfect salad. Salads bring out the best in fresh seasonal ingredients, whether they are delicate spring lettuces paired with soft goat cheese or crisp autumn apples tossed with toasted pecans. Williams-Sonoma Collection Salad offers more than 40 easy-to-follow recipes, including both classic favorites and fresh new ideas. In these pages, you'll find inspiring salads designed to suit occasions throughout the year -- from an informal summer picnic to an elegant dinner with friends. This vividly photographed, full-color recipe collection, appealing to both novice and experienced cooks, will become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf. |
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By Donna Hay
Ecco
Released: 2008-04-08
Hardcover (96 pages)
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Featuring 60 simply beautiful recipes for all our favourites, this is the only salad and vegetable cookbook you'll ever need. |
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Whitecap Books
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Over 101 fresh and delicious ideas. The best salad dressing recipes from three dozen chefs and cooks are now available in one great collection, Salad Dressing 101. Chef Nathan Hyam has personally selected over 101 recipes for vinaigrettes, creamy dressings, low-fat dressings, Caesar dressings, and potato and pasta salads dressings. The introduction provides an overview of the simple ingredients and techniques that make a perfect dressing and demonstrates easy ways to adapt dressing to any salad. Along with classics that belong in any cook's repertoire, there are innovative dressings with international flavors. Symbols throughout the book provide guidance on which dressings go with which salads. Discover delicious recipes such as: - Basic Vinaigrette
- Green Goddess Dressing
- Classic Caesar Dressing
- Basil Balsamic Dressing
- Thai Coconut and Roasted Garlic Dressing
- Miso Gari Vinaigrette.
Salad Dressing 101 is a cookbook for everyone who loves fresh food with flavor that can't be topped. |
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By Mollie Katzen
Ten Speed Press
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Credited with moving vegetarian cooking from the fringes of American society to mainstream dinner tables, Mollie Katzen has proved that there's more to salad than tossed greens. With fresh fruits and vegetables, pungent cheeses, beans, oils, herbs, and nuts, a salad can be a hearty meal in itself. Celebrating THE MOOSEWOOD COOKBOOK's 30th anniversary, the latest addition to the MOLLIE KATZEN'S RECIPES series brings together her classic salad combinations from MOOSEWOOD and ENCHANTED BROCCOLI FOREST in a convenient easel format. Each recipe is lovingly hand-lettered and illustrated with Mollie's distinctive pen-and-ink drawings, making this timeless collection the perfect kitchen countertop companion."Mollie Katzen's work is the exemplar of a healthful cooking style that has no dogma and offers no apologies."
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By Jessica Strand
Chronicle Books
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Every proper salad should come to the table well dressed. Salad Dressings is a veritable wardrobe of vinaigrettes and creamy dressings that are easy to make and even easier to store. Flavors such as tarragon, roasted red pepper, or crumbled Stilton cheese enhance simple salads of tender greens, while creamy varieties such as Tart Russian or decadent Blue Cheese pair sumptuously with heartier flavors and textures. Exotic dressings like Thai Peanut or Indian Curry add distinctive, unusual flavors and elevate the ordinary. Salad recipes sprinkled throughout plus quick recipes for crunchy toppingsâthink flavored croutons or spiced nutsâtop off this handy guide to salad fare extraordinaire. |
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