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Enlightened Soups: More Than 135 Light, Healthy, Delicious and Beautiful Soups in 60 Minutes or Less [Hardcover]

Camilla Saulsbury (Author)
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November 1, 2008
With Enlightened Soups in hand, home cooks have more than 150 quick, delicious, and innovative soup options from which to choose. From new takes on classics like Butternut Squash Soup with Sage & Thyme and Seafood Cioppino, to innovations like Moroccan Chicken Soup with Chickpeas & Lentils and Roasted Vegetable Minestrone, Enlightened Soups is filled with choices for any day of the week, any time of the year.

The recipes are straightforward and well-tested, the ingredients commonly available, and the techniques geared toward the home cook; further, all of the soups follow well-recognized "enlightened" guidelines for healthy eating, with no more than ten grams of fat per serving, and plenty of superfood ingredients. In other words, each recipe is as good for you as it is good to eat.

For ever-pleasing soups that are equally at home in the dining room or the kitchen, home cooks need look no further than Enlightened Soups for fast, healthful, delicious soup. Soup's on! Includes 30 small color photographs.


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If one food conjures up comfort, it is homemade soup. A dose of serenity sipped from a spoon, soup is as comforting as home itself.

Homemade soup also comes close to being the perfect meal: easy to make, naturally low in fat, rich with nutrients, and convenient and economical, it is a superfood from most every perspective. That's the heart and soul of Enlightened Soups.

In addition, recent studies indicate that eating a healthful soup produces greater feelings of satisfaction and satiety at meals than a variety of other types of food. Researchers aren't sure why, but speculate that it may have to do with soup's high water content, as well as the piping hot serving temperature, which slows down the speed of eating, allowing time to notice a feeling a fullness.

But while the health news for soup is compelling, the primary reasons you'll want to make each and every soup in this collection are far simpler. First, they are absolutely and unfailingly delicious. Second, they are loaded with healthful ingredients, with a minimum of fat and calories. And third, they are all easy to make in 60 minutes or less.

These recipes honor the classics, but tweak tradition enough to keep them healthful and fresh, making all of these soups modern favorites as well as tried and true friends. Think Lemon Chicken Soup with Fresh Spinach & Pasta, Roasted Vegetable Minestrone, Italian Tortellini-Sausage Soup, Summer Corn & Basil Bisque, and Split Pea with Caramelized Onions.

Enlightened Soups includes a wealth of soups from across the country and around the world, adapted to be healthy and home-cook friendly, with familiar, readily available ingredients. For example, Tunisian Chickpea Soup, Tuscan Farro & Bean Soup, West African Peanut Soup, and Thai Chicken & Coconut Soup. In other words, this slender volume brings you the world in a bowl, one sip and slurp at a time.

It won't take much time or effort to work your way through these recipes, either, because soup-making has an honest minimalism that makes it accessible and appealing to home cooks of every level of ability. Enlightened Soups simplifies things further, offering recipes with particularly straightforward cooking techniques and easy-to-find ingredients, and then categorizing each according to total preparation and cooking time: 20, 30, 45 or 60 minutes.

Finally, all of the recipes are well-tested, and follow recognized, "enlightened" guidelines for healthy eating, including no more than 10 grams of fat per serving, and utilization of healthy fats and oils, lean meats, and plenty of vegetables. In short, each recipe delivers contentment on multiple fronts.

So pull out the pans and enjoy your new collection. For ever-pleasing soups equally at home in the dining room or kitchen, you need look no further than Enlightened Soups , because fast, healthful, delicious soup is always in style. Soup's on!

About the Author

Camilla V. Saulsbury, Ph.D., is a food writer, food scholar, and recipe developer. She has won numerous national recipe contests, including the grand prize at the Great American Chicken Bake-Off and the 2006 Build-a-Better-Burger recipe contest. Her recipes have appeared in Southern Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Vegetarian Times, Cooking Light, Sunset, and others. The author of eight previous cookbooks, she lives in Texas.

Camilla Saulsbury is a recipe developer, freelance food writer, cooking instructor, and author of nine cookbooks. She has been featured on QVC and Today on NBC, and and has made multiple appearances on the Food Network. Saulsbury is the brand ambassador for Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry and has recently served as spokesperson for Pillsbury baking mixes, developing rainy day baking recipes for children. Last, she has won multiple major national cooking competitions, including the Food Network's $25,000 Ultimate Recipe Showdown in 2007, the $50,000 Build a Better Burger Contest in 2006, and the $100,000 National Chicken Cook-Off in 2005. She lives in Texas with her husband and son.

Camilla Saulsbury is a freelance food writer, cooking instructor, and author of multiple cookbooks. Her work has appeared in major publications including Better Homes and Gardens, Cooking Light, and Vegetarian Times. She has been featured on QVC and Today on NBC, and has also made multiple appearances on the Food Network. Saulsbury is the brand ambassador for Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry and has recently served as spokesperson for Pillsbury baking mixes. She lives in Texas with her husband and son.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 184 pages
  • Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing (November 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1581826648
  • ISBN-13: 978-1581826647
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #581,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Camilla Saulsbury is a freelance food writer, recipe developer and cooking instructor. Her culinary focus is translating food and flavor trends into fresh, innovative, and delicious recipes for the home kitchen.

Camilla has been involved in the world of food for more than 16 years, including catering specialty desserts in the San Francisco Bay Area, writing cookbooks and freelance food articles, and developing recipes for national food companies. Further, she has won several of the country's top cooking competitions, including the $100,000 National Chicken Cook-Off, the $50,000 Build a Better Burger Contest, and the Food Network's $25,000 Ultimate Recipe Showdown (Cookies Episode).

Camilla's interest in food is also academic. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Indiana University with a specialization in food studies, and her doctoral dissertation was a multi-faceted study of the contemporary meanings of home cooking in American culture. Following completion of her Ph.D., Camilla made food writing, food research, and recipe development her primary occupations.

Camilla is the author of ten cookbooks, published by Sourcebooks and Turner Publishing. She is the brand ambassador for Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry and has served as a spokesperson and recipe developer for Pillsbury® Brownie Mixes and Cake Mixes. She is also the featured cooking expert for the online magazine GALTime.


Camilla has made multiple appearances on the Food Network, has been featured in the New York Times, made appearances on Today, Good Morning America-Health, BetterTV and QVC, and is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). Her work has appeared in such magazines as Southern Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Cooking Light, Woman's Day, Woman's World, Cosmo Girl, Quick & Simple, Country Woman, Sunset, Cook's Country, and Vegetarian Times.

 

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Streamlined, Savvy & Sophisticated Soups, December 8, 2008
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I've had my copy of Enlightened Soups for more than a month now and am pleased to give it an unqualified 5-star review. This is truly an appetizing, innovative collection. I love that there is nutritional information for each recipe (I'm getting to the point where I resent recipes that do not include such), and selectively offers nuggets of insight throughout; I felt like I was cozying up on a stool in her kitchen, listening to her talk, as I read the book. The recipes are tantalizing. I found the final chapter on Legumes and Grains especially appealing (largely because I have difficulty figuring out what to do with these ingredients beyond boil & serve), with such offerings as Hearty Brown Rice, Spinach & Mushroom Soup, Kamut & Chickpea Soup with Fresh Herbs, Tuscan Farro & Bean Soup, and Thai Coconut & Jasmine Rice Soup (I have tried all of these and will be making them again, often). I found more than a few gems in the other chapters as well, including her take on Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup (Pho) and her Salmon Chowder, the latter of which was so simple to make and delivered the "wow" factor that was promised. This book offers a fresh perspective and wealth of options for modern cooks to make soup the centerpiece of a healthful, beautiful meal. I highly recommended it.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "I live on good soup; not on fine words." (Moliere), December 22, 2008
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Enlightened Soups is a comprehensive soup cookbook, filled not only with delicious recipes, but a number of relevant details in preparation and selecting ingredients. Grand prize Winner of the Food Network's Ultimate Recipe Showdown, Saulsbury has compiled an excellent selection for even the novice cook, rich, healthy ingredients in both traditional and innovative combinations. The chapters address: Pureed Vegetable Soups, vegetable Soups, Poultry Soups, Seafood Soups, Meat Soups and Legume and Grain Soups. As well, the indexes offer helpful specifics for the harried working cook: Soups by Total Time, Refreshing Soups for Spring and Summer, Vegetable and Vegan Soups, Especially Low Calorie Soups and Especially Low Fat Soups.

I cannot fail to mention that the book's design is especially pleasing and user-friendly, attractive and colorful presentation, concise recipes and nutritional details (calories, fat, cholesterol, sodium and carbohydrates). A thorough introduction by the author yields important information, time-saving suggestions. The author describes homemade soups as "a dose of serenity sipped from a spoon... as comforting as home itself." Each recipe is simple and delicious, "loaded with healthy ingredients", minimizing fat and calories, made in sixty minutes or less, a marrying of country and world, healthy and "home cook friendly". There are helpful tips for preparing these soups, including canned and frozen ingredients, necessary equipment and storage.

But the proof is in the eating, the selections as varied and delicious as any creative cook could want: "Petite Pea Soup"; "Italian Tortellini Soup"; "Sausage Soup"; "Southwestern Black bean and Rice Soup"; "Wild Rice and Corn Soup"; "Gingered Chicken and vegetable Soup"; even "Green Chili Chowder". A bit worse for ear, Enlightened Soups has proven invaluable for its wealth of combinations, healthy ingredients and savory spices. Luan Gaines/2008.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Recipe Book of Soups, January 29, 2011
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I've only made a couple of the recipes so far, but they are healthy, delicious, and easy to put together. It's exactly what I was looking for.
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