Delicious, nutritious and inexpensive whole grains are easier than ever to find in your local grocery store. In The New Whole Grains Cookbook, healthy cooking guru Robin Asbell shares more than 75 recipes featuring a buffet of super-good-for-you grains such as farro, quinoa, amaranth, brown rice, barley, millet and buckwheat. She also provides nutrition info and tips for choosing, preparing and storing all those tasty grains. Her recipes run the gamut from sweet to savory and side to main dish. If Crunchy Rice Cake-Crusted Halibut with Tofu-Dill Sauce, Whole Wheat Potato Gnocchi with Truffle Oil and Mushrooms, or Crystallized Ginger and Barley Tea Bread have your mouth watering, this book is for you.
Featured Recipes from The New Whole Grains Cookbook:
• Buttermilk Wheat Germ Pancakes with Yogurt and Berry Sauce
• Filet Mignon and Barley Stew with Spinach
• Chocolate Chunk Buckwheat Cookies
Cheap, Healthy Proteins
You can reduce meat intake by working these delicious, high-protein superstars into your diet several times a week.
Legumes: all kinds of beans; lentils, peanuts and split peas
Nuts and Seeds: almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans, pine nuts and pistachios; flax, pumpkin and sunflower seeds
Grains: whole-grain amaranth, barley, buckwheat, bulgur, kamut, millet, quinoa, rye, teff
