Healthy in a Hurry (Williams-Sonoma): Simple, Wholesome Recipes for Every Meal of the Day

by Karen Ansel, MS, RD, Charity Ferreira

Overview

With over 100 accessible recipes and tons of practical advice, this cookbook shows busy cooks how to incorporate nutrient-packed foods into every meal of the day for optimum nutrition and wellbeing.

Everyone is looking for ways to fit wholesome, good-for-you meals into their busy schedules. This solution-oriented cookbook targets 30 super healthy foods and shows you how to make the most of them in delicious dishes, any time of the day. Organized by course—including breakfast, starters and snacks, lunch, dinner, vegetable and grain sides, and dessert—the recipes are packed with nutrients and simple enough to prepare in under 30 minutes. Loaded with useful tips and friendly advice on shopping, prepping in advance, and cooking smarter, this book offers real solutions for getting food on the table (or even packing it to go) during hectic weekdays.

Table of Contents:
Intro Letter
The Basics of Everyday Nutrition
A Guide to Superfoods
Chapter 1: Breakfast
Chapter 2: Starters & Snacks
Chapter 3: Lunch
Chapter 4: Dinner
Chapter 5: Vegetable & Grain Sides
Chapter 6: Dessert
Pantry Basics
Healthy Cooking Tools & Techniques
Glossary
Index

Sample Recipes:
Buckwheat-blueberry pancakes
Easy egg sandwich with baked egg, wilted greens & Manchego cheese
Sweet corn & edamame salsa with crispy baked tortilla chips
Kale chips with sea salt
Chicken & mango salad with cashews
Quinoa-black bean burger with chipotle mustard
Whole wheat spaghetti with a tangle of garlicky greens
Baked tomatoes stuffed with tuna, capers & parsley bread crumbs
Stir-fried beef & bok choy
Broccoli slaw with apples & pecans
Whole-grain couscous with dried fruits & almonds
Mixed berries with ricotta cream
Oatmeal–dark chocolate bars

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616282134
Publisher:	Weldon Owen
Publication date:	04/03/2012
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Charity Ferreira is a food writer, recipe developer, and former pastry chef whose work has appeard in Gourmet, Cooking Light, Sunset, and Bon Appetit, as well as the food section of the Los Angeles Times. A graduate of the California Culinary Academy, she turned her lifelong interest in food and nutrition to baby and toddler cuisine when her son and twin nieces were born. She is the author or co-author of five cookbooks including Williams-Sonoma Essentials of Mediterranean. She and her family live in the San Francisco Bay Area.