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Summary: Exercise book
Review: arugula leaves,
Asian dark sesame oil, vegetable oil,olive oil,canola oil.
pierogies
kalamata or 6 nicoise olives
marsal wine,white wine,red wine vinegar,dry sherry,don't forget the balsmic vinegar
pickled ginger
Most of the items are used once.
There are so many (not usually on your shelf) ingredients, that you will be going to the grocery store alot!! Bonus points for exercise.
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Summary: Simple, Convenient, & Elegant
Review: As a recent member of weight watchers, and a long-time cooking fanatic, I find that this book satisfies not only both sides [the healthy and the adventurous] but also saves time. The book's design is all about speed and convenience. the recipes are easy to read and follow, and each section is neatly organized to help you find the recipe you want quickly. Although each recipe does not have its own photo, there are many, many sumptuous photos throughout the book that represent the global culture [from Mexico to Italy to Thailand]. Other nice features include the points and nutritional breakdown on the bottom of every page, serving suggestions, and plenty of white space on every page so you can add your own notes or personal flair. It is definitely the type of book that will easily become a cooking reference for anyone who wants to eat healthy with precious time to spend.
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Summary: Eat well, quick
Review: eating fast usually means fast food. Which I do not have the easiest time handling, besides, YUCK! This book will help you be able to gethome from work after a long day and have something tasty, healthy and more important, fast. Then force the kids to do homework, oh well, hapinessis short lived. Enjoy and be healthy.
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: Every recipe I've made out of this book has been wonderful, even my husband (who does not have a weight problem, in fact he needs to gain weight) loves the recipes. I saw the complaint about supposedly "exotic" ingredients, everything is available at today's grocery stores and *olive oil* especially is something that every dieter *should* have on their shelves. Yes, the book does rely on fresh ingredients, but many of them are cheaper and far healthier than using prepared foods. Many fast to prepare low fat meals are let's face it *boring* and bland. These recipes are simple to prepare ways to make weight loss anything but boring.
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Summary: Another excellent cookbook from weight watchers
Review: Excellent set up of the cookbook. Recipes are set up not only as breakfast, lunch, dinner but as 15 minutes, 20 minutes and 30 minute recipes. The recipes are easy to *read*, everything is set up very clearly and simply. Points are included as are calories, fat, carbs...and other nutritional info, so you could use this recipe on other diets as well. Particularly helpful for low fat, low cal, and diabetic diets (altho ww generally uses sugar as a sweetener, this could be adjusted)The recipes are excellent with easy to find ingredients. Some of the ethnic recipes might require things not normally in a pantry but arent items that are so way out you would never use them again. There are many full color pictures of finished dishes which i like very much. (I do wish the paper was glossier as it cleans up easier) This cookbook has followed the other ones i have had in the respect that the recipes *work*. I have made many recipes from ww cookbooks for company without trying them ahead of time, with no problem. Also included are *what to serve with it* suggestions. You might find for your *non-dieters* that the portions are a bit small...or a lot small. Just keep that in mind when looking over the recipes... The recipes would be great for dieters and non dieters alike
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Summary: Excellent cookbook, but deceptively titled
Review: First, I do enjoy this cookbook. Everything I have made from it has been wonderful, and if you like the recipes in "Simply the Best: 250 Prizewinning Family Recipes" then I think you will like the recipes in this book. They are slightly more gourmet and less homey than the recipes in "Simply the Best," so if "Simply the Best" was pushing the edge of the exotic envelope for you, then you might prefer a different WW cookbook than this one for your next purchase. The book is organized into three color-coded sections (15 minute, 20 minute, and 30 minutes) and each section is organized into breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes. Many of the lunch recipes would also work well for dinner or as part of dinner. This is the sort of cookbook that you will enjoy sitting down with and sticking post-it notes to promising recipes. However, I give this book 4 stars instead of 5 because the preparation times for the recipes are frequently deceptive. They are not the times for fixing these recipes from start to finish, they assume that you have already performed your preps. So, a 30 minute recipe might not include the time for pulling all of the ingredients out of the pantry and refrigerator, and tasks such as slicing raw chicken breasts or steak into strips, chopping onions, mincing garlic, chopping parsley, or peeling, deseeding, and slicing cucumbers. The cookbook "Desperation Dinners" by Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross (not a lowfat cookbook), for example, is truly a 20 minute start-to-finish recipe cookbook; this one is not, although in most cases the actual time will not be too much more than the stated time. One exception is the Apricot Glazed Pork Skewers with Mango Quinoa, which is supposed to be ready in 30 minutes. Even if your preps are all ready ahead of time I think you'd be hard-pressed to prepare this dish in under 45 minutes. The 30 minutes includes thinly slicing 1-1/2 pounds of pork tenderloin and threading it onto 12 skewers, which alone took me a good 15 minutes. One thing I like about this cookbook is that it finally got me to try cooking with Fat-Free Half-and-Half, and I have been very pleased with the recipes that use this, such as a Creamy Cauliflower Soup (saute leeks in a little olive oil, add frozen cauliflower and canned chicken broth, simmer, puree, then finish with FF Half-and-Half, nutmeg, and S&P). My favorites recipes in this book, so far, are the Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes, Greek Chicken Pasta Toss, Chicken with Spicy Marmalade Glaze, Chicken Tacos with Salsa Verde Cream, and Sesame Glazed Shrimp with Snow Peas and Baby Corn.
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Summary: Yum, yum, yum!
Review: I am always looking for recipes for cooking healthy meals. I started scanning through the pages of this Weight Watchers cookbook at a local family-owned bookstore while my daughter participated in storytime. I felt an obligation to buy something because the owners of the store were so nice to the kids. I decided to give the cookbook a try... I am so glad I did! The meals are so wonderful! They are quick and easy to prepare and EXTREMELY tasty. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Not Just for WW members!
Review: I bought this book because I am on Weight Watchers. I have other cookbooks of theirs but I needed something that made dinner quickly. It had to be able to satisfy the finicky eaters. I have two of them! I needed it to be a little more filling for my dear husband. I wanted to add some interesting recipes. Well, this book is the answer. The sections of the book are divided into 15, 20, & 30. How wild is that? In front of these sections, it gives an index of what meals are in there. You can plan your menu out just by figuring out how much time you want to spend cooking. There are some meals that need more time. SORRY! My favorite part is that on the side of every recipe there is a list of ingredients so, you can just check what you have in the house. You can have an easier time shopping for the stuff too. There is nothing exotic in this book. This thrills me to death! I have timed some of the meals and they are pretty close. One small nitpicky thing is that there are just a few pictures. You do not see those mouthwatering pictures that draw you to the stove. The book is not glossy so, there is no resistance to damage. Another item that bothers me is that it is not organized into categories of food types such as: poultry, vegetarian, meat, etc. Itis organized by time and the food is just slopped into the section. It has the points that you use for Weight Watchers. However, for those that are not on WW, it makes life easier by cooking less, using eye appealing recipes, and containing the nutritional info. It can help people that are just trying to eat healthier. This is one of my two favorite Weight Watchers' books. You must buy this book. The positives definitely out weigh the negatives! Happy Eating!
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Summary: This is a great Cookbook
Review: I bought this cookbook on the recommendation of a fellow Weight Watchers Member. I am so glad I did. The receipes are simple and fast and taste fantastic!!!
I have tried several recipes since it arrived and they were all great! But the Peachy Pork Chops are wonderful, fast and very easy. The sauce would be great on chicken and turkey too. I cannot wait to try more recipes this coming week. Even if you are not a Weight Watchers member I would recommend this book. Tasty low fat meals that dont taste low fat!
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Summary: I love this cook book!
Review: I have four weightwatchers cookbooks and this is by far my favorite and the most used. I think I make at least 3 to 4 meals from this book a week. All the other cookbooks ask for items that I have never heard of and I was looking for something that was simple. This book works for my busy life style and also has great flavors. The great thing is, my family has enjoyed ever item I have made from this book too! So that should count for something. That includes my teenaged daughter. Enjoy.
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