Healthy Cooking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America - Hardcover

Culinary Institute Of America

 
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The CIA brings healthy, modern, and flavorful cooking techniques and recipes to home cooks everywhere

The Culinary Institute of America's Healthy Cooking at Home brings vibrant, modern, flavorful cooking techniques to the health-minded home cook. Familiar favorites like Chicken Burritos are remade the healthy way, and exotic dishes like Pumpkin, Zucchini, and Chickpea Tagine show how exciting to the palate healthful food can be. With step-by-step techniques from the experts at the CIA, plus detailed information on nutrition and ingredients and lavish full-color photographs throughout, this is the essential guide to cooking tasty, healthy food at home.

  • More than 235 recipes, ranging from casual lunch fare and easy weeknight dinners to luxurious, succulent modern cuisine
  • Recipes include quick and simple dishes like Black Bean Burgers and exciting and distinctive fare like Grilled Quail Wrapped in Prosciutto with Figs and Wild Mushrooms
  • Features 80 vibrant, dramatic photos that illustrate the richness and variety of recipes and teach simple step-by-step techniques
  • Recipes are based on the new USDA food guide pyramid and the latest dietary guidelines, doctor recommendations, and research in health and fitness

Healthy Cooking at Home is ideal for home cooks of all skill levels who want to keep the entire family healthy, happy, and well fed.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Founded in 1946, The Culinary Institute of America is an independent, not-for-profit college offering bachelor's and associate degrees in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts as well as certificate programs in culinary arts and wine and beverage studies. A network of more than 40,000 alumni has helped the CIA earn its reputation as the world's premier culinary college. The CIA, which also offers courses for industry professionals and food enthusiasts, has campuses in New York (Hyde Park), California (St. Helena), and Texas (San Antonio).

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Healthy, flavorful cooking at home from the experts at The Culinary Institute of America
 
"Ruby red pomegranate seeds that crunch and pop when you bite into them, deep purple eggplant that becomes a silken purée spiked with garlic, brilliant orange squashes and pumpkins roasted until tender and paired with sage, and a rainbow of chiles with nuts and seeds in a rich mole sauce . . . the landscape of healthy cooking practically vibrates with the colors, textures, and aromas of foods we've adapted to our daily lives."
--from Healthy Cooking at Home

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Flavor is the key to great-tasting food and modern healthful cooking never skimps on flavor. Healthy Cooking at Home explores the global pantry to include ingredients from aromatic lemongrass and zesty roasted tomatoes to savory wild mushrooms and smoky ancho chiles. Delicious, healthy home cooking is within your grasp when using this gorgeously illustrated cookbook from the experts at The Culinary Institute of America.
 
Healthy Cooking at Home is ideal for home cooks of all skill levels whose goal is to provide their families with nutritious, tasteful meals every day of the week. This book will forever change the way you eat and how you cook. It features:
* The ins-and-outs of healthy cooking: The latest information on selecting and preparing healthy foods without sacrificing flavor or nutrients essential to a healthy body.
* The step-by-step of healthy cooking: Recipes based on the latest USDA nutrition guidelines, as well as up-to-date recommendations for ingredient selection, food safety techniques, and presentation suggestions to help highlight flavors and textures and keep portion sizes under control.
* Healthy strategies for every part of the meal: Expert guidance for food shopping and meal planning, recommendations for accompaniments that add variety and more balanced nutrition, dishes that feature whole grains and fresh produce to add vitamins, minerals, and fiber, plus desserts made with fruits and chocolates to boost satiety, and substitutions to help the home cook take advantage of whatever is in season.
* Gorgeous, inspiring photography: Vibrant full-color photos guide you through each step of preparing an ingredient or making a dish and beautifully illustrate finished dishes to inspire you.
* Nearly endless options: 235 recipes for soups, salads, and appetizers; pasta, pizza, and sandwiches; grains and legumes; vegetables; poultry and meat; fish and shellfish; breakfast and beverages; and desserts and baked goods.
 
Whether you want something quick and simple like Black Bean Burgers, or an extravagant dinner of Grilled Quail Wrapped in Prosciutto with Figs and Wild Mushrooms, Healthy Cooking at Home has the right recipe for any occasion.
 
Packed with detailed cooking techniques, up-to-date information on healthy ingredients, expert-tested recipes, and even guidance on how to stock your pantry, Healthy Cooking at Home makes fantastic, nutritious daily meals accessible for home cooks of any skill level.

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