Cook This, Not That

When I'm trying to be healthy, especially when I'm just getting started again and being really vigilant about eating, I need to eat at home. It's easier to make nutritious meals, but sometimes I get bored from making the same things over and over. So I recently picked up Cook This, Not That, a little cookbook from the "Eat This, Not That" company. It has been great so far. We do salmon once a week so on Monday I made their version, with an easy honey mustard glaze that was fantastic. Since I had bought fresh honey and dijon mustard, I wanted another recipe using those ingredients so I opted for chicken tenders with a honey-mustard-chipotle sauce and they were great. They were baked and had a panko bread crumb coating that made for a nice crunch. Then last night I made their sliders two ways, using 92% lean ground sirloin. One recipe was kind of a steakhouse flavor, with bleu cheese and mushrooms, and the other had bacon, cheddar, and a great spicy chipotle mayo. I've also used some of their recipes for side dishes and so far everything has been really delicious. In addition to the recipes, the book also gives complete and detailed nutritional information as well as offering a restaurant "not that" version of the same dish. The differences between things that look nearly identical can be staggering. It's so easy to make the healthier versions that you really have to wonder what restaurants are doing to make their stuff so bad for you.