Cooking Thin with Chef Kathleen: 200 Easy Recipes for Healthy Weight Loss

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Summary: Where's the nutritional info?
Review: I was disappointed in this cookbook. While I appreciate the writer's expertise, honesty and skill, I cannot get over the fact that this is a *light* cookbook without *any* nutritional information! How many calories are in a recipe? How much fat? You'll never know unless you take the time to figure it out yourself. People using a cookbook called "Cooking Thin" are probably trying to watch their diets. How can they without such information? Anyone who reads the labels of products that call themselves "healthy," "light," and "diet," know that they aren't always what they seem. Neither is this book.

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Summary: Way to go, Kathleen!
Review: I'm a big fan of Kathleen's show, not only for the great recipes, but because she has a wonderful philosophy (and a terrific sense of humor) about losing weight. It all translates to this book. It has lots of PRACTICAL tips and recipes that will be a big help to anyone trying to eat healthier. I think an important key to losing weight is to always be on the lookout for a new recipe, or a new way to cook an old favorite to keep yourself from getting bored and Kathleen's book is anything but boring!

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Summary: Healthy advice for the REAL world
Review: I have been reading this cookbook like a novel. Kathleen is a great story teller and has realistic advice for the everyday person. If you are looking to lose 100 pounds in 2 days or build up to run a marathon this is not the right place. If instead you just want to eat healthier without remodeling your kitchen or your lifestyle I think you will find this book a good place for inspiration.
I have tried a number of the recipes already and they are very easy to put together - no impossible ingredients or specialty appliances. Oh yeah, and they taste good too! Now I have to start on the desert chapter. That's a real test!

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Summary: Spa Chef? Bah! Like well-seasoned food? Look elsewhere!
Review: I was very anxious to be getting this book, waited on pins and needles for it to arrive. I don't like Chef Kathleen's writing style - her words do not flow very well, so I had a hard time staying focused. If the recipes were good I could easily forgive the kooky writing. I have not tried any of the recipes, but from the ingredients on the majority of them, I'm wondering who in the world would want to??? Salt, pepper, lemon and lime juice are the chef's main ingredients on a lot of recipes. If you care anything about the taste of food at all, try another book!

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Summary: Somewhat Disappointed
Review: I love Kathleen's Food TV show so I thought the book would be a winner. I have to count calories and nutritional values and found it disappointing that the recipes do not include values. I know the recipes are low-fat and low calorie but the values would have been nice. The recipes are okay but nothing real eyecatching. I guess I'm glad I bought it at a discount.

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Summary: Good, only one disappointment
Review: I love the book for the variety. My only complaint is that my favorite thing in the book (apple butter) was a complete failure. The directions for the apple butter were either incorrect or just simply do not work. My APPLES TURNED INTO LUMPS OF COAL. Besides that, the book is very good.

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Summary: Yes, another weight loss cookbook....a GOOD one!
Review: Kathleen, you rock. Every recipe we have tried is a winner. I particularly like your veggie ones. The ingredient list is usually short and prep time is reasonable. I wish the book had more pictures. Drop the guy-meter thing as it is annoying to male readers, at least to this male reader.

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Summary: Effective recipes for weight loss
Review: I knew if only I could eat more vegetables I'd be healthier--probably thinner, too. But what do you do to make green beans interesting? What on earth do you do with fennel? This book has the best vegetable recipes I've ever tasted: green beans with lemon and parmesan; broiled fennel; baked asparagus; napa cabbage slaw; roasted beets with balsamic vinegar, to name a few. If you come home from the farmer's market or grocery store with a bag full of "interesting" produce and no clear idea how you will cook it, this book is for you. Every recipe I've tried is smashing (homemade granola, apple streusel muffins, herbed ricotta cheese spread), high on flavor, quick, and good for you. Yes, you do have to practice moderation with some of the recipes (like polenta with blue cheese...) but that's what most of us who need to loose weight need to work on anyway!

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Summary: Overpromises and underdelivers
Review: I bought the book because I thought it would be like her show as she guides, coaches, teaches people how to lower fat in their cooking. The book does NOT do this. There are several pages in the beginning that are confusing in their tone and advise. She adds to the stereotype that women can't "get" math. I also bought the book to hear from her -- NOT from her mother! Who is her mother anyway? Why does every cookbook have a recipie for stock? Who has time to make stock -- THOSE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT!
Disappointing and I wish I could return it...