Dinnertime stress is over! Enjoy over 280 all-new 5-ingredient, 5-minute recipes guaranteed to come together easily from start to finish-fast. With options for 2, 4, or 6 servings, households of all sizes can share a home-cooked meal.

These Test Kitchen approved recipes are tailor-made for hectic lifestyles and health-conscious families. More than recipes, this must-have collection offers over 160 full-color photographs, detailed nutritional analyses, ways to streamline prep so dinner is ready even faster, easy make-ahead options, assorted 10-minute side dishes, and suggestions for turning leftovers into tasty lunches-to-go. Helpful shortcut kitchen techniques show you how to shave minutes off your prep time, while simple ingredient pairing tips teach you to effortlessly craft a variety of mouthwatering meals from just a few flavor-boosting items. Serving wholesome, homecooked meals on busy evenings just got easier thanks to Cooking Light Fresh Food Fast Weeknight Meals. Family meals return with these ready-in-minutes recipes for healthy, delicious, satisfying dishes.

It is an exciting time to be in the kitchen with so many incredible, flavorful ingredients from around the globe in our local supermakets. We can thank globalization for stimulating our taste buds--and for making it easier to eat healthy. David Joachim, Author

Cooking Light Global Kitchen brings a world of flavor, texture, and enticing aromas to your everyday meals. In this book, the sometimes intimidating topic of preparing your favorite ethnic-inspired dishes is made easy, approachable, and, most importantly, doable for home cooks of any skill level, by using ethnic ingredients easy-to-find in your local grocery store!

New York Times Bestselling author David Joachim, shares fascinating stories behind the world's most loved dishes as well as tips and techniques from 15 notable chefs and experts such as Rick Bayless, Marc Vetri, Michael Solomonov, Lidia Bastianich, Marcus Samuelsson, Jose Garces, Mark Bittman, and many more.

We'll show you how to create Mexican chile rellenos, homemade
pasta in the Italian tradition, Thai sticky rice, Egyptian koshari, and
many other dishes without venturing further than the supermarket.
You'll get a taste of the world without ever leaving home.

• More than 150 recipes from around the world provide adventurous eaters with plenty of options to keep their palates pleased
• Features melting pot recipes blending the flavors of multiple cuisines, appealing to America's love of fusion dishes
• All the recipes are prepared with easy-to-find ingredients, making each deliciously doable
• Full-color images of each recipe brings each dish to life
• A complete nutrition analysis shows readers they can makeonce-in-awhile favorites into everyday options
• Ingredients: Detailed information about the easy-to-find ingredients that are the basis of many of these international favorites, where to find them (mostly at the regular grocery store these days), and how to know you're picking the best.
  
  

The more than 800 recipes found in this book showcase the latest trends in healthy cooking, highlight the ingredients and flavors of world cuisines, and provide readers with an array of menus for every occasion. Full-color photos throughout.

A collection of delicious, no-fuss recipes that can be whipped up in minutes using shortcut ingredients. Perfect for today's busy home cooks, Cooking Light Dinner A.S.A.P. proves that a healthy meal can be only 25 minutes away. Using pre-made foods, pre-chopped fruits and veggies from grocery stores' deli, bakery, and meat counters as a starting point, these delicious recipes feature fresh, whole ingredients and focus on speed and simplicity. With 150 recipes ranging from Expedited Entrées and Superfast Sides to Chop Chop Salads, 10-Minute Treats, and Easy Extras, the book offers tons of simple ideas for weeknight meals. Easy-to-follow instructions are accompanied by graphic sidebars and beautiful food photography, creating a fun and vibrantly designed package that will appeal to cooks of all levels. This complete guide also includes a chapter dedicated to simple cooking strategies, ingredient staples, a seasonal produce guide, and more.

Dig in to a seriously tasty salad--with Cooking Light Big Book of Salads! Farmers markets popping up all over the country are filled with a variety of beautiful fruits and vegetables. Grocery stores are starting to stock locally-grown produce. And ingredients from all over the world are more accessible than ever. And CSAs drop just-picked goodies right at your doorstep! Here's how to make the most of all of nature's delicious goodness: The Cooking Light Big Book of Salads includes over 150 recipes for incredibly tasty, interesting, and healthy salads that are perfect for weeknight meals, cookout sides, and mouthwatering starters. This flavorful, healthy fare hits all the notes everyone loves. The best toppings? Got 'em: Candied nuts, creamy goat cheese, sweet dried cranberries, spicy prosciutto, pungent Stilton and Gorgonzola, juicy pears, salty olives, and crunchy croutons. You will learn how to make the most of in-season produce, like peaches, arugula, strawberries, corn, tomatoes, winter squash, and more. Tips and techniques provide everything needed to make amazing salads. You will learn how to buy and store greens so they stay crisp, how to spot fruit and veggies at the peak of flavor, how to properly dress a salad, how to whisk homemade light dressings (we're not just talking about a wimpy squeeze of lemon), tips on making salads with pasta, beans, interesting grains-and more.

Most of us simply arent willing to sacrifice culinary excellence for meals that are good for us. Its no wonder, then, that Cooking Light is Americas leading epicurean magazine and the most trusted authority on healthy cooking. And this newest hardcover beauty is the most comprehensive collection of 1,000 top-rated, double-tested, healthy, yet rich and tasty recipes ever combined in one cookbook.

You'll be surprised at all the recipes you can make using only 5 ingredients: Chicken Alfredo Pasta, Deep-Dish Pizza Casserole, Speedy Chicken Cacciatore, Teriyaki Roast Chicken, Barbecue Pork Chops ...just to name a few.