Jean Carper's Complete Healthy Cookbook presents the very best of her healthy, easy-to-make recipes and thoroughly explains how to eat smart, offering a wealth of nutritional information, the latest lifesaving research, and specific health advice from the experts.

This bountiful collection of nutritional facts and wellness-promoting recipes gives readers both the motivation and the know-how for getting their nine servings of fruits and vegetables in every day. Jean Carper, USA Weekend's EatSmart columnist and author of several best-sellers, boils down the basic nutritional concepts on which her diet advice is based. Among her 10 Rules for Smart Eating are to include plenty of fish, tea, whole grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables and avoid meat, trans fats and overeating. The information presented contains scientific evidence backing it.

Jean Carper has also compiled her favorite low-calorie, high-in-good-fat, low-sodium and low-sugar creations for everyday cooking. Recipes like Moroccan Chicken with Prunes, and Yogurt Vegetable Salad are simple to make, with enough variety of flavor to liven up the ordinary dinner table. On the other hand, no one will mistake dishes like Low-Fat Creamed Spinach or Coconut Pecan Chicken Fingers for their richer counterparts. Jean Carper makes a good case for the philosophy on which she's built her career on that what we eat can either heal or harm us.