Synopses & Reviews
The only cookbook anyone will ever need to get a healthy dinner on the table fast.
"This isn't the flashiest book on the shelf, but if you're a busy parent, it will likely be the one you use the most. Miller, a best-selling author, host of Food Network's Quick Fix Meals, and mother of two sons, knows what it's like to have to get a healthful, quick meal on the table in a matter of minutes and can help you accomplish the same." --San Antonio Express-News
"This fun assortment of Robin's best ideas makes it a cinch to serve healthy, memorable meals without spending all your time in the kitchen." --The Boomer Brief
It's 5:00 PM. Everyone's hungry. It's takeout or fakeout, meaning nuking a processed meal from the freezer. But there's a third option that doesn't include processed food or an unhealthy heap of calories and fat--Robin Takes 5.
Imagine quickly preparing delicious meals for yourself, your friends, and your family with just 5 fabulous ingredients. Does it get any better? Absolutely, with Robin Takes 5. The book features 500 recipes and each dish is a mouthwatering 500 calories or less. Two-color recipe text complements full-color photography inserts. In addition, helpful icons note ideal recipes for holidays and entertaining as well as recipes with less than 500 mg of sodium. That's not all--nutritional information is given for each recipe.
In Robin Takes 5 500 recipes highlight at least 10 different ethnic cuisines, and dishes range from soups, pizzas, and pastas, to chicken, beef, pork, seafood, side dishes, and desserts. Consider 70 recipes just for chicken, such as Cashew Crusted Chicken with Roasted Jalapeno-Mango Chutney, and 50 dessert recipes, such as Orange Marmalade Tart with Chocolate Covered Almonds. Consider yourself armed for mealtime. The next time the clock strikes 5:00 PM and you want both noshing and nourishment, check out Robin Takes 5.
Synopsis
It’s 5:00 PM. Everyone’s hungry. It’s take-out or fake-out, meaning nuking a processed meal from the freezer. Here’s a third option that doesn’t include heaps of calories and fat with Robin Takes 5. Imagine quickly preparing delicious meals for yourself, your friends and your family with just 5 fabulous ingredients. Even better? Every dish is mouth-wateringly 500 calories or less and most of them contain 500 mg or less of sodium. And with 500 recipes to choose from, there are 70 recipes for chicken like Cashew Crusted Chicken with Roasted Jalapeno-Mango Chutney, 70 recipes for pasta like Miso-Miron Soba Noodles with Cilantro, and 50 desserts like Orange Marmalade Tart with Chocolate Covered Almonds. Look no further for your nightly noshing because when Robin Takes 5, we all reap the rewards.
Synopsis
The only cookbook anyone will ever need to get a healthy dinner on the table fast.
"This isn't the flashiest book on the shelf, but if you're a busy parent, it will likely be the one you use the most. Miller, a best-selling author, host of Food Network's Quick Fix Meals, and mother of two sons, knows what it's like to have to get a healthful, quick meal on the table in a matter of minutes and can help you accomplish the same." --San Antonio Express-News
"This fun assortment of Robin's best ideas makes it a cinch to serve healthy, memorable meals without spending all your time in the kitchen." --The Boomer Brief
It's 5:00 PM. Everyone's hungry. It's takeout or fakeout, meaning nuking a processed meal from the freezer. But there's a third option that doesn't include processed food or an unhealthy heap of calories and fat--Robin Takes 5.
Imagine quickly preparing delicious meals for yourself, your friends, and your family with just 5 fabulous ingredients. Does it get any better? Absolutely, with Robin Takes 5. The book features 500 recipes and each dish is a mouthwatering 500 calories or less. Two-color recipe text complements full-color photography inserts. In addition, helpful icons note ideal recipes for holidays and entertaining as well as recipes with less than 500 mg of sodium. That's not all--nutritional information is given for each recipe.
In Robin Takes 5 500 recipes highlight at least 10 different ethnic cuisines, and dishes range from soups, pizzas, and pastas, to chicken, beef, pork, seafood, side dishes, and desserts. Consider 70 recipes just for chicken, such as Cashew Crusted Chicken with Roasted Jalapeno-Mango Chutney, and 50 dessert recipes, such as Orange Marmalade Tart with Chocolate Covered Almonds. Consider yourself armed for mealtime. The next time the clock strikes 5:00 PM and you want both noshing and nourishment, check out Robin Takes 5.
About the Author
Robin has been a food writer and nutritionist since 1990 and is the author of the bestselling cookbook
Quick Fix Meals. Her popular show, “Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller” currently airs on Food Network. Her prime time show, “Robin to the Rescue” premiered on Food Network in March 2007.
Robin’s recipes and nutrition features can be seen regularly in a variety of magazines, including Clean Eating, Experience Life, Guideposts, Cooking Light, Health, Fitness, Fit Pregnancy, Woman’s World, and Parade.
Robin has been a guest and guest host on hundreds of local and national television and radio programs. She has hosted home videos (for Jane Fonda), cable television vignettes and webisodes (for Food Network and a variety of food companies) and spoken at media events in various markets nationwide. Currently, she appears on local, network and cable television. Programs of particular interest include: The CBS Early Show, Regis & Kelly, The View, The NBC Today Show, Good Morning America, Good Morning America Health, Better TV, CNN, Fox News Channel, Food Network, and HGTV.
Robin has a master’s degree in Food and Nutrition from New York University, 1998.