(Coralville, IA; Eau Claire, WI) Many people want to eat healthier, but they don’t know how to get started. Short on time, they are overwhelmed by the vast amount of information. They assume healthy food lacks flavor, takes too much time or requires exotic ingredients.

Authors Sondra Lewis and Dorie Fink cut through the hype and offer readers a concise yet thorough guide to making good eating choices. With over 200 recipes and 80 specific meal suggestions, Simple Choices for Healthier Eating provides the tools for both seasoned and amateur cooks to make great meals that are good for the body. Time-saving tips abound as well as discussion on how to shop and how to store food. Easy-to-read chapters include nutritional information and provide the basis for helping to prevent common diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. Lewis and Fink offer readers multiple ways to adjust recipes based on dietary needs, tips for feeding finicky eaters and ideas for involving the whole family in meal preparation.

More than a cookbook, Simple Choices for Healthier Eating is a how-to guide that readers will refer to again and again.