Full Description
Choosing a healthy eating pattern is vitally important, as diet directly influences health. From The Culinary Institute of America, Techniques of Healthy Cooking is a comprehensive kitchen reference for understanding nutrition concepts, creating healthy eating patterns, developing healthy recipes and menus, and cooking healthy recipes. From soups, salads, and appetizers to main dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, there are nearly 500 recipes with more than 150 four-color photographs of ingredients, techniques, and finished dishes.
Contents
Acknowledgments xii
Preface xiii
Introduction xiv
1 HEALTHY EATING PATTERNS 1
2 HEALTHY INGREDIENTS 38
3 THE TECHNIQUES 98
4 DEVELOPING HEALTHY RECIPES AND MENUS 156
5 SOUPS, SALADS, AND APPETIZERS 190
6 MAIN DISHES FOR LUNCHES AND DINNERS 258
7 SIDE DISHES 340
8 BREAKFAST AND BEVERAGES 386
9 BAKED GOODS AND DESSERTS 408
10 CHEF'S PANTRY 442
APPENDIX: RECIPE ANALYSIS 482
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND READINGS 515
GLOSSARY 517
RECIPE INDEX 537
SUBJECT INDEX 556
