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Summary: Michael
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this cookbook. Well planned recipes and great organization. It is very helpful to know up front the "basics" to have on hand and then each recipe has a "shopping list". A very good "couples" cookbook since the recipes are for two servings. If the recipes were a little lower in fat I would have given it 5 stars. I give it a strong buy.
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Summary: Well I liked it!
Review: I thought this book was really good. I did the Atkins diet for 2 weeks then saw the BBC TV programme on the latest research how protein affected appetite. I switched over to the recipes in the book and I feel great and am still losing pounds and not hungry between meals. The book makes everything easy to shop for. We don't have all the ingredients in the UK but its easy to substitute. The grouse from some people is that the meals have too many carbs for a proper low carb meal but the recipes are grouped into 3 parts, 35 to 45 grams, 85 to 95 grams and finally 135 to 145 gram meals. Once I saw the research that it appears to be the protein thats satisfies appetite there was less panic for me in being silly with only eating 20 grams a day. All the recipes were also checked over by 2 cardiologists and nutritionist - I have no complaints whatsover!
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Summary: Average at best
Review: I wasn't very impressed with this book and some of the recipes in it are pretty bad. I found much better recipes in the book Eat This! I think it's better than nothing but honestly it is not a book that blows you away. I have had great success on low carb dieting so this is not a review of the diet, just the book.
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Summary: Average at best
Review: I wasn't very impressed with this book and some of the recipes in it are pretty bad. I found much better recipes in the book Eat This! I think it's better than nothing but honestly it is not a book that blows you away. I have had great success on low carb dieting so this is not a review of the diet, just the book.
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Summary: Best Cookbook Ever
Review: I'm the type of person who buys cookbooks only to have them sit on a shelf. Linda's book is the best for ease, taste, creativity, and weight loss. I have lost five pounds and my husband fifteen, doing it the easy way, eating well. I believe I have been using the book for about a month. I wish she would write another book dealing only with low carb dinners. I don't spend time on breakfast and lunch. I like to keep these meals simple. I've purchased this book for friends.
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Summary: A real cookbook for a real family
Review: I've been using the recipes for 3 weeks now. Not only am I nine pounds lighter but I feel great! The recipes really do take next to no time to prepare. I highly recommend this book if you are a busy family and need help in structuring menu's.
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Summary: Yummy straightforward recipes for quick meals
Review: I've had this cookbook for a few months and love it. I've lost 7 pounds (I wasn't actually overweight) while eating recipes from this book (mostly the middle section of moderately low carb) and thinking up my own recipes that match the formula I see being used in these recipes. My husband has lost 13 pounds, while eating some of this plus his usual fast food lunch and assorted junk. A very dediated friend has lost more than 40 pounds in 4 months eating 90% of her meals (or more) based on this book. I would find it very difficult (and somewhat nauseating eating so much meat, as I used to be vegetarian) to eat these meals 3 meals a day. But I've learned a lot from it. And the recipes are really good, tasty, great additions to my life-long meal planning. She offers ideas on substituting stuff you like, or find available, for stuff you don't/can't. She goes out of her way to offer simple preparation -- i.e., please buy the prepackaged vegis; don't knock yourself out, or you won't stick with it. One of the things I like about this book is that it offers entire meals, not just random recipes. This is a cookbook, not a diet book, but if you follow the meal plans, you'll be on a largely Atkins-style diet. But you'll be eating heart/healthy foods such as lean meats, vegetables, fruits, low-fat dairy, and only a very small amount of processed carbs. The book is divided into three sections, which largely match the phases of the Atkins diet. You'll see the people who criticize this book are all seeking nearly-no carb diets. If you want some wacky diet like that, this book isn't for you (though you could use the first 1/3 of the book). If you are seeking a more balanced way to dramatically lower processed carbs and improve blood sugar, while turning your diet to no-carbs and good carbs, here you go! I love it!
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Summary: Not Low Fat though
Review: IF you are serious about weight loss this book is not going to help. Many of the recipes are over 40% fat. Sure there are ways around it like using fat-free mayo instead of mayo made with soybean or olive-oil. But who wants to re-do a recipe. Also many of the protiens are used are too much protien for a healthy diet, Pacific Rim Pork was listed at 71% protien.
Save your money and modify your own recipes.
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Summary: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY
Review: If you're on any kind of low (or lower) carbohydrate program this book is a total waste of your time and money. The average carb count for ONE MEAL is at least 10-15 grams (and that's on her lower carb program.) Multiply that by three, add something for snacks, and you'll be well over your daily target. The recipes are nothing extraordinary. Even if you can't cook, you don't need a cookbook to teach you how to make oatmeal (which shouldn't even BE in a low-carb cookbook) or how to combine cut-up kiwi and berries to make a "Kiwi Jumble." There are several other Low-Carb cookbooks out there that are much, much better. Try Lauri's Low-Carb Cookbook or the Ultimate Low-Carb Diet Cookbook instead. This one is definitely headed for the recycling or resale stack.
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Summary: Yum... oh, and healthy too!
Review: Laying it straight out is "Low-Carb Meals in Minutes." Though being pushed by their marketing guys as a "hot diet," it is a legitimate and tasty cookbook and planner. A lot of the difficulty in diets is getting the infrastructure together. You've got to buy the stuff, budget things, and then schedule your meal plans. In "Low-Carb Meals in Minutes," you still need to do your homework, but Gassenheimer lays in out in a sensible, easy-to-follow way. She teaches you how. In fact, one of the first things you'll see is a two-week menu plan to get you going. I fully recommend this "Low-Carb Meals in Minutes," but I'd better stop writing. Her whisky pork chops would taste great about now. Anthony Trendl
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