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Healthier food choices don't always mean that we need to sacrifice flavor for nutrition. Culinary expert Norene Gilletz proves that healthy cooking can be as nutritious as it is delicious in her latest cookbook, Norene's Healthy Kitchen. Packed with 600 fabulous recipes, the pages shine with Norene's passion for healthy kosher meals from around the world.

Norene's Healthy Kitchen bursts with tried-and-true chef's secrets, nutrition tips, and deliciously easy non-dairy, meat-free options fit for kosher and vegetarian diets. The recipes are great choices for heart-smart cooking, for those looking to lose weight, and for diabetic diets. They are also compatible with the Weight Watchers and South Beach diets.

The book features a buffet of exciting international flavors, and Norene has been careful to ensure that her recipes' ingredients can be found at local supermarkets. Her friendly voice and culinary expertise make it easy for home cooks to integrate diverse, healthy dishes in their busy lives.

Confetti Vegetable Strudel

Cool as Cucumber Soup

Lox and Bagel Cheese Strata

Spanakopita roll-ups

Chimichurri Chicken

Luscious Lemon Berry Mousse

For the home cook looking for fresh, healthful spins on old and new favorites, the search stops with Norene's Healthy Kitchen.

Norene Gilletz is the leading author of kosher cookbooks in Canada. She is a culinary consultant, cooking teacher/lecturer, cookbook author, and freelance food writer, focusing on healthy cooking. Norene's Healthy Kitchen is her seventh cookbook.

Eat Your Way to Good Health

Whitecap Books
ISBN 978-1-55285-802-8
CDN $34.95, paperback

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Sample Recipes

Mini veggie latkes with smoked salmon and tzatziki

Smashed Potato Latkes

Two-way tzatziki

Vidalia Onion Salad

Chicken Yum-Yum

Daphne's Famous Chutney Chicken

Grill 'n Chill Asparagus

Raspberry Vinaigrette

Couscous Mediterranean-Style

Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins

Cranberry Oatmeal Flax Cookies

Apples 'N Honey Cake

Decadent Marbled Cheesecake

Chocolate Pancakes

Apple-tastic Apple Muffins

Split Pea & Portobello Mushroom Soup

Black Bean & Corn Soup

Quick Pea Soup

Curried Carrot & Cashew Soup

Highlights from the Reviewers [CLICK HERE FOR FULL REVIEWS]

With generous dollops of whimsy, enthusiasm, and expertise, Norene Gilletz helps both the novice and experienced cook dive into a healthier lifestyle... Susie Fishbein, author, Kosher by Design cookbook series

Norene combines her renowned culinary skills with the latest food science (and a large dose of folksy common sense) to produce a wonderful cookbook... Rick Gallop, author, The G.I.Diet series; former president, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

... Norene’s Healthy Kitchen will inspire readers to add variety to their diets and help them to develop life-long healthy eating regimes! Dana McCauley, food trend and cooking expert

... These are heart-healthy, weight-loss friendly, diabetes-helpful, delicious recipes using easy-to-find ingredients. You need this book on your kitchen counter! Shirley O. Corriher, author, CookWise

... Norene’s Healthy Kitchen is a must for anyone adopting a lifestyle change for long-term health. Ronald Goldenberg, MD, FRCPC, FACE, Endocrinologist, LMC Endocrinology Centres, Toronto, Canada

Praise from Pan-Pals

I have all of Norene Gilletz’ cookbooks which over the years have became my kitchen bibles. Her new one, “Norene’s Healthy Cooking”, is an excellent food guide which helps me to make better food choices which are nutritious, easy to prepare and so delicious.  I highly recommend this cookbook to everyone interested in living a healthier lifestyle.

Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie is so incredibly outstanding! We couldn’t get enough of it! I had to take the bowl off of the table and into the freezer or my daughter and I would have finished two pounds of ground turkey and four sweet potatoes. Many thanks once again for your recipes that are so tasty, healthy and easy to prepare.
Arna Cappe, a long time fan

Norene's Healthy Kitchen - Eat Your Way to Good Health
by Norene Gilletz

Published by: Whitecap Books
978-1-55285-802-8
CDN $34.95, paperback
8 x 9, 512 pages
colour photographs throughout

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Please note that previous versions of this book were published in Canada under the title MealLeaniYumm!

Canada's leading Kosher cookbook expert comes to America!

Healthy Helpings by Norene Gilletz, was launched Jan. 27 - 29, 2004 in Los Angeles at KosherWorld, the international show for expanding Kosher markets. Healthy Helpings won "Best of Show" Award in the Cookbook category.

Hailed by renowned registered dietitian Lisa Drayer, M.A., R.D., CNN's nutrition expert, as "A delicious, nutritious compilation of recipes that every health conscious individual will savor!" Healthy Helpings is destined to become a staple in healthy kitchens across America.

In Healthy Helpings Norene bridges the gap between good health and good taste. Perfect for the health-conscious cook, the recipes in Healthy Helpings are designed with beginner and well-seasoned cooks in mind. Each recipe includes nutritional analysis perfect for those with health problems or those watching their weight. You will discover low-fat, high flavor dishes that are great for anyone. Even the pickiest of eaters will enjoy these delicious recipes.

Always keeping her motto that "food that is good for you should taste good!" in mind, Norene shares traditional favorites as well as simply irresistible recipes that will appeal to the eye and the palate.

Norene will even help you maintain a healthy diet during the High Holidays, Chanukah and Passover. Feasts are still filled with flavor, but the fat and calories have been slashed so you will be able to enjoy your festive favorites without guilt. There are even options available if you have vegetarians at your table. The recipes and cooking tips in Healthy Helpings follow Kashruth (law of keeping kosher) and the wide variety of recipes from various ethnic cuisines have been adapted to follow kosher dietary guidelines.

You'll love Cajun Chicken, Honey Garlic Meatballs, Sesame Salmon and No-Fry Potato Latkas. Enjoy delectable desserts such as Square Moon Cookies, Jumbleberry Crisp and Guilt-Free Chocolate Cake. Meatless dishes for full or part-time vegetarians include Easy Vegetarian Chili, Luscious Lentil Soup, Terrific Tofu Stir-Fry and Rainbow Tabbouleh. Passover pleasures include Manicotti, Passover Pizza and Mock Chopped Liver.

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Healthy Helpings: 800 Fast & Fabulous Recipes for the Kosher (or not) Cook
Author: Norene Gilletz

Whitecap Books (2006)
CDN $29.95

ISBN: 978-1-55285-788-5

Sample Recipes

Homemade Apple Sauce

Glazed Apricot Carrots with Peppers

Low Fat Matzo Balls

Coke Brisket

Mini Cheesecakes

No-Fry Latkes

Oven Roasted Vegetables

Split Pea and Barley Soup

Rainbow Tabbouleh Salad

Confetti Vegetable Kugel

Wonton Chips

Healthy Helpings is an excellent resource for cardiac patients, weight-watchers, diabetics or anyone with weight/health concerns.

Praise for Healthy Helpings

"Much more than a diet book, Healthy Helpings presents 800 enticing, easy-to-make, ethnically diverse recipes; nutritional tips and education sidebars; and even a useful pantry section that will help you live the lean, low-fat lifestyle without any sense of deprivation."

Braiden Rex-Johnson, Cookbook Author, Food and Wine Columnist

"Feeling deprived, hungry, and tired of tasteless food? Norene Gilletz solves the dieting dilemma in her new title Healthy Helpings. There is something for everyone in these delicious, easy-to-make and healthy recipes. The book is loaded with choices for balanced eating. In addition, the recipes are so good (yet so good for you) they can be used for entertaining. In short, a fantastic health tool."

Sheilah Kaufman, Cookbook Author, Food Writer, Cooking Teacher.

Healthy Helpings by Norene Gilletz is full of useful tips for the cook. Whether you're a novice in the kitchen or an experienced cook, you'll appreciate the wealth of practical information Norene provides on preparing nutritious, tasty meals with minimum time and effort. On every page, you feel that Norene is holding your hand in the kitchen. With each recipe she includes hints on reheating and freezing. I can't wait to try Norene's
tempting Peanut Butter Pasta with Chicken, her Black Bean & Corn Casserole flavored with peppers and Dijon mustard, her Dill-icious Cottage Cheese Bread and her enticing Apple Streusel Oatmeal Muffins.

Faye Levy, author, Feast from the Mideast  (HarperCollins) and 1,000 Jewish Recipes (Wiley)

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by Monita Olive

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Please note that previous versions of this book were published in Canada
under the title MealLeaniYumm!

Reviews of MealLeaniYumm!

You don't have to be Jewish to discover the joy, not the "oy," of processing! Whether you are a new reader or an old fan, you'll love this completely updated, revised, expanded edition of my best-selling cookbook, The Pleasures of your Food Processor which is now out of print.

With a new generation of cooks and a new generation of food processors, I felt that it was time to completely revise, update and expand my food processor cookbook. The result was the creation of a new book with a new look and a new name - The Food Processor Bible.

I've kept your favorite recipes and added over 100 new ones, with many lighter, healthier variations that reflect the way we cook and eat today. In response to your requests, I've added many dairy-free and vegetarian alternatives, and used many ingredients that were not popular or readily available 20 years ago.

My goal was to make cooking easier and faster for today's busy families.

I've added many time-saving tips, tricks and processing techniques, substitutions, freezing, reheating and microwave hints, plus information on food safety. There is a new Smart Chart, which is an expanded alphabetical guide to help you process foods from A to Z in a flash.

Since everyone loves sweets (including me) there are lots of luscious desserts that are perfect for special celebrations - or every day. The yeast breads section has also been expanded and simplified.

Because of my culinary background, I've included many traditional Jewish dishes for today's Kosher (or not) cook. However, you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy them! You'll also find a variety of ethnic recipes from the cuisines of the world that provide an international flavor.

You'll love our Sample Recipes!

In addition to a separate Passover chapter, there is a comprehensive Passover index within the main index. Recipes that are suitable for Passover or that have a Passover variation are marked with an asterisk in the index.

Whether you have an old processor or a new model, a large one or a small one (or even if you don't have a processor!) you will still be able to make the recipes in this book.

I know you loved the binder format with tabs used for The Pleasures of your Food Processor but it has unfortunately become too expensive to continue using this binding. Thanks to new technology, The Food Processor Bible has a user-friendly "layflat" binding with colored tabs printed at the edge of each page to help you find the desired recipe quickly.

With the help of your food processor, it's a snap to prepare food fast - instead of fast food - right in your own kitchen. Discover the joy - not the oy - of processing!

Now you can flip through The Food Processor Bible by viewing some sample pages.

The Food Processor Bible
Author: Norene Gilletz
Publisher: Whitecap Books, Toronto, Canada
464 pages, Soft Cover, Layflat Binding
Retail: CDN $29.95
ISBN 1552852113

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CDN $29.95
ISBN 1552852113

New Recipes
Roasted Squash Soup
Salsa Just for the Halibut!
Crazy Blintz Souffle
Teriyaki Turkey
Chicken Stir-Fry
Popcorn Stuffing Mounds
Asian Spinach Salad

Vegetarian Recipes
Bruschetta

Broccoli Lentil Soup

Chickpea Chili

Hoisin Vegetable Stir-Fry

Broccoli Cheese Squares

Vegetable Kishka

Chocolate Tofu Mousse

Best Vegetable Dip

Super Coleslaw

Quick Couscous Salad

Recipes for the Jewish Holidays
Mom's Matzo Balls
Tri-Color Gefilte Fish Mold
Kreplach
Potato Knishes
Honey Apple Cake
Cranberry or Raisin Almond
  Challah
Chocolate Hamentaschen
  Kisses
Passover Lasagna
Homemade Matzo

At last, the first dedicated low GI cookbook for North American women living with PCOS. Approximately one-third of women of reproductive age suffer from PCOS and need to follow the low glycemic index (GI) diet, a successful treatment for PCOS, either alone, or combined with medication. Containing over 300 delicious low GI recipes and variations by the culinary expert who’s been hailed “the Juila Child” of specialty cooking you’ll also find complete introductory chapters about PCOS, shopping and meal planning by a world renowned expert in PCOS, Dr. Nadir Farid. If you have PCOS, and are on the low GI diet, this cookbook will be a valuable addition to your kitchen. Low GI never tasted so good!

The PCOS Diet Cookbook
by Dr. Nadir R. Farid & Norene Gilletz

Published by: Your Health Press

Printed by: Trafford Publishing

309 pages,  paperback

Media contact: media@yourhealthpress.com

For more information visit www.yourhealthpress.com/book_PCOS.html

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Sample Recipes

Grilled Moroccan Salmon

Strawberry & Banana Frozen Yogurt

About the Authors

Dr. Nadir Farid is an internationally known endocrinologist with special interests in polycystic ovarian disease, diabetes and female infertility. He lives in England, where he runs a busy private practice, and is the President of the International Foundation for Biomedical Aging Research (based in Texas). He has trained many successful endocrinologists, internists and scientists, and has published over 469 articles, reviews and chapters. He also runs a biotech company where he has done basic research in several endocrine disorders, including the diagnosis and treatment of insulin resistance. He is co-author of The Low GI Guide to Managing PCOS. For more information about Dr. Farid, visit www.diagnosemefirst.com.

Norene Gilletz is a best-selling author of many specialty cookbooks in North America, including The Food Processor Bible, Healthy Helpings, Norene’s Healthy Kitchen, and The Low Iodine Diet Cookbook. Norene is a food consultant, food writer and columnist, cooking teacher and lecturer. She specializes in recipe makeovers for food-related websites, magazines, newspapers, cookbooks and the food service industry. Norene is a Certified Culinary Professional (CCP) with the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP).

Norene Gilletz, is a renowned cookbook author who is experienced with special diets and substitutions — particularly diets that do not allow dairy, or store-bought breads. This unique cookbook contains more than 250 kitchen-tested recipes, over 20 milk substitutes and variations, and an exhaustive nutritional analysis chart.

The Low Iodine Diet Cookbook is the ultimate cookbook for thyroid cancer patients who need to be on the low iodine diet (LID) for radioactive iodine treatment or scans.

The Low Iodine Diet Cookbook by Norene Gilletz

Published by: Your Health Press

Printed by: Trafford Publishing

318 pages,  paperback, ISBN 1-4210-6691-3

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Nearly 150,000 copies have been sold of this family heirloom since it was first published in 1968. Torn, tattered copies of Second Helpings sit with dignity on many a cookbook shelf - the pages splattered with food stains from years of constant use. Young people starting out on their own won't leave home without it!

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The revised edition includes a chapter of microwave recipes and tips for today's busy cook.

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Second Helpings, Please!
Authors: Norene Gilletz, Harriet Nussbaum
Publisher: Jewish Women International, Montreal, Canada
292 pages. Spiral Binder.
ISBN 0969391013
Retail CDN $29.50

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Recipes Include

Chinese Stew

Passover Meatballs

Tangy Sweet & Sour Meatballs

Harvard Beets

Kreplach

Potato Kugel

Potato Salad

Challah

Norene's Famous
 Cheesecake

Marble Cake

You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy the 800 healthy, home-style recipes in MealLeaniYumm! (pronounced meal.leani.yumm, almost like millennium). This quick and easy cookbook focuses on low-fat, nutritious cuisine, using everyday ingredients. It's a terrific resource for people with health and weight concerns, part-time vegetarians, diabetics, Weight Watcher members - or those who couldn't care less, but just love good food!

From family fare to bountiful buffets, this information-packed book is perfect for today's time-challenged cook. You'll find step-by-step directions for nutritious, satisfying dishes that are sure to please. Don't be surprised if even your children ask for second helpings!

Packed with tips for today's Kosher (or not!) kitchen, MealLeaniYumm! is the smart "weigh" to cook delicious dishes for every day, holidays and special occasions.

Tasting is believing! You'll love our Sample Recipes!

Each recipe has a nutritional analysis, plus there are hundreds of healthful hints about fat, fibre, cholesterol, calories, calcium and mmm-more! Full-color photographs. Specially bound so pages lie flat while you're cooking.

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MealLeaniYumm! is out of print and has been replaced by Healthy Helpings.

Different cover, different format, updated nutrient information, same delicious recipes!

"Meals for the lips, not the hips."
Montreal Gazette

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Learn how to convert traditional recipes to microwave methods. MicroWays is packed with information on freezing, defrosting, reheating, browning and covering. It's the next best thing to having microwave maven Norene Gilletz right beside you in your kitchen!

Microways
Author: Norene Gilletz
Publisher: Gourmania Inc., Toronto, Canada
399 pages. Color photos. 3 Ring Easel-Back Binder.
ISBN 0969797214

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Recipes Include
Chicken Soup

Quicky Chicky with Fettuccine

Finger Lickin' Chinese
 Chicken

Lentil Soup

Gefilte Fish

Salmon Mousse

Mediterranean Bulgur Pilaf

Quick Chocolate Mousse

Chocolate Marshmallow
 Pie

Home-made Chocolate Ice Cream