Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day: 250 Delicious Recipes Plus Techniques and Tips from the Culinary Institute of America (Weight Watchers)

Learn to cook like a pro, from the pros!

Team up with Weight Watchers, the foremost authority on weight loss, and the chefs from The Culinary Institute of America, the country’s premier cooking school, to make flavorful, imaginative–and healthy–dishes with ease.

Learn how to be creative without being complicated when you sample the more than 250 enticing recipes collected here. Roasted Vegetable Lasagne, Thai Beef Salad, Spicy Chicken-Peanut Dumplings, and Almost-Fudge Truffles–these and dozens of other delectable dishes are offered up by leading chefs intent on bringing out the full natural flavors of food. In addition to delicious and healthy recipes, you’ll also discover chefs’ tips and secrets for great food, step-by-step illustrations of cooking techniques, and advice on the art of plating food. Complete with Weight Watchers POINTS® information, full nutrition information, and 30 color photos showcasing finished dishes, this is a book everyone who appreciates great food will want to own.

Enjoy Delectable Dishes:

Simple but Special

Clams Steamed in Beer

Lentil, Olive, and Orange Salad

Lamb Shish Kebab

Favorites with Pizzazz

Pizza with Wild Mushrooms and Goat Cheese

Bolivian Beef Stew

Lemon-Ginger Grilled Chicken

Fresh Ideas

Whiskey-Glazed Smoked Turkey Breast with Orange Herb Conserve

Seared Salmon with Moroccan Spice Crust

Berry Coulis

The complete how-to cookbook for losing weight without losing great taste

Weight Watchers has teamed up with The Culinary Institute of America– the country’ s premier cooking school– to create this irresistible collection of recipes for fresh, creative dishes that are packed with flavor, not calories. Accompanied by more than 60 tantalizing color photographs, the 250 accessible recipes offer delicious options for every part of the menu, from a satisfying Penne with Creamy Garlic-Parmesan Sauce entré e to a simple-but-spectacular Berry Napoleon dessert. Every recipe includes nutritional information and POINTS® values from the Weight Watchers Winning Points® Weight Loss Plan, making it easy to maintain a healthy diet. Throughout, the chefs of The Culinary Institute of America share expert tips on shopping and meal preparation, including clever techniques like dry-searing meats, working pizza dough, and more.

Weight Watchers is America’ s most trusted weight-loss program More than 25 million people have lost weight with Weight Watchers, and over one million people a week attend Weight Watchers meetings throughout the world.

Content: More than 250 recipes illustrate the best of healthful cooking, proving that gourmet cooking can be good for you.Chefs from The CIA also provide great tips and techniques to take your cooking to new heights of excellence. Step-by step techniques with color photosmake it easy to learn culinary techniques, such as working with pizza dough and dry sautéingClever tips and techniques throughout from the chefs at The CIA provide assistance and enhance kitchen efficiencyMore than 250 recipes bring gourmet cooking into readers' homes every night66full-color photosEvery recipe has POINTS information, plus complete nutrition information

Chapter 1: Healthy Eating in the Twenty-first Century.

Chapter 2: Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres.

Chapter 3: Salads.

Chapter 4: Soups.

Chapter 5: Pizzas, Sandwiches, and Wraps.

Chapter 6: Pasta.

Chapter 7: Fish.

Chapter 8: Shellfish.

Chapter 9: Poultry.

Chapter 10: Meat and Game.

Chapter 11: Grains.

Chapter 12: Eggs, Beans, and Tofu.

Chapter 13: Vegetables.

Chapter 14: Fruits.

Chapter 15: Breads.

Chapter 16: Desserts.

Index.