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Good Food: Cakes & Bakes: Triple-tested Recipes
BBC - 2004
Taken from Britains top-selling BBC Good Food magazine, these imaginitive and easy recipes are guaranteed to guide you to baking success.From such delicious classics as Authentic Yorkshire Parkin and Shortbread, and the imaginative combinations of Raspberry and Blueberry Lime Drizzle Cake or Cranberry and Poppy Seed Muffins, to spectacular cakes such as Seriously Rich Chocolate Cake, there's plenty to keep your family and friends happy.These quick and easy recipes have been specially chosen to help even the busiest people enjoy delicious, fresh, home-cooked food. Each recipe is written with simple step-by-step instructions and is accompanied by a useful nutritional analysis and a full-colour photograph, so you can cook with complete confidence.
The Slow Cook Book
Heather Whinney - 2011
Meat will be gloriously tender, flavors will combine beautifully - and all with minimal attention from the cook. This book celebrates slow cooking in all its forms. Its 200 recipes range from typical slow-cook fare - hearty, warming stews and pot roasts - to more surprising inclusions such as cakes and bakes. Acknowledging the different ways of approaching slow cooking, it contains two methods for each recipe: one using an electric crockpot, the other using a combination of traditional pots, pans, stovetop, and oven. A practical introduction demonstrates techniques step-by-step and provides information on key ingredients and how to use them for the best results. Find everything you need to become a slow-cook expert in this attractive, but great-value, technique resource and recipe book.
ALKALINE DIET: A Complete Guide to Alkaline Foods, Herbs & Lifestyle to Naturally Rebalance Your pH, Lose Weight & Boost Health (BONUS Alkalizing Smoothie, Juice, Tea & Tonic Recipe Book)
Carmen Reeves - 2015
You’re probably someone who lives a healthy lifestyle, doing all of the right things, yet still suffering from health problem upon health problem that just won’t go away. You do your best to stay away from junk food yet you never seem able to lose that weight, cure your skin troubles, soothe your IBS or get a decent night’s sleep, and you’re almost giving up hope. You’ve probably tried treatment after treatment, never getting the results that you’re so desperate to see. Or perhaps you’ve heard about the alkaline diet and are curious to discover just why this lifestyle is enjoying an explosion in popularity the entire world over, and you’re wanting to enjoy the benefits of this health-giving lifestyle for yourself. Alkaline is the answer to getting a better night’s sleep, rebalancing your hormones, curing yourself of disease, clearing your skin, reducing allergies, and much more. You can do this through the power of nutrient-packed foods, herbs, spices, supplements and some tweaks to your lifestyle. You see; your body needs to be slightly alkaline in order for you to enjoy health. But many of us exist on empty, high-calorific foods that are overly processed and contain shocking levels of processed sugars, saturated fats and other carcinogens. And we live an unhealthy lifestyle of stress and toxins, and neglect many of our body’s needs. The result can only be sickness. All of these things create an acidic environment which makes us fat, sick, depressed and significantly more likely to end up in an early grave. We need to do something before it’s too late, and the answer is the alkaline lifestyle. This book will tell you everything you need to know to reach a state of health and wellness, keeping it simple but in-depth enough for you to get the answers you are looking for. You’ll receive detailed lists of the foods to avoid and enjoy, as well as everything you need to do to make yourself well again. You do have the power to cure yourself when all else has failed and you do deserve to enjoy the life of your dreams. The power to achieve it lies right here in your hands, and this book will show you how. What’s inside? This book contains everything you need to know about the alkaline diet and lifestyle that will make it work for you. By choosing a holistic approach, you will target your entire body and promote better and faster healing. Inside you can expect to find: • A simple explanation of alkalinity (simplifying all that mind-boggling science stuff) • Why the alkaline lifestyle is so popular • How acidity damages your health (and what to do about it) • The 25 tell-tale signs that your body is too acidic • How to test your acidity levels • A detailed list of the foods to celebrate and enjoy • A detailed list of the foods to reduce or avoid • How superfoods can help you heal • The role of fresh herbs for health • Alkalizing and healing supplements • How sleeping more can help balance your pH levels And so much more Why don’t you grab your copy so you can discover the cure too?
Modern Sauces: More Than 150 Recipes for Every Cook, Every Day
Martha Holmberg - 2012
Martha Holmberg was trained at La Varenne and is an award-winning food writer. Her look at this sometimes-intimidating genre--expressed in clear, short bites of information and through dozens of process photographs--delivers the skill of great sauce-making to every kind of cook, from beginners to those more accomplished who wish to expand their repertoire. More than 100 recipes for sauces range from standards such as bEarnaise, hollandaise, and marinara to modern riffs such as maple-rum sabayon, caramelized onion coulis, and coconut-curry spiked chocolate sauce. An additional 55 recipes use the sauces to their greatest advantage, beautifying pasta, complementing meat or fish, or elevating a cake to brilliant. Modern Sauces is both an inspiration and a timeless reference on kitchen technique.
Instant Pot for Two Cookbook: 250 Amazing Instant Pot Recipes for 2
Shon Brooks - 2017
How often you find yourself looking for new and interesting recipes to prepare for your loved one? Wouldn't you like to have a cooking journal at hand that can provide some awesome and amazing recipes to make for your loved one?Well, you don't need to search anymore!The perfect cookbook is here! We've developed it just for you!Don't worry! It's not a regular cookbook! It's much more than that: it's an instant pot cookbook full of recipes just for you two!You have the best instant pot recipes ever adjusted for only 2 servings available for you at all time!The Cookbook includes recipes for:BreakfastMain DishesSide DishesSnacksDessertsAll recipes include:Nutrition FactsIngredient listCook/Prep TimeYou don't have to calculate your servings anymore when you want to make something tasty for you and your special someone!Now you only need this cookbook!Get it today!
One Pound Meals: Delicious Food for Less
Miguel Barclay - 2017
Here is delicious food for less.So much more than cheap dinner ideas - here are meals that cost under a pound but look and taste a million dollars! Recipes for the whole family without breaking the bank.Instagram chef sensation Miguel Barclay is taking the world by storm with his delicious meals that cost less than £1 per person.'I've always loved cooking but I'm not a fan of needlessly over-complicated recipes that waste time and money.So I've created my own style of cooking: simple ingredients, straightforward recipes and mouthwatering meals, all on a budget.Now you can eat the food you love - from meatball marinara to chicken katsu curry, lamb moussaka to aubergine dal - all for under £1 per person.'Miguel's easy-to-follow, ready-in-minutes recipes are for a single serving, and can all be cooked for under £1 per person - just multiply them up for more servings. 'As you would expect from such a relaxed style of cooking, the book is laid out in a similarly laidback manner. There are no chapters or themes. Just flick through the pages and cook whichever dish you fancy. But, as a nod to my Instagram roots and to help you identify types of dish, I have labelled each recipe with hashtags, so if you want to find veggie food, just look out for the veggie hashtags.One Pound Meals are designed to use a core group of ingredients, and this is the key to eliminating waste. Just start with one recipe, and depending on what you have left over, choose your next recipe accordingly. I want you to bounce around the book on a sort of never-ending random journey as you use up those leftover ingredients. It also means you can plan a week's worth of meals in one go and shop more efficiently.'With savvy supermarket shopping swaps and time-saving tips, One Pound Meals makes cooking quicker, easier and tastier, and with less waste.One Pound Meals includes:* Lasagne * Crab mac & cheese * Chicken katsu curry * Pork chop in a mustard & leek sauce * Spaghetti carbonara * Mushroom risotto * Quiche lorraine * Aubergine dal & chapati * Scotch Egg * Ultimate £1 burger * Ham & mushroom pizza * Pancake stack
The Curry Guy
Dan Toombs - 2017
In other words, Dan makes homemade curries that taste just like a takeaway from your favourite local but in less time and for less money. Dan has learnt through the comments left on his blog and social media feeds that people are terribly let down when they make a chicken korma or a prawn bhuna from other cookbooks and it taste nothing like the dish they experience when they visit a curry house…but they thank him for getting it right.
7-Day Ketogenic Diet Meal Plan: Delicious and Easy Keto Recipes To Burn Fat and Gain Energy
Louise Hendon - 2016
Includes all the recipes with carb count and the meal plan is designed to be 20 grams of net carbohydrates or less daily. Starting a keto diet can be tough if you don't have a good plan for what to eat. That's where this 7-day keto meal plan comes in. I've done all the calculations, cooking, and planning for you. Now you can relax and enjoy all the benefits of a ketogenic diet stress-free.
Sam the Cooking Guy: Just a Bunch of Recipes
Sam Zien - 2008
And it's not that you can't--it's that you don't. It's that we've been wrecked by cooking shows with their millions of complicated steps and crazy-ass ingredients. Ingredients you can't find, let alone pronounce. That's not how I want to cook. I want to eat well, but I don't want it to take a year. Who's making stuff like 'Truffled Peruvian Mountain Squab with Chilled Framboise Foam' anyway? "So this book is about food that's big in taste and small in effort. Just great-tasting stuff with no fancy techniques and definitely no over-the-top ingredients, as in everything-comes-from-a-regular-supermarket--cool concept, huh? It's just a bunch of recipes you'll easily be able to make and enjoy."--From Sam the Cooking GuyLook inside for great recipes like these:• One Dank Tomato Pie • "Whatever" Spring Rolls • Five-Minute Stir-Fry Noodles • O.F.R.B.P.J.G.O. • Awww Nuts! • BBQ Chicken Pizza • Halloween Chicken Chili • Fridge Fried Rice • Sam's Sticky Sweet BBQ Ribs • Stuffed Burgers • Pesto BBQ Shrimp • Chili Salmon • Motor Home Meatballs • Spicy-ish Sausage Pasta • The Great Potato Cake • Brussels Sprouts You'll Actually Eat • (Fake) Creme Brulee • Chocolate Toffee Matzoh • Peanut Butter Ice-Cream Cup Things
Paula Deen's Savannah Style
Paula H. Deen - 2010
Whether it’s time to put out your best china and make a real fuss, or you’re just gathering for some sweet tea on the porch at dusk, Savannah style is about making folks feel welcome in your home. With the help of decorator and stylist Brandon Branch, you’ll learn how to bring a bit of Southern charm into homes from Minnesota to Mississippi. For each season, there are tips on decorating and entertaining. In the spring, you’ll learn how to make the most of your outdoor spaces, spruce up your porch, and make your garden inviting. In the summer, things get more casual with a dock party. Sleeping spaces, including, of course, the sleeping porch, are the focal point of this chapter. In the fall, cooler weather brings a return to more formal entertaining in the dining room, and in the winter, attention returns to the hearth, as Paula and her neighbors put out their best silver and show you how they celebrate the holidays. Paula loves getting a peek at her neighbors’ parlors, so she’s included photographs of some of Savannah’s grandest homes. From the vast grounds of Lebanon Plantation to the whimsically restored cottages on Tybee Island, you’ll see the unique blend of old-world elegance and laid-back hospitality that charmed Paula the moment she arrived from Albany, Georgia, with nothing but two hundred dollars and a pair of mouths to feed. And she isn’t shy about giving you a window into her own world, either. From her farmhouse kitchen to her luxurious powder room, you’ll see how Paula lives when she’s not in front of the camera. Packed with advice and nostalgia, Paula Deen’s Savannah Style makes it easy to bring gracious Southern living to homes north and south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
35 Recipes For Comforting Winter Soups - Easy Homemade Soups For Wintertime (The Amazing Recipes for Soup and Ultimate Soup Recipes Collection Book 1)
Pamela Kazmierczak - 2013
Are you looking for Recipes for The Perfect Winter Soup? This cookbook has recipes 35 different soups perfect to serve during the winter months! Whether you are looking for a winter soup recipe, a winter chowder recipe or a winter stew recipe, this is the book for you!Enjoy these delicious winter soup recipes today!The type of recipes you will find inside 35 Recipes For Comforting Winter Soups – Easy Homemade Soups For Wintertime are comforting soups, stews and chowders perfect for the chillier months of the year. What Type winter soup recipes are in this book? Some Examples of the recipes include:Chicken Noodle SoupBlack Bean SoupButternut Squash SoupFrench Onion SoupEscarole SoupLentil and Bacon SoupBeef and Coconut SoupWest Coast Clam ChowderChicken and Dumpling StewPumpkin StewRoasted Cauliflower SoupBeef PhoBeer and Cheddar SoupCrab BisqueCheeseburger SoupSweet Potato Hominy SoupBuffalo Chicken SoupSweet Potato ChowderSpinach BisqueChicken Gumbo Soup& Many More….For a full list of what you can see inside, scroll up and click on the look inside feature and check out the Table of Contents! Now that you know more about this book and why it is for you do not forget to scroll up the page and click on the buy button above so you can start enjoying delicious winter soup recipes right now!
The KetoDiet Cookbook: 150 Grain-Free, Sugar-Free, and Starch-Free Recipes for Your Low-Carb, Paleo, or Ketogenic Lifestyle
Martina Šlajerová - 2015
Not only that, but your body begins to burn fats stores instead of the carbohydrates and glucose that usually bog down your system.The KetoDiet Cookbook contains 150 recipes and practical information for living and adhering to a ketogenic lifestyle. Martina Slajerova, founder of the KetoDiet blog, provides a complete guide to the ketogenic diet based on the most recent research. Discover the science behind the ketogenic diet and the abundant practical solutions that benefit both beginners and advanced keto-dieters.Indulge in 150 recipes created to be perfectly compatible with ketogenic, low-carb, high-fat, gluten-free, grain free, paleo, primal, and ancestral diets.Recipes featured in The KetoDiet Cookbook are totally free of:- Grain- Sugar- White potatoes- Legumes- Additives/Artificial sweeteners- Unhealthy oils/fats- Dairy-free options are also includedWith 150 recipes, including soups, breakfasts, appetizers, sides and sauces, you'll be enjoying delicious meals while giving your body the boost it deserves!
Small-Batch Baking
Debby Maugans Nakos - 2004
It's baking a plate of cookies (not 4 dozen) to greet the kids when they come home from school, or a few muffins (not 12) when that's all you need for Sunday brunch. It's for the perfect tart to end a small, romantic dinner--or the indulgence of a one-bowl dessert just for you (Honey Apple Oatmeal Crisp, anyone?). Most of all, it's to bring home the joy of baking, when home is just the two of you--small batches whip up quickly, clean up quickly, and don't require hours at the oven. Written by Debby Maugans Nakos, who clearly possesses the Southern baking gene, Small-Batch Baking offers 200 irresistible recipes from across the baking spectrum: triple layer cakes, bundt cakes, angel food cakes; pies and tarts; cobblers, crisps, crumbles, and short cakes; cookies, bars, squares; biscuits, muffins, scones, breakfast breads; and a whole section just on Valentine Specials--Double Hot Chocolate Soufflés, Chèvre Cheesecakes with Honey Anise Ginger Syrup, Vanilla Banana Caramel Flan.A batch of Cream-Filled Chocolate Cookies--that yields a half-dozen. A Coconut Layer Cake, just for two. Individual servings of Cinnamon French Toast Pudding or Southern Peach Cobbler with Bourbon Cream. It's all the bewitching pleasure of home-baked, but--finally--for just one or two.
Fraiche Food, Full Hearts: A Collection of Recipes for Every Day and Casual Celebrations
Jillian Harris - 2019
Fraiche Food, Full Hearts offers a peek into their lives and the recipes that have fed their families through the years. Instilled with a love of cooking at an early age by their granny, the kitchen is a place of fond memories and everyday home cooked meals. Like most families, their celebrations revolve around food--from birthdays, Valentine's Day, and Mother's Day to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve.Fraiche Food, Full Hearts includes over 100 heart-warming recipes--from breakfasts, soups, salads, veggies, sides, and mains to snacks, appetizers, drinks, and desserts--for everyday meals, along with celebration menus and ideas for casual gatherings with family and friends. Gorgeously designed with dreamy full-colour photography throughout, the recipes also incorporate vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options. You'll find dishes like West Coast Eggs Benny, Vanilla Cherry Scones, Harvest Kale Salad, Squash Risotto with Fried Sage, Granny's Beet Rolls, Cedar-Plank Salmon Burgers, Veggie Stew with Dumplings, Cherry Sweetheart Slab Pie, and Naked Coconut Cake.