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Italian Cooking for Beginners
Simple and Easy Recipes for Weeknights, Parties, Holidays, and More
by Anna Prandoni
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Learn to cook authentic Italian food without all the fuss.
Always wanted to make a pesto that your family begs you to make every week? Tiramisu that your neighbors dream about? But you don't have time for cooking classes or the lengthy and complicated recipes from other Italian cookbooks? Italian Cooking for Beginners, adapted from the best-selling Let's Cook Italian!, gives you the tools and recipes to start cooking classic Italian dishes at home with simple, easy-to-follow recipes for even the most inexperienced home cook.
With an emphasis on fresh ingredients and hands-on preparation, chef and director of the cooking school "La Scuola della Cucina Italiana" Anna Prandoni presents recipes for authentic Italian starters, first and second courses, vegetables, desserts, and snacks. Simple classic recipes include:
• Cheese Focaccia
• Potato Gnocchi
• Stuffed Zucchini
• Steak Pizzaiola
• Bruschetta
• Tiramisu
• Spaghetti Carbonara
• and more!
This is the perfect cookbook for the both the beginning home cook and those inexperienced with authentic Italian cooking. Impress your family and friends and make them happy by satisfying their appetites with delicious Italian classics that will leave them wanting more.
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The Beginner's Guide to Cake Decorating
A Step-by-Step Guide to Decorate with Frosting, Piping, Fondant, and Chocolate and More
by Autumn Carpenter
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Learn the basics of decorating cakes with this super-simple guide for beginners
Decorating your own cakes is both fun and easy with cake maven Autumn Carpenter at your side. In The Beginner's Guide to Cake Decorating, adapted from her best-selling First Time Cake Decorating, you'll learn everything about the basic tools you will need, hacks to make cake decorating easy, and how to plan and design your own cake style. This book is the only basic primer you will need to get started.
Other books on cake decorating are often overwhelming, offering unattainable expert-level ideas and complicated instructions, but The Beginner's Guide to Cake Decorating sticks to the basics so you get the results you want. You will be able to decorate cakes for any occasion, from baby showers to birthdays. With fuss-free instructions and no-fail results, you will not only impress your friends and family, but yourself too!
This accessible, easy-to-follow cake decorating reference features:
• All the information you need to get started - The book includes essential equipment and tools; recipes for cakes, fillings, frostings, icings, and fondants; introductory techniques; and hacks and shortcuts to make everything easier.
• A variety of methods and styles - Choose from a wide range of techniques, including piping, molding, hand modeling, stencils, and more, and styles from flowers to banners and ribbons to letters.
• Crystal-clear instructions - Photographic step-by-step projects will help you learn the basics so you can customize your own designs successfully.
The best place to start your cake customizing exploration is this all-in-one beginner's guide from one of cake decorating's best teachers!
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Super Easy Tortilla and Taco Cookbook
Make Meals Fun, Delicious, and Easy with Taco and Tortilla Recipes Everyone Will Love
by Dotty Griffith
Part of the New Shoe Press series
You'll want to make quick, customizable filled Mexican flatbreads much more often than just on Taco Tuesday with the flavorful fillings, sauces, toppings, and tortillas in this accessible cookbook.
Tacos and tortillas are super fast and super easy to make, and they taste super good at every meal. In this adapted and affordable edition of The Ultimate Tortilla Press Cookbook, find recipes for traditional and surprising filling combinations as well as a range of ideas for handmade flatbreads, if you choose to make your own.
Super Easy Tortilla and Taco Cookbook includes recipes for every meal plus snacks and even desserts, all of which are made with healthy, non-processed, affordable ingredients. Learn to make authentic corn and wheat tortillas as well as gluten-free tortillas-with exciting variations using spices, tomatoes, spinach, and chile peppers. And then find a host of tasty filling recipes that will make tacos and tortillas you new go-to meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
The recipes include all the very best homemade Southwestern, TexMex, and Mexican sauces, toppings, and fillings you need to turn out soul-satisfying enchiladas, fajitas, tacos and taco salads, chalupas, quesadillas, burritos, and even desserts and sweet sauces.
Tacos and tortillas are a great way to use leftovers, and the breads can be kept in the fridge or frozen for meals on the fly any day of the week. There are vegetarian, gluten-free, and paleo options offered, so you can fully customize recipes based on individual dietary needs or tastes. Cook one or two, or serve a crowd.
Serving up a wide variety of tasty recipes, everyone will be happy and satisfied with the Super Easy Taco and Tortilla Cookbook.
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Moon Energy for Beginners
An Introduction to Moon Spells, Lunar Phases, and Rituals
by Simone Butler
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Awaken, heal, and manifest your goals by connecting with the sacred feminine powers of the Moon
The Moon, which waxes and wanes in predictable cycles, is the symbol and path for finding empowerment and strength in the cycles of birth, growth, death, and renewal. Moon Energy for Beginners, adapted from Simone Butler's Moon Power, shows you how to honor the primal feminine powers-intuition, emotion, sexuality, creation, communion with nature-as they have been in the past by connecting spiritually with the Moon as you learn how to read and act on the lunar astrological signs and cycles.
This empowering book explores:
• The history of Moon worship and introduction to the phases – This accessible guide provides a basic history of ancient Moon worship, a simple introduction to the Moon phases, and the meanings of New and Full Moons.
• The 12 Moon signs – You'll find details on working with each sign as the Moon passes through it, a goddess and power animal for each Moon sign, and activities and rituals for connecting with their energy during certain Moon phases.
• Recognition and development of your lunar nature – Even if you are completely new to harnessing lunar energy, you will learn how, through reflection, ritual, and purposeful action, you can connect to your emotional nature and inner spirit more deeply.
Moon Energy for Beginners offers a simple path to reuniting with your inner Goddess in ways that deeply satisfy your soul.
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Super Easy Crochet for Beginners
Learn Crochet with Simple Stitch Patterns, Projects, and Tons of Tips
by Deborah Burger
Part of the New Shoe Press series
This accessible beginner's guide covers everything you need to know to start crocheting, featuring clear, step-by-step, photo-illustrated instructions.
Want to learn how to crochet but are not sure how to start? With Super Easy Crochet for Beginners, adapted from Deborah Berger's best-selling Crochet 101, you will feel confident in your skills quickly and eliminate frustrating mistakes and missteps.
Learn what you need, how to read patterns, how to select yarn, and how to troubleshoot problems and turn yarn into charming knitted accessories and clothing. Building skills through fun projects, you will find success quickly and easily while actually making something, giving you the confidence to try another project.
Super Easy Crochet for Beginners includes:
• Crochet basics
• How to get started
• Tools and materials
• Right-handed and left-handed crochet
• Basic crochet stitches
• How to read a crochet pattern
• Crochet tips and tricks
• Troubleshooting mistakes
• Fun beginner-level projects
• Crochet confidence
This is the most comprehensive beginner's book available, yet it won't overwhelm you with details and instruction you don't need or want, so you can start enjoying your crochet hobby immediately.
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Spanish Cooking for Beginners
Simple and Delicious Recipes for All Occasions
by Gabriela Llamas
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Learn to cook authentic Spanish food without all the fuss
Do you wish you could cook real, traditional Spanish meals but don't have time for cooking classes or the lengthy and complicated recipes from other Spanish cookbooks? Spanish Cooking for Beginners, adapted from the best-selling Let's Cook Spanish!, is the perfect book for any busy home cook who wants to explore the flavors, language, and culture of Spain.
This simple-to-follow cookbook covers everything from churros to paella and optimizes them for your whole family to cook and enjoy together. With an emphasis on fresh ingredients and hands-on preparation, notable Spanish chef Gabriela Llamas presents recipes for tapas (small bites) and pinchos (skewered bites), meat and fish, vegetables and salads, as well as sweets-plus menu ideas to mix and match.
Spanish Cooking for Beginners includes:
• 30 of the most classic, traditional Spanish dishes – Impress your family and friends with delicious Vegetable Cocas (Spanish pizza), Chicken in Pepitoria (a traditional dish dating back to the Middle Ages), Cold Vegetable Soup (one of Spain's most universal dishes), Torrijas (Spanish French toast), and more.
• Simple ingredients, easy-to-follow recipes – Easy-to-find ingredients and clear steps make cooking real Spanish food accessible to even the most inexperienced in the kitchen.
• Notes on Spanish culture – Discover the Spanish culinary traditions behind each flavorful dish, with notes on how and where the foods are served and enjoyed in Spain.
With this accessible cookbook and cultural guide, you will become an expert at cooking the food of Spain!
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Welding for Beginners
Learn Everything You Need to Know to Weld, Cut, and Shape Metal
by Stephen Blake Christena
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Learn to weld, step by step, with this beginner's guide.
Welding for Beginners, adapted from Stephen Blake Christena's “Learn to Weld”, has culled the absolute basics that are required to build a successful welding hobby and illustrated them in these pages. Both practical and inspiring, this book teaches you the basic equipment you will need, setting up your work area, techniques for beginners with project ideas for practicing your skills, dos and don'ts, and welding safety.
If you are inexperienced and want to start out strong, whether working in a home workshop, school workshop, blacksmith shop, or auto shop, this is the perfect reference. The projects illustrate the basic foundation techniques that every welder needs to know, while also helping you tackle problems and fix mistakes as well as shortcuts and level ups. Photographs and illustrations teach welding and clear, concise, easy-to-read text takes all the confusion out of the learning the processes.
This easy-to-use book includes:
• Welding techniques for simple practical repairs and small artisan home projects
• Safety and protective gear
• Workshop set-up plans
• Basic equipment and upkeep
• Basic welding types, including arc and MIG
• Common mistakes and troubleshooting
• Project ideas
• Instructive photos showing process details for successful results
• Tons of quick tips and welding hacks to give beginners a strong foundation to improve upon
Get welding!
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The Beginner's Guide to Blacksmithing
The Complete Guide to the Basic Tools and Techniques for the Beginning Metal Worker
by Lorelei Sims
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Clear, photo-illustrated instruction for learning the practical and artisanal craft of blacksmithing.
Keen on making your own custom cutlery? Want to make your own fireplace tools or even your own garden art? “The Beginner's Guide to Blacksmithing”, adapted from The Backyard Blacksmith, introduces you to everything you need to know, from the tools and basic techniques to a variety of different approaches to this old-school trade. Whether your interest is practical, like fixing broken rails or tools, or artistic, like sculpture and decorative art made from metals, you will find all the instruction you need to be successful in this essential reference.
This easy-to-follow beginner's guide features:
• Clear instructions that make learning easy-Like having a master blacksmith at your side, detailed, step-by-step, full-color exercises teach all the universal skills and techniques used to forge iron.
• Accessible content for absolute beginners-Learn to find and salvage the right kinds of steel, set up your shop, collect the essential tools, and work safely, then explore the properties and characteristics of hot metal and how to shape it successfully.
• Beautiful and functional projects-The book includes beautiful and functional projects organized by level of difficulty, allowing you to progress at your own pace, and master the skills you learned in earlier chapters.
Blacksmithing is a rewarding craft that you can enjoy in your backyard or home workshop, and this book makes learning the basic skills easy and fun. Set yourself up for success with this indispensable guide.
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Tarot for Beginners
Learn the Magic of Tarot with Simple Instruction for Card Meanings and Reading Spreads
by Ann Crane
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Unlock your own innate psychic potential with this accessible tarot reference
This is your step-by-step guide to learning to read and interpret this mystical deck of seventy-eight cards. Tarot for Beginners explains the mystery and power of tarot through easy-to-understand text and simple, interactive lessons and exercises. Learn the symbolic mirror of opportunity that tarot provides to help you to make crucial decisions, confirm your true desires for the future, and enhance self-understanding.
Tarot for Beginners will help you build your skills and learn all there is to know about reading the tarot without the complication and confusion that burdens more advanced books on the subject. You will be successfully channeling the messages offered in the tarot almost immediately. This essential reference features:
• Tarot basics-Perfect for the absolute beginner, learn the history of tarot, what deck to choose, how to care for your deck, the significance of card-selection order and card positions, and how to access and learn to trust your intuition.
• Paths to connect with the meanings of the cards-The book includes a survey of the meanings and example interpretations of every card of the major and minor arcana accompanied by exercises for connecting with their individual energies.
• Tips for building confidence-Get acquainted with a variety of different spreads, learning from example interpretations, and build your intuitive power culled from the cards for your growth and self-awareness.
Build your confidence quickly as you learn to harness the psychic power of the tarot deck, and soon you will begin to see what you couldn't before. This new power will strengthen your decision-making at work and with money, relationships, family, and your own path to happiness.
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Super Easy Quilting for Beginners
Patterns, Projects, and Tons of Tips to Get Started in Quilting
by Editors Of Quarry Books
Part of the New Shoe Press series
This accessible beginner's guide covers everything you need to know to start quilting, featuring clear, step-by-step, photo-illustrated instructions.
Want to learn how to quilt but are not sure how to start? With “Super Easy Quilting for Beginners”, adapted from the best-selling Quilting 101, you will feel confident in your skills quickly and eliminate frustrating mistakes and missteps.
Learn what you need, how to read patterns, how to select fabric, and how to troubleshoot problems and turn fabric into charming quilted accessories and clothing. Building skills through fun projects, you will find success quickly and easily while gaining confidence to try another project.
Super Easy Quilting for Beginners includes:
• Quilting basics
• How to get started
• Tools and materials
• Basic quilting stitches
• How to read a quilting pattern
• Quilting tips and tricks
• Troubleshooting mistakes
• Fun beginner-level projects
• Quilting confidence
This is the most comprehensive beginner's book available, yet it won't overwhelm you with details and instruction you don't need or want, so you can start enjoying your quilting hobby immediately.
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The Witch's Spellbook for Beginners
Enchantments, Incantations, and Rituals from Around the World
by Sarah Bartlett
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Manifest your dreams with easy-to-follow spells that align with the cycles of nature and the universe.
Magic can change your life and help you manifest your best self. Anyone with the curiosity and willingness can connect to the power of the natural and supernatural and to blend ancient practices in a modern context. Adapted from Sarah Bartlett's The Witch's Spellbook, this guide gives new and aspiring witches a simple path to the art of practical magic and the empowerment of magic spells.
Following an introduction to the basics of witchcraft, The Witch's Spellbook for Beginners holds an abundance of spells organized by concern-including your self, change, wishes, love, home and family, career, money, and protection. Whether you are looking to channel spirit guides and those who have passed over, need a protection amulet for you or a loved one, or manifest a new direction that aligns with your life's desires, this spellbook will empower and inform your budding craft as a witch. Harness the power of the astrological elements, explore the lunar cycles and how they can enhance your magic, and embrace the seasons to amplify your spells and divination work.
The spells include:
• Find Your Life Direction
• Restore Holistic Health
• Make a Decision
• Manifest an Aspiration
• Ignite Desire
• Get Over a Breakup
• Change Careers
• Open the Door to Prosperity
• Banish Negativity
Plan your spellwork by date, season, and lunar phase, and identify spells that can be used any time, using the calendar index of spells at the back of the book.
Start your journey into witchcraft with purposeful and practical spells for every day and every event.
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The Beginner's Guide to Candy Making
Simple and Sweet Recipes for Chocolates, Caramels, Lollypops, Gummies, and More
by Elizabeth Labau
Part of the New Shoe Press series
This super-simple guide to making candy features photo-illustrated step-by-step instructions and techniques for creating all kinds of yummy sweets.
Making your own homemade candy may sound complicated, but it's easy and fun! Candy making in your home kitchen allows creative exploration that requires no experience and very little equipment, and the results can be used as inexpensive gifts or festive desserts for a range of occasions. The Beginner's Guide to Candy Making, adapted from The Sweet Book of Candy Making, offers an easy approach, basic recipes that everyone will enjoy, and creative hacks that will make candy making easier than ever. Even the most inexperienced cooks and bakers can learn to make their favorite candies for their favorite people.
Inside, you'll find:
• Candy-making basics, including equipment, simple ingredients, techniques, and candy hacks that cover lessons on pulling taffy, rolling truffles, filling peanut butter cups, and much more
• Amazing no-fuss recipes for hard candies, chewy caramels, tasty toffees, melt-in-your-mouth fudge, decadent truffles, chocolates, marshmallows, and nut candies to name a few
• Hacks and quick fix tips for fixing candy batch's gone awry
• Perfect classics from Penuche Fudge to Lollipops
• Novel flavor combinations to try, such as Pistachio Marzipan Squares, Passion Fruit Marshmallows, Mango-Macadamia Nut Caramels, Lemon Meringue Lollipops, and more
Ideas for gifting and decorating are included to make your candy gifts the talk of the neighborhood.
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Super Easy Knitting for Beginners
Patterns, Projects, and Tons of Tips for Getting Started in Knitting
by Carri Hammett
Part of the New Shoe Press series
This accessible beginner's guide covers everything you need to know to start knitting, featuring clear, step-by-step, photo-illustrated instructions.
Want to learn how to knit but are not sure how to start? With “Super Easy Knitting for Beginners”, adapted from Carri Hammet's bestselling Knitting 101, you will feel confident in your skills quickly and eliminate frustrating mistakes and missteps.
Learn what you need, how to read patterns, how to select yarn, and how to troubleshoot problems and turn yarn into charming, knitted accessories and clothing. Building skills through fun projects, you will find success quickly and easily while gaining confidence to try another project.
“Super Easy Knitting for Beginners” includes:
• Knitting basics
• How to get started
• Tools and materials
• Right-handed and left-handed knitting
• Basic knitting stitches
• How to read a knitting pattern
• Knitting tips and tricks
• Troubleshooting mistakes
• Fun beginner-level projects
• Knitting confidence
This is the most comprehensive beginner's book available, yet it won't overwhelm you with details and instruction you don't need or want, so you can start enjoying your knitting hobby immediately.
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Super Easy Ayurvedic Cleansing
A Beginner's Guide to Ayurveda for Natural Healing and Balance
by Kimberly Larson
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Cleanse your mind and body for health and balance without deprivation or extreme measures using the traditional practice of healing Ayurveda.
Cleanses can promise everything from clear skin, to zero belly fat, to increased energy, to absolute nirvana. But really-what most people need is self-care and the right nourishment, not extreme care and deprivation. Super Easy Ayurvedic Cleansing-adapted from The Simple, Healing Cleanse-is your essential guide to a traditional and accessible four-week cleanse derived from the ancient practice of Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga and an ancient medicine from India, that will restore a sense of calm to your mind and body.
With 50 basic, cleansing recipes and meal-planning tips, it is easy for even those with no extra time to spend in the kitchen to commit and succeed at this 4-week cleanse. Learn how to determine your Ayurvedic type (dosha) and establish the right habits for yours; build a foundation for healthy, life-long dietary choices; bring balance to the body and mind; and cultivate vibrant health. Super Easy Ayurvedic Cleansing will guide you through simple ways to give your digestive system a break, simplify your diet without crazy, unhealthy restrictions, and find lightness, clarity, and ease in your everyday.
This essential guide to Ayurvedic cleansing includes:
• How Ayurveda works – From yoga and meditation to astrology and self-massage, you will discover how Ayurveda works, its principles, what to expect in a consultation, and how to further the benefits of this holistic practice.
• How to determine your Ayurvedic mind-body type, or dosha – Identify your dosha and learn how to set up your cleanse to match your type for the best results.
• Easy-to-understand format for the absolute beginner – Free of complicated jargon, find simple explanations and easy-to-make cleansing recipes with simple ingredients offering a range of seasonal variations, categorized by the common Aryuvedic body types.
• Next steps – The book includes tips to begin the cleanse and to safely reincorporate foods and practices into your life once the four weeks end.
Discover the benefits of this ancient practice that, through a combination of science and philosophy, has been used for over 3,000 years to achieve optimum well-being.
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The Beginner's Guide to Spirit Animals
How to Identify, Understand, and Connect with Your Animal Spirit Guide
by Dawn Baumann Brunke
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Discover your spirit animals and embrace the wisdom all around you
Spirit animals provide guidance and wisdom, and can help you to lead a happier and more fulfilling life. We all have one or more spirit guides-the key is to learn how to communicate with them. Adapted from Key to Spirit Animals by Dawn Braumann Brunke, Beginner's Guide to Spirit Animals provides an overview of animal guides and includes interactive exercises that allow you to attune to animal wisdom and form a meaningful relationship with your spirit animals.
Perfect for beginners, this book assumes no prior experience with shamanistic communication and provides a basic but detailed overview of all the common spirit animals, what they symbolize, and what a particular spirit animal tells you about yourself. Activity-based lessons and exercises help you discover and understand how to approach and communicate with your personal animal spirit guides.
Beginner's Guide to Spirit Animals features:
• Exercises for discovering and attuning to your spirit animals-Learn to engage your spirit animals consciously through meditations and dreams, and fine-tune your observational skills to learn to interpret the subtleties of what animal encounters mean.
• Reference entries for over 100 different spirit animals-Discover the power and spiritual significance of a multitude of individual animals, birds, insects, and reptiles through concise descriptions of each animal's expertise along with questions, suggestions, and recommendations to benefit their teachings.
• Practical ways to deepen your spirit animal relationships-Explore how to share consciousness to experience reality from an animal's perspective, integrate animal teachings into everyday life, share your experiences, and give back to life in heartfelt ways.
Beginner's Guide to Spirit Animals also provides techniques for recognizing and interpreting an abundance of signs and omens from nature that you might not otherwise take notice of.
Open your mind to the inherent wisdom of the animal world by following the guidance in this truly simple guide for beginners.
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The Easy Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook
Simple Recipes that Heal and Support Immune Health
by Molly Thompson
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Manage inflammation naturally with 100+ simple recipes.
Inflammatory reactions can have a debilitating effect on your daily life. Over time, inflammation can harm your organ functions, your energy levels, and your cognitive abilities-but most inflammation can be healed. The Easy Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook, adapted from Molly Thompson's The Anti-Inflammatory Diet Made Simple, is a collection of easy-to-make recipes with simple ingredients based on foods that are scientifically proven to reduce inflammation naturally.
The right food choices can return your body function to its most efficient and ultimately eliminate symptoms associated with inflammatory disorders, including: digestive issues (leaky gut, bloating, gas, irritable bowel syndrome [IBS], constipation); headaches; hormone imbalances (irregular cycles, polycystic ovarian syndrome [PCOS]); autoimmune diseases (Hashimoto's disease, rheumatoid arthritis); skin issues (acne, psoriasis, eczema); mood disorders (anxiety, depression); trouble sleeping; and trouble losing weight.
Delicious, and ranging from snacks to dinners, the recipes included offer something for everyone and introduce the staples of anti-inflammatory eating. Alongside the recipes are details on why the foods included work. You can mix and match your own ingredients for custom meals that offer the power of inflammation-fighting leafy greens, fermented foods, and healthy fats high in Omega-3.
Bring relief to your plate with delicious recipes like:
• Double Chocolate Banana Muffins
• Sweet Potato Waffle Breakfast Sandwich
• Blackened Chicken Tacos with Cilantro Lime Rice
• Chipotle Shrimp and Grits
• Kale Chorizo Artichoke Dip
• Turkey-Sage Swedish Meatballs with Creamy Spinach Gravy
• Roasted Carrot and Lentil Salad with Tahini Dressing
• Golden Turmeric Honey Latte
With the inflammation-fighting foods featured in these beginner-friendly recipes, you can:
• Boost lifelong health
• Reduce inflammation
• Ease chronic pain
• Gain more energy
• Improve concentration
• Eliminate headaches and skin conditions
• Slow the aging process
And enjoy:
• Easy meal planning, including meal plans, shopping lists, and substitution variations
• Simple, delicious, and hearty recipes featuring accessible and affordable ingredients
• Anti-inflammatory know-how, with lists and details on the ins and outs of anti-inflammatory eating
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Super Simple Homemade Pasta
Make Spaghetti, Penne, Linguini, Bucatini, Tagliatelle, Ravioli, and More in Your Own Home Kitchen
by Aliza Green
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Making pasta at home is easy, fun, and satisfyingly delicious with this easy-to-follow, photo-illustrated guide
Even if you have no experience at all, you can make Italian pasta like a professional chef in your own home kitchen with the Super Simple Handmade Pasta cookbook, adapted from the best-selling Making Artisan Pasta by James Beard Award—winning author Aliza Green. Perfect for the beginning cook, this book walks you through selecting ingredients and tools, how to use a pasta machine, and shaping, filling, and flavoring pasta-plus how to cook it perfectly and serving ideas. There is nothing complicated in these recipes-only delicious results!
Perfect the classic egg semolina pasta and also learn how to make all sorts of flavored pastas, from the more common tomato spinach pastas to shaped noodles flavored with herbs and spices including basil, chives, pepper, or saffron. Also explore unexpected flavors like beet and sweet potato and even chocolate, all made by hand.
Super Simple Homemade Pasta features:
• Recipes for pasta doughs-Make your own pasta doughs with classic ingredients including buckwheat and whole wheat flour, roasted red pepper, spinach, squash, mushroom, chocolate, and more.
• Step-by-step photo instructions-Following the simple, clear instructions, learn to use a pasta sheeter, an extruder, and a cavatelli maker as well as roll, cut, shape, and stuff dough for gnocchi, lasagna, cannelloni, pappardelle, tagliatelle, ravioli, and dozens of other types of classic Italian pasta.
• Helpful tips-Expert advice and serving suggestions will ensure pasta so beautiful and delicious your family and guests will be clamoring for more.
No need to serve dry, boxed, or frozen pasta again once you've easily mastered the recipes in Super Simple Homemade Pasta.
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Super Fun Art Activities for Kids
Awesome Projects for Kids of All Ages
by Susan Schwake
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Super Fun Art Activities for Kids introduces kids and their families to an amazing range of ideas for art projects that both entertain and educate.
Teachers, parents, homeschoolers, caretakers, and kids themselves will find inspiration and instruction for art projects using all kinds of materials and techniques to create hours of edutainment for kids of all ages. Projects include drawing, painting, printmaking, paper, collage, and mixed media-all scalable for any age and fun for grown-ups too!
Among the many art materials you will explore: watercolor, acrylic, ink, pencil, paper, charcoal, photos, gelatin printing, stencils, cardboard, fruit and vegetable printing, string printing, marker art, and more.
Simple, clear, illustrated instruction for each activity provides an easy entry point to each activity, creating confidence in creative skills that will make kids want to do all the activities again and again. Chock-full of amazing ideas, this book offers kids ways to explore creative expression every day of the year, whether working alone or in groups.
• Colorful photos provide endless inspiration.
• Open-ended ideas can be done over and over with new results each time.
• Great for groups, families, or alone time.
• Offers a range of projects that explore the full range of art materials and techniques that kids will love.
• A great resource for parents, teachers, camps, and kids that includes great ideas for art birthday parties and events.
Full of ideas and inspiration, Super Fun Art Activities for Kids is an endless resource for creative exploration and hours of entertainment!
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French Cooking for Beginners
Simple and Delicious Recipes for French Food for Any Meal
by Claudine Pepin
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Learn to cook real French food without all the fuss.
Ever wanted to master the art of making crepes? Creme brulee? The perfect omelette? A Nicoise salad even your kids will love? French Cooking for Beginners teaches the basics of classic French cooking with simple, easy-to-follow recipes using fresh, easy-to-find ingredients, skipping the fussy, complicated approach of most French recipes and cookbooks. An abridged version of the original Let's Cook French, this book also provides plenty of French language lessons to make your experience in the kitchen both educational and fun.
With an emphasis on fresh ingredients and hands-on preparation, French Cooking for Beginners offers home cooks a way to explore French culinary culture in their own kitchen. Recipes featured are authentic yet easy for cooks of all levels to make and includes starters, main courses, sides, and desserts such as:
• Eggs Jeanette
• Vichyssoise
• Cheese Fondue
• Beef Bourguignon
• Croque Monsieur
• Ham and Leek Quiche
• Salad Nicoise
• Apple Tarts Ratatouille
Perfect for beginners who want to channel their inner Julia Child, you'll discover how to make classic and timeless French food that will amaze and impress family and friends.
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The Beginner's Guide to Crystal Healing
Learn How to Energize, Heal, and Balance with Crystals
by Ashley Leavy
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Discover 100 of the most empowering crystals for promoting spiritual balance, protection, and healing.
The Beginner's Guide to Crystal Healing, adapted from Ashley Leavy's Crystals for Energy Healing, offers the perfect amount of information for the budding crystal enthusiast, including a range of crystals and their natural attributes, legendary powers, and holistic benefits along with information on each crystal's specific energy and how the channel it for protection and healing.
This essential guide features beautiful photography of every stone for clear identification as well as charts and illustrations detailing the basics of crystals for chakras, energy, and psychic healing. You will gain an essential understanding of crystals and how to use them, and help finding the right crystals for your own needs, as you explore:
• Crystal basics, including what they are, how they work, and some of the common ways to use them
• How to choose, cleanse, and dedicate your crystals
• How to incorporate crystal healing into your daily routine, including affirmations, chakra balancing, crystal grids, and meditations
• A crystal directory divided into three sections by purpose (emotional healing, spiritual healing and guidance, and shielding and protection) that helps you select the right crystals for each situation and use them effectively
Protect your energy-body, change your mindset, and balance your emotions with this easy-to-use crystal guide.
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Jewelry Making for Beginners
Step-by-Step, Simple Instructions for Beautiful Results
by Tammy Powley
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Get started making your own jewelry with this easy and fun guide, featuring techniques for beading, wirework, metalwork, enamel, and polymer clay.
Jewelry Making for Beginners covers it all through accessible step-by-step instruction, with each step illustrated and a complete list of tools and materials. Build your skills starting with the easiest projects and then you take it from there. The book includes basics for making necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, as well as making your own beads, simple seed beading, easy wirework, and much more.
This essential beginner's guide includes:
• A list of tools you need to set up your jewelry-making table as well as ideas for adding your own personal flair to your designs
• Projects for bead making, bead stringing, closures and clasps, polymer clay shapes, dangles, chokers, strands, bangles, rings, earrings
• A list of dos and don'ts for avoiding costly mistakes, plus quick fixes
• Loads of inspiration to learn follow and learn from
Make them for yourself, as a gift for a friend, or even to sell at your local craft fair or online. This book will launch your success as a jewelry maker, whether for profit or just for fun.
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Low-Sodium Cooking Made Easy
Eat Well and Maintain Health Naturally with Less Salt
by Dick Logue
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Hundreds of simple, flavor-filled recipes to make the transition to a low-sodium diet easy and delicious
Adapted from 500 Low Sodium Recipes by Dick Logue, Low-Sodium Cooking Made Easy will help you make the journey into a low-salt regimen that puts flavor first. If you've recently been prescribed a low-sodium diet to improve your heart and/or kidney health, adapting to this new lifestyle doesn't have to be punishing. This cookbook offers a plethora of delicious recipes that are easy to make at home, even if you have forever been a fast-food, take-out junkie and have little to no experience with cooking for yourself. You will not only learn the basics of low-sodium cooking but you will learn to cook, shop, and enjoy your new lifestyle without sacrificing taste.
Low-Sodium Cooking Made Easy offers:
• A comprehensive introduction to a low-sodium diet-Learn how to keep track of your sodium intake, read labels, find and use low-sodium ingredients and alternatives, use spice blends and seasonings to enhance flavor, and replace common high-sodium foods and ingredients with healthier alternatives you can easily make at home.
• A diverse range of recipes for every occasion-With easy-to-make recipes for everything you love to eat, including Chicken Pot Pie, Honey-Glazed Spareribs, Cheddar Biscuits, Balsamic and Maple Salmon, Focaccia Bread, Devil's Food Cake, and more.
• Nutrition information for every recipe-Each recipe includes a nutritional analysis to make it simple for you to keep on track with your low-sodium diet.
A low-sodium lifestyle can be delicious and healthy with this resource at your fingertips!
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Super Easy Origami for Beginners
Learn to Fold Origami with Easy Illustrated Instructions and Fun Projects
by Benjamin John Coleman
Part of the New Shoe Press series
This accessible beginner's guide covers everything you need to know to start creating amazing origami art, featuring clear, step-by-step instructions with helpful photos.
Want to learn how to fold simple origami but are not sure how to start? With “Super Easy Origami for Beginners”, adapted from Benjamin Coleman's bestselling Origami 101, you will feel confident in your skills quickly and eliminate frustrating mistakes and missteps.
Learn what you need, how to read folding patterns, how to select paper, and how to troubleshoot mistakes and turn paper into charming folded animals, flowers, and shapes. Building skills through fun projects, you will find success quickly and easily while gaining confidence to try another project.
“Super Easy Origami for Beginners” includes:
• Origami basics
• How to get started
• Tools and materials
• Folding terms and techniques
• Basic origami folding patterns
• Origami tips and tricks
• Troubleshooting mistakes
• Fun beginner-level projects
• Origami confidence
This is the most comprehensive beginner's book available, yet it won't overwhelm you with details and instruction you don't need or want, so you can start enjoying your origami hobby immediately.
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Easy Keto Cooking
Lose Weight, Reduce Inflammation, and Get Healthy with Recipes, Tips, and Meal Plans
by Martina Slajerova
Part of the New Shoe Press series
Succeed in your transition to the fat-burning keto diet with expert guidance and 150 recipes to keep you on track.
You've tried Paleo and a low-carb diet, but is it enough to give your metabolism the jolt it needs? Have you plateaued with your weight loss? What can you do to really burn off that extra weight and live a healthier life? Conquer these challenges with the ketogenic diet-with foods higher in good fats, moderate protein, and little-to-no carbohydrates, you'll feel less hungry and your body will begin to burn fats stores instead of the carbohydrates and glucose that usually bog down your system.
Easy Keto Cooking, adapted from Martina Slajerova's best-selling The Beginner's Keto Diet Cookbook, distills the key information you need as you start out with the diet and the best-of-the-best recipes to make while retaining the expertise of one of the best-selling keto authors on the market today. The book offers an introduction to the science behind the ketogenic diet, a basic guide to following it, and abundant practical solutions for the beginner, including navigating the first tricky few weeks as your metabolism readjusts to burning fat rather than carbs.
Every recipe in Easy Keto Cooking is designed to meet the special nutrient requirements of the induction phase and to be perfectly compatible with ketogenic, low-carb, high-fat, gluten-free, grain free, Paleo, primal, and ancestral diets. Give your body the boost that it deserves with soups, breakfasts, appetizers, sides, and sauces that are totally free of: grain, sugar, potatoes, legumes, additives/artificial sweeteners, and unhealthy oils/fats. Dairy-free options are also included. Just some of the dishes you'll enjoy:
• Cheesy Spinach Pancakes
• Chicken Meatball Pho
• Avocado-Stuffed Power Balls
• Superfood Pesto Zoodles & Eggs
• Bacon-Wrapped Monkfish with Creamed Spinach
• Chocolate Cupcakes with German Buttercream
• Strawberry Cream Soda
From quick "keto-flu" remedies and curbing cravings, to avoiding pitfalls like incorrect macronutrient balances and "zero-carb" approaches, Easy Keto Cooking puts you on the right path to lose weight, get healthy, and enjoy all the benefits of the ketogenic diet for the long-term.
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Beekeeping for Beginners
Everything you Need to Know to Get Started and Succeed Keeping Bees in Your Backyard
by Kim Flottum
Part of the New Shoe Press series
With this absolute beginner's guide, learn how to set up your backyard hives, select and raise bees, and harvest honey, with the added bonus of bringing pollinators to your yard and garden.
You've decided to try beekeeping-so where do you start? Beekeeping for Beginners, adapted from the best-selling The Backyard Beekeeper, covers everything you need to know, from selecting the right kind of hives, and finding and bringing bees home to your yard, right up to the collection and enjoyment of the glorious reward-golden honey. Rewarding and environmentally beneficial, reading this complete and introductory guide is the first step in your journey to becoming a successful beekeeper, whether you decide to have one hive or twenty-five.
Renowned beekeeping expert Kim Flottum shares his vast knowledge from years of teaching beekeeping to all levels of enthusiasts for a no-fail approach to bringing a productive bee colony onto your property. Featuring diagrams and color photos, learning what you need to know to establish a vibrant bee colony is fun and easy.
The features that set Beekeeping for Beginners apart from other guides:
• Simplified approach—Aimed at the beginner, the book covers everything you need to know in uncomplicated and accessible language, accompanied by full-color illustrative photography.
• Up to date and organic—Learn details on the most current methods that make beekeeping sustainable and accessible even for the smallest yard and urban enthusiasts.
• Learn from an expert—Complete information from a trusted voice in the beekeeping community will give you the tools and knowledge you need to enjoy keeping bees with confidence.
This guide offers detailed instruction for:
• Establishing and taking care of your new bees
• Stress-free hive management
• Site selection and management
• Safety and swarm control
• Types of hives including top bar hives
• Harvesting, collecting, and processing honey
• Keeping bees and hives healthy year-round in all climates
• Urban beekeeping
• Smokers 101
• Pest and disease management
• Biodiversity and food for healthy hives
Learn everything you need to know to start your colony with this straightforward, highly visual guide for beginning beekeepers.
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