Light basics cookbook : the only cookbook you'll ever need if you want to cook healthy

__Light Basics__ is an all-in-one cookbook for today's healthy cooking. Filled with step-by-step cooking instructions and more than 250 delicious recipes (each with a complete nutritional analysis), it provides the fundamentals of eating well and eating healthy. Martha Rose Shulman explains how to incorporate fresh foods and more healthful ingredients into your everyday cooking, while cutting down on fat and calories. If you're trying to eat healthy, __Light Basics__ provides a one-stop kitchen companion for beginner and experienced cook alike! **The Cooking Light Basics** Convert your favorite recipes into healthier dishes by cutting the fat Learn healthy poaching, pan-grilling, and roasting techniques Make a delicious low-fat vinaigrette or sauce Enhance the flavor of your food using fresh herbs and spices **The Kitchen Basics** Learn the correct way to hold a knife Master the art of chopping, slicing, and dicing Understand how to store fresh fruits and vegetables properly Learn to follow the guidelines for food and kitchen safety **The Fruit and Vegetable Basics** The secret to keeping tomatoes tasting their sweetest How to reduce the zing of chile peppers The easiest way to dice a fresh mango **The Entertaining Basics** Sample seasonal menus Advance preparation tips to make party-throwing a cinch Detailed shopping lists and countdown schedules for preparation **Flavorful Meals with Only 1 Tablespoon of Oil** Asparagus and Smoked Trout Frittata Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash Soup with Ginger Herb and Scallion Quiche Spinach Quesadillas Grilled Fish Steaks with Asian Flavors Hot-and-Sour Shrimp and Rice Soup **Desserts to Devour with Only 1 Gram of Fat** Rhubarb and Strawberry Compote Almond Biscotti Chocolate Meringue Cookies Pears Poached in Ginger-Honey Syrup

Light Basics is an all-in-one cookbook for today's healthy cooking. Filled with step-by-step cooking instructions and more than 250 delicious recipes (each with a complete nutritional analysis), it provides the fundamentals of eating well and eating healthy. Martha Rose Shulman explains how to incorporate fresh foods and more healthful ingredients into your everyday cooking, while cutting down on fat and calories. If you're trying to eat healthy, Light Basics provides a one-stop kitchen companion for beginner and experienced cook alike!

The Cooking Light Basics

Convert your favorite recipes into healthier dishes by cutting the fat

Learn healthy poaching, pan-grilling, and roasting techniques

Make a delicious low-fat vinaigrette or sauce

Enhance the flavor of your food using fresh herbs and spices

The Kitchen Basics

Learn the correct way to hold a knife

Master the art of chopping, slicing, and dicing

Understand how to store fresh fruits and vegetables properly

Learn to follow the guidelines for food and kitchen safety

The Fruit and Vegetable Basics

The secret to keeping tomatoes tasting their sweetest

How to reduce the zing of chile peppers

The easiest way to dice a fresh mango

The Entertaining Basics

Sample seasonal menus

Advance preparation tips to make party-throwing a cinch

Detailed shopping lists and countdown schedules for preparation

Flavorful Meals with Only 1 Tablespoon of Oil

Asparagus and Smoked Trout Frittata

Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash Soup with Ginger

Herb and Scallion Quiche

Spinach Quesadillas

Grilled Fish Steaks with Asian Flavors

Hot-and-Sour Shrimp and Rice Soup

Desserts to Devour with Only 1 Gram of Fat

Rhubarb and Strawberry Compote

Almond Biscotti

Chocolate Meringue Cookies

Pears Poached in Ginger-Honey Syrup

Martha Rose Shulman begins this comprehensive how-to cookbook with "Warm-up Exercises", basic recipes designed to teach the novice cook fundamental cooking techniques. Light basics is an all-in-one cookbook for today's healthy cooking. Filled with step-by-step cooking instructions and more than 250 delicious recipes (each with a complete nutritional analysis), it provides the fundamentals of eating well and eating healthy. Martha Rose Shulman explains how to incorporate fresh foods and more healthful ingredients into your everyday cooking, while cutting down on fat and calories. If you're trying to eat healthy, Light basics provides a one-stop kitchen companion for beginner and experienced cooks alike! The cooking light basics: Convert your favorite recipes into healthier dishes by cutting the fat. Learn healthy poaching, pan-grilling, and roasting techniques. Make a delicious low-fat vinaigrette or sauce. Enhance the flavor of your food using fresh herbs and spices. The kitchen basics: Learn the correct way to hold a knife; Master the art of chopping, slicing, and dicing; Understand how to store fresh fruits and vegetables properly; Learn to follow the guidelines for food and kitchen safety. The fruit and vegetable basics: The secret to keeping tomatoes tasting their sweetest; How to reduce the zing of chile peppers; The easiest way to dice a fresh mango. The entertaining basics: Sample seasonal menus; Advance preparation tips to make party-throwing a cinch; Detailed shopping lists and countdown schedules for preparation; Flavorful meals with only 1 tablespoon of oil; Asparagus and smoked trout frittata; Sweet potato and butternut squash soup with ginger herb and scallion; Quiche spinach quesadillas; Grilled fish steaks with Asian flavors; Hot-and-sour shrimp and rice soup; Desserts to devour with only 1 gram of fat; Rhubarb and strawberry compote; Almond biscotti; Chocolate meringue cookies; Pears poached in ginger-honey syrup. Presents an all around cookbook for preparing healthy meals that ranges from basic recipes and cooking techniques for absolute beginners to 250 international recipes accompanied by nutritional analyses