Provides healthful microwave recipes for lamb, chicken, turkey, beef, fish, rice, vegetables, cakes, pies, and fruit dishes.

An all-new compilation of healthful and delicious dishes, specifically geared for microwave cooking, features more than 240 recipes ranging from Creole Pork Tenders and other main course meals, to tempting side dishes and luscious desserts, accompanied by tips on ingredients and complete nutritional breakdowns for each recipe. Original.

Abstract: The benefits of microwave cooking in preparing healthful, delicious meals are outlined in this cookbook for people interested in personal health and fitness. Background information is provided on 1) the principles of variety, moderation, and balance in diet planning; 2) nutrient needs (protein, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, minerals); and 3) ways to avoid too much fat and cholesterol, sugar, and sodium in menu planning and food preparation. Recipe categories include 1) soups and appetizers; 2) main dishes (poultry, fish and seafood, beef, pork, meatless); 3) vegetables, pastas and grains; and 4) baked products and desserts. Nutritional information preserving is provided for each recipe. Colorful photographs illustrate recipe preparation techniques as well as the finished product.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The founder of Momofuku cooks at home . . . and that means mostly ignoring recipes, using tools like the microwave, and taking inspiration from his mom to get a great dinner done fast. JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: New York Post, Taste of Home David Chang came up as a chef in kitchens where you had to do everything the hard way. But his mother, one of the best cooks he knows, never cooked like that. Nor did food writer Priya Krishna’s mom. So Dave and Priya set out to think through the smartest, fastest, least meticulous, most delicious, absolutely imperfect ways to cook. From figuring out the best ways to use frozen vegetables to learning when to ditch recipes and just taste and adjust your way to a terrific meal no matter what, this is Dave’s guide to substituting, adapting, shortcutting, and sandbagging—like parcooking chicken in a microwave before blasting it with flavor in a four-minute stir-fry or a ten-minute stew. It’s all about how to think like a chef . . . who’s learned to stop thinking like a chef.

How to get the best out of your microwave: techniques, tips and 160 step-by-step recipes.

Vegetarian recipes from a food blogger with “a talent for enticing and boldly flavored creations, in recipes that are colorful, thoughtful, and fresh” (Heidi Swanson, New York Times–bestselling author of Super Natural Cooking). In Herbivoracious: A Vegetarian Cookbook for People Who Love to Eat, food blogger Michael Natkin offers up 150 exciting recipes (most of which have not appeared on his blog) notable both for their big, bold, bright flavors and for their beautiful looks on the plate, the latter apparent in more than 80 four-color photos that grace the book. An indefatigable explorer of global cuisines, with particular interests in the Mediterranean and the Middle East and in East and Southeast Asia, Natkin has crafted, through years of experimenting in his kitchen and in loads of intensive give-and-take with his blog readers, dishes that truly are revelations in taste, texture, aroma, and presentation. You’ll find hearty main courses, ranging from a robust Caribbean Lentil-Stuffed Flatbread across the Atlantic to a comforting Sicilian Spaghetti with Pan-Roasted Cauliflower and around the Cape of Good Hope to a delectable Sichuan Dry-Fried Green Beans and Tofu. An abundance of soups, salads, sauces and condiments, sides, appetizers and small plates, desserts, and breakfasts round out the recipes. Natkin, a vegetarian himself, provides advice on how to craft vegetarian meals that amply deliver protein and other nutrients, and the imaginative menus he presents deliver balanced and complementary flavors, in surprising and utterly pleasing ways. The many dozens of vegan and gluten-free recipes are clearly noted, too, and an introductory chapter lays out the simple steps readers can take to outfit a globally inspired pantry of seasonings and sauces that make meatless food come alive.

Includes over 80 superb recipes that allow you to make the most of your microwave in simple ways.

Provides over 250 recipes for the microwave, microwave safety tips, special equipment, plus complete preparation and cooking times for each recipe.