This title features 180 delicious recipes for healthy soups, salads, main courses and desserts, shown in over 750 photographs. It features tempting soups, appetizers, snacks, salads, main courses, accompaniments and surprisingly delicious desserts and bakes. It includes virtually fat-free versions of classics such as vegetarian moussaka, pizza, frittata, curries and stews, as well as enticing new ideas such as Spiced Mango Soup with Yogurt; Garlicky Green Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette; Leek, Squash and Tomato Gratin; Tofu and Vegetable Thai Curry; and Summer Berry Crepes. It offers expert advice on healthy eating with guidelines for cutting out the fat while retaining all the taste, with low-fat and no-fat cooking techniques and tips throughout. Packed with a fantastic range of delicious yet healthy vegetarian recipes, this essential cookbook is perfect for today's health-conscious lifestyles. There are over 180 recipes for soups, appetizers and snacks, side dishes, salads, light lunches and main courses, as well as enticing low-fat or no-fat breads, cakes and desserts.Dishes include Vegetable Kebabs with Mustard and Honey, Fresh Ravioli with Pumpkin, Ratatouille Pancakes, Vegetable Moussaka, Balti Stir-fried Vegetables with Cashews, Tropical Coconut Sorbet, and Chocolate and Banana Brownies. The book is the perfect kitchen companion for everyone who cares about their health and diet.

This lavishly illustrated volume is the ultimate guide to soup-making , with recipe ideas from all around the world. A mixture of classics and exciting new soups, there is something for every taste, diet and occasion, from hearty one-pot meals to elegant dinner parties. The soups are divided into chapters: chilled; light and refreshing; hot and spicy; creamy vegetable; chunky vegetable; winter warming; legume; pasta; noodle; tofu; chicken and duck; meat; fish; shellfish; egg and cheese; one-pot meals; and soups for entertaining. Soups from international cuisines include Avgolemono, Bouillabaisse, Gazpacho, Scotch Broth and Malaysian Shrimp Laksa.

The best cooks know a whole host of hacks, tricks and tips that make life in the kitchen so much easier, and you will find them in How to Dice an Onion. Revealed are hundreds of fail-safe ways to improve your chef skills, covering everything from refining your chopping techniques to preparing flavour-packed stocks, and halving the time it takes to peel a clove of garlic. Easy to dip in and out of, it’s a must-have companion for foodies and offers assistance in all aspects of cookery. So whether you want to know how to save a sauce that’s splitting, the quickest way to peel a tomato, how to identify the freshest fish, or space-saving ways to organise your kitchen cupboards, you’ll find answers to these and many more questions inside.

This title includes 190 wonderful recipes for soups that will inspire the emotions, excite the taste buds, warm the body and comfort the soul. It is a tempting collection of delicious soups, broths, chowders, bisques, consommes and gumbos. It is superbly illustrated with over 730 photographs. It includes a complete guide to ingredients, and step-by-step instructions for making your own stocks and creative garnishes. It features dishes from all over the world, including Hungarian Cherry Soup, Moroccan Harira, Louisiana Seafood Gumbo and Thai Fish Broth. Chapters include light and refreshing soups, smooth vegetable soups, chunky vegetable soups, legume soups, pasta and noodle soups, chicken and duck soups, meat soups, fish soups and shellfish soups. It offers complete nutritional information for every recipe. This lavishly illustrated volume is a fantastic showcase of soup recipes, offering truly mouthwatering ideas. The book opens with guide to essential soup ingredients, then presents a superb collection of soups from each corner of the world, for every taste, season and occasion. There are soups from the finest cuisines - sumptuous Avgolemono and Seafood Chowder from the Mediterranean, Mexican-style Tortilla Tomato Soup and Thai classics such as Cellophane Noodle Soup. The book contains wonderful versions of all the classic soups, soups for everyday eating and family meals, and a whole range of innovative new recipes to try.

Bread is a staple part of our diet in the West, yet all too often we rely on processed, packaged loaves that are low in nutrients and uniform in taste. Bread brings the excitement back to bread. The emphasis is on the pleasures of daily home-baking, whether you own a bread machine or mix your dough by hand. An authoritative introduction sets out the basics of bread making, from the equipment and ingredients you will need to the techniques necessary to achieve perfect results every time. The chapters that follow present a collection of more than 100 superb recipes for breads of all kinds - including everyday rolls and loaves, exotic flat breads, mouthwatering teabreads and bakes, rustic Mediterranean-style breads, and festive loaves for special occasions. Also featured is a number of gluten-free breads for those on a restricted diet, and a selection of recipes specially developed for use in breadmachines. Whether you are an experienced baker or a complete novice, Bread will revolutionise your morning toast, your lunchtime sandwich and your evening meal.

From baguettes to breakfast rolls and flatbreads to fruit loaves, discover how to get perfect results from your bread machine every time. Packed with more than 100 tried-and-tested recipes" from the simple to the festive" this cookbook was developed specifically to explore the surprising range of your bread machine. Featuring an extensive overview of essential information on key equipment, ingredients and techniques you will get all the knowledge you need to use your bread machine with complete confidence. All the recipes are clear and easy to follow, with preparation and baking times highlighted for each so you know how much time you'll be spending in the kitchen. You'll also find a delicious range of gluten-free recipes developed especially for those on a restricted diet - so no one has to miss out on the baked treats you can whip up in your bread machine.