The Best Light Recipe

The Best Light Recipe

The Best Light Recipe
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Editor: Editors of Cook's Illustrated magazine
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-03-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: America's Test Kitchen

Book Reviews of The Best Light Recipe

Book Review: Great ways to lighten up Cook's recipes
Summary: 4 Stars

Cook's Illustrated and America's Test Kitchen are all about taste, texture, and a fabulous finished product. As a result, many of their recipes don't skimp on the high-quality, often high-fat and high-calorie ingredients that make their recipes so good.

The Best Light Recipe, however, does a great job of cutting the calories and fat out of some of their favorites. It's definitely not a diet cookbook; but it is a great way to get some fabulous recipes that are lighter than the orginals.

My family loves their vegetarian chili as much as their beef chili from The New Best Recipe. Ditto to the cornbread that we always serve with the chili. The oven-fried fish is also delicious, as is the guacamole.

I like that they don't even bother to create light versions of things that just can't be light--like pie crust. If lightening up a recipe means significantly reducing taste and texture and quality, then it's just not worth it to me.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who is addicted to Cook's other books but wants to cut out some fat and calories when possible.

Summary of The Best Light Recipe

Let?s face it. In America?s Test Kitchen our goal has always been clear: develop the best recipe possible. Only rarely have we stopped to consider the fat or calorie content of the food we make ?until now.

The Best Light Recipe is different. In response to the increasing interest from our readers to shed the same obsessive attention the right ingredients and techniques for the guaranteed foolproof recipe for lighter foods, we are pleased to offer more than 300 guaranteed foolproof full-flavored, lower fat and reduced-calorie recipes, 95% of which are completely new! Each recipe lists calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, protein, fiber and sodium per serving to help you cook smart.

From chunky guacamole to brownies, from macaroni and cheese, lasagna, and spaghetti and meatballs to blueberry muffins and even chocolate cake and cheesecake, we tested and retested our favorite recipes until we arrived at the best recipes that cut calories and fat without sacrificing flavor. We also recognized that we couldn?t do the impossible- so if we weren?t satisfied with the results in our kitchen, the recipe didn?t make it into the book. Nor did we include recipes that relied on smoke and mirrors to reduce fat and calories, like beef stew with only a forkful of beef or cookies the size of quarters.

The Best Light Recipe, packed with more than 100 illustrations and 16 pages of full-color photos, also includes naturally healthy recipes tweaked to be even lighter and healthier, like gazpacho, poached salmon, stir-fry chicken, grilled tuna burgers, and pan-roasted asparagus. And the healthy techniques you?ll learn, including using milk and cornstarch instead of cream and butter to make a simple pan sauce (trust us, it really works), or reserving the good olive oil to lightly drizzle on your pasta before serving (when you use less and get the most flavor), will last over a lifetime of healthy cooking.

The Best Light Recipe also features objective equipment ratings and ingredient tastings, from the best muffin tin and Dutch oven to the best soy sauce and chicken broth, as well as illustrated tips and techniques, from slicing flank steak for stir fries, to creating the best deep-fried crust without actually frying. In short, it is your essential guide to lighter, great-tasting recipes that deliver every time.

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