Cooking: Cookbooks

Leftovers are overrated! Avoid having too much food at dinner with these simple two-serving meals. With 70 brand-new recipes, Julie encourages beginner and seasoned cooks alike to cook at home, even when time is tight and everyone is tired.

Pasta? Pancakes? Pizza? It's time to say "hello" to forbidden foods and "see you later" to fad diets! Cooking Light proves that, with the right tools, delicious and healthy can happily coexist in any lifestyle. More than 250 road-tested recipes, tips and solutions has done all of the thinking for you. Each section dishes up brand-new secrets to living a healthier life.

Losing weight and being healthy is often on our minds, but not everyone has the time to spend several hours a week at the gym. The beauty of dieting and cleansing with juices and smoothies is that you can take them anywhere, and they only take minutes to prepare. Juicing can be done from one to three days to cleanse the body of unwanted toxins and lose weight, while smoothies provide a longer-term meal-replacement strategy that keeps you feeling full and Juicing & Smoothies For Dummies brings you up to speed on everything you need to start incorporating this healthy lifestyle option right away.

A spirited, reliable, nondogmatic primer with more than 130 recipes for the ever-growing number of people who are eating and cooking semi-vegetarian fare. Offers everything from Chunky Lentil Soup with Parmesan to Peach Scone Cake--all served with an abundance of practical information and advice.

Food lovers and health-conscious home chefs alike learn how to integrate whole grains into their busy lives, from quick-cooking quinoa and buckwheat to the slower varieties such as spelt and Kamut. The stunning flavors and lively textures of whole grains are enhanced with natural ingredients such as butter, cream, and prosciutto--in moderation--to create lush Mediterranean-inspired recipes.

It is a lively guide to healthy cooking, day-by-day, packed with essential information and, above all, filled with enticing food. The recipes are eclectic, drawing from the healthy and delicious cooking of the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and Asia, among other cuisines.

A comprehensive guide to using unadulterated, healthful foods, whether foraged, free-ranging, or fresh from the farmer's market. 1,200 recipes and a wealth of detailed cooking information.