Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day: 250 Delicious Recipes Plus Techniques and Tips from The Culinary Institute of America (Weight Watchers Cooking) - Softcover

Weight Watchers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764544799 ISBN 13: 9780764544798

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003

Synopsis

Learn to cook like a pro, from the pros!

Team up with Weight Watchers, the foremost authority on weight loss, and the chefs from The Culinary Institute of America, the country’s premier cooking school, to make flavorful, imaginative–and healthy–dishes with ease.

Learn how to be creative without being complicated when you sample the more than 250 enticing recipes collected here. Roasted Vegetable Lasagne, Thai Beef Salad, Spicy Chicken-Peanut Dumplings, and Almost-Fudge Truffles–these and dozens of other delectable dishes are offered up by leading chefs intent on bringing out the full natural flavors of food. In addition to delicious and healthy recipes, you’ll also discover chefs’ tips and secrets for great food, step-by-step illustrations of cooking techniques, and advice on the art of plating food. Complete with Weight Watchers POINTS® information, full nutrition information, and 30 color photos showcasing finished dishes, this is a book everyone who appreciates great food will want to own.

Enjoy Delectable Dishes:

Simple but Special

Clams Steamed in Beer
Lentil, Olive, and Orange Salad
Lamb Shish Kebab

Favorites with Pizzazz

Pizza with Wild Mushrooms and Goat Cheese
Bolivian Beef Stew
Lemon-Ginger Grilled Chicken

Fresh Ideas

Whiskey-Glazed Smoked Turkey Breast with Orange Herb Conserve
Seared Salmon with Moroccan Spice Crust
Berry Coulis

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Weight Watchers® great cooking every day 250 Delicious Recipes Plus Techniques and Tips from The Culinary Institute of America how can cooking be creative without being complicated? How do you find inspiration to put delicious, healthful food on the table every time you cook? By turning to the pages of Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day, a cookbook created by Weight Watchers and the chefs of the The Culinary Institute of America. Now instead of another meal of deli sandwiches, you can enjoy Smoked Turkey and Roasted Pepper Panini. Or rather than making the same pasta standby, try Penne with Creamy Garlic-Parmesan Sauce. And how about adding a flavorful kick to dinner by serving Bolivian Beef Stew, a simple and soul-satisfying alternative to ordinary stew that includes jalapeño, acorn squash, red potatoes, and corn? No matter what you serve, you should treat yourself and your family to dessert. Chocolate Fudge Cookies always hit the spot, and for something simple but spectacular, try Berry Napoleon. These are just a few examples of the 250 inspired recipes in Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day. They show how to maximize the natural flavors of foods and pair fresh, quality ingredients together for delicious results. Throughout the book, the chefs of The Culinary Institute of America share tips that help you shop for ingredients and prepare your meals. You'll find useful buying and handling advice for flavor-packed ingredients such as portobellos, tomatillos, dried chiles, demi-glace, and more. You'll also learn clever techniques such as how to roast spices, clean mussels, and whip egg whites. You can even follow the step-by-step color photos for techniques like dry-searing meats and working with pizza dough. The recipes and information in Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day will enhance all of your cooking so that you'll develop the skills, creativity, and efficiency that has become second nature to chefs. Of course, to help you maintain a healthful diet, every recipe also includes both nutrition information and Points® values from the new Weight Watchers Winning Points® Weight Loss Plan. With straightforward recipes and more than 30 tantalizing color photos for salads, soups, fish, meats, breads, desserts, and more, this cookbook will tempt you with how easy it is to make good food and to be a creative cook. Here's to great cooking every day! Visit Weight Watchers online at www.weightwatchers.com

About the Author

WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. is the world's leading provider of weight management services, operating globally through a network of Company-owned and franchise operations. Weight Watchers holds almost 50,000 meetings each week where members receive group support and learn about healthy eating patterns, behavior modification and physical activity. WeightWatchers.com provides innovative, subscription weight management products over the Internet and is the leading Internet-based weight management provider in the world. In addition, Weight Watchers offers a wide range of products, publications and programs for those interested in weight loss and weight control. Since October 2015, Oprah Winfrey has been a part-owner and spokesperson for the program.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0764544799
• ISBN 13: 9780764544798
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352