"Happy Cooking: Make Every Meal Count ... Without Stressing Out" by Giada De Laurentiis--not just a cookbook--it's a lifestyle book filled with healthy hints, wellness wisdom, and personal insights about embracing and incorporating change into a recipe for happy living

Happy Cooking: Make Every Meal Count...Without Stressing Out  
by Giada De Laurentiis

Best-selling cookbook author Giada De Laurentiis is picking up where  Feel Good Food  left off. Filled with even more fresh recipes and day-to-day living strategies, the Food Network superstar shares her year-round approach to living a healthy and happy lifestyle.
 
Giada De Laurentiis, one of the most recognizable faces on the Food Network lineup, invites readers to get to know her as never before. The celebrity chef is back with nearly 200 new recipes and helpful advice on everything from hosting a potluck or open house to what to pack along for lunch every day. Drawing on the time-saving tips and healthy eating strategies that keep her functioning at the highest possible level in her roles as working mom, restaurateur, and tv personality, she has assembled a year-round roadmap to vibrant good health and delicious eating. Readers will be inspired to try new ingredients, new wellness practices, and create a wholesome balance between peak nutrition - and the occasional decadent indulgence. Featuring her New Year's cleanse, homemade Christmas gifts, and ideas for every holiday, special occasion, and casual weekend in between, this is Giada’s 365-approach to cooking up a happy life.


MY REVIEW:  Thinking "fresh" these days? Want to feel even fresher? Check out "Happy Cooking: Make Every Meal Count ... Without Stressing Out" by Giada De Laurentiis. It's not just a cookbook--it's a lifestyle book filled with healthy hints, wellness wisdom, and personal insights about embracing and incorporating change into a recipe for happy living. With all the fabulous foods and beverages featured here, you won't be thinking about what's been trimmed-down or eliminated--you'll be wowed at the bounty these leaner, cleaner recipes have to offer. Filled with beautiful color photos from cover to cover, "Happy Cooking" features almost 200 recipes, and it even includes a special "Gifts from Your Kitchen Section". Recipes that are vegan, vegetarian, or gluten-free are so noted. These dishes and drinks really caught my eye: "Pineapple-Ginger Smoothie"; "American Breakfast Rice Bowl"; "Ricotta Toast with Strawberries"; "Sautéed Shrimp Cocktail"; "Better Wedge Salad"; "Italian White Bean, Pancetta, and Tortellini Soup"; "Pasta Primavera with Summer Vegetables"; "Zucchini Spaghetti with Sun Gold Tomato Sauce"; "Superfood Fudge Torte"; "Smashed Root Vegetables"; "Crispy Zucchini and Potato Pancake"; "Sunday Pot Roast"; "Spiced Apple-Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Icing"; "Pumpkin-Ginger Chocolate Muffins"; and "Espresso-Peanut Butter Brownies". There are many more interesting and inviting treats to discover on your own. GIADA DE LAURENTIIS is the Emmy Award-winning star of Food Network's Everyday Italian, Giada at Home, and Giada in Paradise; a judge on Food Network Star; a contributing correspondent for NBC's Today show; and the author of seven New York Times bestselling books. She attended the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris and worked at Wolfgang Puck's Spago restaurant before starting her own catering company, GDL Foods. Born in Rome, she grew up in Los Angeles, where she now lives with her daughter, Jade. 

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Giada De Laurentiis

 

Giada De Laurentiis is a Los Angeles-based celebrity chef who's published several cookbooks and hosts several shows for Food Network. Born in Rome, Italy, she grew up surrounded by homemade Italian cooking. As a child, she and her family moved to California, where she spent countless hours at her grandfather's restaurant DLL Foodshow. Upon graduating from UCLA with a degree in anthropology, Giada studied cuisine and pastry at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France. She then returned to Los Angeles and trained further at the Ritz Carlton Fine Dining Room and Wolfgang Puck's Spago, and later started up her own catering business in the city. She was discovered by Food Network in 2002 and has been a mainstay on their lineup ever since.

http://www.giadadelaurentiis.com/