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Summary: It's good for you!
Review: A friend of mine recommended this cookbook. I am not a vegetarian, and I have a hard time making myself eat healthy foods as a regular routine, so I was skeptical. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the delicious recipes, and it was hard to tell that what I was eating was actually vegetarian. The author is extremely creative in varying the different types of recipes, so now it's easy to eat healthy every night! My sweet tooth especially enjoys the desserts!
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Summary: unnatural boring recipes
Review: Boring cookbook in which the author uses undesirable substances such as Equal and egg substitute in place of natural and healthy ingredients. I have seen much easier and more delicious recipes in books such as Dr Ornish and Gourmet Gazelle.
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Summary: Terrific!
Review: I already have Sue Spitler's Lowfat Vegetarian book and think it's great. Now I am totally enjoying the 1001 Lowfat Recipes book. A total winner all the way!!
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Summary: REAL ADVENTURE!!!
Review: I am updating my review of November 3,2001. Have continued to work my way thru this cookbook via the index, and let me tell you, you never know what you're going to get. It has by now become quite obvious that this book suffers horribly from lack of editing. Many recipes are (or must be) a compilation of two recipes, and they just don't jive. This can be found mostly in the dessert section. Some are quite simply, not doable, period. How can you cut around the hole in a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan angel food cake? Don't you think they meant to use a 10-inch tube pan? But there are some recipes that are fantastic, such as a chocolate cake made from a homemade mix, and a flourless chocolate cake to die for. The bouillabaise is wonderful. Many are, many aren't. So, cooks, there is real adventure here. Is it going to be a winner or a dud? Get stirring and find out.
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Summary: Endless delicious, low-fat recipes!
Review: I can't even begin to give you an idea of the incredible variety present here. However, I can say that I drooled over the salad chapter. Really. I don't even like salads all that much, normally. But the dishes in this book are fresh, original, delicious, simple, and, for the most part, very flavorful. The recipes and their directions are incredibly simple. The only nitpick I have is that sometimes it seems like a tiny bit more detail would be nice, such as exactly how thick they mean by "thickened." However, the recipes are simple enough conceptually that even with only a small amount of experience in the kitchen you should be able to figure them out.
I really love most of the flavors in this cookbook. Let's take a bean salad as an example. As a general rule, I really don't like beans much. You have to do something truly nifty to them for me to like them, and I don't think I've ever enjoyed a bean salad before. Ever. And neither has my husband. But the dressing looked so good (apricot preserves, ginger, vinegar, etc.) that I couldn't resist trying it, and we both loved it so much we practically couldn't stop eating it! The only thing we made that was bland was the mushroom rolls--there wasn't much in the way of flavoring agents, but all it took was a bit of spice mix to fix that. And I expect a friend of ours who enjoys bland food would have thought the recipe was fine, so that's more a matter of taste than anything else. I'm very impressed by cookbooks that can take foods I normally don't like and turn them into foods that I love, and this is certainly one of them.
Nutritional information is included with the recipes, including calories, fat grams, saturated fat grams, cholesterol, sodium, protein, carbohydrates, and exchanges. Unfortunately for people on the Weight Watchers POINTS system they don't include fiber. In the menus section they even include an assessment of the nutrition per serving for the entire menu as a whole!
I've really enjoyed using this cookbook, and plan to make many more recipes out of it. Oddly enough, I expect many of those to be from the bean and salad sections.
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Summary: Best low-fat recipes ever
Review: I have followed many healthy diet plans throughout my life and have tried many recipes - most aren't very tasty but I suffer for the cause. Yet, this book has changed my outlook on low-fat eating. The recipes are simple and delicious. You can really serve them at a party. They give great nutritional info with each recipe. As you read through the book you'll be surprised at how enticing low-fat can be. Try the Lemon Chicken and the Leek Soup - Mmm...Mmmm.
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Summary: It's so easy to use this book; I use it about 3 times a week
Review: I'm new to cooking but I love to eat, so this huge cookbook is a godsend. The recipes are quick and easy to make, without a lot of hard-to-find ingredients, and best of all, they are really delicious. You can find a recipe for anything here. Let's say you have some chicken breasts in the freezer; there are scores of interesting recipes to rescue you from broiled chicken again. From appetizers and soups, salads and pastas, beef, poultry, and fish to cookies, pies, cakes and other fabulous low-fat desserts, this cookbook has them all. And they are so tasty, you'll think they are fattening. I am telling my friends, both novices and experienced cooks, to buy this cookbook. This book makes a great gift, and is a great way to move into a healthy lifestyle.
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Summary: Untitled
Review: I've made maybe 20 or so recipes from this book and only two were worth making again. Some were just plain awful. And I'm considered a very good cook, having been doing this for over 30 years. I love to cook, but this one is not up to snuff. However, those two, apple pandowdy and apple cake, were just wonderful. So maybe if I go thru more of the recipes it will get better. One can only hope. I do appreciate all the exchange and calorie info.
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Summary: More than five hundred new and delicious recipes
Review: Now in a completely revised, expanded, and updated edition, Sue Spitler's 1,001 Low-Fat Recipes is enhanced with the inclusion of more than five hundred new and delicious recipes. Most of the entrees feature ten or fewer ingredients and take less than thirty minutes to prepare. 1,001 Low-Fat Recipes offers the kitchen cook a culinary wealth of 64 appetizers; 77 soups; 43 salads; 54 chicken-based dishes; 42 pizzas; 44 vegetarian entrees; 53 pasta entrees; 45 meat dishes; 46 rice, grains and bean dishes; 17 breads and muffins; 50 seafood dishes; 46 vegetable dishes; 45 sauces; 125 desserts -- and more! Every recipe features nutritional facts for calories, fat, cholesterol, sodium, protein, carbohydrates, and diabetic exchanges. Now health conscious kitchen cookbook collection can be considered as complete or comprehensive without the inclusion of 1,001 Low-Fat Recipes!
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Summary: Untitled
Review: The food tastes good, the food looks good, the nutritional values are there. I cook, I eat, I just keep losing weight. Who could ask for anything more?
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