Light Basics Cookbook: The Only Cookbook You'll Ever Need If You Want To Cook Healthy - Hardcover

Shulman, Martha R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688155499 ISBN 13: 9780688155490

Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks, 1998

Synopsis

Light Basics is an all-in-one cookbook for today's healthy cooking. Filled with step-by-step cooking instructions and more than 250 delicious recipes (each with a complete nutritional analysis), it provides the fundamentals of eating well and eating healthy. Martha Rose Shulman explains how to incorporate fresh foods and more healthful ingredients into your everyday cooking, while cutting down on fat and calories. If you're trying to eat healthy, Light Basics provides a one-stop kitchen companion for beginner and experienced cook alike!

The Cooking Light Basics

Convert your favorite recipes into healthier dishes by cutting the fat

Learn healthy poaching, pan-grilling, and roasting techniques

Make a delicious low-fat vinaigrette or sauce

Enhance the flavor of your food using fresh herbs and spices

The Kitchen Basics

Learn the correct way to hold a knife

Master the art of chopping, slicing, and dicing

Understand how to store fresh fruits and vegetables properly

Learn to follow the guidelines for food and kitchen safety

The Fruit and Vegetable Basics

The secret to keeping tomatoes tasting their sweetest

How to reduce the zing of chile peppers

The easiest way to dice a fresh mango

The Entertaining Basics

Sample seasonal menus

Advance preparation tips to make party-throwing a cinch

Detailed shopping lists and countdown schedules for preparation

Flavorful Meals with Only 1 Tablespoon of Oil

Asparagus and Smoked Trout Frittata

Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash Soup with Ginger

Herb and Scallion Quiche

Spinach Quesadillas

Grilled Fish Steaks with Asian Flavors

Hot-and-Sour Shrimp and Rice Soup

Desserts to Devour with Only 1 Gram of Fat

Rhubarb and Strawberry Compote

Almond Biscotti

Chocolate Meringue Cookies

Pears Poached in Ginger-Honey Syrup

About this title

About the Author

Martha Rose Shulman is an award-winning author of nine cookbooks, including Mediterranean Light, Mexican Light, Provencal Light, The Vegetarian Feast, and Entertaining Light. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Simple Mexican Soup with Tomato, Onion, and Cilantro
Makes 4 servings

I learned this recipe when I was working on my book Mexican Light. It's so easy and delicious that I can't bear to leave it out of this collection too. The flavors of the mint, lime, chile, and cilantro are wonderful, and the soup is thrown together in no time.

2 quarts good-quality de-fatted chicken or garlic stock
2 fresh spearmint sprigs
1 medium-size white onion, peeled and finely chopped
1 garlic clove, peeled and minced or pressed
1 jalapeo chile, seeded if desired and finely chopped
1 pound firm, ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and finely chopped
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
Salt to taste
1 small avocado, pitted, peeled, and finely chopped
2 limes, cut into wedges, for serving

1. Combine the stock, spearmint, onion, garlic, and chile in the soup pot or saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes, then add the tomatoes and cilantro. Reduce the heat to low, simmer for another 5 minutes, and remove from the heat. Taste. Is there enough salt? Adjust the seasoning.

2. Place a spoonful of chopped avocado in each bowl, ladle in the soup, and serve with lime wedges to be squeezed into the soup if people wish.

Variation: Crumble toasted tortillas into each bowl of soup just before serving.

Copyright © 1999 by Martha Rose Shulman

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0688155499
• ISBN 13: 9780688155490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320