Product Description

Recipes for Canadians, by Canadians

Everyone wants healthy, delicious, home-cooked meals. But faced with the demands of a busy day, it's hard to resist the convenience of takeout or commercially prepared foods. The Dietitians of Canada would like us to return to the pleasures of cooking and to family gathering around the table, so they have given us a cookbook that will help us achieve these goals.

Here are just a few of the tempting recipes:

• Big-Batch Buttermilk Pancakes
• Strawberry Orange Flax Smoothie
• Asian Stir-fried Noodles with Shrimp
• Minestrone with Turkey Sausage
• Best-Ever Chocolate Cookies

Simply Great Food features 250 outstanding recipes and an abundance of nutrition-related information written by practicing dietitians. You'll enjoy breakfasts, lunches, snacks and dinners that taste wonderful, yet can be prepared in surprisingly little time. You'll receive an education in food preparation and healthy eating while satisfying your desire to create appetizing meals for every occasion. As you'd expect from the Dietitians of Canada, these recipes are nutritionally balanced, but never at the expense of great taste and pure eating pleasure.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19459 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-25
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .86" h x 6.97" w x 10.04" l, 1.47 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Review
Satisfyingly tasty, budget-conscious, and Canadianly 'multiculti,' the recipes in Simply Great Food exemplify how most of us want to eat. (Angela Murrills Georgia Straight )

About the Author

Patricia Chuey, MSc, RD, is a nutrition consultant, author and award-winner for excellence in nutrition communication.

Eileen Campbell is a culinary consultant and award-winning recipe developer with over 20 years of experience in the food industry.

Mary Sue Waisman, MSc, RD, is an accomplished educator, consumer writer and media spokesperson.

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Introduction

Pause for a moment and imagine this scenario. You arrive home after a busy day at work or running around with the kids, or both. Everyone is hungry, including you. You want to put a delicious, wholesome meal on the table, and you need to do it fast! A smile comes to your face as you open your well-organized fridge. You did some preparation last night, and a container of washed and sliced carrots, red and yellow peppers and cucumbers is ready. You pop the top off a great-tasting, nutritious dip and pour refreshing fruit spritzers, and everyone enjoys an energizing nibble. The snack boosts your family's energy and buys you time while, like the finest chef in town, you work your magic to quickly throw together a dinner such as Sticky Mango Chicken Salad (page 156) or Tasty Fish Cakes (page 205), just two of the recipes in this book that can be completed in short order. The kids help, everyone loves the meal, and it fits into your partner's cholesterol-lowering diet.

It's not a dream. It's possible. Simply Great Food can help make it happen by providing you with the tools you need to create meals and snacks your family will love, in time frames that fit your busy schedule.

In Simply Great Food, we give you a quick review of the basics of healthy eating, then show you simple solutions for turning this knowledge into action. The book is divided into the following sections:

• Let's Eat! which provides nutrition advice from registered dietitians and reviews the basic principles for eating well.
• Easy Food Solutions, which shows you how to plan meals and organize your kitchen so you can prepare delicious recipes at a moment's notice. You'll also find grocery shopping know-how and information on keeping food safe, as well as tips to make cooking an enjoyable experience.
• 250 delicious, user-friendly recipes, with accompanying nutrient information.

Boxed information, which answers frequently asked questions about nutrition and food, as well as tips for overcoming barriers to healthy eating, are highlighted throughout the book.

In addition, all the recipes have been analyzed according to the "Beyond the Basics: Meal Planning for Healthy Eating, Diabetes Prevention and Management" system. If you have diabetes, refer to the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) Food Choice Values listed with each recipe to see how it fits with your menu plan.

The best part is, all of the recipes have been chef- and family-tested, so we're confident that you will enjoy them!