The 150 Healthiest Slow Cooker Recipes on Earth: The Surprising Unbiased Truth About How to Make Nutritious and Delicious Meals that are Ready When You Are [Paperback]

Jonny Bowden (Author), Jeannette Bessinger (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2012

"Jonny and Jeannette have done a wonderful job at marrying healthy, delicious recipes with invaluable (and surprising) nutrition information for each of these hearty slow-cooker recipes."—Alicia Rewega, editor-in-chief of Clean Eating magazine

"These convenient, time-saving dishes are delicious, healthy, and easy from prep to clean up!"—Calvin Hurd, publisher of Total Health Online, www.totalhealthmagazine.com

"The 150 Healthiest Slow Cooker Recipes on Earth is a foolproof guide to cooking flavorful, super satisfying one-pot dishes perfect for any budget or diet. You’ll feel good about eating meals made with the most nutrient-packed ingredients out there—and you’ll savor every bite while getting healthier!"—Nicole Brechka, editor of Better Nutrition

"Many people think choosing healthy foods means they won’t taste very good. Jonny and Jeannette prove otherwise. Even people who are eliminating sugar and other sweeteners from their diets can find dozens of simple, scrumptious, nutritious dishes."—Connie Bennett, CHHC, CPC, ACC, author of Sugar Shock! and Beyond Sugar Shock (May 2012, Hay House) and founder of The Sugar Freedom Now Course

Discover how to make mouth-watering, super-healthy, and super-convenient slow-cooked meals! Nationally-known nutritionist Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., and chef Jeannette Bessinger, C.H.H.C., take slow cooking to a whole new level with these easy, nutritious, and deliciously satisfying recipes!

The “clean foods team” of Dr. Jonny and Chef Jeannette use wholesome ingredients, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, grass-fed beef, wild-caught fish, and pasture-raised poultry in their recipes. Losing none of the convenience, they skip the high-sodium canned food “products” used in many slow cooker recipes and bring you dishes with both traditional and ethnic flair. Try the Real Deal Beef Stew with Orange and Clove, the Quick Sesame Teriyaki Low-Carb Lettuce Wraps, the Hot and Hearty Red, White, and Blue Crab Dip, or the Gingered Honey Pears with Cinnamon Sticks. Bon appetit!

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About the Author

Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., www.jonnybowden.com, a board-certified nutritionist, is a nationally known expert on nutrition, weight loss, and health. A former member of the editorial advisory board of Men's Health magazine and the health columnist for America Online, he's also written or contributed to articles for national publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Time, Marie Claire, Diabetes Focus, Fitness, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, Prevention, Self, and Shape. He is the author of numerous books on health and nutrition, including The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, The Healthiest Meals on Earth, and The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy. A popular, dynamic, and much sought-after speaker, he's appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, and CBS, and speaks frequently around the country.

Jeannette Bessinger, C.H.H.C., the Clean Food Coach, www.thecleanfoodcoach.com, is an award-winning nutrition educator and personal whole foods chef. She is the author and co-author of 7 books, including The 150 Healthiest 15-Minute Recipes on Earth and Simple Food for Busy Families. She is the designer and lead facilitator of a successful, long-running, hospital-based weight loss program, a popular speaker, and a consultant to national organizations and coalitions working to improve the health of people stuck in the sand traps of the standard American diet. Her nutrition and clean food perspectives have been showcased in Consumer Reports, Clean Eating, Better Nutrition, Parenting, Martha Stewart Living, NPR, and NBC News Health Check.

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Spinach , Basil, and Feta–Stuffed Chicken Rolls with Pignoli

From Dr. Jonny: Pignoli are another name for pine nuts, those small, white, oval-shaped nuts that are actually the edible seeds of pines and are in demand because of the popularity of pesto. Here they add just a touch of flavor, texture, and visual interest to these delicious fetastuffed chicken rolls, which boast a ton of nutrition from the spinach (iron, calcium, magnesium) and the kalamata olives (healthy plant chemicals called polyphenols). The lean chicken and feta cheese make this a high-protein dish. Fun fact: Kalamata olives are named after the city of Kalamata in Greece and are known for being jumbo size with a meaty taste. They enjoy PDO status (Protected Designation of Origin), which is a legal framework in the European Union designed to protect the names of regional foods.

Ingredients:

- Olive oil cooking spray

- 6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

- 8 ounces (225 g) feta cheese, crumbled

- 4 cups (120 g) chopped baby spinach

- 1⁄4 cup (10 g) chopped fresh basil

- 1⁄4 cup (25 g) finely chopped pitted kalamata olives

- 4 cloves garlic, minced

- 2 teaspoons olive oil

- 1⁄2 teaspoon each salt and freshly ground pepper

- 1 can (14.5 ounces, or 406 g) diced tomatoes with garlic and basil, undrained

- 1⁄4 cup (34 g) toasted pine nuts

Directions:

Lightly spray the insert of a slow cooker with olive oil and set aside.

Place each chicken breast between two sheets of waxed paper and use a meat mallet to pound them to about 1⁄4-inch (6 mm) thickness; lay them out flat. In a medium-size bowl, combine the feta, spinach, basil, olives, garlic, and olive oil and mix well.

Lightly and evenly sprinkle each chicken breast with salt and pepper. Dividing the spinach and feta mixture by 6, spoon an equal measure onto the wider end of each breast and roll it up. Lay the rolls close together, seam sides down, in the slow cooker insert and pour the diced tomatoes evenly over all. Cover and cook on high for about 4 hours, or on low for 5 to 6 hours, until the chicken is cooked through. Garnish with the pine nuts to serve.

Yield: 6 servings

Per Serving: Calories 327.5; Calories From Fat 149.8; Total Fat 15.8 g; Cholesterol 104.4 mg; Sodium 868.8 mg; Potassium 523 mg; Total Carbohydrates 9.1 g; Fiber 2.1 g; Sugar 2 g; Protein 36.1 g

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press; 1 edition (January 1, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592334946
• ISBN-13: 978-1592334940
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.9 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #323,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 36 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Our National Nutritional Treasure....Jonny Bowden January 28, 2012

By Dorothysay

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I cannot understand why this man isn't touted from the rooftops by every media outlet in the country. He's a certified nutritionist and PhD with a rock-solid grasp of sound nutritional science; he's a gifted speaker, a delightful writer; and he's provided us with a bevy of excellent books to use regularly in our efforts to eat good foods which really nourish the body. He's blissfully free of faddish attachments, and gives the government its due-- which is to say, he gives it the royal raspberry, regularly and with gusto. My surgeon father, PhD doctor of internal medicine brother, and endocrinologist uncle give Bowden a complete "thumbs up": which is really saying something, as they all believe most health books are sorely lacking. I heartily recommend ALL of Bowden's books, and this one for slow-cooking foods is a delightful, well-researched compendium that will set you on a path to easy meals for the whole family--- and they're DELICIOUS.
BUY this volume. BUY his other volumes, especially "Living Low Carb" to get started. Go to his website jonnybowden.com to read and learn. This fellow is a phenomenon, and his work deserves far more attention. THANK YOU, THANK YOU Dr. Bowden !!

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars rcarrcook January 16, 2012

By rcarrcook

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I have been eating "clean" for about six months. There are quite a few cookbooks out there that are geared toward clean eating but present the recipes in such a militant, eat-like-this-or-die-tomorrow way. Jonny Bowden and Jeanette Bessinger (authors) simply suggest the healthiest, freshest ingredients, offer occasional blurbs on the health benefits of organic foods or grass-fed, free-range meats, and put them together in some truly delicious recipes. In today's times, a slow cooker can become a mother's best friend, and you'd be amazed what these authors have come up with to cook in the slow cooker. My favorite part of the book is that the paragraphs setting forth the cooking directions are always very short!

34 of 41 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars If you are looking for healthy recipes, skip this book! June 3, 2012

By Rachael Jacobs

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Oh where do I start! Only about half of these recipes are actually for the slow cooker!! Very misleading. While many of the recipes have names that sound super healthy, they are very high in both fat and sugar. For example, one was called "low sugar" and had almost 30 grams of sugar per serving!!! Not sure how they could possibly be the healthiest on earth. Yes, the many of the recipes are really tasty. But if you are trying to make healthy choices with food, diet and lifestyle I would skip this book.