From the back cover:  This sixth volume in Susie Fishbein’s celebrated Kosher by Design cookbook series was crafted with your good health in mind!  Kosher by Design Lightens Up is a gorgeous culinary guide, bursting with easy-to-do ideas for eating and feeling better.  This cookbook teaches healthy cooking techniques through delectable recipes, with special commentary by certified nutritional expert Bonnie Taub-Dix, national spokesperson fo the American Dietetic Association.

Susie says, “These nutritious recipes are easy to integrate into your everyday menus.  If you’re looking to migrate into a better way of eating and living, you’ll find delicious options here.”

*Over 145 brand-new recipes

*Creative new entertaining ideas, including tasting parties, a spritzer bar, and more!

*Healthy approaches to oils, sweeteners, grains flours, nuts, and superfoods

*Tips for smarter supermarket shopping and more efficient kitchen gadgets

*Comprehensive cross-referenced index and nutritional glossary

Kosher by Design Lightens Up is a shift in Fishbein’s approach to bringing simple elegance into kosherhome cooking.  In explaining the swing toward whole grains, healthier oils, less fat and reduced sugars, she said, “Since the original Kosher by Design was published in 2003, I’ve certainly grown as a home cook and my kids have grown.  I was looking to do better by them and so I began investigating and experimenting with healthier foods and cooking methods.  Lightens Up is the homegrown result.”  For expert nutritional advice for Lightens Up, Fishbein recruited certi?ed nutritionist Bonnie Taub-Dix, national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association.  A frequent guest on Good Morning America and CNN, with many published articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, WebMD, and other national publications, Taub-Dix was delighted to be part of the project. “When Susie asked me to collaborate on this book, I jumped at the challenge of combining my love of the science of nutrition with my passion for the art of cooking,” she enthused.  

My Review:  This book will be very helpful with me as I learn to cook for my newly diagnosed with diabetes husband, and as I try to keep off the weight I recently lost.  Susie gives some VERY helpful information, definitions, and explanations about food as well as yummy recipes.  She also has a page giving ideas for helpful gadgets to use in the kitchen and table setting ideas.  This is so much more than just a cookbook!  Here are some pictures of recipes I plan to try.

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