In Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients, healthful food is one that is low in fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, simple sugars, sodium and overall calories, yet provides a balance of nutrients.  Fresh, natural unprocessed and frozen foods are generally considered better choices than are canned, pre-packaged and processed foods.

Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients cookbook provides a list of foods to buy.  Here’s just a sample of the important information about a healthy lifestyle.

To reduce calories, Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients cookbook suggests products marked calorie free, low calorie and reduced calories.

To reduce fat, saturated fat and cholesterol, Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients cookbook suggests products that are marked fat free, low fat, less fat, low saturated, less saturated, cholesterol free, low cholesterol, less cholesterol, extra lean, lean light and lite.

To reduce simple sugars, Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients cookbook suggests using products marked with these words:  sugar free, lite sugar free, low sugar, no sugar added, sugar substitutes or replacements or artificial sweeteners.  Sugars that contribute only calories to food is not the best choice for healthy food.

Reading food labels is the best way to determine what and how much we are eating.  It helps us “get real” about serving sizes and nutrition.  Use Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients and its delicious easy healthy recipes to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

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Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients was authored by Dr. Sally N. Hunt to give people who need healthy recipes something easy to cook and healthy to eat.

Dietary intake affects many Americans who suffer from health problems such as heart disease, hypertension, osteoporosis, cancer and obesity.  Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients targets the reduction of many foods or ingredients linked to these health problems.

Generally foods used in the easy healthy recipes in Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients are lower in calories; lower in fat, saturated fat and cholesterol; lower in sodium and salt; and lower in sugar.

Many ingredients are substitutes for the foods that have been linked to health problems.  Most recipes in Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients use sugar substitutes, for example, to replace calorie-dense sugars.

Each healthy recipe in Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients features a nutritional analysis of ingredients, including the number of calories, grams of protein, carbohydrate, fat, sugar, and fiber.  They also list milligrams of cholesterol, sodium and calcium.

Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients is just one of four excellent healthy cookbooks published by Cookbook Resources.  Besides Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients, others include Easy Diabetic Recipes, The Ultimate 4 Ingredient Diabetic Cookbook and 365 Easy Vegetarian Recipes.

All cookbooks are published by Cookbook Resources as quick and easy cookbooks.  Learn more by visiting www.cookbookresources.com or by calling 866-229-2665.  More than 150 cookbook titles are loaded with quick and easy recipes, easy healthy recipes, easy diabetic recipes and general quick and easy healthy recipes.

All Dr. Hunts cookbooks are published by Cookbook Resources, LLC.  Cookbook Resources specializes in quick and easy cookbooks, has produced more than 125 cookbook titles and produced more than 2,000,000 copies worldwide.

Dr. Sally N. Hunt earned her Ph.D. at Texas Woman’s University, M.S. at Northwestern State University of Louisiana and B.S. at the University of Oklahoma.  Her areas of study and research were in Home Economics Secondary Education, with concentration in foods and nutrition.

For 25 years, she was a Teacher Educator and Administrator at the university level.  Hunt taught home economics, secondary education and foods and nutrition classes from high school through college levels.  She has appear on local television programs and the QVC network.

Her published cookbooks include Easy Diabetic Recipes, 365 Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Easy Diabetic Cooking with 4 Ingredients, and Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients.

Dr. Hunt’s latest cookbook Ultimate 4 Ingredient Diabetic Cookbook has more than 300 easy diabetic recipes with nutritional analyses.  Each recipe has only 4 ingredients and all ingredients are items found in most pantries and refrigerators.  There are no fancy or gourmet items that require special time and effort.  Everything in the recipes are well within the normal home.

Learn more about these quick and easy cookbooks, as well as easy healthy cookbooks and quick and easy diabetic cookbooks at www.cookbookresources.com or call toll free at 866-229-2665.

From the Author

Caught in the rush of everyday living?  Even the most health-conscious consumer would agree that healthy eating and cooking are quite a challenge!  After a hard day of work, we hurry to the supermarket, grabbing familiar foods that are quick and easy to prepare, but are probably not the healthiest food choices.

After the publication of my first book, Easy Healthy Cooking with Four Ingredients, I became aware of just how important easy, quick and healthy recipes are.  Over and over again, people have said, “Four healthy ingredients?  That’s what I need!”

When I began researching nutrition requirements for diabetics, it became clear to me that the recommended foods for people with diabetes are essentially the same healthy foods everyone needs.  The challenge was to develop recipes using smart, convenient products designed for people on the go, yet still be low in sugar and refined carbohydrates, sodium, fat, cholesterol and calories.  Impossible?  Never!

Reading food labels and looking for smart new products is a great idea, but it sometimes takes more time than we have.  That hungry family waiting at home is the more urgent need, not roaming the aisles of the supermarket.  I’ve done the research for you, providing nearly 200 smart recipes with nutritional analyses, serving sizes – even net carb counts.  This cookbook takes all guesswork out of meal planning.

For the person with diabetes, the low carb dieter, or anyone short on time and long on good intentions, this cookbook is for you.  Enjoy!

Sally N. Hunt, Ph.D. is the author of Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients, published by Cookbook Resources, LLC, 2003, which has sold more than 20,000 copies. She has appeared on QVC Home Shopping Network and local television programs.  With a Ph.D. in Home Economics, Dr. Hunt has extensive teaching experience at the college level in Natchitoches, Louisiana.  She continued to live in historic Natchitoches, Louisiana after retiring and plans to continue to develop creative recipes for easy, healthy cooking.  Dr. Hunt currently lives in Georgetown, Texas and continues perfecting diabetic recipes and healthy recipes.

• Saucy Chicken Wings
• Old-Time Lemonade
• Disappearing Shrimp Dip
• No-Guilt Tortilla Crisps
• Sugar Free Hot Cocoa
• French Toast Sticks
• Bacon, Egg and Cheese Wrap
• Fiesta Corn Salad
• Chicken Pasta Salad
• Spicy Beef Enchiladas
• Black Bean Quesadillas
• Citrus Baked Chicken
• Outdoor Cola Can Chicken
• Oven Barbecued Brisket
• Low Carb Lasagna
• Low Carb Chicken Fajitas
• Chicken Cheese Spaghetti
• Chicken and Dumplings
• Speedy Shrimp Creole
• Crawfish Spaghetti Sauce
• Emergency Chicken Noodle Soup
• Homemade Mac ‘N Cheese
• Cinnamon Maple Sweet Potatoes
• Tex-Mex Black Bean Soup
• Sugar Free Peanut Butter Bites
• Low Carb Cheesecake
• Divine Peanut Butter Pie
• Toffee Candy Pie
• Old Fashioned Banana Pudding
• Chocolate Cookie Delight
• Cherry Cobbler
• Summer Melon Supreme

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In the Ultimate 4 Ingredient Diabetic Cookbook there are only 4 ingredients in every recipe.  All the recipes are so easy and tasty, that cooking will be your next big adventure.  These easy recipes make following the diabetic guidelines so much easier and rewarding.  It’s just a guide for making the right food choices and maintaining a healthy diabetic lifestyle.

These quick and easy diabetic recipes are the fastest way for you to get on track and make your food choices count.  The Ultimate 4 Ingredient Diabetic Cookbook and the Easy Diabetic Recipes include quick and easy recipes for nutritious meals in a hurry.

There are 200 plus smart recipes, each with only 4 ingredients.  All are quick and easy recipes to prepare.  They all use everyday ingredients that are easy to find and easy to use and are less expensive than gourmet items.

Recipes low in sugar and refined carbohydrates, sodium, fat, cholesterol and calories have easy-to-read nutritional analyses listing each of the food components.  There is an easy to read chart for each recipe telling you exactly what is in the recipes you are reviewing.

Healthy recipes with convenient, new products for people on the go are right at your fingertips.  There’s no-guesswork meal planning, all great for the low-carb dieter.

“These healthy foods and recipes are not just for people with diabetes, but these recipes are for everyone interested in good health.  The challenge was to develop recipes using smart, convenient products designed for people on the go, yet still low in sugar and refined carbohydrates, sodium, fat, cholesterol and calories and we did with great taste!”   Sally N. Hunt, Ph.D., Author

Go to www.cookbookresources.com or call toll-free at 866-229-2665 to learn more about the Ultimate 4 Ingredient Diabetic Cookbook with only 4 ingredients in every nutritious recipe.

And don’t forget about the Easy Diabetic Recipes with more than 300 recipes and lots of great ideas.  These cookbooks from Cookbook Resources is the smart, easy way to cook healthy!

Quick and easy slow cooker recipes from cookbooks published by Cookbook Resources make life easier.  They give you great ideas for using the everyday ingredients already in your pantry.

Be sure to try Cookbook Resources five great quick and easy slow cooker recipes:  1001 Slow Cooker Recipes cookbook, Easy Slow Cooker cookbook, 365 Easy Slow Cooker Recipes cookbook, Easy Slow Cooker Handbook with color photos and Busy Woman’s Slow Cooker Cookbook.

You don’t have to buy expensive special ingredients you only use once.  You use what you already have in the refrigerator and pantry.  It’s that simple.

Other great sources for quick and easy recipes are also found in Cookbook Resources other quick and easy cookbooks.

1001 Easy, Short, Inexpensive Recipes

1001 Slow Cooker Recipes

Ultimate 4-Ingredient Cookbook

Busy Woman’s Quick and Easy Recipes

1001 America’s Favorite Recipes

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These are just a few of the many cookbooks that Cookbook Resources packs into practical, everyday cookbooks that make it possible for you to “cook” every night.

“Cooking” has a new definition in today’s busy, complicated life…pour Italian salad dressing over chicken before you grill it or bake it in the oven and you have “cooked” the main dish for dinner.  It’s that easy with quick and easy cookbooks from Cookbook Resources.

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This is a fragrant, full-bodied soup that is excellent for entertaining.

1 each fresh large, smooth red and yellow bell pepper

4 finely minced or pressed garlic cloves

2 teaspoons olive oil

5 cups reduced sodium beef or vegetable broth or homemade vegetable broth

Cut peppers into quarters and place skin side up on rack of a broiler pan. Place the peppers 4-6 inches from broiling element and broil. When peppers begin to blacken in spots, turn the peppers about every 2 minutes, using long-handled tongs.

As each quarter blackens and shrivels, remove and place in a resealable plastic bag and close tightly. Allow peppers to cool; then peel skin away with a sharp knife. Cut peppers into long, thin strips and set aside.

Add garlic and oil to a 4-5 quart soup pot; sauté garlic about 1 minute. Add peppers and continue to sauté 1-2 minutes. Add broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, about 30 minutes.

Season to taste with salt or salt substitute and freshly ground black pepper. Serve hot.

Flavor Perk: Add 1/3 teaspoon saffron to soup before simmering. Pour soup over a small slice of French bread in each soup bowl for serving.

Variation: Use 1-11/2 cups jarred roasted red peppers to substitute for fresh peppers.

Yield: 4 servings

Serving size: 1 cup

Calories: 82

Protein: 2 g

Carbohydrate: 15 g

Fat: 3 g

Cholesterol: 0 mg

Sodium: 35 mg

Calcium: 40 mg

Dietary Fiber: 4 g

Sugar: 5 g

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That’s just how easy it is to use and to cook from Cookbook Resources’ quick and easy cookbooks.  Cookbook Resources specializes in recipes that have only 4 or 5 ingredients.  They are all quick and easy recipes that use everyday ingredients.  Families love the recipes and even kids who are picky will join in at the dinner to eat a good meal.

Some of the best recipes come from the Ultimate 4-Ingredient Cookbook and the Essential 3-4-5 Ingredient Cookbook, which features recipes with only 3 ingredients or 4 ingredients or 5 ingredients at the max.

Would you believe the following recipes only have 5 ingredients or less?  It’s true!

The Chocolate-Almond Pie easy recipe uses chocolate-almond bar, whipped topping and piecrust.  That’s 3 ingredients and you have a delicious pie!

The Ritzy Baked Chicken easy recipe has chicken breasts, sour cream and crushed Cheezits crackers.  3 ingredients…that’s it…and it’s terrific!

The easy recipe for Beef Patties in Creamy Onion Sauce only has 4 ingredients in it.  Would you believe ground beef, salsa, Ritz crackers and cream of onion soup.  That’s it.  And, it’s really good.  Everyone will love this easy recipe.

One of the best, easy recipes ever is Chicken Marseilles.  It has 5 ingredients and it tastes like a gourmet French dish that takes hours to prepare.  How easy is this recipe?  Butter, chicken breasts, vegetable soup-dip mix, dill weed and sour cream…it’s that easy.  If you don’t have dill weed, don’t worry about it.  They will never know.

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Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients uses today’s smart new products that add flavor and reduce prep time.  Healthy recipes reduce calories, sodium and sugar, but increase flavors.  Easy-to-use nutritional information is easy to read.

Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients also has time-saving steps and easy preparation to get you out of the kitchen fast.  Lots of practical, everyday information for healthful cooking fills the pages of the Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients cookbook.

Don’t miss these delicious, smart and healthy recipes:

Roasted Red-Yellow Pepper Soup

Just the Beef Fajitas

Mandarin Chicken Tenders

Shrimp Florentine

Pantry Chicken Tostadas

Very Berry Sorbet

Cherry-Angel Trifle

Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients has great new healthy recipes emphasizing fresh ingredients and smart new products for healthful cooking.

Four-ingredient cooking is “back-to-basics” cooking.  With just four food products in each healthy recipe, the quality, flavor retention and careful preparation of each ingredient becomes important.  Cooking techniques are generally basic and simple, with a focus on retaining the nutrients, flavors, colors and textures of foods.

The ingredients in these healthy recipes in Easy Healthy Cooking with 4 Ingredients have been carefully selected to result in a flavorful and satisfying cooked product.  Fresh, natural and high quality ingredients are emphasized throughout.

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