Quick and Easy Japanese Cuisine for Everyone

Even those unfamiliar with Japanese cooking can follow the steps in this book and feel confident in achieving great tasting, authentic results. Cutting techniques and cooking methods are explained and illustrated in detail and because emphasis has been placed on the preparation of everyday Japanese meals, no special equipment for any of these dishes is necessary--a reasonably, well-equipped Western kitchen will do--and all of the ingredients are readily available.

Joslin Diabetes Quick & Easy Cookbook

Beard Award-winning authors offer 200 satisfying newe recipes to serve 1 to 4 people. Nutrition counts and exchanges.

Quick & Easy Thai

Now busy home cooks can bring the fantastic flavors of Thai cuisine into the kitchen with a simple trip to the grocery store. Nancie McDermott, experienced cook, teacher, and author of the best-selling cookbook Real Thai, presents this collection of 70 delicious recipes that focus on easy-to-find ingredients and quick cooking methods to whip up traditional Thai. With recipes like Crying Tiger Grilled Beef, Grilled Shrimp and Scallops with Lemongrass, Sticky Rice with Mangoes, and Thai Iced Tea, along with McDermott's highly practical array of shortcuts, substitutions, and timesaving techniques, anyone can prepare home-cooked authentic Thai meals--as often as they like.

Starting Out!

A survival guide for students, beginner chefs and young adults. Students and first-time cooks can throw out the boxes of macaroni and cheese. Don't Leave Home Without This Cookbook is perfect for young adults leaving the comfort of their parents' kitchen. Designed to help new cooks find independence, this handy book is filled with indispensable tips and basic cooking techniques. Don't Leave Home Without This Cookbook features: Stocking cupboards and the pantry A glossary of cooking terms A measurement chart Menu and party ideas Fixing cooking disasters Shopping tips Ingredient resource guide. From breakfasts to baking, the book has more than 250 delicious, nutritious and simple recipes for cooking for one person. Such dishes as Turkey Burgers and Basic Curry are quick and effortless to prepare. Julie also provides more sophisticated yet still easy-to-follow recipes that will have the most inexperienced cooks easily handling favorites such as Pad Thai, Curried Peanut Shrimp, Chicken ŕ la King and Chicken Parmigiana. Chapters such as Beef 101, Chicken 101, Eat Your Veggies and Away from Home for the Holidays teach all the basic skills for culinary confidence and success.

Quick and Easy Holiday Treats with Style

A collection of cookbooks offering style and taste on a budget. These innovative cookbooks are devoted to celebrating wonderful food and a contemporary sense of style on a budget. Provided are recipes for delicious and easy holiday treats, entrees, and salads and breads that take fewer than 20 minutes to prepare and present with flair. Appropriate for both novice and experienced cooks, all of these recipes use ingredients commonly found on supermarket shelves. Each recipe is accompanied by nutritional information and diabetic food exchanges. The fun presentation ideas suggested use basic supplies found in supermarkets and mass merchandise stores, enabling cooks to create meal presentations worthy of Martha Stewart on a family budget.

Quick and Easy Vietnamese Home Cooking for Everyone

For more than two thousand years, Vietnam has been subjected to a near continuous series of foreign occupations and that has created a lasting influence on its cuisine. Today, Vietnamese cooking has gained international attention for its wide variety of healthy and delicious dishes. Most of the recipes are not fiery hot or greasy and are made with many different blends of herbs and spices. All ingredients used in these recipes can be found in supermarkets, natural food stores and Asian food markets.

Martin Yan Quick and Easy

The companion volume to Martin Yan's new PBS series of the same name, this cookbook is the ideal introduction to Asian cooking. Wok-full of great tips and techniques, plus sources for easily locating unusual ingredients, here are more than 150 truly easy recipes that taste great and cook up fast -- all in under 30 minutes! Classic potstickers with spicy dipping sauce can be made ahead and frozen for impromptu guests-to-impress dinners. Korean-Style Lamb Chops pair up perfectly with crisp-and-tender Flash-Fried Asparagus and Long Beans. For those who like it hot, Three-Alarm Firecracker Shrimp packs a spicy punch with a menage a trois of chiles until Coconut Custard creaminess cools things down. Basics include the recipe for mastering steamed rice, a glossary of terms (know your miso from your mirin), and striking photographs throughout illustrating the food, essential equipment, and helpful techniques. No one is as well-known or well-loved for bringing Asian food into our home kitchens. With foolproof recipes conjured up fast, Martin Yan works his magic once again!

Children's Quick & Easy Cookbook

New! Wilkes. Over 100 simple recipes with step-by-step color photos for everything from scrambled eggs to delicious pastries. 96 pgs. Hard

Hands-Off Cooking : Low-Supervision,

Get out of the kitchen, kick back, and relax--dinner will be ready and it will be great. Hands-Off Cooking gives you more than 100 delicious recipes you can prepare in minutes and leave unattended. You can read the paper, catch up on e-mail, play with the kids, or entertain your guests while dinner cooks itself with no stirring, turning, or supervision. This will be your go-to cookbook for hectic weeknights or any time you want delicious, healthy food without the hassle. The recipes rely on fresh or high-quality prepared ingredients so you don't sacrifice nutrition. Full of recipes and tips for fuss-free, stress-free meals, this cookbook shows you how to put joy back into cooking. You get: More than 100 recipes, including salads and sides, soups and stews, savory pies and tarts, casseroles and roasts, stovetop cuisine, and sweets and breads Recommendations for ingredients to keep on hand and equipment and techniques that will save you time meal after meal Family favorites like Fridge Cleaning Frittata and Grandma Martin's Swiss Steak and special, impressive dishes like Seared Salmon with Lemonade Sauce, Ceviche with Lime, and Kir Royello Hands-off techniques and stress savers--tricks of the trade you'll use in all your cooking With Hands-Off Cooking, you'll have time to enjoy yourself, your family, and your guests, and you're sure to enjoy a delicious dinner.

Quick and Easy Party Cakes

Think store-bought is the only way to go for a party cake? Think again--even beginning cake decorators can achieve professional-looking results at home by using these simple, yet creative recipes and proven techniques. There are more than 90 distinctive cakes in all, ranging from the elegant Layered Rose Wedding Cake to the charming Florentine Fairy Cake. Select from seasonal and holiday-themed confections; cakes for children that feature playful themes like the Three Naughty Kittens and Snakes and Ladders; a celebratory Champagne Bottle cake, and even an amazingly lifelike Ballet Shoes cake that practically dances off the table! Detailed recipes for several types of cakes and icings are provided, along with a host of decorators’ tips for getting great results.

Quick & Easy Low-Carb Recipes

Many low carb cookbooks focus on diet and skimp on tasty, delicious recipes - not this one! Expert, bestselling author Joanna White shows you how to create delicious and healthy recipes that are low in carbohydrates. Enjoy varied, tasty foods while following your dietary preferences.

Quick & Easy Kids' Cakes

Leave those expensive bakery cakes behind; now anyone can easily create kid-friendly cakes! Accessible for novices, yet inspiring enough for seasoned cake decorators, these 50 original cake designs are shown in color photographs that capture the entire preparation process. The eye-popping treats include an incredible Giant Ice Cream Cone cake, Flowers and Butterflies cake, and cool Christmas Snowmen. Basic cake and icing recipes are included, along with equipment lists and a host of professional cake decorators’ tips. There are cakes for boys and girls of all ages, seasonal and holiday-themed delicacies, and even some of the wildest cupcakes ever, plus advice for transforming store-bought cakes into unique and personalized creations that will be the stunning centerpiece of any party table.

Fast Fixes with Mixes : 355 Delicious Recipes

A volume of quick-prepare meals comprised of ready-made mixes presents busy cooks with hundreds of ideas for entrees, sides, and desserts, in a collection in which approximately half of the recipes can be prepared with store-bought cake mixes.

1, 2, 3 Cook for Me : Over 300 Quick, Easy, and Healthy

The nutritional building blocks your little one needs-now more than ever! Providing your baby or toddler with the healthiest and tastiest foods possible shouldn't be a stressful and time-consuming ordeal. All it takes is a wide variety of quick and easy recipes, some simple time-saving suggestions to use in the kitchen, and some tried-and-true motherly advice. In 1, 2, 3 Cook for Me you'll get all of that and more. Busy parents will find hundreds of simple, delicious, and nutritious recipes for babies and young children--recipes so delicious, the rest of the family will want to eat them, too! Look for enticing recipes like: Sweet Potato Fries Green Eggs and Ham Fusilli with Zucchini and Carrot Ribbons Little Miss Muffet's Lunch Chicken Salad Toddler Quesadilla Haddock and Tomatoes Blueberry Milk Shake Carrot-Papaya Yogurt 1, 2, 3, Cook for Me is designed in an easy-to-use month-by-month format so you can follow along as your baby grows. You'll discover new recipes, sample menus, and useful advice that will ease your worries about every milestone--everything from preparing nutrient-rich pureed foods for your infant and safe and tasty finger foods for your toddler to introducing challenging foods like shellfish and nuts and understanding organic foods. Best of all, the book is jam-packed with up-to-date nutritional information that will allow you quickly and easily to establish the healthy eating habits that will give your children the best possible start.