Your Kitchen's Magic Wand consists of 60+ recipes for all kinds of dishes that are made considerably easier with the use of an immersion blender, in terms of convenience, time-saving, and clean-up. The book takes the immersion blender out of the smoothie and soup closet and into the mainstream, with a wide range of appetizers, cocktails, salads, pastas, entrees, side dishes and desserts, in addition to some wonderful soups and smoothies -- all made easier and faster because they're made with an immersion blender at a crucial point in the recipe. Recipes include: Penne with green peppercorn cream sauce Veal-saffron meatloaf Panchetta and red peppers Beef tenderloin steaks stuffed with Brie in a cranberry Balsamic reduction Chilean Shepherd's Pie