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Low Fat Vegetarian Cooking
Finger Food (Hamlyn Cookery Club)
Pasta, Pizza, Risotto: Over 500 Delicious Recipes
Pasta (Fridge Fun S.)
Super Salad Selection: Mouthwatering Recipes for Crisp, Fresh Salads and Tasty Dressings
Easy Meals with Just 3 Ingredients
Brazilian Cooking: Exotic, Tropical Recipes from South America
Turkish Cooking
The Aubergine Cookbook
Thai Cooking
Vegetarian Thai
Great Beers of the World: And How to Brew Them at Home
Appetizers, Starters and Finger Food
The Penguin Good New Zealand Wine Guide: 2001-2002
The Chimenea Cook Book and User's Guide: How to Get the Most from Your Chimenea
The Victory Cookbook: Celebratory Food on Rations!
Moroccan Cuisine
Irish Cooking
Bishop's: The Cookbook
The Legendary Cuisine of Persia
The Hamlyn Griddling Cookbook
Soups - Simple Recipes: Simple Recipes for All Seasons
Secret Recipes
Juices and Tonics
Fruit: An A-Z Reference and Cook's Kitchen Bible with Over 100 Recipes

Weimar Institute's NEWSTART® Lifestyle Cookbook: More Than 260 Heart-Healthy Recipes Featuring Whole Plant Foods

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Cooking for Health
GREAT INFORMATION - PRACTICAL RECIPES - A LIFESAVER !
MY FAVORITE HEALTHY COOKBOOK!
Best Available for Treating Lifestyle Diseases
healthy vegan fare

Weimar Institute's NEWSTART® Lifestyle Cookbook: More Than 260 Heart-Healthy Recipes Featuring Whole Plant Foods
Frances Piper de Vries , and Sally J. Christensen
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
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Binding: Paperback

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More Choices: Eat Well - Live Well
Raw Foods for Busy People: Simple and Machine-Free Recipes for Every Day
Vegan with a Vengeance : Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock
The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health

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ASIN: 0785271406

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Newstart stands for the eight elements that give you health, vigor, and healing: Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sunshine, Temperance, Air, Rest, and Trust in Divine Power. Full of delicious and nutritious recipes that can make a meaningful difference in your life, the Newstart Lifestyle Cookbook is more than a diet plan--it is a new way to live.

Customer Reviews:

Cooking for Health.......2007-03-04

adhealthandwellness recommended this as one of the books that was essential for life. Piper de Vries is deep.

GREAT INFORMATION - PRACTICAL RECIPES - A LIFESAVER !.......2002-09-24

This book contains recipes that nutitionally conscious people will love -- while using commonly available ingredients. As exciting as the recipes are, the nutritional information makes this a MUST READ cookbook. LOVE IT !! By incorporating these recipes or ideas into my diet (we still eat meat) and beginning moderate exercise (1hour 3xweek) I have cut my diabetes oral medication by half in less than one month !! Doc says 6mo - 1 year to be medicine free !! (after 3 years of gradually worsening diabetes) This cookbook could save your life !

MY FAVORITE HEALTHY COOKBOOK!.......2002-08-31

Wonderfully Healthy Recipes...... use it all the time!

Best Available for Treating Lifestyle Diseases.......2002-01-19

The recipes in this book are some of the best available if you are serious about eating a healthy diet. They are not only vegetarian but they eliminate the refined oils and sugars which are such a major factor in causing diseases like atherosclerosis, heart disease, adult onset diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. They are the recipes used at the Newstart lifestyle program where they get excellent results with just diet and exercise. The recipes are delicious; we use them in our home all the time. I highly recommend this cookbook to my patients.

healthy vegan fare.......2000-01-05

a solid good cookbook for those aspiring to the vegan diet. the only drawbacks being that some recipies require hard-to-locate ingredients such as vegan gelatin and smoked yeast. Other than that a very worthwhile purchase for those wishing to eat healthy, etc.

The Taste for Living Cookbook: Mike Milken's Favorite Recipes for Fighting Cancer

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a treat for the eyes
Great for those who are lactose intolerant
If I Were A Rich Man...
a book for cooks with penty of time on their hands

The Taste for Living Cookbook: Mike Milken's Favorite Recipes for Fighting Cancer
Beth Ginsberg , and Michael Milken
Manufacturer: Cap Cure
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Binding: Hardcover

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The Taste for Living WORLD Cookbook: More of Mike Milken's Favorite Recipes for Fighting Cancer and Heart Disease
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The Whole Soy Cookbook, 175 delicious, nutritious, easy-to-prepare Recipes featuring tofu, tempeh, and various forms of nature's healthiest Bean
Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer

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When Michael Milken was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 1993, he wasted no time switching from his daily egg-and-bacon-sandwich breakfasts to a low-fat, vegetarian diet. He also founded CaP CURE, the Association for the Cure of Cancer of the Prostate. Through research supported by CaP CURE, Milken learned that cutting down on fat was not enough--that soy protein could be an important missing ingredient in his diet. He duly incorporated all of the cancer-fighting ingredients into his diet, but he missed the joy of eating.

Enter Beth Ginsberg, Culinary Institute of America (CIA) graduate and natural foods chef. When Milken hired her in 1995, she turned his medicinal soy drinks into tasty, healthy fruit smoothies, his tofu-spread sandwiches into Vegetable Reubens--with tempeh bacon! It became clear that a healthy, cancer-fighting diet need not mean an end to culinary pleasure. In the beautifully photographed The Taste for Living Cookbook, Ginsberg collects more than 75 of Milken's favorite dishes, from Tofu Dog Casserole with a Pretzel Crust to Greek Spinach Pie in a Phyllo Nest to Devil's "Fool" Cake with Cocoa Frosting. Colorful icons next to each recipe let you know how long a dish will take to prepare--many are under an hour from kitchen to table. Nutritional details are given at the end of each recipe, and Ginsberg notes when a substitution can be made (say, low-fat turkey in place of tempeh in a sandwich). Proceeds from the sales of The Taste for Living Cookbook will go to further CaP CURE's research--resulting, one hopes, in even more delicious, healthful meals from chef Ginsberg. --Rebecca A. Staffel

Customer Reviews:

Good Stuff.......2002-12-15

The book presents recipes attractively. I've tried a few and they were easier and better than I expected, given the somewhat unusual ingredients for familiar foods. The book goes astray, to some degree, in my opinion, because it works too hard at recreating unhealthy high fat foods with low-fat, high-soy, equivalents. Better to just present vegetarian recipees that don't try to seem like something else.

a treat for the eyes.......2002-01-30

what i loved most about this book is the 'photojournalist'
format...just looking at the photographs and the tasty,
colorful food motivated me...interesting

Great for those who are lactose intolerant.......2001-04-19

I purchased this book because it contained recipes like flan that didn't require any dairy products. It also provides some great tips for substituting out ingredients like cream and other milk products without sacrificing texture and taste.

At first, I was a bit concerned that most of the recipes in the book called for ingredients that I had never heard of, but even the small health-food section of my local grocery store had almost everything that I needed.

If I Were A Rich Man..........2001-02-25

The taste For Living Cookbook Mike Milken's Favorite Recipes For Fighting Cancer is a nicely photographed book. The recipes are basic health food fare. Cut down on fat,avoid meat, eat lots of veggies and soy. If I was a wealthy man I would have a professional chef move into my home and cook these complicated meals im my professional kitchen. I would also go to a medition center in Massachusetts "based on Ayurveda tradition" and I would "invite a doctor trained in both Western and Ayurveda medicine to move into...our house for a few months" I don't mean to be cynical but I have neither the time or money to follow this books recipes. I did not find this book very helpful .

a book for cooks with penty of time on their hands.......2000-04-17

All of the recipes in this book look delicious but after having the book for almost a year I have only tried out a few. The reason? Most of the main course recipes take over an hour to prepare. The Not-Meat Loaf, for example, is described as taking over 60 minutes and that doesn't include the time it takes to prepare cooked brown rice and lentils the recipe requires. This maybe fine for Mr. Milken, who can afford his own personal chef, but those of us in the real world need recipes that are not only healthy but quick.

The New Enchanted Broccoli Forest (Mollie Katzen's Classic Cooking)

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Peanutty-Tofuey-Broccli(y) Deliciousness!
Beautiful and inspiring
Recipies not good
A cute title but I expected more....
awesome cookbook!

The New Enchanted Broccoli Forest (Mollie Katzen's Classic Cooking)
Mollie Katzen
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
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Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant: Ethnic and Regional Recipes from the Cooks at the Legendary Restaurant (Cookery)
Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home: Fast and Easy Recipes for Any Day
Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites: Flavorful Recipes for Healthful Meals

ASIN: 1580081266

Customer Reviews:

Peanutty-Tofuey-Broccli(y) Deliciousness!.......2007-02-11

This spring I went over to a friend's house and his mom graciously made me a vegetarian dish from this book. I'm not sure of the exact name but it is amazingly good. Try it - now!

Beautiful and inspiring.......2007-01-15

Although not as practical as other cookbooks in some regards, this is definitely among my favorites. As other reviewers stated, some of the recipes are lengthy and best suited to weekends when you have a lot of time to do a major cooking session. What I love about this book is the whimsical nature of it, and the way Katzen conveys such love and joy at preparing the dishes. The hand-lettering isn't always super-easy to read, but it is such a treat! The illustrations, such as the comic-style guide to bread making, are fun. Also, it includes a really helpful guide to grains, including history, where to find it, how and why to use it, and especially, how to cook.
This book is a great addition to a vegetarian's cookbookshelf, though probably not ideal for a first book on veg cooking.

Recipies not good.......2006-10-15

Sorry to say but the recipies in this book are yukky! I don't know what Mollie was thinking, she however is not the good cook people think she is.
You will be much better off sticking with the Moosewood cookbooks...every single one is truly wonderful. And the other reviewer was right, what's so special about the title recipie...nothing. Don't waste your money, I threw my copy out!

A cute title but I expected more...........2005-12-25

A fun cookbook to look through but when you start making the recipes, its actually a disappointment, especially considering how many gazillllllion copies have been sold of Ms. Katzen's books. Shows what the right marketing can do. The recipes that I tried were VERY hearty but not in a good way, too much fat and rich ingredients and strange combinations of these ingredients too . The Enchanted Broccoli Forest recipe is just a dish of rice with broccoli stuck into it, nothing special. I gave up after the 3 or 4th recipe. This is NOT one of the best veggie cookbooks out there, in spite of the hype!

awesome cookbook!.......2005-12-05

i have many vegetarian cook books (ive been veg for over 7 yrs) & i use this one the most frequently.
it's simple, delicious, & lots of cooking basics, like pie crust & the (BEST, EASIEST) Indian flat bread, that most veg cookbooks leave out. We have also made delicious enchiladas, upside down vegetable cake, and more. My boyfriend is not vegetarian but he loves the delicious food too. The recipes in this book hold up even with major improvisation & experimenting which I love to do. There are also wide margins to write your cooking notes right next to the recipe.

Yes, many of these recipes take longer than heating up a veggie burger in the microwave but if you are concerned enough to eat vegetarian you should be interested in how to eat right, and sometimes that takes time.

There are 2 things I dislike: 1)the "prep" time listed for a recipe is too short in many cases- but once you make it you get an idea of how long it takes for next time. 2) the pages are regular paper, not glossy, so splashes always seem to find their way onto my book. However, its cheap enough & it dries fine, so just buy it & find your new veggie favorites :)

Everyday Cooking with Dr. Dean Ornish: 150 Easy, Low-Fat, High-Flavor Recipes

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How many books now?
Simple techniques of eating well
Dr. Ornish's Reversing Coronary Artery Disease
Eat great with no guilt
It works. 90 pounds worth for me

Everyday Cooking with Dr. Dean Ornish: 150 Easy, Low-Fat, High-Flavor Recipes
Dean Ornish
Manufacturer: Collins
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Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease: The Only System Scientifically Proven to Reverse Heart Disease Without Drugs or Surgery
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Stress Diet and Your Heart: A Lifetime Program for Healing Your Heart Without Drugs or Surgery
The Mcdougall Quick and Easy Cookbook: Over 300 Delicious Low-Fat Recipes You Can Prepare in Fifteen Minutes or Less
Love and Survival: The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy

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ASIN: 0060928115

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Renowned cardiac researcher and bestselling author Dean Ornish, M.D., has inspired millions of people to choose a healthier lifestyle and a low-fat diet. But low-fat cooking can be time-consuming and hard to fit into a busy schedule, so Dr. Ornish has found 150 wonderful ways to make it fast, delicious and fun.

Everyday Cooking with Dean Ornish includes 150 easy and extraordinary recipes that are extremely low in fat and cholesterol -- and high in flavor. You'll find slimmed-down versions of comfort foods that are delicious and nutritious, from French Toast and Hashed Browns to enchiladas and lasagna, from Creamy Corn Soup and Spicy Arkansas Chili to Southwest Pizza and Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. The recipes are quick to prepare, the ingredients are familiar and inexpensive and there are hundreds of smart time-saving tips on cooking, shopping and serving. Now you no longer have to choose between good food and good health.

Customer Reviews:

How many books now?.......2007-05-08

With all the books and tapes this author has produced how did he have the time to research them. Like All fads he has passed already.

Simple techniques of eating well.......2007-04-01

The author's simple techniques of eating well are outlines and recipes are provided that are simple and excellent.

Dr. Ornish's Reversing Coronary Artery Disease.......2007-01-09

I've been in tune with Dr. Ornish since about 1997. I had 3 bypasses at that time. Using his simple techniques of eating well (and a lot), moderate exercise and relaxation techniques, I lost 120lbs. in 6 months and kept it off! This man is world renowned in his field and has yet to have any peers. That's right. This is the man that made Dr. Atkins look foolish in a debate on PBS! Dr. Ornish, thank you!

Eat great with no guilt.......2006-02-25

In order for this book to make sense you need to read Dr. Ornish's other book (Eat More, Weigh Less). This book is full of great food that is simple to prepare and very healthy. You won't miss the stuff you leave out.

It works. 90 pounds worth for me .......2005-06-23

Ah. Poor soul below me. Don't eat this or that. How about just plain good food and eat all you want of that?

We just got the book. I have been using fat free or almost fat free cooking for a while. My 90 pounds weight loss without even trying proves it has some benefits. I was not unhappy with those 90 pounds however the other half's heart was in serious trouble so I read Ornish and started to cook that way. Very simple and taste filled once you learn the principles and learn your spices. We have made progress.. A LOT. OH is now allowed to exercise a bit. The heart got better and I lost a LOT of weight.

The book is wonderful because it has the methods, tips and hints at my finger tips instead of having to get online and hunt em down I can flip thru them as I want. The recipes are set up seasonal which is great because that is what I should be eating at this time for the best flavor. I visted the produce stand locally and bought local homegrown veggies. Came home and simply flipped the book to spring. They are designed to be models. The recipes are nice but they give me a spring board for creating my own and the book gives me the info to do that. I am not wandering around blind and bemoaning my diet. It isn't one. It is simply good eating. The pantry section helps straighten out and guide your food choices. They don't leave you high and dry to cooking beans or grain. I had to go thru several books or search the net before if I hadn't cooked a bean in a long time or never to find out info on it.

It encourages new choices in produce. Fava beans are on my list now. I don't look at the grocery store choices the same way. It is a handy reference and nice guide. IF you use it correctly. I won't whine one bit. Darn good eating and it teaches you how to cook. You won't have to follow the recipe exactly after you get done reading it. You can make it what you want.

The New McDougall Cookbook: 300 Delicious Ultra-Low-Fat Recipes

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The New McDougall Cookbook: 300 Delicious Ultra-Low Fat Recipes
great cookbook
.. most often taken off the shelf ..
this is one good program!!!
A great cookbook --- even if you don't cook!

The New McDougall Cookbook: 300 Delicious Ultra-Low-Fat Recipes
John A. McDougall , and Mary McDougall
Manufacturer: Plume
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Binding: Paperback

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The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health
Dr. McDougall's Digestive Tune-Up

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ASIN: 0452274656

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The New McDougall Cookbook: 300 Delicious Ultra-Low Fat Recipes.......2007-01-10

Dr. McDougall's change of food has helped me a great deal. I was having trouble with high sugar, triglycerides, etc and now am having trouble with iron in my blood. Eating no meat, dairy, white bread, white rice has brought all down and I am not hungry. It is filling and his books give me ideas for new recipes.

great cookbook.......2006-10-11

The great thing about a McDougall recipe is the spice blends. Mary McDougall really knows how to put spices together to make things delicious. I highly recommend this and other McDougall books.

.. most often taken off the shelf .........2006-05-05

In an 8 month battle with the health effects of years on the standard Western diet, this book is now the first off my shelf of cookbooks. (McDougall Quick and Easy is second).

The index is useful. The food is filling and tasty. The health effect is 65 pounds lost and cholesterol cut in half. You will satisfy your desire for good food and possibally save your life!

this is one good program!!!.......2005-10-31

we happened across the mcdougall program through anthony robbins.we were total dairy and meat addicts and believed that it was really good to eat lots of it.however ,we did a 10 day challenge and cut it all out ,and have never looked back....blood pressure dropped,weight dropped,muscle tone and energy increased.we now have perfect skin and the whites of our eyes are now perfectly clean....so we are hooked...don't worry...he does say you can have a "feast food" on a special occassion, so you aren't going to have to never have your favorites..but you will discover an efficient well body that you never realised you had!. book is great...

A great cookbook --- even if you don't cook!.......2000-03-08

Dr. McD shares delicious, easy, healthful tips and recipes using inexpensive ingredients and simple techniques. Even non-cooks can follow these directions to produce food that tastes so good, your family will never guess it is good for them.

Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast: 150 Easy Meatless Recipes (Vegetarian Times , No 1)

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fantastic
It should be called "BEAN AND PASTA COOKBOOK."
Fast, delicious, and sampling from a variety of cuisines
Great Food - But Check the Nutrition Info!
Outstanding!

Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast: 150 Easy Meatless Recipes (Vegetarian Times , No 1)
Vegetarian Times Magazine , and Maimonides
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Vegetarian Times Low-Fat and Fast

If you've been searching for a cookbook to help you put delicious meatless meals on the table in a hurry, then look no further. The editors of Vegetarian Times magazine, the leading authorities on the vegetarian lifestyle, have compiled this delicious collection of 150 recipes, all of which can be prepared in 30 minutes or less. In fact, many of the recipes are easy enough to complete in just 15 or 20 minutes.

Not just easy, all of the recipes in Vegetarian Times Low-Fat and Fast are low in fat, too. Of course, eating meatless meals is always healthful, but, as the Vegetarian Times editors explain, you still need to watch what you eat to stay fit and healthy. Light vegetarian cooking can be made simple by cutting back on eggs, using low-fat cheeses, sautéing with olive oil instead of butter, and trying healthy cooking techniques like grilling, broiling, roasting, and steaming, all of which bring out the best flavors in your food.

Whether you're a longtime vegetarian or vegan looking for some exciting new and easy recipes to try, or a "part-time" vegetarian just trying to eat meatless meals a few times a week for better health, this is the book for you. Vegetarian Times Low-Fat and Fast is a timesaving cookbook that will make anyone, even beginner cooks, feel at home in the kitchen.

Sample Recipes

Caribbean Bean Burgers
Sesame Broccoli
Mexican Lasagna
Vegan Caesar Salad
Black Bean Flautas
Pesto Mashed Potatoes
Tandoori-Style Chickpeas
Indonesian Fried Rice
Six Vegetable Couscous
Gingered Carrot Soup

Customer Reviews:

fantastic.......2007-01-19

I have used this book for a few years now and I love it. The recipes really are fairly fast and simple to follow. The nutritional information is provided for each recipe which really helps for people trying to follow certain diets like Weight Watchers. I recommend this book and have given it to others.

It should be called "BEAN AND PASTA COOKBOOK.".......2004-06-17

I assume that these editors know that grains such as quinoa, amaranth, rye, spelt, kasha and [has no one ever heard of?] wheat can make fine main or side dishes. I had hoped for some new ideas for these and other grains and vegetables on which I have thrived for years. Have they never heard of porridges? If you want speed, make porridge. And quinoa cooks in about fifteen minutes. Most small or cracked grains cook in 15-20 minutes.

I had assumed that there would be SOME bean recipes, although I am deathly allergic to all beans, and SOME pasta recipes even though pasta, too, ill suits my own particular physiology. Unfortunately, this is a BEAN and PASTA book, with an occasional, genial but uninspired reference to other foods. It makes the book essentially useless to me.

Far better books are availabe: The Greek, Italian, Indian vegetarian cookbooks, whole grain cookbooks, natural foods cookbooks.

An uninspired disappointment.

Fast, delicious, and sampling from a variety of cuisines.......2004-05-26

With recipes including Carribean, Italian, Thai, Mexican, and plain old American flavors, you can make gourmet quality meals much faster than using traditional recipes for similar dishes. Some newly available products, like hamburger-style "crumbles" and premade polenta tubes can make some of these recipes even faster. I just LOVE the Jamaican Jerk Tempeh served over noodles, and the vegetarian "Sloppy Joes." I'm online now to order some of the others in this "low-fat & fast" series.

Great Food - But Check the Nutrition Info!.......2003-10-23

I love this cookbook, use it all the time. One of my favorite recipes is the Mushroom Chowder...Yum!!! BUT....The nutrition information in the book is completely innaccurate - sometimes by more than 100 calories PER SERVING. Luckily I caught it before any damage was done.

Outstanding!.......2002-05-15

The best quick cookbook I own. I use it every week. It doesn't have pretty pictures, it has recipes that work, are good and fast.

Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites: Flavorful Recipes for Healthful Meals

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Amazing!
Love this cookbook!!
for veg heads and meat eaters alike
Is It Me or Is This Mediocre?
Nothing But The Best!

Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites: Flavorful Recipes for Healthful Meals
Moosewood Collective
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
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ASIN: 0517884941
Release Date: 1996-10-29

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The first Moosewood Cookbook--loved for its cozy, comforting food--mused oil, eggs, and dairy products so lavishly that it was extensively revised in 1992 to fit our changing diet. Now, the Moosewood Collective takes an even more extreme step: recipes in Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites are so intentionally healthful that they put the word right on the cover of this chubby book filled with lean recipes (many dishes get the fat down to a modest 16-17% of their total calories). Still, the 280-plus recipes offer the bold, pan-ethnic flavors that have won the Moosewood Collective cookbooks so many fans.

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This is the low-fat book cooks who care about wholesome, vegetarian-inspired food have been waiting for.  Each of the more than 280 recipes are as delicious and trustworthy as those in the Moosewood Collective's previous books, and vibrant flavors and generous portions are still a hallmark of every dish. Because the Collective's primary goal is always to make great tasting food they resisted the notion of doing a low-fat book until they were convinced they could make low-fat dishes as flavor-packed as their regular favorites.  "We've mostly been interested in gourmet cuisine at Moosewood Restaurant, not deprivation diet food," say the authors.  "So, it's a happy surprise that the dishes we created for this cookbook don't come off as merely healthful diet foods.  The food is exciting, ethnically diverse, and satisfyingly delicious.  Moosewood Restaurant Low-fat Favorites is as much a celebration of the pleasures of eating as it is about low-fat cooking."

In Moosewood Restaurant Low-fat Favorites the Collective emphasizes a few changes in basic cooking techniques to apply to everyday recipes and they offer tips and ideas for sustaining a low-fat lifestyle. They bake rather than fry, replace high-fat ingredients with healthy substitutes (no artificial ingredients allowed!), and use butter and oil very moderately.  What is lost in fat is gained in bold, intense flavors.  "When fashioning low-fat recipes, taking a nip here, a tuck there, we sometimes need to add a little embroidery, an embellishment such as extra herbs, spices, fruit or vegetable purée, vinegar, sun-dried tomatoes, dried mushrooms, miso, soy sauce, or garlic," explain the cooks at Moosewood Restaurant.  "Our gingerbread gets extra flavor and moisture from chunks of pear rather than from butter and egg yolks.  Two small calamata olives enliven the Caesar Salad Dressing.  A little sauerkraut adds interest to an Italian mushroom stew."

Fat will not be missed in mouthwatering recipes like Guacamole with Asparagus, Chinese Orzo Vegetable Salad, Spring Vegetable Paella, Indian Potato Pancakes, and Creamy Dairyless Rice Pudding. Along with those creative dishes, one of the most appealing parts of Moosewood Restaurant Low-fat Favorites is finding low-fat variations on familiar favorites such as Macaroni and Cheese, Shephard's Pie, and Dark Chocolate Pudding.  An added bonus is that the Moosewood Collective has made sure that the ingredients used in the recipes throughout the book are very accessible--easily found in most well-stocked supermarkets.

In the nutritional, glossary, and guide sections of  Moosewood Restaurant Low-fat Favorites the Collective gives explanations of nutritional terms, instructions for how to glean the information you need from nutrition labels, a brief overview of vitamins and minerals, and guides to ingredients and cooking techniques. These three important sections, combined with the deliciously appetizing recipes, are a wealth of encouragement for low-fat eating and living a healthy lifestyle. The fourteen chapters range from savory soups and main course salads to creative side dishes and aromatic Mediterranean and Asian-inspired dishes.  With chapters which range from healthy breakfasts and lunch foods to a collection of fish recipes and more than twenty truly delectable desserts, Moosewood Restaurant Low-fat Favorites is sure to set the kitchen standard not only for health-conscious cooks, but also for those who have come to rely on the Moosewood Collective's easy, earthy approach to cooking.

Customer Reviews:

Amazing!.......2007-06-25

This is the cookbook that first got me interested in cooking. I love the Moosewood restaurant and I love this cookbook. I own other Moosewood cookbooks and this is my favorite! The best cookbook ever!

Love this cookbook!!.......2007-03-30

Really love this cookbook! It is possible to make recipies that are delicious and low-fat. I can't stop raving about this book and tell anyone I can to buy it, it should be on everyone's cookbook shelf.

for veg heads and meat eaters alike.......2007-01-23

I'm a "veg head" and my family isn't. I use this cookbook as my main cookbook. Yes, sometinmes I "round out" a meal with a meat or fish, for my young sons, but mostly, we just eat a main course from here, and round out the veggie portion of what we haven't had that day.
Our favorites (and my neighbors, whom I sometimes share our meals with)are the black bean sweet potato burritos, black bean chilaquiles, Carribean stew, and the black bean chili (my elder son said it has all of his favrite veggies in it).
Yes, some are recipes that have "different" ingredients in them, but "different" can be good. My sons are adventurous eaters, with help from this cookbook.

Is It Me or Is This Mediocre?.......2006-08-08

Over the past two decades I've been a huge fan of both the Moosewood cookbook and the Enchanted Broccoli Forest - eagerly gifting them to friends who profess having even the smallest interest in cooking vegetarian foods. While these books are a testament to how great vegetarian food can look, taste, smell and satisfy - once my metabolism slowed down I needed something with a little less emphasis on fat for flavor. As a member of WW I found the WW Versatile Vegetarian cookbook lackluster and uninspired - so I turned to the Moosewood Collective in hopes of finding LF veggie happiness.

Sadly, nearly ever recipe I've tried has seemed lacking - the spinach artichoke dip could benefit from the addition of some LF Mayo, the Mediterranean Stew seemed to yearn for some black pepper, the super bland Pasta and Sun-Dried Tomatoes needed a lot of something to bring it out of its flavor wasteland - so much so that I couldn't even figure out what would improve it.

That said - the versions found here of the North African soup Harira, the Japanese Soba & Veggie Soup and Vegetable Udon Saute and were all pretty darn good as is. There are a ton more recipes I would like to try - but for reliably good LF meals that don't disappoint, I'm more likely to reach for my tried and true WW cookbooks ("In One Pot" and "Take-Out Tonight") instead.

Nothing But The Best!.......2006-06-20

This is my favorite cookbook. I have used so many of its recipes, and have never been disappointed. The Butternut Squash Soup is great for Thanksgiving, and is my family's favorite soup. I highly recommend this cookbook!

Love, Eric & Sanae: Seasonal Vegan Macrobiotic Cuisine

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Easy to follow and delicious

Love, Eric & Sanae: Seasonal Vegan Macrobiotic Cuisine
Eric Lechasseur , and Sanae Suzuki
Manufacturer: mugen LLC
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The much awaited second cookbook from the world renowned Gourmet-Vegan-Macrobiotic, Chef to the Stars, Eric Lechasseur (his first title, "Love, Eric" has been an international success and was voted as one of the top cookbooks in 2005 by Variety Magazine) and his wife, a Whole Health Macrobiotic Educator, Sanae Suzuki. Just one look at the cookbook and your stomach will start to rumble...and what's more, it is completely meat, dairy and sugar free and absolutely delicious! Just loads of creativity, flavor and love. Beautifully bouned soft cover book with flap, filled with stunningly beautiful full-color photos and recipes to "live" for! "...These recipes are amazing. They taste so good it's hard to believe they're healthy. Bravo Eric and Sanae!!" -Madonna How did they do it? Your answer between the covers...

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Easy to follow and delicious.......2007-06-27

I recently made the grilled nectarine recipe for brunch and it was a huge hit. I first skimmed this cookbook at M Cafe on Melrose and was thrilled to get it and find it was as easy to use, the the food as delicious to eat as the images made me believe. The images and recipes make this a useful book that can be used regularly in your kitchen.

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Innovative vegetarian
One of the best vegetarian cookbooks I have ever come across!
A cookbook you can use.
High-Flavor, Low Fat Cooking
More Than Lives Up to the "High-Flavor" Claim

High-Flavor, Low-Fat Vegetarian Cooking
Steven Raichlen
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Innovative vegetarian.......2007-01-12

This is one of my favorite vegetarian cookbooks, mainly because it is creative. I get tired of the same-old standard cook-the-tofu recipes, but this one has some unique combinations and great tastes. Some of the recipes are too time-consuming for me which is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5.

One of the best vegetarian cookbooks I have ever come across!.......2005-09-20

I have been a vegetarian for more than 25 years, and this is my favorite cookbook of the dozens I have acquired. The recipes are varied and come out very well -- the Veggie Paella (pictured on the cover), made with the Mediterranean stock (recipe is also in the book), is out of this world! There are also wonderful recipes with quinoa and other grains and beans that aren't found in most cookbooks (try the quinoa tabouli or quinoa caviar for a treat!). I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys good meatless meals!

A cookbook you can use........2001-11-11

It's true. The recipes are good and only unnecessary fat is cut out. The recipes aren't too complicated or time-consuming and I haven't had a failure yet. If you like Alice Water's Vegetables, Deborah Madison and the like, you should enjoy this cookbook. Happy Cooking!

High-Flavor, Low Fat Cooking.......2000-02-04

This books and all of Deborah Madisons' cookbooks are the standards in our household. If you only purchase it for two recipes the Paella and the Lasagna, you will have added great dishes to your menus. Your friends will love them too. They have flavor, texture, are visually impressive and fun to plan a meal around.

More Than Lives Up to the "High-Flavor" Claim.......1998-02-25

Many of these dishes are unequivocal winners--particularly the roasted vegetable terrine, big chocolate cake with sour cream frosting and the bread with onion and cumin. However, I've found a high percentage of things I would never make, either because they go well beyond my tolerance for spiciness (obviously, this wouldn't be a problem for some people) or because they involve too much fuss and elaboration. Still, I recommend this book over Raichlen's early High-Flavor, Low-Fat non-vegetarian book. Maybe I'll never make the various filo-dough concoctions or the dacquoise, but I love the "three c's cavatelli," and there are plenty of tastes yet to sample that sound appealing. Unlike the non-vegetarian book, with which I have had a few disappointments in the kitchen, everything from this volume that I've made has turned out deliciously. And the photography is simply beautiful. Mr. Raichlen, you request feedback but do not give your e-mail address! If you e-mail me, I will happily go into more detail about my experiences cooking from your books, and with suggestions about the types of dishes I would like to see.

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Country Beans By Rita Bingham
Tasty and Simple Recipes -Great for Gluten Free
Hippy commune cooking
Easy to follow information, loads of great recipes
everything you ever wanted to know about beans plus more

Country Beans - 2nd Edition
Rita Bingham
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Country Beans
Learn to cook dry BEANS in only 3 minutes!
Soups, Sauces and Gravies in 3 Minutes - Dips in 5 Minutes!
by Rita Bingham

400 heart-healthy cholesterol-free bean recipes-guaranteed to become your family favorites! FAST, Fat-Free and GOOD for you! 3-minute Soups, Sauces and Gravies made using beans, peas or lentils ground to a flour in an ordinary wheat mill. 115 FAST Bean Flour recipes. Delicious fat-free bean dips in only 5 minutes! Easy bean recipes in a flash for every meal of the day. This book will change the way YOU use beans!

Customer Reviews:

Country Beans By Rita Bingham.......2007-01-07

Is a great way to turn whole beans/peas into "fast food" with the help of a grain grinder. Refried beans in just 5 minutes! Wonderful ideas.

Tasty and Simple Recipes -Great for Gluten Free.......2005-08-30

This cookbook provides recipes for simple and tasty meals using dried beans that can be found in any grocery store. I have other bean cookbooks that call for exotic beans that are difficult to find. My only problem with this book is that half of the recipes call for bean flours that are not so easy to locate. Health and specialty food stores may have one or two types of bean flours such as soy but not all of them called for in this book. The only place I could find pinto bean flour (used in many of the recipes) was in online stores with high shipping charges. The author directs the reader to Bob's Red Mill in Oregon but their web site did not offer any bean flours which may not be available anymore. Because I really wanted to try many of the recipes and I was intrigued with using bean flours in cooking, I took the author's advice and bought a K-Tec Kitchen Mill to grind my beans at home. I am happy with it and I think the instant refried beans made with pinto bean flour is tasty and will be a money saver over time. The soups thickened with bean flours will also be a healthy and tasty way to eat. If you are not interested in searching for bean flours or grinding them at home you may want to look at other bean cookbooks before you purchase this one. Although, this cookbook would be helpful for those allergic to wheat because the recipes show how bean flours can replace products containing gluten.

Hippy commune cooking.......2004-07-14

When I bought this book I thought I was getting a simple living book about how to cook beans. I guess I should have read more about it in amazon, but it reminds me of 1960s hippy commune vegetarian cooking. Not what I had in mind. A lot of soy, tofu, honey and all that. I wish someone would write a book about plain cooking that uses beans and meat!

Easy to follow information, loads of great recipes.......1999-01-13

Rita Bingham has included a lot of great recipes. I've learned a lot from her informational section on storing, grinding, soaking and preparing beans for different uses. I also appreciate her list of places that sell supplies.

everything you ever wanted to know about beans plus more.......1999-01-02

This book is a great incentive to do more with beans than you ever thought possible. How to include them in everything from breakfast to main dishes to cookies and desserts. Also how to make tofu. A very inspiring book!

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