From the American Heart Association, 150 healthy, flavorful, easy-to-make recipes that the whole family will enjoy Searching for meals that are not only appealing to the whole family but also nutritious, tasty alternatives to convenience products and fast food? The nation’s most trusted authority on heart-healthy living presents nourishing, delectable recipes to please the palates of family members of all ages. Since the main dish is usually the starting point of meal planning, more than half the 150 recipes in this book are for entrées. With American Heart Association Healthy Family Meals, you’ll be serving healthy, flavor-packed dishes to your family every night of the week. Chapters include: • Busy Nights recipes, like Pesto Presto Sirloin and Spring Ragù with Spiral Pasta, which are especially quick and easy to prepare—each of them can be made, start to finish, in 30 minutes or less. • Plan-Aheads, which offer recipes that require somewhat more time and steps such as marinating and chilling Tandoori-Style Chicken or using a slow cooker for Southwestern Beef Stew, but let you get a head start on a meal when it’s convenient for you. • Cook Once, Eat Twice recipes that give you the benefit of having planned-overs instead of leftovers. For example, Roasted Salmon with Cucumber Lime Sauce provides enough cooked fish for tonight, plus more for Salmon Cakes with Lemon Caper Sauce later in the week. • Everyday Dinners recipes that provide tasty dishes, including Pomegranate Walnut Chicken and Curried Shrimp Risotto, which your family will want over and over again. Beautifully designed and sprinkled with dozens of vibrant recipe photographs, American Heart Association Healthy Family Meals also includes information for the educated shopper, the smart cook, parents with picky eaters, and more. With plenty of tips and ideas on how to create a healthy food culture that will set your children on a path to eating well forever, American Heart Association Healthy Family Meals is the must-have healthy family cookbook.

Here is the ultimate resource for anyone looking to improve cardiac health and lose weight, offering 800 recipes—100 all new, 150 refreshed—that cut saturated fat and cholesterol. The American Heart Association's cornerstone cookbook has sold more than three million copies and it's now fully updated and expanded to reflect the association's latest guidelines as well as current tastes, with a fresh focus on quick and easy. This invaluable, one-stop-shopping resource—including updated heart-health information, strategies and tips for meal planning, shopping, and cooking healthfully—by the most recognized and respected name in heart health is certain to become a staple in American kitchens.

People with diabetes want heart-healthy recipes, since heart disease strikes people with diabetes twice as often as the rest of the population. But they also want recipes that taste great. In Diabetes & Heart Healthy Meals for Two, the two largest health associations in America team up to provide recipes that are simple, flavorful, and perfect for people with diabetes who are worried about improving or maintaining their cardiovascular health. A follow-up to Diabetes & Heart Healthy Cookbook, this collaboration from the American Diabetes Association® and the American Heart Association focuses on meals with only two servings. Because so many adults with diabetes are older, two-serving meals are perfect for those without children in the house—or even those living alone who want to keep leftovers to a minimum.

A revised and updated second edition of American Heart Association's beloved, bestselling Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook, now with 30 new recipes, 30 to 40 new photographs, and full-color throughout. Now fully illustrated throughout with 30 to 40 new photographs, revised to meet current AHA guidelines, and refreshed with recipes like Chicken Pho, Pad Thai, Sweet Potato Chili, and Beef Vindaloo to satisfy today's palate, this comprehensive cookbook offers information on the health benefits of slow cooking and how a slow cooker can help you eat well. From appetizers to desserts and everything in between, the 230 recipes in American Heart Association Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook will surprise you with their variety and depth of flavor. The slow cooker, America's favorite kitchen appliance, has become increasingly versatile and sophisticated, and here's how it can support a heart-smart diet. Under the spell of its low heat, lean meats, whole grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits transform into succulent meals. This cookbook takes advantage of the ease for which the slow cooker is beloved and optimizes the nutrient density and flavors in these delicious, nutritious meals. The best way to ensure good food comes out of your cooker is to put only good-for-you ingredients into it, and with American Heart Association Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook, you'll learn how much your slow cooker can do for you while you're enjoying a healthy lifestyle.

Convenience and eating healthfully can go hand in hand, and with the American Heart Association Quick & Easy Cookbook, 2nd Edition, you can spend less time in the kitchen and still achieve great results at the table. This revised and expanded edition of the classic cookbook includes more than 200 speedy dishes, of which 60 are brand new. Prep and cooking times are provided for all recipes, so you’ll know how much time you’ll need in the kitchen. And rest assured, no dish takes longer than 20 minutes to prepare, and many recipes can be made in 30 minutes from start to finish. In fewer than 10 minutes, you can start your day with Confetti Scrambler or Mandarin Breakfast Parfaits. No one will guess you whipped up dinner in 20 minutes when you serve Chicken with Tarragon Oil, Baked Tilapia with Pineapple Reduction, or Beef Tenderloin on Herbed White Beans. When meals are this simple and good for you, even appetizers, snacks, sides, and desserts can be on the docket. You’ll find recipes for Homemade Corn Tortilla Chips, Edamame Salsa, Warm Chicken and Papaya Salad, Citrus Kale with Dried Cranberries, Chocolate-Banana Mini Cupcakes, Grilled Peaches with Almond Liqueur, and much more! Make the most of your time in the kitchen and in the grocery store with helpful tools such as: · Meal-planning strategies, including a sample dinner plan and a chart template to customize your own meals week-by-week · Guidelines for maximizing nutritious foods and minimizing nutrient-poor foods · Shopping strategies, including lists of health-smart staples · Tips on organizing your kitchen for the greatest efficiency · Quick-cooking techniques and short prep tricks With this new edition of one of the American Heart Association’s first and most popular cookbooks, you’ll have a resource right at your fingertips for making your own quick and easy meals that will offer you fast, healthy food.

The classic cookbook for achieving heart health and wellbeing through a diet that is low in cholesterol and saturated fat--updated and revised with 200 recipes (including 50 new to this edition) Lose the bad fats, but not the flavor. Now in its fifth edition, American Heart Association Healthy Fats, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook provides the most up-to-date information on heart health and nutrition. Good-for-you food should also be satisfying, and the American Heart Association reveals how easy it is to replace the bad fats in your diet with healthier ones. This classic cookbook offers more than 200 tempting dishes, 50 of which are new, including: · Fresh Basil and Kalamata Hummus · Triple-Pepper and White Bean Soup with Rotini · Taco Salad · Hearty Fish Chowder · Chicken Pot Pie with Mashed Potato Topping · Balsamic Braised Beef with Exotic Mushrooms · Grilled Pizza with Grilled Vegetables · Stovetop Scalloped Tomatoes · Puffed Pancake with Apple-Cranberry Sauce · Mango Brûlée with Pine Nuts The perfect companion for today’s healthy cook, this indispensable collection of recipes proves you can eat deliciously and nutritiously.

Start with healthy ingredients and take delicious meals out of your slow cooker any night of the week. From appetizers to desserts and everything in between, the 200 recipes in American Heart Association Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook will surprise you with their variety and depth of flavor. Braised Curry-Rubbed Chicken slow cooks among Middle Eastern spices, including ginger, cumin, cinnamon, and curry, in a pool of citrus juice and honey. Cioppino with White Wine features a saucy tomato base that simmers until scallops, mussels, and bite-size pieces of mild fish are added to finish this hearty fish stew. Vegetables, beans, and beef stew together to make for a mouthwatering rustic Country Cassoulet, and chopped zucchini, tomato, and basil along with bulgur and provolone cheese are packed into Italian Artichoke-Stuffed Bell Peppers that cook until tender. With some easy planning before or after the slow cooking, such as browning meats or boiling water for pasta, you’ll have tasty meals chock full of good nutrition on your kitchen table night after night. This cookbook includes nineteen full-color photographs as well as information on the benefits of slow cooking and how a slow cooker can help you eat well. The best way to ensure good food comes out of your cooker is to put only good-for-you ingredients into it, and with American Heart Association Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook, you’ll learn how much your slow cooker can do for you while you’re enjoying a healthy lifestyle. The slow cooker, America’s favorite kitchen appliance, has become increasingly versatile and sophisticated, and now it can support a heart-smart diet, too. Under the spell of its low heat, lean meats, whole grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits transform into succulent meals.