Rating: 
Summary: Finally!
Review: Finally! A cookbook that includes your 3 meals a day plus wonderful tasty desserts (my favorite). I carry it around all day like a bible, planning my next meal. I've cooked many of the recipes and got my husband to actually eat them with me.
Rating:
Summary: hey whiny people...
Review: For those of you whining about the "gourmet" factor and how "complex" and the number of ingredients...do you realize that you can take out the more exotic ingredients and have a more "homey" meal, without really changing the calorie count?Also...if you are too lazy to cook, why the hell would you buy a cookbook? Just wondering.
Rating:
Summary: Why isn't Nancy Huges a Celebrity Chef?
Review: I do a lot of cooking and a lot of dieting. This book has been a great help in getting a health menu together with 1200 calories a day. And you feel like you ate something when you are done. Every recipe I have tried is a real winner. My husband keeps asking me why this cookbook author is not a celebrity chef -- because everything is so good and low calorie too. This is a cooks book -- if you don't want to take the time to cook each meal yourself, it may not be for you. For me, it is worth the effort if the alternative is frozen or packaged "diet food."
Rating:
Summary: Yum, Yum, Yum!!!
Review: I found the low-fat recipes to be easy to make (many take only about 15 minutes) and very delicious. The menus simplify my dieting and allow me variety in my meals that I was previously lacking. Face it, I hate cutting fat and calories as much as anyone but The 1200-Calorie- a-Day Menu Cookbook book makes it all just a little bit easier, tastier,and almost pleasant! Nutritional information provided with each recipe is very helpful.
Rating: 
Summary: Great tasting recipes, but
Review: I have tried 4 recipes from this book so far, and all have tasted wonderful! I also like the ease of the calories figured for you. However, preparation for many of these recipes is time consuming. If you are looking for really easy, quick recipes this is not the book. If you are looking for nutritious, delicious meals then I highly recommend this book.
Rating:
Summary: Great tasting recipes, but
Review: I have tried 4 recipes from this book so far, and all have tasted wonderful! I also like the ease of the calories figured for you. However, preparation for many of these recipes is time consuming. If you are looking for really easy, quick recipes this is not the book. If you are looking for nutritious, delicious meals then I highly recommend this book.
Rating: 
Summary: Takes too many ingredients, too much time. No everyday meals
Review: I was hoping to find a cookbook that would have quick, easy to fix recipes but what I found were recipes that require a lot of special ingredients and a lot of time to make them. They may be good recipes but I don't have the time or money to fix them so I'll never know.
Rating: 
Summary: I'm just a beginner to this way of life
Review: I was told by my doctor that I need to restrict my diet to 1200 calories a day or else I have a high risk of adult onset diabetes (my mother is diabetic and I am overweight). I have found the cookbook to be very helpful in helping me manage my day. I scan the cookbook at the beginning of the week and decide what I will be having the rest of the week so that on no given day do I have to stare at the fridge wondering what I will make. I've found the meals to be very satisfying portion wise and quite flavorful. You won't starve by any means and some of my favorites are the simplest to make. My favorite breakfasts are the fruit and cereal and the peaches and shortcake recipe. The vanilla cream when it congeals is like vanilla pudding. The only meals I haven't been tempted to try were the dinners, none of them really struck my fancy, I rely on another low fat cookbook for that. The desserts didn't interest me much either. I tend to prefer just a small bit of chocolate or else have vanilla yogurt and fruit for dessert. I love the way the day is broken down though. When the doctor told me to cut my calories so drastically I never knew that I would be eating so much and losing weight so easily. I don't regret buying it and plan to memorize several of the favorites that I've tried so far.
Rating: 
Summary: Pass on this one...
Review: I was very disappointed in this book. I have not made any of the recipes in it, and I doubt I will. There were no illustrations, which might have added more appeal. The ingredients were standard, but some of the combinations sounded off to me. If you are looking for a low-fat cookbook, I highly recommend any of the Eating Well cookbooks instead. Those books blow this one out of the water.
Rating:
Summary: Why isn't Nancy Huges a Celebrity Chef?
Review: I've tried recipes from a number of low cal/low fat cookbooks and many of them are so bland and tasteless my husband has begged me to never cook them again. Everything I've tried from this book has won rave reviews (especially the cajun chicken and beef stir fry). I also found them to be easy to adjust to personal taste preferences. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is trying to stay low cal without giving up taste.
| 
