23 Jan Winter Recipes for Health and Warmth
With the holidays behind us, and still plenty of winter ahead, our thoughts turn to comfort and healing foods. Three cookbooks to get you through the winter doldrums while helping you to eat such nutritious meals are here.
The Winter Table, Fireside Feasts for Family and Friends
By Lisa Lemke, The Winter Table is the perfect book for ideas on what to prepare when your thoughts go to preparing an aromatic, bubbling stew or comforting soup. Lemke, a freelance food consultant and television chef lives in a small town on the west coast of Sweden. Her soul-satisfying dishes range from a savory rye risotto with oyster mushrooms browned in butter, to mouthwatering roasts and casseroles, to blazingly hot chili, and even good old mac ‘n’ cheese. To die for desserts include an apple toffee, almond crumble and sublime tiramisu.
Here are three of our favorites:
Cod, Shrimp, and Fennel Casserole
Mushroom Hash with Brussels Sprouts and Apples
Reprinted with permission from The Winter Table © 2017 Lisa Lemke. Published by Sterling Epicure. Photography by Magnus Carlsson.
Honestly Healthy for Life, Eating the Alkaline Way Every Day
Not an hour goes by without ads for products to reduce acid in our systems. If you feel the need to reduce acid in your diet, to the rescue is Honestly Healthy for Life, Eating the Alkaline Way Every Day by Natasha Corrett and Vicki Edgson.
Organic gourmet vegetarian chef, Natasha Corrett, and nutritional therapist Vicki Edgson combine their expertise to share their ideas on the principles of alkaline eating in their more than 270-page hardcover book. This fully illustrated guide with beautiful color recipe photos outlines the principles and how to incorporate them into everyday life. Alkalizing and acid-forming foods are identified. Charts are here with alkaline ratings for common foods. They give advice on how to create an alkaline-based pantry and offer more than 100 easy-to-prepare recipes for every occasion.
Here are three recipes we like from the book:
Roasted Tomato and Spinach Tart
Roasted Eggplant and Mango Salsa with Black Rice Noodles
Reprinted with permission from Honestly Healthy For Life © 2014 by Natasha Corrett and Vicki Edgson, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. Photography by Lisa Linder.
Italian Moms
Who better to get you through winter but Italian mothers? Now, there is a book celebrating tried-and-true Italian food from a mom who knows what it means to cook from the heart. In her debut cookbook, Italian Moms, Elisa Constantini gathers family recipes that she has been making for her own family and friends for years. Her rustic, authentic recipes call for only fresh, simple ingredients available at local markets. This book preserves Italian culture and aims to renew the lost art of “true” Italian cooking.
Three wonderful recipes from this hardcover book with beautiful color photographs are:
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