Presents more than 330 recipes for hors d'oeuvres, finger foods, and snacks, including cognac cream shrimp, quick lamb spead with feta and garlic, and toasted grilled pita with parmesan.

No more burnt offerings! Whether it’s nachos or crock-pot kielbasa, a party, something quick for the kids’ lunch, a romantic date night, or dinner-for-one, this guy-friendly cookbook features over 230 real-food recipes for everything from vegetables, pasta, and desserts, to leftovers, appetizers, and grilling. Instead of relying on shortcuts, canned food, or unhealthy processed ingredients, it pares down complex cooking instructions, explains basic cooking terms, figures in prep time and cook time, and allots larger portion sizes. • Notes high-salt or high-cholesterol recipes. • Includes more than 230 recipes. • Provides special tips, advice, and recipe construction for beginners, plus bigger portion sizes for hungry men.

- Includes over 500 delicious recipes for busy people - Offers a more budget-friendly resource compared to competing titles in the same category

-- A focus on great meals in 20 minutes or less! A better time-promise than the competition! -- Clear, easy and functional line-art shows technique and equipment -- not cartoony. Families today have less time than ever to sit down and enjoy a meal together! And who has time to cook? Making the most of precious minutes in the kitchen has lead to one of the biggest trends in home cooking - the quick and easy meal. Filled with delicious recipes that the family - including the kids- will love. The Complete Idiot's Guide "RM" to 20-Minute Meals gives you a variety of recipes that look much more difficult and time consuming than they are. Recipes focus on timesaving meals - such as using prepared sauces as a base for your dish, adding prepared components to your meal and shortcutting time intensive techniques. Create terrific appetizers; soups, salads, meat dishes, pasta, seafood, kid favorites, vegetables, breads, sweets and more in under 20-minutes per recipe. Complete with time saving techniques and ingredients, Chef Dimmick also includes menus for feasts such as Easter, Thanksgiving, July 4th, brunch and dinner for the boss!

• Includes over 200 delicious snacks and small plate meals, each with a low GI rating • Offers recipes for each part of the day, including vegetarian and vegan alternatives

Packed with recipes specifically created to wean babies from soft foods onto solid, adult foods when they reach the toddler stage, this indispensable guide teaches parents what their children should be eating and how these foods should be prepared. It includes advice on health and nutritional considerations, such as how various foods affect brain development, ways to ensure babies receive the right amount of food, eating solutions for children who refuse to try vegetables, fruit, meat, or dairy, and much more. - More than 200 recipes for babies and toddlers. - The latest information on baby and child nutrition. - How to prepare foods with the necessary vitamins and minerals for your baby or toddler. - A special section for parents wanting to raise vegetarians. - There were more than four million babies born in the US in 2004.

People who want to lose weight are faced with a dizzying array of options: low-fat, low-carb, gluten-free . . . the list is endless. But the truth behind them all is that the only real way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you take in. Those who have rediscovered calorie counting want calorie-controlled options that take the guesswork out of dieting. But they also want food they can enjoy and feel good about. And for many, that means going light on the artificial sweeteners. The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to 200-, 300- and 400-Calorie Meals helps readers put together a meal plan that keeps them to their calorie goals and helps them lose weight safely—and keep it off. In this book, readers will find:A system for calculating a calorie budget based on current weight, activity levels, and weight-loss goals. • How to keep track of calories consumed and estimate calorie content of meals on the go. • Two weeks of meal plans for various calorie-budget levels. • Eating schedules to keep people feeling full and satisfied between meals. • Recipes for 300- and 400-calorie meals that taste great. • Recipes for 200-calorie snacks and light meals to satisfy hunger without blowing the diet. • Ways to satisfy a sweet tooth without overdosing on artificial sweeteners, which often make people crave more sugar.