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Summary: Low Fat Living Works!
Review: But only if you read the book and use the great recipes. :-)
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Summary: Highly recommended for fast-paced families
Review: First low-fat recipe collection that my whole family enjoys (group of five.) I live in a remote location and don't have trouble finding ingredients (big plus!) Kids can help prepare, will eat and love selections available in all categories. Only criticism, hard to plan weekly menus without a lot of tomato-based recipes.
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Summary: Delicious and Delighfully Easy Recipes!
Review: I am not a big fan of cooking. Opening a jar of spaghetti sauce to top some pasta seems like enough effort. I am also as happy with a simple piece of grilled chicken as I am with one smothered in rich sauces, so cooking books are not a high priority for me. I glanced through this book at the book store only because I felt the authors other book "Low Fat Living" was excellent. To my surprise I was immediately attracted to the simplicity of the recipes, variety and their appeal. The book presents foods that I enjoy eating, that are easy to prepare and it cuts the fat and calories. So enjoyable fare like chicken fingers, Mexican dishes, pasta creations and deserts etc. are a snap to make and healthy to eat. The author Leslie Cooper includes a lot of helpful information such as the hands on time, calories, servings, fiber,fat etc. So the foods prepared can be used if you are on a diet program like Weight Watchers (you can figure out the points)or need to watch your choleserol etc. Cooper includes items such as Mixed Greens with Pecan Vinaigrette, Miso Soup, Swiss Broccoli Soup, Pan Seared Crab Cakes, Sesame Chicken Satays etc. She also includes substitutions for some items. I found the ingredients easy to obtain. Most already in my cupboard or fridge. The beginning of the book devotes about 100 pages to ways to cook for health, fat trimming swaps, reading labels, calorie burning, stress blockers etc. Lots of useful information here. The book is wonderful on its own or as a companion to the "Low Fat Living" book, Leslie cowrote with her husband. It's important to note that this book and the other one is not about eating no fat or little fat. Its about eating healthy fats in moderation. Though the book is not spiral bound it does lie flat for ease of use. The only drawback with the book is the lack of pictures. Overall though its a super nice book and one I will refer to often for quick, healthy recipes!
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Summary: The Best and Easiest Lowfat Cookbook
Review: I borrowed this book from my sister and just ordered a copy for myself. It is definitely the best lowfat cookbook out there. Unlike most lowfat cookbooks, the ingredients used are easy to find and for the most part inexpensive. The recipes are also not your typical lowfat recipes. It is more like a cookbook with regular recipes that also just happen to be lowfat. I enjoy preparing these dishes for my family knowing that they are both healthy and delicious!
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Summary: Hope your up on your cooking lingo.
Review: I found this book utterly horrible. I am not a cook, and was looking for something relatively easy to understand. Things that I normally eat made over in a low fat or fat free form. Most of the recipes in this book I have never heard of. I would NOT recommend this book for those somewhat finicky eaters out there. If you do choose to order this book order a dictionary of cooking terms to go with. The other thing I did not like about this book was the first half (almost) of the book that preceded the recipes contained advice and information on dieting that was very controversial and was NOT recommended by several health magazines. With all the organizations out there trying to sell you on their diet plan, this was all I needed to find out a cookbook was throwing advice out too! Im very disappointed!
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Summary: Fabulous easy low-fat cooking that TASTES good!
Review: I love this cookbook. I don't know what that one bad review person was talking about, but they obviously don't eat a very large variety of food. Leslie Cooper had low-fat variations of so many of my favorite foods in here! And this is not your usual tasteless food eat-lots-of-salad cookbook. We're talking extremely tasty pasta dishes, Italian, Mexican, a few oriental dishes, and all time favorite American dishes. Poultry and soups and stews, seafood and cheese and eggs, pancakes and cookies and sweets..... All extremely easy to follow recipes, and for a lot of them, you probably already have most of the ingredients in your kitchen. For the first 100 pages of the book, Leslie takes you step-by-step on how to turn your life around to 24-hour low-fat eating that will burn calories around the clock. "Build meals that will burn fat all day long." And all without the usual cravings you have on a diet. She makes it so easy to "make the move to a low-fat lifestyle." She teaches you how to shop smart, to save time, money, and energy. She shows you what foods to eat at what times of day, and in what combinations. She shows you how to "spice up your life" with foods and seasonings that taste good and are still good for you. She gives you easy steps to revamp your favorite recipes to make them low-fat, she's got meals-in-a-minute for convenience without compromise. Leslie Cooper makes low-fat cooking easy and fun. She makes eating enjoyable, no more guilt. My husband doesn't even know we're on a low-fat diet, because the foods I serve him are so tasty and filling. Some of my favorites from this book: Cajun Red Beans And Rice, Smothered Burritos, Pasta and Seafood Marinara, and Baked Ziti. My husband's favorites are Chicken Parmesan Strips, Super-Bowl Chili, and Mexican Chicken in Tortillas. This book has something for everyone. You'll love it.
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Summary: GUILT FREE EATING
Review: I love this cookbook. In fact, I've just finished cooking the Southwest Turkey Meat Loaf in the book which has only 254 calories and 7 grams of fat per serving. I was actually searching for a PART II of this book when I decided to write a review while visiting the web. You'll love this book. The dishes are delicious. If no one ever mentioned low fat you certainly wouldn't be able to tell by either the texture or taste of the food. I have now for the last few months cooked strictly from this cookbook. The dishes keep my family satisfied and I'm excited about the variations. Some of the favorites we have are the Skillet Chicken with Mushrooms & Peppers, Buttermilk-Battered Baked Chicken, Crunchy Pita Strips, and the Sour Cream Apple Crumb Kuchen (okay so I ate it with ice cream). I love this book!!!!
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Summary: Fabulous easy low-fat cooking that TASTES good!
Review: I love this cookbook. I don't know what that one bad review person was talking about, but they obviously don't eat a very large variety of food. Leslie Cooper had low-fat variations of so many of my favorite foods in here! And this is not your usual tasteless food eat-lots-of-salad cookbook. We're talking extremely tasty pasta dishes, Italian, Mexican, a few oriental dishes, and all time favorite American dishes. Poultry and soups and stews, seafood and cheese and eggs, pancakes and cookies and sweets..... All extremely easy to follow recipes, and for a lot of them, you probably already have most of the ingredients in your kitchen. For the first 100 pages of the book, Leslie takes you step-by-step on how to turn your life around to 24-hour low-fat eating that will burn calories around the clock. "Build meals that will burn fat all day long." And all without the usual cravings you have on a diet. She makes it so easy to "make the move to a low-fat lifestyle." She teaches you how to shop smart, to save time, money, and energy. She shows you what foods to eat at what times of day, and in what combinations. She shows you how to "spice up your life" with foods and seasonings that taste good and are still good for you. She gives you easy steps to revamp your favorite recipes to make them low-fat, she's got meals-in-a-minute for convenience without compromise. Leslie Cooper makes low-fat cooking easy and fun. She makes eating enjoyable, no more guilt. My husband doesn't even know we're on a low-fat diet, because the foods I serve him are so tasty and filling. Some of my favorites from this book: Cajun Red Beans And Rice, Smothered Burritos, Pasta and Seafood Marinara, and Baked Ziti. My husband's favorites are Chicken Parmesan Strips, Super-Bowl Chili, and Mexican Chicken in Tortillas. This book has something for everyone. You'll love it.
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Summary: GUILT FREE EATING
Review: I love this cookbook. In fact, I've just finished cooking the Southwest Turkey Meat Loaf in the book which has only 254 calories and 7 grams of fat per serving. I was actually searching for a PART II of this book when I decided to write a review while visiting the web. You'll love this book. The dishes are delicious. If no one ever mentioned low fat you certainly wouldn't be able to tell by either the texture or taste of the food. I have now for the last few months cooked strictly from this cookbook. The dishes keep my family satisfied and I'm excited about the variations. Some of the favorites we have are the Skillet Chicken with Mushrooms & Peppers, Buttermilk-Battered Baked Chicken, Crunchy Pita Strips, and the Sour Cream Apple Crumb Kuchen (okay so I ate it with ice cream). I love this book!!!!
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Summary: Best low-fat book on the market
Review: I was astounded by the ease of preparation of the receipes in this book. I was amazed at the simplicity of fixing them as well as the blend of common every day on-hand items. The taste is wonderful. His doctor told him he was putting him on a low-dat diet, but my husband would never adhere to it. I bought this book, and I started fixing them. He occassionally would tell me he loved whatever I was fixing. He started losing the pounds, his blood pressure dropped, and his he was taken off his cholestrol medication. He told me he didn't need to be on any low-dat diet. In the doctor's office, I brought out the book and showed the doctor and told them I had started fixing only things in this book for the last 6 months. My husband had no idea, and the doctor told me he would knock off $50 for the visit if he could have the book to show his patients. So, not only have me and my family been eating healthy, I made $25 off the book! This is one book you must have.
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