500 (Practically) Fat Free Pasta Recipes

by Sarah Schlesinger

500 (PRACTICALLY) FAT-FREE PASTA RECIPES is a one-stop resource for creating sophisticated, delectable pasta, rice,and grain dishes that are amazingly low in fat, calories, cholesterol and sodium, and high in fiber and complex carbohydrates. In her seventh book, Sarah Schlesinger, the author of this best selling classic, has created hundreds of easy to prepare hot and cold main dishes and side dishes for all occasions, using a wide array of pastas, wild rice, brown rice, couscous and other grains. Each recipe conforms to the FDA's low-fat guideline of 3 grams of fat or less per serving. Ranging from soup to dessert, the recipes include traditional favorites made with a healthy new twist and innovative combinations of fresh ingredients, herbs and spices. You will find all this in just this one volume, along with many other recipes featuring poultry, seafood and fruit.

447 pages, Hardcover

First published December 24, 1996

About the author

Sarah Schlesinger is the author of 500 Fat-Free Recipes, 500 (Practically) Fat-Free Pasta Recipes, and 500 Low-Fat Fruit and Vegetable Recipes, and the co-author of The Low-Cholesterol Olive Oil Cookbook, among others. Her interest in fat-free cooking resulted from her husband's ongoing battle against coronary artery disease. A lyricist and librettist for musical theatre, she is the chair of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Schlesinger lives with her husband in Greenwich Village and in Lewes, Delaware.