THE EVERYTHING WHOLE-GRAIN, HIGH-FIBER COOKBOOK
Lynette Rohrer Shirk Technical Review by Julie Negrin, M.S.
Dear Reader, If you're looking for a delicious way to add whole grains and fiber to your diet, this book is for you! I've put together 300 recipes using fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and alternative grains, augmented with tips and tidbits. Julie Negrin has supplied nutritional information for each recipe. Over the years I have cooked many recipes based on my culinary school education and professional restaurant experience. My work in the pastry department at Chez Panisse included providing wholesome desserts containing fresh fruits, nuts, and interesting grains. Polenta Pear Tart, Buckwheat Crepes, and fig Raspberry Compote are a few examples. I also spent a year in Eugene, oregon, soaking up the organic produce at the Saturday open-air market; making baby food from scratch with no preservatives; and creating candy recipes using ingredients such as brown rice syrup, sunflower seeds, and soy milk.
I enjoyed making this book, and I hope you will find it a valuable tool for making delicious high-fiber snacks and meals. Bon appetit! Lynette Rohrer ShirkWelcome to theSeries! These handy, accessible books give you all you need to tackle a difficult project, gain a new hobby, comprehend a fascinating topic, prepare for an exam, or even brush up on something you learned back in school but have since forgotten. You can choose to read an Everything book from cover to cover or just pick out the information you want from our four useful boxes: e-questions, e-facts, e-alerts, e-ssentials. We give you everything you need to know on the subject, but throw in a lot of fun stuff along the way, too. We now have more than 400 Everything books in print, spanning such wide-ranging categories as weddings, pregnancy, cooking, music instruction, foreign language, crafts, pets, New Age, and so much more. When you're done reading them all, you can finally say you know Everything ! Answers to common questions Important snippets of information Urgent warnings Quick handy tips DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION Paula Munier EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Laura M.
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Dedication
To Grandma and Daddy Joe Metzendorf
As always, I would like to thank my husband, Jeff, and daughter, Zelda, for their patience and appetites while I worked on this book.
Dedication
To Grandma and Daddy Joe Metzendorf
As always, I would like to thank my husband, Jeff, and daughter, Zelda, for their patience and appetites while I worked on this book.
Thanks also to everyone at Stringfellow School in Coppell, Texas, especially the moms who watched over my daughter this school year, and Miss Kennedy McCann for sharing her friendship bread starter. Thanks also to Kerry Smith and June Clark for providing me the opportunity to write about whole grains and high fiber. And special thanks to Nancy Maar!
Introduction
The importance of whole grains and high fiber in the human diet cannot be overstressed in this modern era of overprocessed foods. It's possible to get all the fiber you need from fruits, vegetables, and grains; there's no need to rely on supplements. The purpose of this book is to inform the reader of the wide variety of available foods containing fiber, then providerecipes for delicious meals using those high-fiber ingredients. While the current American diet averages only about 10 grams of dietary fiber per day, upping your daily intake to 25 to 40 grams of fiber per day could reduce your risk of developing a host of chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and gastrointestinal conditions.
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