You love to cook but you’ve become increasingly aware of those extra pounds that keep mounting. Your traditional recipes include taste enhancing ingredients such as bacon, cream and butter. Putting them on your taboo list means finding new ways to prepare flavorful meals.

I found a book that takes healthy, low-fat recipes and dresses them up with savory herbs and spices that you might not have tried before. The “flexitarian” approach to eating focuses primarily on grains, fruits and vegetables but adds poultry and seafood to provide protein in the meals.

Recipes such as “Masala Yogurt Chicken” and “Pasta With Spiced Cashew and Almond Sauce” can be prepared and ready to eat in less than a half hour.

There is also a section on ‘tips and techniques’ that help even the novice chef whip up a nutritious but tasty meal. You learn more about the book at www.theflexcook.com