Food Combining for Health or Moms Big Book of Baking

Food Combining for Health: Get Fit with Foods That Don't Fight

Author: Doris Grant

Over 50 years ago, Dr. William Hay concluded that the body uses acids to digest proteins and alkalis to digest starches, and that mixing the two might lead to painful indigestion and more serious problems such as ulcers, allergies, and obesity. Though criticized at the time, the Hay System has been vindicated by modern research, and provides essentially the healthy, whole-food diet of mostly alkali-forming foods such as fruits, green vegetables, and salads advocated by many leading nutritionists today.

Food Combining for Health shows how to separate incompatible foods.

Explains how the Hay System can alleviate the symptoms of chronic diseases such as arthritis and diabetes, while increasing energy and well-being in those without specific health problems.

Includes recipes and seasonal menu suggestions.

Whole Foods

Compatible food combinations are nature's way of maintaining the body's correct chemical balance. The authors offer practical suggestions and recipes for putting the principles of food combining into practice.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Sir John Mills
Introduction - A Personal Experience
Part One: The Theory and the Proof by Doris Grant
1. A Great Pioneer
2. The Hay System Explained
3. The Hay System and Degenerative Diseases
4. Animal Fats - Fact and Fiction
5. The Proof of the Pudding
Part Two: The Hay System in Practice by Jean Joice
6. How to Begin
7. Menu Planning and Suggestions
Table of Compatible Foods
Part Three: Recipes for Protein Meals
8. Soups and Appetizers
9. Salads, Dressings, and Sauces
10. Main Dishes
11. Vegetables
12. Desserts
13. Protein Sack Lunches
Part Four: Recipes for Starch Meals
14. Soups
15. Salads
16. Main Dishes
17. Desserts
18. Bread
Appendix: Acid and Alkali-forming Foods
Further Reading
Useful Addresses
Index

See also: Diabetes Cookbook or Night Light

Mom's Big Book of Baking: 200 Simple, Foolproof Recipes for Delicious Family Treats to Get You Through Every Birthday Party, Class Picnic, Potluck, Bake Sale, Holiday and No-School Day

Author: Lauren Chattman

200 recipes tailor-made for today's extremely busy mom.

Publishers Weekly

Author of the highly successful dessert cookbook Instant Gratification, Chattman now offers her skills as a mother as well as pastry chef. The book covers baking from pancakes, waffles and muffins through cookies and cakes to pies and breads. The recipes are clearly written and prefaced with short descriptions and notes. Many of the recipes offer tips on ingredients, variations and how and when to involve children. The Instant Homemade Microwave Brownies, recommended for kids seven and older to help in the baking fall well within their capabilities, although she suggests, "The dish will be hot... so removing it from the microwave should be mom's job." Her use of butter as the fat of choice, while not for cholesterol watchers, makes the recipes rich and inviting, particularly when she pairs it with the large quantity of blueberries in Best Blueberry Muffins to give a very berry satisfying result. One or two recipes, such as the Sprinkle Cookies, are slightly disappointing, although the description did prove to be accurate, as her daughter says, that "these taste like cupcakes." However, with such a wide variety of baked goods and the effortlessness needed to produce good results, this book will be a solid bake book for the busy mom, particularly one who wishes to involve her children. (Oct.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Chattman, author of Instant Gratification and Just Add Water, is known for her quick and easy recipes. Although she has worked as a pastry chef, the desserts in her new baking book are in that same style, just the thing for busy moms (and dads). The cookie chapter is, logically enough, the biggest one, but there are also dozens of recipes for birthday and other cakes; pies, tarts, and cobblers; and muffins, quick breads, and pizzas. There's even a breakfast chapter, with treats like Chocolate Milk Pancakes and Gingerbread Waffles. Recommended for most collections. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.