Taste Of Home Comfort Food Makeovers

The pros at Taste of Home received hundreds of requests to lighten up family-favorite recipes—and they did! Whether cutting calories from a bubbling casserole, trimming fat from a cheesy pizza or skimming sugar from a heavenly dessert, these experts revamped classic dishes while keeping all the mouthwatering flavor in tact. Now they’re sharing their secrets in Taste of Home Best-Loved Makeovers. Inside this brand-new cookbook you’ll find Nutrition Facts with every recipe as well as Diabetic Exchanges, hints and tips for making over your own favorites and more. Best of all, this must-have collection helps you dish out all the comfort you enjoy without an ounce of guilt! Golden potpies, cheesy lasagna, piping hot mac and cheese, decadent chocolate cake…these are just some the favorite foods that home cooks from coast to coast asked Taste of Home to lighten up for them. After all, today’s family cooks want to serve hearty specialties but they also want to keep sugar, fat, carbs, sodium and calories at bay. Now, readers of American’s No. 1 food and entertaining magazine can lean how to trim the fat from classic dishes without cutting back on flavor. The Taste of Home Test Kitchen experts share their secrets for pairing down calories, fat and more with Taste of Home Best-Loved Makeovers. The brand-new title offers more than 340 revamped recipes, each putting a light spin on all-time classics. Complete Nutrition Information with every recipe helps buyers calculate weight-loss points and adhere to particular diet restrictions. In addition, hundreds of color photos and tips on trimming down family favorites make this cookbook a rewarding purchase for anyone hoping to serve best-loved foods without skimping on flavor.

Cutting back on fat,calories and carbs doesn't mean sacrificing flavor! Lose weight, get healthy and eat great! It’s a snap with the light but hearty family-favorites found in this all-new cookbook. Cutting back on fat, calories and carbs doesn’t mean sacrificing flavor! Now it’s easier than ever to enjoy piping-hot lasagnas, juicy burgers, lip-smacking mac & cheese, hearty stews, finger-licking fried chicken and even mom’s meatloaf…all while keeping healthy-eating goals in check. The pros at the Taste of Home Test Kitchen trimmed down all-time classic comfort foods, turning them into heart-smart choices you’ll be excited to serve. They also cut back the sugar and butter from cakes, pies, brownies and other crowd-pleasing desserts. They even created Bonus Chapters of satisfying and simply delicious gluten-free and vegan dishes. You’ll also find tips for lightening up your own recipes and step-by-step photos demonstrating insider cooking techniques sure to lead you to success. Lose weight, get healthy and eat great! It’s a snap with the light but hearty family-favorites found in this all-new cookbook. CHAPTERS Down-Home Breakfast Staples Savory Snacks & Appetizers Comforting Soups & Sandwiches Hearty Beef & Poultry Entrees Pork, Ham & More Fish & Seafood Dinners Meatless Meals Lightened-Up Sides Breads, Biscuits & More Trimmed-Down Sweets Bonus: Gluten-Free Comfort Foods Bonus: Vegan Specialties RECIPES Chocolate Chip Pancakes Peanut Butter-Banana Waffles Breakfast Pizza Ooey-Gooey Cinnamon Rolls Low-Fat Milk Shakes No-Fuss Bruschetta Hawaiian Sausage Kabobs Crab Phyllo Cups Oven-Fried Chicken Just-Like-Mom’s Meatloaf Beef Fajitas Creamy Ravioli 3-Cheese Lasagna Italian Sausage Orzo Baked Mac & Cheese Tex-Mex Pork Chops Feta Mushroom Burgers Cheesy Broccoli Side Parmesan French Fries Air-Fried Onion Rings Peanut Buter Cookies Pumpkin-Maple Pie Must-Try Tiramisu Grandma’s Chocolate Cake Berry-Topped Cheesecake

Putting the foods you love back on the table We've revamped over 175 feel-good favorites (like creamy Macaroni and Cheese, Meat and Cheese Lasagna, and Fudgy Brownies) including 50 comfort-food restaurant favorites from the likes of The Cheesecake Factory (New York-Style Cheesecake), Olive Garden (Fettuccini Alfredo), Chili's (Nachos), and Au Bon Pain (Cinnamon Rolls) slashing thousands of calories and hundreds of grams of fat along the way. How did we do it? We put flavor first and used our test kitchen experience, smart ingredient substitutions (no fake fats or artificial sweeteners allowed), and innovative cooking techniques to make comfort food that you'll actually be comfortable eating. Comfort Food Makeovers isn't simply a collection of these tested and perfected recipes; it's an arsenal of fat and calorie-cutting strategies you can put to use. Use them to transform your own recipes into better tasting food that's better for you. We include a list of our key go-to ingredients that helped lighten or add flavor to the recipes in the book, as well as the essential equipment we found ourselves using again and again as we developed the recipes over time. Dramatic before and after counts for calories, grams of fat, and grams of saturated fat appear with each recipe, and full nutritional information for the recipes is provided at the back of the book.

Warm your heart and soul with the must-try favorites in the latest book from Taste of Home. From creamy pasta bakes and buttery rolls to rich chocolate cakes and decadent brownies, the recipes in Ultimate Comfort Food will quickly become family staples. Inside, you’ll find satisfying dishes for weeknight meals, crowd-pleasing party favorites and the ideal fare for memorable holiday get-togethers…nothing says welcome like a home-style meal, and with Ultimate Comfort Food you’ll truly enjoy a “Taste of Home” everyday of the week. CHAPTERS ‘Appetizers‘Snacks & Beverages‘Breakfast & Brunch‘Stovetop Suppers Casseroles & Oven Entrees From the Slow Cooker‘ Side Dishes Breads ‘Desserts Cookies & Candies ‘Recipes Beefy Taco Dip Cheese-‘Trio Artichoke & Spinach Dip ‘Warm Cider Biscuits and Sausage Gravy ‘Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins ‘Old-Fashioned Brown Bread ‘Amish Breakfast Casserole ‘Caramel-Pecan Monkey Bread ‘Sour Cream Coffee Cake ‘Beef & Mushroom Braised Stew ‘Catalina Chicken ‘Chicken Potpie with Cheddar Biscuit Topping ‘Hamburger Casserole ‘Meatball Pizza Subs ‘Barbecued Beef Short Ribs ‘Slow-Cooked Chicken Noodle Soup ‘Blue Plate Beef Patties ‘Cheeseburger Soup ‘Garden Chicken Cacciatore ‘Soda Pop ‘Chops with Smashed Potatoes ‘Bacon & Egg Potato Salad ‘Caramel Sweet Potatoes Layered ‘Lettuce Salad ‘Cheese Fries ‘Angel Sugar Crisps ‘Caramel Pecan Bars ‘Fudge Nut Brownies‘ Mackinac Fudge ‘Banana Cream Pie ‘Buttermilk Pound Cake ‘Grandma's Red Velvet Cake Vanilla‘ Custard Cups

Mashed potatoes and gravy, macaroni and cheese, chocolate chip cookies, ice cream, soup...these are the comfort foods we crave—but many of us are afraid to eat them because of their high fat and calorie content. Now, thanks to Elaine Magee, we can eat our favorite comfort foods in a healthful way! Comfort Food Makeovers provides 116 easy, mouthwatering recipes for your favorite comfort foods that are full of flavor and texture yet healthy enough to eat anytime. Magee, the author of Fry Light, Fry Right! truly knows how to cook the healthy way, and she is on a mission to teach the world how to use ingredients and techniques to lighten a recipe without losing the flavor: incorporate reduced-fat ingredients, boost the fiber, and always cut down on serving sizes. She keeps us tempted with main dishes such as American Meatloaf and Butter-Baked Chicken, savory side dishes such as Potatoes with Leeks and Gruyere, and decadent desserts such as One-Bowl Brownies and Triple Chocolate Decadence Cookies. The delicious recipes in Comfort Food Makeovers will make you think twice before eating the full-fat, full-calorie versions of your favorite comfort foods ever again!

Eat what you love and still lose weight with satisfying, sensible recipes from real home cooks like you. This collection of 760 delicious foods includes bubbling casseroles, hearty noodle dishes, slow-cooked sensations and tempting desserts. This big 512-page book represents the best of our previous Comfort Food Diet Cookbook editions. Easy-to-use chapters take you from breakfast through snack time to dinner and dessert, allowing you to lose weight without feeling deprived. Our most popular, highly rated, easy to make and best-loved foods are now gathered into one giant volume with The Best of Comfort Food Diet Cookbook!

Now from the comfort-food authorities at Taste of Home comes Comfort Food Classics, the ultimate roundup of go-to dishes for bringing joy and lifting spirits. If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that comfort food is where the heart is! Now from the comfort-food authorities at Taste of Home comes Comfort Food Classics, the ultimate roundup of go-to dishes for bringing joy and lifting spirits. Serve the stick-to-your-ribs greats that families clamor for from potpies, mashed potatoes and hot wing dip to chicken soup, cinnamon rolls, mac ’n’ cheese, and so much more. This is our readers’ best-loved, most sought-after comfort classics, collected into one handy volume! You can even count your way down to the ultimate comfort as you page through our magnificent Top 25 Comfort Foods of all time! At-a-Glance Icons help you prepare foods on your timetable, and pro tips from our Test Kitchen ensure that Comfort Food Classics is one cookbook you’ll enjoy reaching for time and again. Which cozy creation will steal your family’s hearts? With so much hearty, wholesome dishes inside, choosing which recipe to tackle first just might be the toughest job! SELLING POINTS: 150+ Ultimate Comfort Foods. Loaded with the hearty classics you love most, this all-new cookbook offers the stick-to-your-ribs recipes you’ll make time and again. 2 At-A-Glance Icons. Look for handy icons that spotlight which recipes use a slow cooker and which are table-ready in 30 minutes or less. Bonus Chapter: Celebrate every season and holiday with a bonus chapter devoted to special-occasion menus. From glazed Easter ham and Thanksgiving pumpkin pie to Christmas cookies and burgers perfect for Independence Day. Dozens of Tips & Hints to Make It Your Own. Comfort food means different things to different families, so you’ll discover lots of exciting ideas from other home cooks to personalize recipes. CHAPTERS The All-Time Top 25 Pub Grub & Party Bites Cozy Soups Homey Sides Casseroles & Oven Entrees Stovetop & Slow-Cooker Mains Bakery Breads Mmm… Dessert! Bonus: Celebrate

Mix and match the perfect meal with 489 light recipes, all loaded with luscious flavor.