The Chez Eddy Living Heart Cookbook

The critically acclaimed Chez Eddy Restaurant of The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, has pioneered a heart-healthy cuisine that is also delicious, elegant, and soul satisfying. Collected here for the first time and carefully adapted for the home cook, these recipes can make everyday and holiday eating something to look forward to once again. Using a host of innovative cooking techniques and imaginative ingredients, the chefs at Chez Eddy have elevated traditional gourmet cuisine to create an ingenious menu of Southwestern Cajun, and European dishes that are low in fat, cholesterol, salt, and sugar. The results of their efforts - a wonderful union of good taste and good health - prove that it is possible to enjoy gourmet dining and still eat healthfully. This marvelous cookbook demonstrates the ultimate in what is possible with heart-healthy cuisine - from Crabmeat Enchiladas with Green Chili Sauce and Wild Boar with Plum Sauce to Salmon Antonio and even Pineapple Cheesecake - all complete with an easy-to-interpret nutritional analysis for each serving. There are scrumptious appetizers that invite nibbling, such as Sesame Chicken Fingers LeBlanc with Two Dipping sauce, sensational main course salads like Country Garden Pasta Salad and Chez Eddy Sliced Beef Salad with Five-Spice Dressing, plus such Chez Eddy favorites as Chez Eddy Chicken Fajitas and Beggar's Purses with Ancho Chili Sauce (corn crepes filled with grill chicken). Meat dishes such as Medallions of Beef Marchand de Vin and Escallops of Veal with Apricot Coulis to name only two are so rich and savory you will wonder how they could possibly be heart-wise. And because no meal is complete without a luscious dessert, they serve up a host of tempting concoctions ranging from Blueberry Cobbler and Apple Brownies to Lemon Crepes and Angel Food Cake with Raspberry Sauce.