Make It Easy Make It Light

Make It Easy, Make It Light offers a tempting array of quick, light dishes for the taste-conscious, time-conscious, and health-conscious cook. The "light" approach to cooking is a sensible return to balance and the basic foods that made up the traditional American diet before processed and fast foods became a way of life.

The author provides more than 200 recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, and entrées that are rich in flavor and nutrition while low in fat, sodium, sugar, and calories. Entrées range from Rock Cornish Game Hens Glazed with Cranberry Chutney and Baked Fish with Papaya Salsa to a selection of pizzas, pastas and calzone. Fresh baked breads and savory desserts, such as Hot Strawberry Soufflé and Italian Lemon Cheesecake are included as well, and accompanied by calorie counts.

The flavors, colors and textures in these 200 recipes leave little doubt that eating sensibly is enjoyable when done with imagination. Hour Magazine chef Grad (Make It Easy in the Kitchen, etc.) offers dishes that conform to a rule of moderation rather than strict dietary guidelines. Curried asparagus soup is thickened with vegetable puree rather than cream, while buttermilk and yogurt are light replacements in chilled dilled borscht with chopped cucumber. The reduced sodium and fat content of main dishes, such as turkey scaloppine with raspberry vinegar and grilled swordfish with spinach pesto, does not make them bland. Vegetarian fare is well represented by entrees like baked pasta with spinach-ricotta sauce, salads like sweet-and-sour Chinese cabbage and desserts such as hot strawberry souffle. Preparation times are artificially low because certain tasks are embedded in the ingredients lists. Experience will tell cooks whether to double, triple or ignore the preparation figures given. Sections of this book previously appeared in Los Angeles magazine. Illustrations not seen by PW. Major ad/promo; author tour.
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