Book excerpt: "With 500 More Fat-Free Recipes, Sarah Schlesinger has created an even more diverse collection that should make every meal of the day a healthy and delicious success." "Beginning with a much expanded list of ingredients - reflecting the greater variety of foods now available on supermarket shelves - Schlesinger has drawn inspiration from cuisines around the world - Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Thai, Indian, and more. Wonderful, often underused flavors like curry, lemongrass, fresh ginger, rose water, and balsamic and wine vinegars brighten dishes that are a far cry from the bland, repetitive meals people often associate with the restrictions of fat-free cooking." "Schlesinger makes steamed dumplings with wonton wrappers, and blends blueberries and seltzer water to make a frozen fruit ice. Robust vegetable stews are made more interesting with barley, bulgur, and couscous. She moistens and enriches cake batter with prune puree in place of butter or shortening and makes crumb crusts from fat-free cookies. And in her variation on chocolate-covered strawberries, cocoa powder, which has no fat, replaces the melted chocolate."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved