30 Low-Fat Meals in 30 Minutes

By Faye Levy

Book Overview

This book will prove that you can prepare quick meals that are low in fat and still taste great. The recipes will make use of bold seasonings that instantly add flavor without the need for long simmering. The book is organized around main courses, with chapters broken down into menus with poultry or meat, menus with fish or seafood, vegetarian menus and pasta menus. In addition, an introductory chapter will offer strategies for quick, low-fat cooking, including tips on picking fresh ingredients, stocking a pantry and cooking techniques. The menus will follow today's flexible dining habits. Some menus serve two, and others serve four. Most menus will include three recipes, but they will not all follow the traditional pattern of appetizer, main course and dessert. Sometimes, for example, there will be a main course with two accompaniments. Those menus that do not include desserts will have suggestions for simple desserts (usually seasonal fruit, frozen yogurt or other desserts already in the book) that would complement the menu well.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B001HJM0M4
• ISBN13: 9780446670593
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

essential cookbook for anyone

I've enjoyed this cookbook for many years. It has a nice mix of dishes that we like to have very often and dishes that give us a vacation from our normal fare. Every recipe I've tried in this book has been easy to prepare and lives up to the promise of being quick to put together. One feature I particularly like is the grouping of recipes to create complete meals. While we have occasionally prepared recipes and served them separately we mostly keep to the complete menus provided as the foods in each group work very well together. When my kids moved into their own apartments I gave each of them a copy of this book!

A Winner!

It's easy to see why Faye Levy won a 1994 James Beard Book Award -- these recipes are wonderful. You'll hardly know you're eating low fat! I love the way Levi groups recipes together in menus. They're easy to prepare, and the flavors of each dish blend perfectly with one another.