The Healthy Southwest Table - Softcover

Taylor, Janet E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933855010 ISBN 13: 9781933855011

Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

A food bonanza—fantastic Southwestern flavors plus good nutrition.

The Healthy Southwest Table features more than 100 recipes bursting with taste as well as nutrition. From zippy corn chowder to green chiles stuffed with tuna salad, these savory dishes are low in sugar, salt, and fat and high in beneficial ingredients such as soy, whole grains, and colorful fruits and vegetables. A healthy diet will strengthen your heart, bones, and immune system and reduce the risk of disease. But it can also delight your palate. Set an irresistibly delicious Southwest table with Janet Taylor's quick and tasty Vegetable Stir Fry, followed by Salmon with Sunset Sauce and delectable low-fat Berry-Peach Crumble. 40 color photos

About this title

About the Author:

Janet Taylor has spent over 30 years designing good food for her family, based on major research studies linking nutrition and good health. She is an authority on the nutritional values of soy. Taylor and her husband live in Tucson, Arizona, where she prepares frequent meals for her children, grandchildren, and family friends—who taste-test all her recipes. Her books include The Healthy Table Cookbook, The Healthy Southwest Table, and The Green Southwest Cookbook.

From Publishers Weekly:

Taylor's companion to her 1999 Healthy Table Cookbook proves that flavorful southwestern cooking can also be healthy, provided you live near a well-stocked grocery or health food store. Her offerings include standards such as hummus and guacamole in addition to mouthwatering, healthy takes on dishes like Spinach-Filled Quesadillas with a Black Bean Sauce, Portobello Mushroom Enchiladas and a Quinoa Pilaf in place of traditional Spanish rice. The accompanying photographs are gorgeous, and the dishes carry a great deal of flavor despite the exclusion of sour cream, butter and other artery-clogging, waistline-expanding ingredients. Unfortunately, what the book lacks in calories it more than makes up for in preparation time: Black Bean Soup, while flavorful, has 22 ingredients, with another seven required for the garnish; the Pinon-Crusted Chile Rellenos employ a staggering 37 ingredients. Not all dishes require that much measuring, chopping and dicing (she also offers suggestions for leftover chicken and salmon) but the prep time can be considerable, as can the shopping-virtually all the recipes employ a less-than-common ingredient such as key lime juice (which she uses like Emeril uses garlic), umeboshi pickled plum paste or Stevia extract. That said, those looking for a healthier take on southwestern cuisine who don't mind a bit of effort are sure to find some new favorites here.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1933855010
• ISBN 13: 9781933855011
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160