Super Smoothies or Complete Book of Thai Cooking

Super Smoothies: 50 Recipes for Health and Energy

Author: Mary Corpening Barber

Encouraged by more than 180,000 copies of Smoothies sold, the best-selling authors of Smoothies, Wraps, and Cocktail Food are back to bring the blender into the new millennium. These days, smoothie lovers want more than just fruit-filled refreshment they want great nutrition along with great taste. Super Smoothies offers 50 energy-enhancing, health-boosting recipes. Whether you're looking for a potassium-charged postworkout drink, a flu-fighting immune system booster, or a kid-friendly breakfast on the go, Super Smoothies has a delicious, nutrition-packed smoothie for every lifestyle. With its eye-catching design and luscious full-color photography, Super Smoothies will turn any kitchen into a fabulous juice bar.

Table of Contents:

Introduction	9
Ten Tips for Super Smoothies	11
Fruit Glossary	13
Seasonal Fruit Chart	17
Vegetable Glossary	21
The Scoop on Binders and Other Secret Ingredients	23
Building Blocks for Sound Nutrition	28
A Bit of Advice: Preparing Fruits and Vegetables for Smoothies	33
Information on Additives	38
ENERGY ELIXIRS	42
Power Punch	45
The Energizer	46
Raspberry Refueler	47
Hydro-Tonic	48
Yoga Blend	51
Vita Pack	52
Protein Jolt	53
Rejuvenator	54
IMMUNE BOOSTERS	56
Flu-Buster	59
C-Breeze	60
Heart Throb	61
Fountain ofYouth	62
14-Carrot	65
Stomach Soother	66
Scale-Tipper Sipper	67
Beta Boost	68
WEIGHT-CONSCIOUS CONCOCTIONS	70
Skinny Minnie	73
Guiltless Pleasure	74
Peachy Lean	75
Constant Cravings	76
Lite 'n Luscious	78
Lean 'n Green	79
FOR THE GALS	80
Cold Flash	82
PMS Potion	84
Bone Builder	85
Maternity Medley	87
Adios Anemia	88
Honeymooner's Tonic	89
Morning-Sickness Solution	90
KID SHAKES AND BABY BLENDS	92
School-Bus Breakfast	95
Plum Teethin'	96
Over the Rainbow	97
Grape Escape	98
Breakfast on the Crawl	100
Brain Power	101
After-School Snack Attack	103
FOR THE FELLOWS	104
Libido Lifter	107
Virility Vibe	108
Dr. Shettles's Secret	109
The Incredible Hulk	110
STRESS REDUCERS	112
Sleepy Tea	115
Tension Tamer	116
Stress Buster	117
Cholesterol Cleanser	118
OUR FAVES	120
Fiber Burst	122
Late-Night Snack Attack	123
Hangover Helper	125
Peach Pizzazz	126
Minty Fresh	127
Can't Beet It!	128
Index	130
Table of Equivalents	132

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Complete Book of Thai Cooking: Over 200 Recipes

Author: Linda Stephen

Authentic Thai dishes prepared at home.

Thai food is best known for its bold flavors and manages an exquisite balance of spicy, sour, salty and sweet. For home cooks who love Thai food, Linda Stephen demystifies this cuisine and readily brings its authentic flavors to family meals.

Drawing on her extensive travels to Thailand, where she conducts tours and cooking classes, the author captures her love of Thai cuisine and shares her experiences. Her outstanding recipes require a minimum of preparation time, use simplified techniques, and result in colorful, fragrant dishes that seduce the senses.

A sampling of these magical dishes:

• Starters: spring rolls with pork and shrimp; pumpkin and coconut soup
• Perennial favorites: green mango salad; Pad Thai; garlic shrimp
• Dishes to awaken the palate: chili beef with peppers; glazed spare ribs; chicken with asparagus and mint; sweet and sour scallops
• Curries: green curry with chicken and eggplant; tofu with red curry; massaman beef curry; stir-fried curried pork satay
• Vegetable side dishes: green beans with cashews and chilies; asparagus and tofu with roasted chili paste
• Finishing touches: sticky rice with mango; Thai iced coffee.

Linda Stephen also adapts many common dishes to reflect Thai flavors, including Thai-style pulled pork and roasted chicken.

In these 200 delicious and authentic recipes illustrated with lush color photography, the author's expertise truly shines.