Skinny Suppers: 125 Lightened-Up, Healthier Meals for Your Family

by Brooke Griffin

Overview

Serve up guilt-free, flavor-filled recipes every night of the week!

Millions of loyal readers look to Brooke Griffin’s popular Skinny Mom website for her special brand of skinny recipes, simple meal-planning techniques, and time-saving grocery lists. In her debut cookbook, Skinny Suppers, Griffin is on a mission to help you make smart, healthier choices and cook stress-proof, hearty meals for your family to enjoy around the dinner table.

What’s on the menu? 125 suppers and sides (including 25 fan favorites) like Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers, Supreme Pizza Pasta Casserole, Un-Sloppy Janes, and Loaded Nacho Soup. These are recipes you can feel good about—they’re satisfying, lower in fat and calories, and, most important, delicious! Plus, most are under 350 calories per serving and take less than 30 minutes from prep to table.

Let’s get cooking! Skinny Suppers makes it easy with:

• Easy-to-find ingredients

• A “month of suppers” meal-planning calendar

• Twice as Nice recipes you can cook once and eat twice

• Slow-cooker and one-pot meals to save time and money

You, the busy home cook with no time to spare, will find reliable recipes and tips, inspiration and ideas, encouragement and excitement throughout this cookbook. Filled with photos, easy step-by-step instructions, and nutritional information, Skinny Suppers is the first step to getting your family back around the table for supper!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062419156
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/22/2016
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Brooke Griffin is the founder of SkinnyMom.com, a healthy living brand and global community encouraging more than six million people to eat and live healthy each month. After rediscovering her faith amid a time of personal struggle, Brooke set out to share encouragement to keep women inspired and motivated. A former NFL Cheerleader and 2009 Fitness Universe Champion, Brooke has appeared in magazines including Oxygen, Women’s Fitness, Redbook, and GQ, and on ESPN, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, among other television networks. She lives in Kentucky with her son.

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

Why Suppertime Matters

1 Make Time for Suppertime 3

2 Prepare for Suppertime Success 9

3 Meal Planning for Balanced, Waist-Friendly Suppers 23

4 Let's Get Cooking 33

Skinny Suppers

5 Home Cooking on the Range: Beef Suppers 41

6 Serve Up Some Comfort: Casserole Suppers 69

7 Baked, Shaked, and Unfried: Chicken and Turkey Suppers 97

8 Good to the Last Slurp: Pasta Suppers 129

9 More Than Just Chops: Pork Suppers 155

10 Flavor That's Off the Hook: Seafood Suppers 185

11 Hearty One-Bowl Meals: Skinny Soups and Salads 207

12 Skip the Meat, Y'all: Vegetarian Suppers 237

13 All the Fixin's for the Family: Skinny Side Dishes 261

Make It Homemade: Skinny Seasonings 299

Acknowledgments 300

Universal Conversion Chart 301

Index 303

Editorial Reviews

Having this cookbook on hand will be like having your own personal cheerleader in the kitchen.” — Booklist

“Skinny Suppers offers suppertime recipes packed with wholesome, healthy ingredients. Sumptuous full-page photos complement the recipes and make for a delicious presentation…categories such as beef, casseroles, poultry, pasta, pork, seafood and vegetarian dishes, it’s an easily navigated cookbook for those wishing to eat more healthily.” — Kentucky Monthly

“If you hadn’t told me that this had come from a Skinny Suppers cookbook, I would never know that this had been reduced-fat, reduced-calorie—it’s fabulous.” — Jill Bauer, QVC host

“Skinny Suppers is much more than a cookbook as it is one of those few books that help you to eat healthy and delicious meals but also to build family bonds. It is an essential cookbook for anyone interested in bringing their family together.” — The Washington Book Review

From the Publisher

If you hadn’t told me that this had come from a Skinny Suppers cookbook, I would never know that this had been reduced-fat, reduced-calorie—it’s fabulous.

Jill Bauer

Having this cookbook on hand will be like having your own personal cheerleader in the kitchen.

Booklist

Skinny Suppers offers suppertime recipes packed with wholesome, healthy ingredients. Sumptuous full-page photos complement the recipes and make for a delicious presentation…categories such as beef, casseroles, poultry, pasta, pork, seafood and vegetarian dishes, it’s an easily navigated cookbook for those wishing to eat more healthily.

Kentucky Monthly

Skinny Suppers is much more than a cookbook as it is one of those few books that help you to eat healthy and delicious meals but also to build family bonds. It is an essential cookbook for anyone interested in bringing their family together.

The Washington Book Review

Having this cookbook on hand will be like having your own personal cheerleader in the kitchen.

Booklist