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Summary: A fabulous book. Everything tastes good, and is very healthy
Review: As a fan of healthy eatting, I have discovered that there are not that many cookbooks that have healthy selctions that are truely wonderful. They generally tend to be the same old thing with a new herb or something! This book has been wonderful. Everything I have made in it has been great, and different.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Everything I have tried in this cookbook is terrible. From fish to chicken, soup to breakfast. Poor, bland flavoer. All of the recipes are a LOT more trouble than they are worth. MANY other healthy cookbooks out there with MUCH tastier recipes.
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Summary: Bland and Blander
Review: Having been told I needed to get my cholesterol levels down, and finding little comfort in my favorite, well-worn cookbooks, when I saw this I thought "Aha, here it is. Healthful food that tastes good." Wrong. Healthful it may be, but tasty it ain't. We've tried two dishes in a row and both would put your tongue to sleep. I finally turned the second dish into something we could eat by grabbing my wok and stir-frying the pork - in olive oil, mind you - along with some soy sauce and sesame oil. And that gave me inspiration - to put this book on the shelf and grab my for-too-long-unused Chinese cookbooks. (One other lesson you learn from this cookbook - food phtotgraphers are a tricky bunch.)
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Summary: How much lemon zest can a person eat?
Review: I use this book when I need a quick side dish or a simple entree. But the most of the recipes are pretty boring and bland. My other "healthy cooking" books make wholesome food delicious by using creative seasonings. The Mayo Clinic puts the grated zest of a citrus fruit in every other recipe and leaves it at that. Haven't they ever heard of herbs and spices?
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Summary: Winner of the prestigous James Beard Award!
Review: I've had this cookbook for ten months now, and for the most part it now sits on the shelf, gathering dust. Why? Although the recipes are unique and creative and the pictures look great, the results for almost all of the recipes I've tried are a great disappointment. I believe that healthy, fat free, low sodium cooking doesn't have to be bland, but that's what the majority of these recipes are. And while other readers have found the recipes to be quick, I found them to be quite time-consuming. There are a few recipes in the book that I like and frequently return to, but too few to justify owning the book.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: This is your book. Most of the items take 15 to 20 minutes to prepare and then 30 minutes of cooking time. Unlike other cookbooks, particularly vegan or vegetarian cookbooks, the recipes use easy to obtain ingredients that you can get anywhere. This is key in the short preparation time.If you have kids, and want them to get a wide variety of vegetables or make them a meal that combines certain nutritional necessities, the book discusses foods, portions, and servings for a variety of different health needs. It also tells you exactly what's good and bad about different foods. For instance, an avocado has three times the amount of potassium as a banana.
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Summary: Beautiful Food
Review: When it comes to being inspired to create a culinary masterpiece, there is really something to be said for seeing beautiful photographs of the food you are soon to be preparing. This book draws you into the sensuous side of these dishes before you even hit the grocery store.
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Summary: Beautiful Food
Review: When it comes to being inspired to create a culinary masterpiece, there is really something to be said for seeing beautiful photographs of the food you are soon to be preparing. This book draws you into the sensuous side of these dishes before you even hit the grocery store.
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