Weeknight Wonders: Delicious, Healthy Dinners in 30 Minutes or Less

Krieger, a registered dietician, and host of the Food Network’s Healthy Appetite, maintains that “there is no need to deprive yourself or go to extremes to be healthy… balance is the key.” She suggests time-saving shortcuts, like using prewashed greens or canned or frozen foods, but avoids highly processed ingredients and artificial additives, and focuses on common and easy-to-find ingredients. Chapters are broken down into very basic categories, starting with refreshing salads: sweet and savory carrot salad with oranges and dates and chicory salad with green apple, cranberries, and blue cheese. Meat dishes include the popular steak fajita served with reduced fat sour cream or low-fat Greek yogurt and grilled lamb chops with minted pea sauce. For poultry lovers, there’s internationally inspired one-pot Dominican-style chicken and rice and orange-sesame chicken stir-fry with snow peas. There are also equally simple and easy sections on seafood (honey-mustard glazed salmon with endive and green apple) and vegetarian dishes (spinach, herb, and goat cheese frittata) along with sides and desserts. Krieger delivers on her promise—the recipes are fast and fresh. (Jan.)