The Healthy Soul Food Cookbook - How to Cut the Fat and Keep the Flavour (Paperback, Carol Pub. Group ed)

The Healthy Soul Food Cookbook offers a new look at traditional African-American cuisine and provides contemporary versions of ninety-nine recipes -- all with an emphasis on fresh ingredients and prepared with leaner meats, egg whites, less (or no) oil, nonfat dairy products, less sodium, and fewer calories.

Here are lighter appetizers, breads, soups, salads, entrees, side dishes, and desserts: Jalapeno Corn Bread, Black-Eyed Pea Salad, Mixed Greens, Red Beans and Rice, and more. Here, too, are irresistible comfort foods like Unfried Chicken and Mississippi Mud Cake -- hearty pleasures made less guilt-inducing with health-conscious, taste-saving tips.

With this sensible, easy-to-follow cookbook, it's possible to heed today's guidelines for healthier eating and still enjoy all the familiar aromas and flavors of soul food -- on special days or every day.