Cooking Healthy With a Man in Mind: A Healthy Exchanges Cookbook

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Summary: A cookbook to live by!
Review: A friend loaned me her copy of this book and within a day I knew I had to have my own. This book changed mine and my husband's life - literally. Our cholesterol levels were terrible and we had to do something. Within three months of cooking with Healthy Exchanges, both our cholesterol levels have dropped significantly as well as our weight. Mrs. Lund's easy to read, easy to make and delicious to eat recipes have made new people out of us. So many recipe books require fancy gadgets and unheard of ingredients, but Mrs. Lund's recipes are down-to-earth made with readily accessible ingredients and they taste so good that you can hardly believe they are low-fat and sugar-free. The recipes are simple and fast to fix which is important to a full-time working woman like myself. I find myself making up recipes ahead as most of her recipes keep well in the refrigerator and freeze well, also. This book runs the gamut from soups, salads, main dishes, sides dishes, desserts and snacks. I highly recommend it to anyone needing to lose weight, lower their cholesterol and blood sugar levels or they just want a change of pace in their eating habits. It is going to take me awhile to get through all those recipes but I find myself looking at this book daily to see what I am going to make next. You can actually eat desserts and what yummy desserts they are, too! After awhile, it does become a way of life - eating the Healthy Exchanges way!

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Summary: Real food for real people - don't tell them its healthy!
Review: After my husband had a heart attack in October - we had to radically change our way of eating. I saw really fast that I had to come up with something other than chicken and broccoli! At a cardiac rehab education class, another wife mentioned she used the cookbooks by Joanna Lund. Having nothing but a hungry husband to lose, I ordered one and was pleasantly surprised that not only did she use ingredients that I have in my kitchen, the results were tasty, filling and did not look HEALTHY! ( A sure way to chase my husband out of the kitchen!) EAch recipe is broken down by calories, fat grams, sodium and most diet exchange program needs. Fantastic aid for anyone who is realigning their diets for any reason!

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Summary: Desserts are good, but rest is average
Review: After trying several recipes, I am a bit disappointed in this book. Joanna uses tomato sauce or tomato soup in almost every recipe - even the beef stroganoff used tomato soup and while it wasn't awful, it was as strange as it sounds. And why would anyone use canned peas &/or mushrooms when fresh ones are readily available and taste MUCH better (not to mention they are more nutritious). I found most of the recipes filling but very bland - healthy food doesn't have to be like this.

The desserts are good, though - it may be worth the money for those alone.

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Summary: What a great cookbook. I have them ALL!!!
Review: First let me say that I am an avid fan of JoAnna Lund. She has made it so much easier to have a healthier lifestyle by giving us such great cookbooks. Her recipes are easy to make, taste great, and are low fat, low/no sugar, and are definitely family pleasers.

My husband loves these recipes too. In fact, we like her recipes so much that I have personally purchased all of her cookbooks.

Whether you just want to eat healhier, or need to watch your fat or sugar intake you can use ALL of these recipes. Every single recipe has the nutritional value, Healthy Exchanges breakdown (JoAnna's plan), and Diabetic Exchanges. If you are following the Weight Watchers plan, you will be able to convert each recipe into points without a problem.

This cookbook shows just how easy it is to eat REAL FOOD not rabbit food to be healthy. Recipes work well too for those wanting to drop a few pounds. JoAnna's Healthy Exchange program is explained in the front of the book.

I know if you try just one of her books, you will be hooked and want more.

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Summary: Most Informative Cookbook on the Market
Review: For those who are trying to lose weight yet cook for a man's hearty appetite, this is the ultimate book to own. It has a wealth of information prior to the recipes that every dieter should read. Ms.Lund includes a list of brand names that she has personally tried and also how to make fat free grocery items taste really good. I am a diabetic and she also has the exchange values included for each recipe. If you can only buy one cookbook, this is it!

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Summary: The best cookbook in the collection!
Review: I am an avid fan of JoAnna Lund - I have every one of her cookbooks - but this one outweighs them all. My husband is a very picky eater, and he loves the recipes from this book. They are easy to make, delicious to eat, and will become a family favorite! I highly recommend this book - you won't be sorry!

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Summary: Great book
Review: I first saw Joanna Lund on a morning show. The recipe was sooooooo simple and sounded so good that I thought I would try one of her books. Her husband is a truck driver and so is mine so I figured I couldn't lose. I was right. My husband loved the recipes that I tried. He liked them so well that I bought a different recipe book, the diabetic one. I tried these recipies on my father-in-law because he's diabetic and he loved them, as well as my children. Now when they ask what's for dinner, they ask me if I can make one of "the recipes". I even talked my sister-in-law and 2 cousins into buying the books. They think they are great also........

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Summary: If You Like Canned Soup and Sugar Twin, You're in Luck!
Review: I first tried the recipies from this book when a friend of the family made them for a barbeque. I asked her the secret of her good cooking when I saw all the men (and women) gobble up what she made.

This book is very good at taking good, old fashioned, home skillet cooking and making savvy, health-conscious substitutions. Overall, I found that the recipes were easy to make and involved minimal preparation.

Here are a few notes: 1.) Many, many of the recipes involve canned soup (mushroom, in particular) used as a sauce or garnish. If you do not enjoy soup, or canned foods in general, this is not the cookbook to buy. 2.) A number of the recipes involve a product called "Sugar Twin" (aka "Sweet and Low," "Equal," "NutraSweet"). Some people are very sensitive to the taste of this. If you are one of these people (are cooking for one of these people), this is a cookbook to avoid. 3.) This book is very light on photos. Therefore, you won't be able to see pictures of a "finished product." 4.) Lund (the author) based the book on the "Healthy Exchanges" eating program. Admittedly, I was not/am not familiar with this program. However, if you are, you'll likely find this book helpful as it is based upon that dietary plan/philosophy.

If you're looking for a way to cut fat and sugar in a painless way for you, "your man," and/or your children, this is a nice addition to your cookbook collection.

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Summary: for the picky teenagers.. lol
Review: My mother bought this book a long while back, when I still lived at home. My brother and I both turned our noses up to most vegetables, among other things, so we generally ate alot of fast foods and convenience-type foods from the grocery.

Now that I am married and out of my mother's house, I've been experimenting with many different foods and cooking constantly. I recently called my mother to have her email me a recipe from this book that I had remembered her fixing when she first bought it. "Mexicalli Pie" :-D My mother was shocked that I actually remembered this, and my husband really enjoyed it when I made it.

I've since borrowed this book and have yet to fix anything that my husband and I didnt thoroughly enjoy.. and he was a more picky eater than both my brother AND myself! ;) I DEFINATELY reccomend this book for... well, anyone! Meals that actually TASTE GOOD, and can fool even us finicky eaters into eating healthy!

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Summary: Great Food...Little Effort
Review: This is one of the best cookbooks that I have ever bought. The food is wonderful and filling. The recipes are quick and easy to make. Anyone trying to lose weight, this is a great way to do it without feeling deprived.