Make it Easy, Make it Light [Paperback]

Laurie Grad (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1991

Make It Easy, Make It Light offers a tempting array of quick, light dishes for the taste-conscious, time-conscious, and health-conscious cook. The "light" approach to cooking is a sensible return to balance and the basic foods that made up the traditional American diet before processed and fast foods became a way of life.

The author provides more than 200 recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, and entrées that are rich in flavor and nutrition while low in fat, sodium, sugar, and calories. Entrées range from Rock Cornish Game Hens Glazed with Cranberry Chutney and Baked Fish with Papaya Salsa to a selection of pizzas, pastas and calzone. Fresh baked breads and savory desserts, such as Hot Strawberry Soufflé and Italian Lemon Cheesecake are included as well, and accompanied by calorie counts.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The flavors, colors and textures in these 200 recipes leave little doubt that eating sensibly is enjoyable when done with imagination. Hour Magazine chef Grad (Make It Easy in the Kitchen, etc.) offers dishes that conform to a rule of moderation rather than strict dietary guidelines. Curried asparagus soup is thickened with vegetable puree rather than cream, while buttermilk and yogurt are light replacements in chilled dilled borscht with chopped cucumber. The reduced sodium and fat content of main dishes, such as turkey scaloppine with raspberry vinegar and grilled swordfish with spinach pesto, does not make them bland. Vegetarian fare is well represented by entrees like baked pasta with spinach-ricotta sauce, salads like sweet-and-sour Chinese cabbage and desserts such as hot strawberry souffle. Preparation times are artificially low because certain tasks are embedded in the ingredients lists. Experience will tell cooks whether to double, triple or ignore the preparation figures given. Sections of this book previously appeared in Los Angeles magazine. Illustrations not seen by PW. Major ad/promo; author tour.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

Wolfgang Puck One of the first cookbooks to be in step with modern times -- recipes that are really simple to make with lighter, healthier foods.

Bert Greene At last, someone has come along and defanged the diet. Laurie Burrows Grad's Make It Easy, Make It Light turns painful calorie counting into honest-to-gosh haute cuisine!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Touchstone (January 15, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671733087
• ISBN-13: 978-0671733087
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,637,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is THE cookbook for busy health-conscious food lovers, March 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Make it Easy, Make it Light (Paperback)

This cookbook is packed with creative healthy recipes that are easy and quick to cook. Unlike most cookbooks in the "quick & easy" category, these recipes are good enough to serve to company! Each recipe specifies servings, calories, preparation and cooking time. Each is accompanied by suggestions for accompaniments and variations that are superb. The introduction to the cookbook covers how to switch to a lighter diet and what cooking utensils and larder items you should have on hand. I've given this cookbook to my mother, my sister and friends, all of whom LOVE the cookbook. NEED I SAY MORE?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love her products..., October 3, 2008

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This review is from: Make it Easy, Make it Light (Paperback)

In a world where fast food is the norm, and cooking is but a dying art, she resurrects home cooked meals. Meals that are delicious and filling, yet low in fat. To anyone looking to impress, try her banana bread. You will surely get request for seconds. You will be surprised the amount of people you can make happy if only you took up the art of cooking. It is easy. The only concern that I had about this book, though the recipes were great, is that it has no pictures. The novios cook will have a hard time identifying if they have cooked the meal absolutely correct without pictures. That's the only thing I hope she adds to her next book, pictures for every meal.

Sincerely,

Emma

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Make It Easy Make It Light by Laurie Burrows Grad, November 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Make It Easy, Make It Light: More Than 200 Quick Recipes for Tasty, Healthful Dishes (Hardcover)

I have tried at least 10 recipes from this cookbook and all of them have been excellent. What I like about these recipes are that they are great for company because they can be made easily and served very elegantly.