Nitty Gritty Cookbooks – serie

Barbara Karoff uses everyone's favourite pan to prepare an endless variety of dishes. Find entrees, desserts, salads, side dishes and breads. A bonus: how to adapt your favourite recipes to fit the 9x13 pan.

Realise the full potential of your juice extractor. 140 new recipes for drinks and punches; appetisers and soups; sauces, glazes and jellies; salads and dressings; cold and fruity desserts; baked goods; entrees and side dishes. Recipes for juice, recipes that use juices, and recipes that use the pulp left over from juicing. Also: juice, yields and growing seasons for produce; calorie, vitamin and mineral content; and nature's pharmacy -- juice for what ails you.

A 30-year best-seller, "Extra Special Crockery Pot Recipes" now includes current products and new thinking about nutrition. The 120 recipes in this collection have international flair and include unusual items you can make in a slow cooker, such as cakes and jams.

This book features 120 'fast and delicious' recipes for appetisers, breakfast and brunch, lunch and dinner entrees, side dishes and desserts. Includes: pates, lunch meats, molded salads and other cold loaves, Poultry and seafood loaves; Meat loaves, including beef, sausage, lamb, pork and ham; Loaves with vegetables, pastas and grains; Loaves of bread, quick yeasted, savoury and sweet; Dessert loaves including bread pudding, cakes, tortes and mousses; Tips about loaf pans: variety and use.

You will love this special book of recipes designed to prepare in porcelain casseroles, quiche dishes, souffle cups and other favourites. This book features innovative recipes for tasty and easy side dishes such as quiches, rice and grain recipes, gratin's and vegetables; entrees of every kind; baked soups; special sauces and butters; and luscious desserts including flans, tarts and puddings.

Contents: All About Chiles; How hot is the chile?; Handling hot chiles; Buying and storage of fresh chiles; Fresh chiles; Dried chiles; The chile pantry; Chile sources; What to drink with spicy chile dishes; Basic preparation techniques; Cooking poultry dishes with chiles; Cooking seafood dishes with chiles; Cooking meat dishes with chiles; Cooking meatless entrees with chiles; Cooking side dishes with chiles; Cooking small dishes with chiles; Salsas, sauces and specialities.

Use versatile, economical and popular chicken in appetisers, soups, salads and entrees. Basic buying, storing and cooking directions are included.

Dough recipes appear in 15 creative varieties, along with 15 innovative toppings to mix and match. Master the art of making pizza dough, shaping crusts and using specialised pizza-making equipment. This work is perfect for the bread machine.

Creat fabulous desserts for every occasion: Creative cakes and cheesecakes; Quick and easy desserts and family favourites; Fresh pie and tarts; Special dessert sauces and garnishes; Classic and innovative chocolate selections; Desserts to give as gifts with wrapping suggestions; Holiday and special occasion desserts; Dozens of cookies and bars; Step-by-step instructions and truly helpful hints.

Create whole meals using staples already on hand in the kitchen. Hobday offers tips for entertaining, shortcuts for favourite dishes, and a dazzling array of variations for when there's not enough time to cook from scratch.

For many of us, the quest for the perfect bottled salad dressing goes unrewarded. Unfortunately, bottled dressings never seem to capture the taste and freshness of the dressings prepared in fine restaurants. This book will end your search. You will find new and interesting salad dressing recipes as well as tasty versions of the classics. The recipes are easy enough to whip up after a long day, yet worthy of serving at your finest dinner parties.

End the confusion about cooking grains and learn to use grains in more than 100 delicious recipes.

Feeling the pinch of time? Create fresh, flavorful meals in 30 minutes with this latest addition to the nitty gritty® cookbooks series. Follow the author's basic principles: everything in place before you begin; foods cut into small pieces for faster cooking; and finally, using ingredients that are packaged for convenience. Sandra Rudloff takes care to make instructions short and simple. But the finished product tastes like it took all day!

For nearly 40 years, the slow cooker has topped the popularity charts for kitchen appliances. Need recipes with variety? This new edition of Slow Cooking has it all. Tempting hot appetizers and beverages for entertaining. Mouth-watering meat, poultry and vegetarian dishes. Scrumptious desserts. Easy sauces, chutneys, and cereals. Perfect soups and stews.

Bristol author Joanna White present a new fondue and hot dip collection to meet the demand for this endlessly popular serving style. Fondue pots offer a simple, but always delicious, casual approach to entertaining and family eating, and this book will give you a vast variety of ways to keep yours filled with creamy cheese fondues, both lean and hearty hot dips, luscious sweet dips and every manner of warm concoctions "dip-able".

Perennial best-selling author Joanna White assembles her all-time favourite barbecue recipes. Chicken, salmon, steak, and vegetables -- it's all here! This new 'nitty gritty' cookbook will be an essential item when barbecue season comes around.

Sauté with your skillet! For fast food that's delicious, quick to prepare and good for you, get out your skillet and use it to sauté wonderful meals. Sautéing is one of the fundamental ways of cooking food the world over, and The Sensational Skillet combines essential recipes, modern alternatives, and just plain good advice about this must-know cooking method.

There are many reasons why we love casseroles. They are easy to make; can be made in advance and refrigerated; are perfect for leftovers; and are very economical. This revised edition contains old favourite recipes, new ideas, international fare, and lots of ways to cut the fat and calories. The introduction includes tips on containers, garnishes, storage, and reducing fat. Special sections on easy soup-based recipes and casseroles-to-go provide ideas for cooks in a hurry.

Not every food is suitable for cooking in advance and freezing, but many are; and The Cook-Ahead Cookbook tells you which ones. The author tells you the important details of how to prepare, package, freeze, defrost and reheat foods. Recipes include appetizers, chicken, beef, pork, lamb, sausage and veal dishes—a tremendous variety of wholesome main courses.

This extensively revised edition has more healthy recipes than ever, more tips and advice on cooking with pasta, more extra-quick recipes for meals in minutes, more suggestions for wines to accompany your meal: in fact, it is better than ever. Features: 100+ recipes; a section on extra-quick recipes; savoury appetisers and soups; innovative pasta salads; pasta with fresh vegetables; pasta with seafood; pasta with poultry and meat; baked pasta dishes; all about ingredients; special section on making your own pasta.

Blenders are a great way to make drinks that are healthy, nutritious and delicious. Best-selling nitty gritty author Joanna White tells you how to make healthy energy-giving shakes with soy and protein powders and smoothies with fresh fruit, plus lots of recipes for sweet dessert drinks, espresso-based drinks, newly-popular chai tea recipes and alcoholic blender drinks.

This new revised collection of recipes for your deep fryer emphasizes how you can combine healthy and delicious—in moderation—and enjoy both delicacies and indulgences from your versatile deep-fryer. Make your own fish-and-chips, crab cakes, chicken Kiev, apple fritters, deep-fried ice cream, and many others: this is the definitive book on deep frying.

The Little Burger Bible, by Zella Eppinger redefines and revitalizes America s favorite food. The author brings the burger up-to-date with a collection of new and exciting recipes for the next century. From traditional and regional, to light and healthy, this book expands horizons and redefines the burger as we know it. Americans eat over 14 billion burgers every year. That statistic is staggering, but even more staggering is the fact that this is based on beef burgers alone. Over the years, the hamburger , adapted from a recipe developed in Hamburg, Germany, has become affectionately known as the 'burger'. The name 'Burger' is shorter, cuter and more importantly, has come to encompass this rapidly evolving food. While hamburger has traditionally meant a beef-based sandwich, 'burger' can mean chicken, turkey, tofu, grains and vegetables, even pork, fish or lamb. The Little Burger Bible is filled with recipes for new and exciting burgers, sauces, side dishes, buns and even safe cooking tips and techniques. Whether you use an outdoor grill, an indoor grill or a skillet, this book will shake up the way you cook burgers.

Edible pockets are a wonderful way to enclose food – for appetizers, breakfasts, lunches, picnics, casual suppers and desserts. Edible Pockets for Every Meal has been a nitty gritty® best-seller since 1994, bringing together a huge collection of edible pocket recipes from around the world. Whether called dumplings, turnovers, pasties, calzones, empanadas, piroshki, boreks, quesadillas, knishes, pot stickers or samosas, edible pockets are universal. This newly revised and updated cookbook has lots of recipes for savory fillings made from poultry, meat, seafood, cheese, vegetables and herbs; sweet fillings made with fruit, nuts, chocolate and cream cheese; ready-made wrappers and wrappers made from yeast and pastry dough. There is also extensive information about ingredients, food pairing suggestions and equipment – even a section on leftovers.

Everybody loves ice cream, and when you make it at home, you know you're getting the best ice cream, made with the freshest, most delicious ingredients possible. Ice cream makers are convenient, versatile and lots of fun. With this book you can prepare spectacular desserts easily and often. Coleen and Bob Simmons have revised their best-selling title for this new nitty gritty® edition of From Your Ice Cream Maker with updated information, new recipes and lots of old favorites for all modern ice cream makers.

The book offers the latest word on coffee and a revised and expanded section on teas. Coffee enthusiasts will enjoy reading about the history, production, proper stroage and preparation of this well-loved beverage. The bestselling authors have extended the section on teas to include history, production, proper brewing, tea beverages and foods that go well with tea.

This book transforms a good cook into a GREAT cook! Each recipe contains well-organised suggestions for how to vary ingredients to suit your taste -- and what's in your fridge. Learn to change just one or two items in recipes and create your own signature dishes: you'll gain confidence in your cooking skills. Use this expert cook's recipes as they are written, or try her suggestions for varying the ingredients.

Take control of the food at your wedding, and with it you'll take control of the cost, quality, and beauty of presentation of a vitally important part of your special day. This unique and totally new book, written by an experienced cookbook author and professional caterer, is the perfect aid to catering your own wedding. From calculating quantities of food and drink, to detailed tips on preparation and presentation, this book covers everything. Take the worry out of your wedding, with The Wedding Catering Cookbook! Of course, this book is also very suitable for catering other large parties and celebrations.

In this new Best 50 title, experienced author Dona Meilach gives you recipes for all kinds of puddings and soufflés. From sweet to savory, traditional to modern and healthy; with bread pudding, potato, rice, noodle, fruit, and vegetables – you'll never need another pudding or souffle recipe! Soufflés have an undeserved reputation for being difficult to make. Puddings and Soufflés are very similar, except that in a soufflé you fold in the beaten egg white. You can cook them in deep or flat dishes, as savory main courses, side dishes or desserts.