Kumar - Healthy Cooking In A Jiffy: The Complete No Fad, No Diet Handbook

HEALTHY COOKING IN A JIFFY

THE COMPLETE NO FAD, NO DIET HANDBOOK

By Prasenjeet Kumar

Ver 2.0 (Incorporates suggestions from people to make recipes more flavourful)

Copyright Prasenjeet Kumar 2014

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In simple words, this book is licensed strictly for your personal use. If you would like to spread the good word about this book, which we hope you would, then please purchase an additional copy for each such recipient. If youre reading this book and did not purchase it, then we earnestly request you to consider purchasing your own copy. We are grateful to you for recognizing and respecting the hard work that this author has put in for bringing out this book.

Photographs of ready-made dishes have been provided wherever possible. All photographs of ready-made dishes are taken by the author himself, in natural light, without using any inedible garnish or props, and of the dishes that were made right in his house. These are just meant to illustrate how exactly the dish would look like if you prepared them yourself.

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Cooking home-made meals can do wonders for your health and well-being. But a lot of times hectic work schedule does not let couples create meals from scratch at home. I get a lot of questions from readers who are willing to cook at home but do not find the necessary time and energy to do so.

In this PDF (which is a 22, 000 word document), I share the tips and techniques that anyone can use to create a complete breakfast, lunch or dinner meal from scratch in less than 30 minutes. You can download this free e-book by going here.

Cookinginajiffy.com

Disclaimers

The Author has tried to recreate, wherever relevant, events, locales and conversations from his memories of them. In order to maintain their anonymity in some instances, the Author has changed the names of individuals and places, including some identifying characteristics and details such as physical properties, occupations and places of residence.

Although the Author has made every effort to ensure that the information in this book was correct at press time, the Author does not assume and hereby disclaims any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause.

This book is not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of physicians. The reader should regularly consult a physician in matters relating to his/her health and particularly with respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention.

This book also assumes that the reader does not suffer from any food allergies or related medical conditions. Readers suffering from food allergies are requested to skip the recipes that contains ingredients which trigger adverse reactions in that reader or in his/her family and friends.

What People Say........

I have had some really encouraging feedback from my Facebook fans and e-mail subscribers when I shared some of the recipes of this book on my website cookinginajiffy.com. Here are some of those comments:

It is so nice to provide the Sequencing and Parallel Processing tips!! It is a very useful tip for the reader to follow!! Keep up the good work and I look forward to learn more from your website!! Thank you very much!!

Naomi Leung

I tried out the baked chicken alongwith the garlic bread and soup!!!! my family really enjoyed it!!! thank you so much...!!!

Gitaa Sharrma

Thanks so much! I am enjoying your recipes...they are quick to make (in a jiffy!) and easy too. The best thing is that they turn out so tasty! Keep it up! My compliments to you and your mom.

Neena Singh

The craft always lies in the simplicity of thingsyour recipes are like that...

Surupa Chatterjee

Acknowledgements

This Book is, as always, dedicated to all those visitors, fans and followers to my website cookinginajiffy.com as well as to my Facebook and Twitter pages. Im truly grateful for their really encouraging comments and constructive suggestions that have not only kept my morale high in some really frustrating times but have also resulted into the writing of this book.

It has actually been quite a roller coaster ride since I launched my website in April 2013. Since then, I have been able to bring out my first Book How To Cook In A Jiffy: Even If You Have Never Boiled An Egg Before in September 2013. Touted as the easiest cookbook on earth, that book was meant for the complete newbie, who may actually have never boiled an egg before.

My second book Home Style Indian Cooking In A Jiffy was released in December 2013. This book contains an amazing compilation of over 100 delectable Indian dishes, many of which you cant get in any Indian restaurant for love or for money.

Now I present this third book in, what I hope, would be the everlasting How To Cook Everything In a Jiffy series of cookbooks.

Adopting a healthy lifestyle does not happen overnight. From my own first-hand experience, I know how my family has gone through a lot of trial, errors and experiments into developing a healthy and sustainable routine. We constantly discuss, debate and strive to improve our diet. A lot of credit here goes to my mother who is the main reason behind the good health and well-being of our entire family.

My mother too, despite her vast experience, did not learn healthy cooking one fine morning. She is very fond of reading articles on the Net and in health magazines, especially about food items that have tremendous health benefits. Her greatness, however, is that she then tries to find new ways to incorporate such healthy items in our diet. She also routinely alters traditional recipes by reducing the amount of fat and spices and by adding a few more healthy ingredients which often result in meals that are not only innovative but nutritious and delicious as well.

I have to, therefore, dedicate this book to my dearest mom who is the original creator of all these recipes. It is simply amazing how she despite being a working mother (she is actually a very senior Indian Administrative Service officer), finds time to not only cook but also experiment with food.

In her quest for experimenting with healthy cooking, she has had the full support of my father and me. Most fathers generally leave their wives to cook while they watch television or go out to play golf. However, I have often seen my father helping my mother in the kitchen without any hesitation. The overall objective used to be to cook meals from scratch within 30 minutes, and it was amazing how often we succeeded in meeting this target. I, therefore, dedicate this book to my father too, who even now takes time off to advise me on what my book should focus on, and sometimes even gives editing suggestions.

I sincerely hope that the trial and errors my family has gone through will serve as an inspiration to you and to all your friends, colleagues and family members.