Books about Entrees from Amazon.com

Are you pressed for time, too tired to cook just for yourself, or simply looking for something beyond a microwaved frozen meal or take-out food loaded with fat, salt, and preservatives? Busy people want a real oven-baked dinner without all the fuss (not to mention the leftovers!).

The solution? The trusty toaster oven—which is designed to bake, roast, toast, and broil small portions of food both efficiently and economically. This amazing cookbook will show time-pressed cooks how to prepare delicious, healthy meals quickly and easily, while opening their eyes to the wide range of dishes that are possible with this often underutilized appliance. Pop It in the Toaster Oven will inspire any bored eater to break out of the toast function with recipes such as Buttermilk Pancakes, Minted Lamb Chops, Ginger Miso Calamari, Spicy Beef Fajitas, and Pear Praline Pie. With special tips on choosing the best toaster oven and the proper cookware to use, Pop It in the Toaster Oven will help readers to rediscover this wonderfully convenient appliance..
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At last! Terrific, healthy tofu dishes that don’t look or taste like tofu!

Experts increasingly tout the benefits of soy in a healthy diet, and soy consumption in the U.S. has more than doubled since 1999. Natural foods expert Maribeth Abrams shows even the most skeptical cooks how tofu can be used creatively in great-tasting recipes for everything from Corn Chowder to Hot Fiesta Dip to Chocolate Cream Pie. This book features 125 cholesterol-free recipes and 16 color photos, plus tofu tips, cooking methods, nutrition information, and more. It demystifies tofu for mainstream home cooks with simple, healthy recipes that turn tofu-phobes into tofu-fans!.
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Fast Entrées by Hugh Carpenter and Teri Sandison

In the third installment of their Fast series, Hugh Carpenter and Teri Sandison have taken up that perennial challenge—how to develop a repertoire of quick work-night dinners. At the end of a long day, few of us have time to pore over long, complicated recipes. Hugh and Teri offer the perfect antidote—recipes with short ingredient lists and concise instructions that don't sacrifice flavor in the pursuit of efficiency. Drawing on culinary influences from around the globe, FAST ENTRÉES features mouthwatering recipes for fish, shellfish, poultry, pork, beef, pasta, and wraps. Indulge yourself with Roast Salmon with Thai Coconut Sauce, Spicy Mussels with Roasted Red Peppers, Chicken with Herb-Mustard Marinade, Pasta with Orange and Toasted Sesame Seeds, or Spicy Beef Chili in Pita Bread. With such an array of flavors to choose from, FAST ENTRÉES will equip you with meals tailored to the seasons and your tastes, all brought to the table in the flash of a pan..
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Savory crab cakes, panfried to a crisp golden brown. Succulent sea bass roasted on a bed of fennel. Tender lobster meat cloaked in drawn butter. When it comes to fish and shellfish, there is no end to the variety of dishes both flavorful and quick-cooking that can grace your table.

In the pages of William-Sonoma Collection Seafood, you'll find more than 40 recipes for innovative appetizers and entrées as well as updated renditions of all the time-honored classics, from aromatic mussels marinière to hearty seafood paella. Whether you want to whip up a simple supper of Cajun-spiced catfish served with greens or present an elegant dish of lobster risotto drizzled with white truffle oil to hungry guests, here are ideas to suit every occasion.

The recipes are accompanied with colorful photos and helpful sidebars on ingredients and cooking techniques, making each dish easy to envision and simple to prepare. A glossary and basics section round out everything you need to know to handle seafood with success, from skinning fillets and removing pin bones to testing for doneness. An essential addition to the kitchen bookshelf, Seafood will inspire the busy cook to prepare and enjoy a healthful and delicious fish or shellfish dish on any night of the week.

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Delicious dinner solutions with four ingredients from Betty Crocker and helpful tips for today's busy lifestyle!

This book is full of great dinner ideas that have four-or less-ingredients, making the question, "Is dinner ready?" one that you can answer, "Yes!" Four-ingredient recipes make everyday dinners easy and fast, from shopping to preparation. You'll find 150 taste-tempting, timesaving, easy-to-prepare recipes geared for today's busy lifestyle right here.

• Skillet meals can't be beat on busy nights-try Mediterranean Skillet Chicken or Pork with Caramelized Onions.
• Looking for a simple casserole? Try Microwave Ravioli Casserole or Mustard Lamb Chops.
• Serve these delectable dinners with tasty sides, like Stir-fried Green Beans and Pepper or Parsley Potatoes.
• Finish dinner with delectable desserts, such as Frozen Chocolate Mousse or Pears with Raspberry Sauce.

Solve the what's-for-dinner dilemma with super ideas from Betty Crocker to keep you and your family cooking-and enjoying-dinner together..
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Life at the table in the sunbaked communities surrounding the Mediterranean has as much to do with feeding the heart and soul as the stomach Look into a crowded tapas bar or a rustic outdoor taverna, and you'll find people gathered together to share good conversation along with steaming bowls of pasta, tiny deep-fried fish, roasted sweet vegetables, and spicy pizzas. In this completely revised edition of FROM TAPAS TO MEZE, award-winning chef, cookbook author, and teacher Joanne Weir presents 160 recipes for Mediterranean first courses: the tapas of Spain; Southern France's hors d'oeuvres and entrées; Italy's antipasti and primi piatti; the meze of Greece, Turkey, and the Middle East; and North Africa's mukabalatt. Featuring authentic recipes cajoled from the region's finest home cooks and restaurant chefs, this flavorful collection of small plates brings out the best of the Mediterranean's extraordinary bounty..
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Puff pastry is the royalty of pastries—crisp, flaky, and especially light, it literally rises to any occasion And although preparing homemade puff pastry is a labor-intensive process, Puff Pastry Perfection shows that a package of frozen puff pastry sheets makes the magnificence of puff pastry accessible to home cooks everywhere.
Puff Pastry Perfection has eliminated the guesswork. At a cost of less than four dollars, one 17.3-ounce package from a grocer's freezer section delivers two perfect puff pastry sheets, prerolled and ready to use in recipes ranging from the first course to the last.
Oh, the enchanting creations that await! Frozen puff pastry can be used to quickly and easily render classics such as napoleons, cream puffs, strudels, turnovers, palmiers, mille-feuille, and French tarts. It can be twisted into appetizer sticks, cut into tartlet shapes, used as a quick pie or quiche crust, folded over savory appetizer fillings, molded over casserole fillings to create one-step pot pie "lids," or rolled and sliced into elegant, but oh-so-easy recipes.
Puff Pastry Perfection is more than just another collection of baked goods. It is a burst of extraordinary flavors that surprise and delight, along with foolproof instructions to make home cooks into baking heroes.
The result? How about portobello napoleons, wasabi shrimp puffs, dried cherry and almond baked brie, or spicy cumin cheese straws for starters? For supper consider chile relleno quiche, puff pastry po' boys, pizza bianco with prosciutto, arugula and parmesan or chipotle and cheese beef pot pie. Next, the sweets: miniatures such as ginger-lime sugar twists, southern pecan crisps, fresh mango napoleons, and puff pastry cinnamon rolls, all perfect for teatime or an anytime nibble. And finally the grand desserts: from lemon-blackberry cobbler to chocolate-walnut strudel to caramel apple dumplings, there's a sweet treat for every taste and occasion..
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Healthful, practical, and economical, soup as a main course is a natural for the way people eat today. In Soup Suppers, Arthur Schwartz provides everything you need to know to turn a simple soup into a sensational meal.

His chapters are conveniently organized by main ingredient and feature recipes that offer something for everyone. Here are new recipes for soups from around the world as well as favorites from just around the block, all made equally accessible to American cooks and their kitchens. Here you will find everything from simple, homey dishes like Chicken Gumbo, Fresh Tomato Soup, and Chili con Carne to such adventuresome departures from the everyday as Porcini, Potato, and Barley Soup; Thai Shrimp Soup; and Moroccan Harira with Chick-peas.

In addition to the soups themselves, Arthur Schwartz provides recipes for accompaniments--breads, salads, appetizers, and desserts--that make his already hearty soups complete meals. Bruschetta, Popovers, and Walnut Onion Muffins are easy to prepare and delicious on the side of a soup, as are healthy recipes for Celery and Parmesan Salad, Marinated Mushrooms, and String Beans with Garlic and Sesame Oil. There is no better way to end a meal than with Arthur Schwartz's recipes for desserts, including Oatmeal Lace Cookies, Blueberry Apple Crumble, and Swedish Almond Cake.

Presented in the relaxed and friendly manner for which Arthur Schwartz is known, Soup Suppers offers a versatile and satisfying, wholesome and hearty approach to home-cooked meals..
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Sophisticated and stylish vegetarian main course pose the greatest challenge for the busy cook seeking meatless meals. With that in mind, Jeanne Lemlin, the award-winning author of Quick Vegetarian Pleasures, has created 125 recipes for savory vegetarian entrees to suit all occasions. Delicious, healthful, and easy to prepare, the recipes in Main-Course Vegetarian Pleasures--Roasted Vegetables with Polenta, Risotto Primavera, Pumpkin and Corn Chowder, among many others--take vegetarian cooking into that magical realm where style and substance produce genuine pleasure..
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