Main Meal Salads
Norman Kolpas - Readers Digest - ISBN 0276-42355-0

An ideal summer book, full of salad ideas, well illustrated and like lots of current cook books, gives you as list of suppliers for specialist ingredients.

For the health conscious and salad lovers this book is a must. Listed below are a selection of ideas from this book.

Page 32, Light Caesar Salad with grilled Prawns

Page 50 Salade Nicoise with Poached Salmon

Page 65, Chilli Beef Chopped Taco Salad

Page 72, Potato Salad with Grilled Sausage and Whole Grain Mustard Dressing

Price: £15.20

Fast & Fresh Cooking
Readers Digest - ISBN 0-276-42237-6

This in another of those books designed for modern day living, all the recipes have been selected and tested to allow you to produce meals as fast and fresh as possible. Like all the books that 'Readers Digest' produce it is clear concise and well illustrated.

Listed below is a selection of recipe ideas from this book.

Page 33, Spicy Red Lentil Soup

Page 113, Tortiglioni with Asparagus and Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

Page 144, Grilled Sirloin Steak with Peppers, Aubergines and Salsa Verde

Page 219, Crustless Peach and Almond Pie

Price: £18.00

30 Minute Cookbook

Readers Digest - ISBN 0-276-42304-6

A well produced and presented book, which as its title suggests is full of recipes which take 30 minutes or less to prepare for table. Ideal for those of us whose busy life leaves little time to cook at home, but would prefer a healthier varied diet to living on take-a-ways. Most of the ingredients are available from your neighbourhood convenience store or local supermarket.

Listed below are a few of the recipe ideas from this book.

Page 67, Potato Pancakes with Smoked Salmon

Page 158, Pork Fillet with Mustard Sauce

Page 186 Duck Breasts with Ginger Sauce

Page 238, Warm Flageolet and Charred Vegetable Salad

Page 290, Grilled, Honeyed Fruit Kebabs

Price: £23.75