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Summary: Inspiration for Healthier Cooking
Review: A combination of scientific research into healthier living (primarily reversing heart disease but principles apply to any of us folks who want to feel energetic and live healthy lives) and easy to follow no added fat vegetarian recipes that are arranged by menu. This book is a vast improvement over his prior book Eat More, Weigh Less because the recipes are easy to make. In his prior book Ornish was trying to prove that no-added fat vegetarian cooking can be tasty too--so all the recipes are by renowned chefs given these specific parameters--thus they tend to be too complex for those of us who are not gourmet chefs but rather everyday basic cook types.
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Summary: Abandon your senses...
Review: Don't eat zees. Don't eat zat. Und don't eat zee uzzer sing too.
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Summary: Really tasty, nourishing and easy-to-make meals
Review: I borrowed this book from my local library in the hopes of finding low-fat vegetarian meals that weren't too far off the conventional track. Having both gall stones and a weight problem require me to watch my fat intake, but all too often fat-free receipes are dull. Not so with these. Even my meat-eating husband enjoyed the various bean, vegetable and grain meals. One of our favorites was a stuffed pepper with black bean sauce. We served it with some steamed veggies and followed it with the fat-free carrot cake which was dense and delicious. Preparation time for most of the recipes is not too long, though some are too complicated to think about after a day at the office. Try this one. It's well worth the investment.
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Summary: For simple cooking-look elsewhere!!!
Review: I bought this book after reading that it was supposed to be a good source of simple easy to prepare meals.... NOT! The ingredients are tough to find and the fancy recipes aren't at all close to "everyday cooking". You'll have more chest pain trying this book than a whole case of deep-fried cheesesticks could ever cause!
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Summary: Transformed my "Meat and Potatoes" husband!
Review: I checked this book out from the library after seeing the auther on "Oprah." I don't have heart disease, but I am always looking for more healthful ways of cooking. My husband was very skeptical about eating vegetarian. He has loved everything that I have made from this book. Now when we menu plan for the week, he goes through and picks three or four things from the book! Everything is easy to make and there are not a whole lot of strange ingredients like some other vegetarian cookbooks.
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Summary: Transformed my "Meat and Potatoes" husband!
Review: I checked this book out from the library after seeing the auther on "Oprah." I don't have heart disease, but I am always looking for more healthful ways of cooking. My husband was very skeptical about eating vegetarian. He has loved everything that I have made from this book. Now when we menu plan for the week, he goes through and picks three or four things from the book! Everything is easy to make and there are not a whole lot of strange ingredients like some other vegetarian cookbooks.
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Summary: Great taste and easy to prepare
Review: I do not have weight problem or dietary restrictions, but loved the book for the great tasting recipes. I recommend the vegetable soups and the great corn bread. A book well worth buying.
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Summary: Easy recipes that taste good too, eating without guilt
Review: I have a bookshelf full of cookbooks and this is one of the few that I go back to on a daily basis. I'm eating food that I like, as much of it as I feel like, and I'm still losing weight. But most important of all, I FEEL healthier. The recipes are not complicated, I usually have the ingredients I need on hand. I love the soups, it's so easy to make a batch and freeze single servings for later. I really like this book. It has completely changed how I think about food. Thank you Dr. Ornish.
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Summary: Wonderful Recipes & Worthwhile Program
Review: I have this cookbook well stained with use! The soups, salads, entrees and yes the Carrotcake with cream cheese frosting, are wonderful! I would recommend this book to all no matter if they are vegan, not a vegan or have health issues. I have even incorperated many of the recipes into the meals of my still meat eating family, and yes, they love them also!I will state that after I started following Ornish's program, I have lost over 20 pounds! This cookbook is easy to read, easy to use, and has been the most important investment in my life!
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Summary: Easy eating without 'getting my shorts in a twist'.
Review: I read a copy from my library and I am going to buy it. The recipe ingredients are NOT unusual, the preparation is quick and easy, and "number of servings" is usually "4" or "1". The amount of theory and explanation falls well short of the usual ranting and raving about the relative merits of the various diet plans. So I need to lose a few pounds, AND I WILL, but I refuse to obsess over it. This is easy cooking for a single fellow making one-course meals. There really are more important things to care about in life than food, now that I have my basic nutrition education and a good cook book. What a RELIEF!
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