by Susie Fishbein
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This sixth volume in Susie Fishbein's celebrated Kosher by Design cookbook series was crafted with your good health in mind! Kosher by Design Lightens Up is a gorgeous culinary guide, bursting with easy-to-do ideas for eating and feeling better. This cookbook teaches healthy cooking and food combining techniques, with special commentary by certified nutritional expert Bonnie Taub-Dix, spokesperson for the American Dietetic Assn.
Susie says, These nutritious recipes are easy to integrate into your everyday menus. Anyone looking to migrate into a better way of eating and living will find delicious options here.
Featuring:
· Over 145 brand new recipes
· Over 160 full color photos
· Over 320 pages
· Creative entertaining ideas, including oil olive tasting, a party spritzer station and more!
· Simple, healthy approaches to: cooking oils, sweeteners, whole grains, superfoods, smarter shopping, and more efficient kitchen gadgets.
· Comprehensive cross-reference index
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
AWESOME COOK BOOK!, 2008-11-21
I'm a HUGE fan of Susie Fishbein's - I've had this ordered since beginning of September. This book is amazing first of all because of the beautiful pictures (I'm into those kind of things, some of you might not.) And because of the originality of the recipes. Susie will take something classic like deli rolls and make it into a whole gourmet new food by adding sweet potato to it.
This cookbook and her short on time one are definitely my favorites!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
She definitely knows her audience, 2008-11-21
This is my sixth Susie Fishbein cookbook. If that doesn't attest to the quality of her recipes, layouts, ideas, advice, and book quality, I don't know what else would.
Kosher chefs spend more time in the kitchen preparing elaborate family meals than your average American. Combine that with the constraints of finding quality kosher ingredients, the time limitations in that most of us lead busy lives today, the fact that you still want to provide eye-catching, yet delicious meals when entertaining guests, AND the fact that you want to provide a more healthy lifestyle for your family....well, that's a pretty big expectation to live up and Susie Fishbein delivers.
I was afraid that I was going to receive a cookbook full of salads and pictures of measly portions of sad-looking tofu. But Fishbein has taken managed to keep sight of her heimishe audience by providing savory recipes with fish, chicken, and beef dressed up with gourmet flavors in a healthy preparation. As it true with most of Fishbein's books, you'll find recipes for foods not often found at your neighborhood shabbos tables (polenta pie, miso or udon soup, or vietnamese summer rolls) but she provides plenty of helpful tips on where to find these more exotic ingredients with kosher supervision. Meanwhile, you'll still find pot roast, london broil, roast turkey, stir fry, lasagna, and dessert -- for those of your eaters who are wary of foreign or healthy foods.
I will warn you that many of her recipes are more elaborate, often with a dozen or so ingredients. But between this book and my Kosher by Design Short of Time cookbook, I've been able to find a nice balance and make a menu where the dishes are healthy, delicious, and not going to kill me right before shabbos.
Moreover, the book begins with a very helpful section on health food buzzwords (organic, GMOS, free-range), unhealthy ingredients to watch out for when reading the labels in the grocery store, and a brief understanding on some of the chemicals used in processing food. There is a brief page on kashrus for those unfamiliar with the practice (which makes me believe that this cookbook is being marketed beyond the frum world), review on the different types of flour, grains, sugars, and oils available, and best of all, there are cute little ingenious tips on how to reduce your caloric intake and small steps on how to change your lifestyle slowly to a more healthy one.
I love this cookbook and know that I'll integrate it among my favorites.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Fantastic recipes that your family will eat, 2008-11-20
When Kosher By Design Lightens Up by Susie Fishbein was delivered, I don't know who was more excited - me or Carl. We both enjoyed looking through it. The first few pages of the book explain how to keep a kosher kitchen and make healthy choices in your eating habits. There is a section with definitions and explanations of flours, sugars, oils, etc. The section on entertaining has some great ideas.
The reason you buy a cookbook is for the recipes, though, and this one has some great ones. I cooked the Cabbage Soup this weekend and the recipe is simple and easy to follow. The soup was delicious! There's a picture with every recipe, and the recipes use ingredients that are easy to find. The directions are clear and concise. The recipes in this book are for food that your family will eat - things like Italian Pot Roast, Enchiladas, Salmon Burgers, and Blueberry Pancakes just to name a few. There is an emphasis on making the dishes healthier. There are a lot of recipes that I want to try like the Greek Frittata Ring, Multigrain Pasta with Roasted Red Pepper Pesto and Frozen Pumpkin Pie.
You can see some sample pages here. It's not necessary to be Jewish (I'm not) or keep a kosher kitchen (I don't) to enjoy this beautiful book. This is a great cookbook for beginners and pros alike.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Susie Fishbein Lightens Up Deliciously!, 2008-11-17
In the latest Kosher By Design cookbook, "Kosher By Design Lightens Up", Susie Fishbein guides the cook with more health concious recipes. Her goal is to make the reader more aware and knowledgeable to eat healthier. Though Susie says she is not into numbers or nutritional analysis, I do think when you write a lighten up cookbook calories counts and nutritional info. should be included (but I think this should be with every cookbook) hence the one star deduction.
The book includes over 145 recipes and 175 full color mouth watering photos. Recipes include: Baklava Bites, Faux Potao Kugel, Huevos Rancheros, Spinach Panko Crusted Trout, Italian Pot Roast, Confetti Chicken, Coconut-Lime Tart and many more. Recipes are not difficult to make and use easy to find ingredients.
Susie also includes sections on Supermarket Savvy (what to avoid at the grocery store), information on grains, flour, oils and more. A lot of great information in these pages.
Oversized 8.5 x 9.5 hardcover book is 336 pages, beautifully designed to open flat for ease of use when making a recipe.
I am not one to own a lot of cookbooks, but this one is a definite, delicious keeper.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Huge Kosher By Design Fan, 2008-11-16
As soon as I heard that a new Kosher By Design cookbook was coming out I quickly went online and preordered it! I knew that it would be as fabulous as the other ones were.
Being a working mom with four kids I really don't stop my busy life for much......but as soon as my new cookbook was delivered I dropped everything and sat on the couch and took in the beautiful pictures and the unique recipes. One thing I know for sure from all of my previous KBD cookbooks is that the recipes are pretested many times and won't "flop" on you.
I have gotten nothing but rave reviews from the recipes that I have tried so far! I love the fact that they are "lighter" and kid friendly at the same time. Thank you Susie for making us all look like we spent days in the kitchen preparing! The best part is that you will all be amazed at the gourmet taste coming out of our everyday kitchens!
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