Fred Meyer, a pioneer of the one-stop shopping concept, has been selling fresh meat, poultry, seafood, produce, deli, baked goods, dairy, home goods, and much more in the Pacific Northwest for nearly 100 years. Leigh Ann has become a familiar and public face of Fred Meyer, developing hundreds of delicious recipes that take advantage of the outstanding food products available at Fred Meyer. Her popular TV segments, Fresh Ideas with Leigh Ann, have been seen on Oprah, the Today show, Ellen, and other national programs. She has now collected the very best of these recipes in her first cookbook FRESH IDEAS WITH LEIGH ANN: The Fred Meyer Cookbook, a lavishly photographed collection of more than 140 contemporary recipes and over 140 color photographs that range from appetizers, soups, salads, pasta, grains and rice, on through to seafood, poultry, meats, meatless mains,vegetables and side dishes, breakfast, and desserts. The recipes all bear the trademark of any Leigh Ann recipe:great ingredients, ease of preparation, and maximum flavor. The wide range of recipes varies from new and lighter takes on popular favorites to tomorrow s classics and includes: Avocado Eggs Benedict with Lemon-Yogurt Sauce, Smoked Salmon Puffs, Artichoke Feta Soup, Blue Cheese and Steak Salad, Shrimp Linguine with Fresh Tomatoes, Mushrooms and Garlic, Mango Mahimahi,Creamy Mustard Chicken, Oh Baby! Baby Back Ribs and a festive Prime Rib Roast, Eggplant Bolognese, Yellow Squash au Gratin, and Lemon Curd Coconut Trifle. An added bonus available online at FredMeyer.com are videos of Leigh Ann preparing many of these recipes.