Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started in Managing Your Cholesterol 7Chapter 1: Managing Cholesterol Is Easier Than You Think 9Chapter 2: Identifying the Foods to Favor to Manage Cholesterol 21Chapter 3: Recognizing Those Foods You've Been Warned About 35Chapter 4: Gearing Up for Healthy Cooking 53Chapter 5: Greeting the Day with a Heart-Healthy Breakfast 63Part 2: A Harvest of Veggies, Legumes, and Grains 77Chapter 6: Bringing Home Heart-Friendly Vegetables 79Chapter 7: Betting on Beans and Legumes for Lower Cholesterol 87Chapter 8: Focusing on Quality Grains for Your Heart's Sake 101Chapter 9: Benefiting from Soups and Salads 113Part 3: Having Your Meat, Poultry, and Seafood 129Chapter 10: Managing Red Meat in a Healthy Diet 131Chapter 11: Flocking to Chicken and Turkey 141Chapter 12: Reeling In Seafood to Your Diet 151Part 4: Salsa, Snacks, Sips, Sweets, and Eating Out 163Chapter 13: Sparking Flavors with Seasonings and Sauces 165Chapter 14: Serving Snacks, Drinks, and Sweet Finishes 173Chapter 15: Eating Well When Dining Out 187Part 5: Time to Hit the Kitchen: Recipes Galore 199Chapter 16: Preparing Breakfasts That Favor the Heart 201Chapter 17: Creating Heart-Healthy Soups 223Chapter 18: Tossing Together Scrumptious Salads 241Chapter 19: Cooking Healthy Red Meat Dishes 263Chapter 20: Bringing Poultry Dishes to Your Table 275Chapter 21: Serving Great-Tasting Seafood 291Chapter 22: Going Vegetarian to Lower Cholesterol 305Chapter 23: Whipping Up Some Side Dishes 319Chapter 24: Turning Out Condiments and Spreads 341Chapter 25: Starting with Appetizers and Finishing with Sweets 349Part 6: The Part of Tens 365Chapter 26: Ten Ways to Fix Healthy Party Foods 367Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Trim Your Food Bill 373Appendix A: Metric Conversion Guide 377Appendix B: Master Shopping List 381Index 385
Molly Siple, MS, RD, is the author of Healing Foods For Dummies and co-author of Recipes for Change, a finalist in the IACP Julia Child Cookbook Awards. She is the author of several additional books on food and female health and has contributed to reference works on complementary medicine.