Forget cutting all carbs, drinking strange shakes, or only eating cabbage soup for a month. If you really want to lose weight and stay healthy, the most consistent way is to watch the intake and output of calories. This book offers you hundreds of recipes for delicious, balanced, and healthy choices for starters, soups, sides, entrees, and desserts such as: *Jerk Chicken (177 calories) *Asian Sesame Crusted Scallops (272 calories) *Blueberry Cornmeal Pancakes (373 calories) *Squash Pumpkin Pie (437 calories) *Smoked Salmon, Eggs, and Cheese Puffed Casserole (478 calories) From 100-calorie snacks to 500-calorie entrees, you will create recipes that satisfy your cravings--without the guilt! AUTHOR: Lynette Rohrer Shirk is a classically trained chef. She attended the California Culinary Academy's Professional Chef Program, and she has also worked in the kitchens of Wolfgang Puck's Postrio and Masa's. SELLING POINTS: * While other cookbooks focus on cutting the calories even if it means using artificial ingredients, 500 Under 500 provides recipes with wholesome, nutritious ingredients for healthy meals * Contains meals and snacks the whole family will love * Studies show that you can lose up to 5 pounds a month on 1,500 calories a day. 500 calories can be the total of one of your three meals a day while still letting you lose weight *
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