Health & Fitness

Who can resist homemade baking? Add little candy in the batter or dough, the result is actually twice as good! Can anyone resist such delicacies as chocolate balls with nutella, mousse cheesecake, candy panna cotta, a marshmallow tart, or candy ice cream with tutti frutti taste? Of course not. Do you fancy treating family and friends to something extra delicious for afternoon tea, something that both the adults and children will love? Then Baking with Candy is the perfect book for you! Filled with beautiful full-color photographs throughout and more than forty quick and easy-to-make recipes, this sugary book will cater to anyone's sweet tooth.

No-fail, no-fuss foil dinners: tasty meals-inside or outside-with none of the cleanup! Impress your family and friends like never before with easy-to-make, delicious tin foil meals. This book has everything you need to create unforgettable dishes for every meal of the day. Cook the tin foil meals on your grill or on hot coals, or simply bake them in your oven for that camping flavor without the smoke and mess! Enjoy the following: Maple Bacon Rolls Stuffed Peppers Coconut Lime Halibut Rosemary Potatoes Pound Cake and Berries Packed with tips and tricks to make the best tin foil meals ever, this is the perfect guide for every family.

Do you love chocolate? You probably think you need to spend hours online, looking for authentic chocolate dessert and snack recipes. But you don't! People once ate chocolate mainly for its stimulatory properties. They believed that it increased energy and added more zest for life. Now, most people eat chocolate for that fix that nothing else can replace. Oh, and it tastes insanely good. People in North America eat around 12 pounds of chocolate each year. It even beats out other types of candy. It's used in desserts and it makes wonderful candies, too. About 70% of all chocolate consumed is eaten between typical meal times. Would you like to learn to integrate chocolate into your dessert recipes at home? If so, you've come to the right place. This cookbook has all kinds of chocolate ideas for you. The most important thing is using your taste buds when you buy chocolate to use in recipes. The higher the quality, the better your recipes will turn out. Select the best tasting, best-made chocolate and the desserts you create will perfectly hit the spot. The chocolate you use should have a creamy, smooth texture and almost melt in your mouth. Your friends will love to visit you and taste your sweet chocolate treats. Start learning how to create them today!

One of the world popular dishes belongs to Italian cuisine. Pasta has bewitched all the continents with its amazing flavor. But what are those essential ingredients? Italian secrets were disclosed. We want to share them with you. That is not enough to know some pasta recipes. Discover the important facts about pasta - its history, types, ways of preparation and other useful things. After all these start making homemade pasta. Let it become favorite dish for any meal time. Homemade pasta, actually, is really easy in cooking. Provide yourself with the best pasta recipes, required ingredients, a little bit of time and do not forget about the desire. Learn how to combine handmade pasta with other dishes, how to make different shapes to amuse you beloved children. Make any soup's flavor better with the homemade noodles. Nothing can be better than the unforgettable taste of pasta based dish cooked with the thoughts about loved people. Use easy pasta recipes for wholesome breakfasts quick lunches or even for family dinners. Let homemade pasta recipes make your day. Don't count calories, enjoy your life!

Delicious, nutritious . . . and vegan! For serious vegans or those interested in giving veganism a try, Good Housekeeping offers 85 scrumptious recipes incorporating plant-based proteins, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. From Mushroom-Quinoa Burgers to Three-Bean Sweet Potato Chili and Soba Noodles with Grilled Tofu, these delicious vegan breakfasts, main dishes, soups, and snacks make it so easy and yummy to eat dairy- and meat-free. Both longtime and newly dedicated vegans will enjoy these Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen-approved recipes, along with helpful information on how to shop for vegan foods. Recipes include: Bulgur & Cashew-Stuffed Eggplant * Smoky Vegan Black Bean Soup * Creamy Vegan Linguine with Wild Mushrooms * Crispy Potatoes with Vegan Nacho Sauce * Grilled Asparagus and Shitake Tacos * Moroccan Couscous Stew * and much more!

A beginner's guide to canning and pickling with more than 80 simple, small-batch recipes from America's most trusted test kitchen. Making your own great-tasting canned goods is wonderfully easy . . . and a delicious pleasure, too. Good Housekeeping Canning and Preserving teaches you all the techniques you need to get started, such as preparing mason jars and canning equipment and how to form airtight seals. More than 80 recipes feature all-time favorites such as Freezer Strawberry Jam and Classic Dill Pickles, as well as Caramelized Onion and Bacon Jam, Blackberry Preserves, Blushing Apple Butter, Fig Chutney, and more. Plus, you get recipes to show off your creations-including Chutney-Glazed Pork Tenderloin; Spicy Tuna Sandwich with crunchy, pickled green beans; and Prosciutto-Melon Panini made with Cantaloupe Jam. Recipes include: Tomato-Black Pepper Jam * Jalape?o Pepper Jelly * Rhubarb Compote * Tangelo Marmalade* Pickled Cauliflower * Pickled Radishes * and much more!

You can not live without proper nutrition, and the digestive system aids in getting that nutrition into your body. Learn about healthy eating and the process of digestion with this great book.

You can't go wrong with a casserole dish! Casserole recipes make for the perfect meal to share with your loved ones. Using only few ingredients, you can now learn how to prepare delicious casseroles everyone will enjoy. Embrace the quick and easy lifestyle and see how easy it is to make healthy meals for your family and guests. The combination of ingredients and flavors will honor your culinary skills for sure! Grab this cookbook today and get ready to cook some amazing dishes.

Indulge your sweet tooth with to-die-for desserts! After appearing in Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, Relish, and more, Stephanie Brubaker is sharing her scrumptious treats with you in her first-ever cookbook. Each recipe is simple and fuss-free, but the end results will look like they took hours to make. Try the Triple Chocolate Fudge Brownies with Whipped Ganache Snickerdoodle Blondies Toasted Coconut Lime Cheesecake Bars Peanut Butter Cinnamon Blondies Brownie-Stuffed Krispie Treats with Salted Caramel Deceptively easy, these desserts are perfect for pleasing a crowd. Make them for a special occasion or any day of the week!

Boost Your Metabolism and Lose Weight Using the Revolutionary New Approach of Protein Pacing Supercharge your Metabolism You already know to eat more protein and less carbs. However, recent studies have shown how eating protein at specific intervals throughout the day will help you achieve a healthier, higher performing metabolism. With The Protein Pacing Diet, you don't limit calories or cut foods. Instead, you use the scientifically backed method to orchestrate a change in the way your body processes energy. By combining The Protein Pacing Diet with a regular exercise routine, you gain even greater benefits, including: Lose weight Gain lean muscle Burn fat Increase energy Regulate blood sugars Improve heart health Packed with 40 delicious, high-protein recipes as well as helpful tips, shopping lists and schedules, this book makes it easy for you to incorporate the protein pacing diet into your lifestyle.

From the Hudson Valley to the Niagara River, Upstate New York has a long and grand history of spirits and cocktails. Early colonists distilled rum, and pioneering settlers made whiskey. In the 1800s, a fanciful story of a tavern keeper and a "cock's tail" took root along the Niagara River, and the earliest definition of the "cocktail" appeared in a Hudson Valley paper. The area is home to its share of spirited times and liquid legends, and the recent surge in modern distilleries and cocktail bars only bolsters that tradition. Author Don Cazentre serves up these tales of Upstate New York along with more than fifty historic and modern cocktail recipes.

Amazon best-selling author, Diane Sharpe, serves up delicious nutrient-dense smoothies to help you easily rid your body and harmful toxins, feel re-energized and stay healthy. Everyday toxins from our food and environment threatens our existence and has resulted in an epidemic of adverse health effects—ranging from obesity to low energy levels, aches and pains, digestive upsets and more. But there is good news! Diane’s simple and structured smoothie detox program is designed to help you cleanse your body and restore your health. The Detox Smoothie Cleanse book takes readers to the next level with naturally delicious smoothies and insightful detox guidelines. Experience the simple yet powerful approach to optimum health!

Pasta and noodles are so ubiquitous and popular that many nations around the world claim them as their own invention. In fact, their origins are as murky as ever, a destination that Kantha Shelke sets out for in this fascinating history. Journeying across five continents and through distant lands, she takes readers on a delicious culinary adventure in order to learn more about one of the world’s most popular—and satisfying—foods. Shelke traces the evolution and examines the scientific qualities of this highly adaptable staple. From there she guides us from roadside noodle stalls in Singapore to an age-old traditional pasta company in Parma, Italy; from a state-of-the-art Japanese manufacturer to pasta makers in Brazil, Mexico, and United States. She then takes the quest into our homes, offering a bonanza of recipes from around the world suitable to casual and intrepid home-cooks alike. A toothsome look at the world’s comfort food, Pasta and Noodles reveals little known facts, tasty titbits, and cultural lore that will have you feeling satiated, indeed.

Lowering our cholesterol level is a good idea for most of us. High cholesterol puts us at risk for heart diseases, diabetes and strokes. And there's such an easy way to prevent that. This Low Cholesterol Cookbook has delicious recipes that are healthy and will lower your cholesterol level easily. Cholesterol is caused by the build-up of bad, saturated and trans fats in our blood. In addition, unprocessed sugars and salt can add to the problem and can raise our cholesterol level even higher. The recipes in this Low Cholesterol Cookbook use natural sweeteners and healthy fats. There is very little salt, but lots of flavor. You can enjoy your favorite recipes with a healthy twist. This Low Cholesterol Cookbook includes recipes using "power foods" that naturally lower your cholesterol: avocados, spinach and nuts. Two additional powerful cholesterol fighters are 80% or higher dark chocolate and red wine. You can eat well, enjoy a glass of wine, and fell healthier at the same time. When you incorporate healthy fats into your diet and reduce your intake of salt and processed sugars, you will lose weight easily. So, use the recipes in this cookbook for a healthier, better, more energic you.

"Aperitivo" or "Apero" is an integral part of Italian lifestyle-it is the daily ritual of meeting late afternoon or early evening for a cocktail and a few nibbles. As a renowned expert on food styling and entertaining, and currently restoring a castle in Tuscany, Annette Joseph is an experienced, authentic guide to la dolce vita of Italy. With chapters on twelve major cities along the Italian Riviera (including San Remo, Genova, Portofino, and Santa Margarita), each will feature unique cocktail recipes as well as regional appetizers traditionally served with cocktails, often as a beachside ritual. You'll also find sidebars offering detailed info about local distilleries, celebrity barmen, cultural idiosyncrasies of bar life, famous hotels, and much more. Recipes include: Limoncello Margarita Ice Cubes with Blood Orange Juice Aperol Spritz Shakerato Savory Mascarpone Ice Cream with Balsamic Roasted Grapes Orange Fennel Marinated with Pecorino Shavings Summery, beachy, and filled with beautiful photographs, Cocktail Italiano will excite readers who are drawn to the beauty and style of Italy, travel aficionados, cocktail lovers, photographers, and will offer the perfect inspiration to enjoy a bit of Italy at home (or, toss it in your bag and head to Milano!).

With roots in Native American, African and European cooking traditions, Brunswick stew developed in colonial- and Federal-era Virginia, when squirrel was a necessary ingredient. By the nineteenth century, the mouthwatering delicacy had become an important part of politicking, celebrating and family gatherings. At the same time, it spread beyond Virginia, following barbecue culture into the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, author, award-winning barbecue cook and Brunswick stew expert Joe Haynes entertains with barbecue stew history, legend and lore, complete with authentic recipes.

Amish Friendship. Come take a journey with us into the delights of easy cooking. The point of this cookbook and all our cookbooks is to exemplify the effortless nature of cooking simply. In this book we focus on Amish cooking. Amish Foods is a complete set of simple but very unique Amish recipes. You will find that even though the recipes are simple, the tastes are quite amazing. So will you join us in an adventure of simple cooking? Again remember these recipes are unique so be ready to try some new things. Also remember that the style of cooking used in this cookbook is effortless. So even though the recipes will be unique and great tasting, creating them will take minimal effort!

It turns out that garlic does more than keep away vampires! Garlic is a natural anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, antifungal, and antiparasitic agent. With benefits ranging from slowing collagen depletion and battling cancer cells to preventing hair loss and providing relief for a cold, garlic is a must-have for your kitchen and your everyday life. Millions of people are turning away from the harsh effects of modern solutions and back to the gentle but powerful benefits of nature's oldest remedies. In her 101 Amazing Uses series, Susan Branson, a holistic nutritional consultant, expertly outlines 101 incredible uses for everyday ingredients like garlic, apple cider vinegar, ginger, and coconut oil. Each book is divided into tabbed sections filled with a total of 101 easy-to-read, bite-size benefits for everything from health to beauty to household cleaning. Promote healthy skin, reduce stress, boost your metabolism, tenderize meat, and more with these simple, accessible, natural solutions!

In Tomatoes, Miriam Rubin gives this staple of southern gardens the passionate portrait it deserves, exploring the tomato's rich history in southern culture and inspiring home cooks to fully enjoy these summer fruits in all their glorious variety. Rubin, a prominent food writer and tomato connoisseur, provides fifty vibrant recipes as well as wisdom about how to choose tomatoes and which tomato is right for which dish. Tomatoes includes recipes that celebrate the down-home, inventive, and contemporary, such as Stand-over-the-Sink Tomato Sandwiches, Spiced Green Tomato Crumb Cake, Green Tomato and Pork Tenderloin Biscuit Pie, and Tomato and Golden Raisin Chutney. Rubin also offers useful cooking tips, lively lessons on history, cultivation, and preserving, and variations for year-round enjoyment of the tomato.

This cookbook features fetching retro patterns and illustrations, alongside luscious photography, and an e-booklet at the end rendered in a vintage-style. Blue-ribbon recipes inspired by baking pamphlets from the 1920s to the 1960s are rendered with irresistible charm for modern tastes in this ebook. Here are more than 50 cookies, pies, cakes, bars, and more, plus informative headnotes detailing the origins of each recipe and how they were tweaked into deliciousness. For home bakers, collectors of vintage cookbooks or kitchenware, this is a gem.