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Summary: Buying it for friends. Quick and Easy for a kitchen-clutz.
Review: I have both volumes of these books, but I prefer volume two. Though this was originally bought as an impulse item in the grocery, I know do all my menu planning from it. It has turned me from a kitchen-clutz, to a planned cook. Most items can go fridge to table in 30 minutes or less and are EASY to prepare. May I suggest the Sour Cream and Cheese Enchiladas and the Chicken and Bean Casserole (put it on flour tortillas and get crazy).
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Summary: Finally a Cookbook that I will really use!
Review: I have so many cookbooks that I look at once or twice and never use. This is not one of those books! I received my book about two weeks ago and have already prepared 5 of the recipes. They were all fast and easy to prepare with ingredients that I already keep in my home. Best of all...My husband and kids loved them, they didn't even notice that they were eating healthy foods. Our Favorite so far is the recipe for Chicken Enchaladas. I have now ordered the first volume of this book and anxiously look forward to receiving it too!
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Summary: If you can only buy one, this is the one.
Review: I have used this book to help me learn new eating behaviors. I do not like to cook, yet I find the recipes in this book easy to prepare. The ingredients are not exotic -- they are staples that you have on hand and you can make a recipe at a moments notice. In addition, you can jazz up any recipe without changing the basic format. I have recommended this book to all my friends, and they also rave about it. This is cooking for real people.
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Summary: What a Find!
Review: I love this book! I am recently married, and one of my jobs has been to reform my husband's HORRIBLE eating habits. While I can be happy eating stir-fried veggies, he really wants more than "rabbit food". This book keeps us both happy. The recipes consistently turn out great, so I can try a new one with confidence. My husband thinks he is getting away with something because the food tastes too good to be healthy. The Sour Cream Enchiladas and the Parmesan Fish Fillets have been particularly big hits. I don't own the first volume, but I plan on buying it soon.
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Summary: IT'S A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR THOSE SHORT ON TIME BUT LOVE FOOD.
Review: I LOVED THIS BOOK!! NOT ONLY WERE THEY REALLY QUICK AND EASY BUT TASTEY TO BOOT. I ALSO LEARNED SOME NEW TRICKS ON BREADING AND SAUCES THAT I LIKE MUCH MORE THAN THE OTHER WAY I WAS DOING IT.
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Summary: Best cookbook I ever bought
Review: I've had both of these cookbooks for several years now. They are pretty ragged because they've been used so much! It would not be an exaggeration to say that we have fixed over 50 recipes between the two books. Both my husband and I work, and we have two children. These cookbooks have made our lives so much easier. The recipes are easy to prepare, don't involve too many steps or ingredients, and use "normal" ingredients that are easy to keep on hand. A few of our favorites: Chicken Stir-Fry Sandwich, Ricotta Pizza, Seafood Gumbo, Chicken Rainbow Salad, and Frozen Fruit salad (which we divide into four containers and eat for dessert every few nights.) We do occasionally tweek things to match our tastes, but I've found most of the recipes are very flavorful. I love these cookbooks. I wish Mrs. Ponichtera would write a few more!
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Summary: Its okay
Review: This book I guess is good for a single person or a family who needs to cut back on salt. If you like your food very flavorful don't get this book. On the other hand if your dieting it is a pretty good book.
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Summary: Quick & Healthy II
Review: This cookbook is just what it claims to be and the menu suggestions are a great help in providing a complete meal. I have tried recipes from each category and feel confident that ingredients and cooking times are accurate. Flavor is never sacrificed even when being conscious of dietary needs. Servings are just right for couple or provides leftovers for single person. I'm buying it for friends!
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Summary: My favorite cookbook
Review: This is the cookbook I depend on. I am a Lifetime member of Weight Watchers, and I used this book (and the other Quick and Healthy) when I was losing weight, and still use it all the time now that I am maintaining. There is enough nutritional information to calculate points. The ingredients are all readily available in our small town. You don't spend all afternoon in the kitchen. Everybody likes the result! I can't say enough good things about these books.
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Summary: We love this book!
Review: This is the cookbook I wish I had written. It is practical, doable, using ingredients I can purchase in my small town. My husband and I are watching our cholesterol, as is our grown son, whose wife is trying to lose weight. I purchased or checked out many cookbooks when I learned I needed to change our eating habits - these are the best by far. We have liked every recipe we have tried - and many ideas I had learned by myself, like cornstarch gravy without fat, are included in this or the first book. I now cook almost exclusively from the two books by Ms. Ponichtera. I recommend them to everyone when the subject turns to diets.
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