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Kosher by Design Lightens Up
Fabulous Food for a Healthier Lifestyle

by Susie Fishbein
With Bonnie Taub-Dix MA, RD, CDN
Photography by John Uher



      The sixth book in author Susie Fishbein's "Kosher by Design" series, Kosher by Design Lightens Up offers healthier alternatives for people who love food.  Although the kosher aspect of the book involves not mixing milk and meat products together at a meal and not eating particular foods such as pork and shellfish, the book has an exotic, international, gourmet appeal for any cook who wants to lighten up at mealtime while creating many flavorful foods.

The book contains more than 140 new recipes accompanied by color photographs of the prepared foods and their serving suggestions.  Fishbein’s approach to healthy eating involves taking small steps in adjusting diets.  She substitutes lower-fat, lower-calorie ingredients, but encourages heavy use of spices to add flavor to each recipe.  For instance, she doesn’t just list paprika as an ingredient in the Tex-Mex Turkey Meatballs, but mentions that the spice originated in Hungary, contains Vitamin C, normalizes stomach acid, and regulates blood pressure.  Helpful hints about ingredients, health, and nutrition appear in the front matter of the book in addition to being scattered throughout the recipe introductions.

Recipes include appetizers, soups, salads, poultry, meat, fish, eggs, pasta, dairy, side dishes, and desserts.  Although the recipe selections mix ingredients in unusual ways to create new flavor combinations (such as Teriyaki Butternut Squash Rounds and Salmon Salad with Carrot-Ginger Dressing), for the most part the ingredients are easily obtainable and the preparation time is minimum.  Fishbein includes tips for entertaining; suggestions for table settings; ideas for healthier and more efficient ways to eat, shop, and cook; a glossary; and a cross-referenced index.  An attractive and useful book, Kosher by Design Lightens Up offers something new in the author’s series and provides terrific ideas for health-conscious cooks of every denomination.

The Book

Mesorah Publications Ltd
November 2008
Hardcover
978-1578191178
Cooking / Food
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The Reviewer

Leslie Halpern
Reviewed 2009
NOTE: Reviewer Leslie Halpern is the author of Reel Romance: The Lovers' Guide to the 100 Best Date Movies, Dreams on Film, A Writer's Guide to Fearless Interviews, and the co-author of Connections: A Collection of Poems. Coming Soon: Passionate About Their Work: Celebrities, Artists, and Experts Discuss Creativity.
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