An overwhelmingly gorgeous book, packed with simple and delicious recipes for salads--and much more!There's nothing a Mandy's salad can't fix. Want an explosion of colour, texture, flavour and fabulousness? Look no further. Inside the pages of this stunning cookbook (and the Mandy's restaurants it's named after) lies everything you need to take your salad game from a meh-maybe, to wooooah, baby!! Mandy's gourmet salads are a jewel of Montreal's (jam-packed) food scene. What started as a 3ft counter at the back of Mimi & Coco clothing store is now an 8 location success story, with ongoing expansion in every direction. Behind Mandy's are the irresistable Wolfe sisters, Mandy and Rebecca. Mandy is in charge of menu inspiration and creation; Rebecca leads the design of all their restaurant locations. More is more is the mantra for both: more colour, more texture, more vibrancy, more life!In Mandy's Gourmet Salads, Mandy and Rebecca talk you through how to create their coveted salads at home, including easy prep steps for essential ingredients, how to mix their famous dressings, and how to combine flavours and textures to create a salad masterpiece. Also inside are recipes for Mandy's nutritious, filling and fantastic grain bowls (for those who want a bit more sustenance) as well as chapters dedicated to smoothies and sweets (sharing Mandy's famous chocolate chip cookie recipe for the first time...). Perfectly timed for fresh summer living, Mandy's Gourmet Salads is a feast, for the eyes as well as the tastebuds!

    

    Also included are a Kitchen Basics chapter and an abundance of enticing photographs.

    caterer Devin Alexander has maintained a fifty-five-pound weight loss for over sixteen years by transforming the dishes she and millions of other Americans love best into guilt-free (yet still outrageously mouth-watering) indulgences--Rigatoni with Meat Sauce, BBQ Bacon Cheeseburgers, Eggplant Parmesan, Sinless Yet Sinful Sticky Buns, and even Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. These simple-to-prepare recipes for the kind of delectable dishes people crave but feel they can’t eat when trying to be healthy and trim, actually can be the basis of a personal weight-loss plan. They can also be a way to add “off-limit” foods back into an already successful diet. Or they can simply be part of an exciting new way to eat healthfully — and with pleasure. In The Most Decadent Diet Ever! Devin Alexander proves that even the most decadent dishes — Chipotle Chili with Blue Cheese Crumbles, "Fried" Jumbo Shrimp, Super-Stuffed Steak Soft Tacos, Fettu-Skinny Alfredo, Godiva Brownie Sundaes, and Chocolate Chip Pancakes — can lead to weight loss, good health, and carefree enjoyment.

    From Pear Bellinis to Carrot and Chickpea Dip, from Campanelle with Fennel and Shrimp to Berry Tiramisu--these are dishes your guests will love, no matter the occasion. Here, too, are Lidia's suggestions for hosting a BBQ, making pizza for a group, choosing the perfect wine, setting an inviting table, and much more. Beautifully illustrated throughout with full-color photographs and filled with her trademark warmth and enthusiasm, this is Lidia's most festive book. Whether you're planning a romantic picnic for two, a child's birthday party, a holiday gathering, or a simple weeknight family dinner, Lidia's flavorful, easy-to-follow recipes and advice will have you calling to your guests: "Tutti a tavola a mangiare!"

    They exhibit the 4 key qualities of the perfect dessert: They are Simple, Quick, Incredibly Delicious and Fun! These moist cakes are extremely simple to make. They are made with cake, pudding or Jell-O® gelatin, fruit spreads fresh fruit and a variety of toppings. You are only limited by your imagination in the ingredients you can use. They are really quick cakes to prepare. You can make a simple but delicious Boston Cream Poke Cake in 1-1/2 hours and most of that time is baking time!Poke Cakes are delicious cakes. One of my favorites is the Strawberry Poke cake which is a white cake with homemade strawberry syrup, homemade strawberry filling and sweetened whipped cream with fresh strawberries on top. The cake is a strawberry-whipped cream explosion that melts in your mouth!Finally, making a Poke Cake is fun for both adults and kids. Kids just love to poke holes into the top of these cakes and fill them with Jell-O® gelatin or pudding. Poke cakes are great projects for the entire family.Included in this book are 30 kitchen-tested Poke Cake recipes. There are also recipes for 3 bake-from-scratch cakes for people who don't like to use cake mixes. Finally there are also recipes for homemade apricot jam, homemade lemon curd and sweetened whipped cream.Pick up a copy of 30 Delicious Poke Cake Recipes today and make a delicious Poke Cake this weekend. You won’t regret it.Here are the recipes you'll get:RECIPESApricot Poke CakeBanana Cream Poke CakeBlack Cherry Poke CakeBlack Cherry Jello-O® Poke CakeBlack Forest Poke CakeBlackberry Jell-O® Poke CakeBlueberry Poke CakeBoston Cream Poke CakeButterscotch Poke CakeChocolate Caramel Poke CakeChocolate Chocolate Poke CakeChocolate Fudge Poke CakeChocolate Pistachio Poke CakeChocolate Pudding Poke CakeCoconut Pineapple Poke CakeGrape Jell-O® Poke CakeHot Fudge Caramel Poke CakeLemon Blueberry Poke CakeLemon Coconut Poke CakeLemon Mascarpone Poke CakeOrange Jell-O® Poke CakeOreo® Pudding Poke CakePeach Poke CakePineapple Jell-O® Poke CakePistachio Pudding Poke CakeRaspberry Poke CakeStrawberry Poke CakeStrawberry Banana Poke CakeStrawberry Cheesecake Poke CakeStrawberry Jell-O® Poke CakeBAKE FROM SCRATCH CAKE RECIPESBake from Scratch Chocolate Cake RecipeBake from Scratch White Cake RecipeBake from Scratch Yellow Cake RecipeJAMS, SPREADS & TOPPINGSEasy Homemade Apricot JamHomemade Lemon CurdSweetened Whipped Cream