1,001 Best Recipes

A redesigned and reformatted version of a perennial favorite, the most comprehensive and complete slow-cooker book available today. With the huge variety of recipes, ingredients, and culinary traditions, 1,001 Best Slow-Cooker Recipes is the only slow-cooker book you will ever need. Slow cookers are a great tool for busy home cooks-delicious appetizers, soups, stews, entrées, side dishes, and even desserts can be made while you're at work or out running errands. The humble slow cooker has always been about value and convenience: more affordable cuts of meat cook to tender perfection while poultry and fish remain succulent and flavorful. Appetizers stay warm throughout a party while vegetables and side dishes are easy additions to family dinners. For more adventurous cooks, the slow cooker can be used to make homemade breads, warm sandwiches, and delectable desserts. The award-winning 1,001 cookbook series has earned its popularity through how its writers and editors curate and test the recipes, as well as by featuring complete nutritional data, such as calories, fat, cholesterol, carbohydrates, and diabetic exchanges. This latest offering in the bestselling series has been completely refreshed and updated for maximum ease of use.

The definitive cookbook on grilling everything from appetizers to desserts from one of the country's foremost experts and host of PBS's Barbecue America. Rick Browne is the author of twelve cookbooks, most of which deal with barbecue and grilling. In this volume, he's created an encyclopedic collection of recipes drawn from cuisines around the world, with a particular focus on North American and Asian traditions. Browne begins with a brief primer on basic grilling techniques, but the real substance of this book is the dazzling array of recipes. You'll find dishes everyone can enjoy, including standard grill fare like beef and chicken as well as the more unusual shellfish and wild game. There are plenty of vegetarian options too, and a section for sauces, marinades, and rubs. Never before have this many great grilling recipes been collected into one tome. If you love to grill-or know someone else who does-this is a must-have resource. It's the only grilling recipe book you'll ever need.

A massive collection of tasty, low-fat recipes for vegetarians and vegans, from appetizers to desserts. This edition of 1,001 Low-Fat Vegetarian Recipes is completely revised to reflect current food trends and styles of cooking. Catering to the needs of today's busy cooks, from committed vegetarians to "flexitarians" to those simply looking for inventive ideas for peak-of-season produce, the recipes are easier and faster to prepare, with fewer ingredients and more concise cooking methods. The recipes, which all adhere to American Heart Association guidelines, emphasize "super foods" —foods that boast high nutritional, antioxidant, and phytochemical qualities—including blueberries, pomegranate juice, edamame, leafy dark greens, beans and legumes, nuts, seeds, whole grains, and soy. Included are recipes from every category, from appetizers through desserts, with more than 500 entrees, offering a superb assortment of satisfying meals that are low in fat and rich in flavor. Each recipe is labeled with an identifying icon for vegan, lacto-vegetarian, ovo-vegetarian, and lacto-ovo-vegetarian. Nutritional data and diabetic exchanges are provided for each recipe.

Fill your bowls with year-round favorites from meaty chilis and seafood chowders to vegetarian stews and breads and biscuits to round out your meals. A redesigned and reformatted version of a perennial favorite, this fourth edition of 1,001 Delicious Soups and Stews delights the palate and soothes the soul, no matter the season. The new edition features streamlined recipes focused on swift and simple preparation and recipe classification information to make recipe selection easier. Hundreds of these wonderful recipes can be prepared in forty-five minutes or less (special icons identify these dishes), and hundreds more are easily found according to preferences for low-carb, low-calorie, and vegetarian options. All recipes are written in a concise format and use readily available ingredients with a focus on fresh, seasonal foods. No special cooking skills or equipment are required-great one-pot meals have never been easier. This comprehensive collection features hundreds of recipes from all over the world, including the Americas, the Mediterranean, China, and India. Readers will find everything from old standbys and comfort-classics to bold chilis, chowders, bisques, fruit soups, and chilled soups. Stick-to-your ribs stews make meal planning easy-they're substantial enough to be complete, one-pot meals in themselves, and fast and easy enough for weeknight suppers or elegant dinner parties. Either way, readers will never run out of mealtime ideas again!

The most complete collection of diabetes-friendly recipes available today, and the one book all those with diabetes should have in their kitchen library. A revamped version of a perennial favorite, 1,001 Delicious Recipes for People with Diabetes covers all the basics of a diabetic diet and lifestyle, including exercise, carbohydrate counting, and food-exchange lists. This huge cookbook contains sixteen chapters of delicious recipes that are suitable for a diabetic diet, all of which are, accompanied by a nutritional analysis and the most current diabetes exchange information. The quick and easy-to-prepare recipes are, written in a concise format and use readily, available ingredients with a focus on fresh, seasonal foods. They require no special cooking skills or equipment and represent an eclectic range of styles and culinary traditions. If you have diabetes, you know you have to be careful about what you eat. But, healthful food doesn't have to be dull, and reducing fat and calories doesn't mean giving up flavor. Why feel deprived when you could start the day with Blueberry Pancakes with Blueberry Maple Syrup? Company coming? Everyone will enjoy a savory Chutney Cheese Spread or Queso Fundito followed by Pork Tenderloin with Gremolata. For an easy weeknight dinner, try Lasagna Casserole or Pizza with Carmelized Onions and Smoked Turkey. Want to indulge a sweet tooth? Lemon Cloud Pie or White Chocolate Cheesecake will satisfy.

Recipes for the most popular dishes from the collection of "the high priest of hot stuff," the author of Chili Peppers and The Founding Foodies (Sam Gugino, James Beard Award-winning food journalist). For the past three decades, Dave DeWitt has devoted his life and career to chile peppers and fiery foods, and he publishes the huge Fiery Foods & Barbecue Central (fiery-foods.com), which includes hundreds of articles and thousands of recipes. This new book is composed of the very best dishes from DeWitt's collection of chile pepper-laden recipes from around the world that he's acquired on his travels, from colleagues, and by researching authentic, obscure, and out-of-print cookbooks. The book is loaded with a vast array of hot and spicy favorites, including a huge variety of soups, stews, chilis, and gumbos; a broad selection of barbecue dishes for the grill; and a lengthy list of meatless entrees and vegetable options. Included are not just hundreds of spicy main dishes, but also a surprising array of zesty beverages, desserts, and breakfasts. In some chapters in this book, the recipes are grouped by type of recipe; in the others, they are organized in the order of chile peppers' spread around the globe: South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, U.S.A., Europe, the Mediterranean and Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Asia and the Pacific. The book is truly the very best the world has to offer in terms of great spicy foods

A massive collection of quick & easy low-fat recipes, covering everything from appetizers and salads to entrées and desserts. A redesigned and reformatted version of a perennial favorite, this second edition of 1,001 Best Low-Fat Recipes is the most complete collection of healthy recipes for busy families. The quick, easy-to-prepare recipes are written in a concise format and use readily available ingredients with a focus on fresh, seasonal foods. They require no special cooking skills or equipment, and represent an eclectic range of styles and culinary traditions. The award-winning 1,001 cookbook series has earned its reputation for excellence by carefully curating and testing the recipes, as well as by featuring complete nutritional data, such as calories, fat, cholesterol, carbohydrates, and diabetic exchanges. This latest offering in the best-selling series has been completely refreshed and updated for maximum value and ease of use in the 21st century. In one convenient, all-encompassing volume, 1,001 Best Low-Fat Recipes presents the healthiest, simplest, and most delicious range of family meals. These recipes are designed to help provide a complete meal as quickly as possible-many are designated as forty-five-minute recipes from start to tabletop. From appetizers to entrees to salads and desserts, these recipes are easy to make, fun to try, and deliciously low in fat.