Lean and Luscious Favorites: The World's Best 301 Lowfat Recipes: Delicious, Easy to Prepare, Fun, and Healthful! (Lean and Luscious)

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If healthy, low-fat food tasted as good as the stuff that's bad for us, would anybody choose a poor diet? With the publication of Lean and Luscious Favorites, there are no more excuses. This compilation of the most popular recipes from three earlier Lean and Luscious cookbooks takes the fat out but leaves the flavor in--and without creating extra work. Simply by substituting egg whites for a whole egg, or replacing half the meat called for in a casserole with beans, you can cut your fat intake substantially. Can't give up chocolate? Try Chocolate Fluff, a pudding that has only 95 calories, yet tastes like its contains twice that number. Have to have that cheesecake? Consider Maple Buttercream Cheese Pie, a dessert that will satisfy your sweet tooth while helping you maintain your waistline. For main courses, you have a wide range of choices, from the ethnic (Asian Turkey Patties, Turkish Stew, Sukiyaki) to the all-American Tuna Noodle Casserole. Anyone looking for a way to keep both their heart and their taste buds happy will find Lean and Luscious Favorites a good place to start.

Book Description

Discover for yourself why Lean and Luscious has become the word-of-mouth cookbook phenomenon! Authors Bobbie Hinman and Millie Snyder showcase their own favorite recipes in this special new book. These easy-to-make, easy-to-eat dishes are deliciously low in fat, calories, and cholesterol. They?re also: Fun, quick, and convenient
Enjoyable for anyone
Compatible with weight-reduction and fitness diets
Complete with detailed counts of calories, fat, cholesterol, fiber, carbohydrates, sodium, and protein

The Lean and Luscious series is beloved by cooks everywhere. Now, with recipes that are easy to prepare and a pleasure to eat, you too can prove to yourself that good health doesn?t have to mean sacrificing taste! About the Authors

Bobbie Hinman is the author of The Meatless Gourmet. She lives in Wilmington, Delaware.

Millie Snyder is the author of Light Fantastic! She lives in Charleston, West Virginia.

Customer Reviews:

Lots of quick, easy, lean recipes.......2000-05-18

I love to collect cookbooks, but insist on having full nutritional breakdown and healthy recipes. This book is going to quickly become one of my favorites. The recipes are short, using natural ingredients, and healthy. There are many great new ideas for boneless chicken, and ideas for everything from appetizers to desserts. The very first recipe, Crab-Stuffed Mushrooms, looks wonderful, and will be one of the first I will try. I bought a copy for myself and one as a gift for a friend, and definitely recommend it.

American Heart Association Low-Fat & Luscious Desserts: Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and Other Temptations (American Heart Association)

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sugar - sugar - sugar
Great suggestions as well as recipes
Fabulous
Low Fat??? Doesn't taste like it!

American Heart Association Low-Fat & Luscious Desserts: Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and Other Temptations (American Heart Association)
American Heart Association
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0812933362
Release Date: 2000-11-14

Book Description

With its first-ever dessert cookbook, the American Heart Association proves that you can indulge in soul-satisfying desserts -- and still keep your heart healthy and your waistline trim. These sweet treats are heavy on decadence, but light on saturated fat, cholesterol, and calories. Here are more than 100 mouthwatering recipes, every one of which can fit into a healthful eating plan.

Whether you want to pack a special treat into a lunch box, whip up a quick goodie to end a weekday meal, or create a show-stopping finish to a birthday, dinner party, holiday feast, or other special occasion, here are your answers. You'll satisfy the most discriminating sweet tooth with these delectable, easy-to-prepare cakes, cookies, puddings, pies, fruit treats, and frozen delights -- and, of course, chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate!

With its gorgeous photography, this beautiful volume will be the perfect finale to your American Heart Association cookbook collection.

Customer Reviews:

sugar - sugar - sugar.......2007-09-10

The AHA is another industry vested joke. This book is full of processed sugar, white flour, light/lite this and that (meaning a sugar substitute usually containing aspertame or saccharin is used) and other low fat bastardized poisons. When will the public wake up to this huge cholesterol/low fat/statin drug/heart disease farse. Do some honest research, discover the facts and forget this dogma.

On the other hand...use this book, eat what is recommended, and you'll have so many problems you will not notice any one in particular. I'm sure the junk in the book tastes just fine.

Great suggestions as well as recipes.......2003-05-01

Lots of great recipes that don't have icky ingredients and great suggestions on how to modify your own recipes.

Fabulous.......2001-09-06

This book is fabulous. If I hadn't seen in the title that it was lower in fat and better for you I would have thought the desserts were from the full fat foods. These were easy and tasty.

Low Fat??? Doesn't taste like it!.......2000-11-16

This book is great! As a co-recipe developer on this book I am proud to say that i had a part in the fantastic recipes. Try the pecan cookies or the german chocolate cake. The Orange Bread pudding with sauce is so rich you will need a glass of milk. I have been teaching "fattening" pastry classes for years and this year I replaced a few of the recipes with these and people do not even know. Try it on your family!

Lean and Luscious: Revised & Updated Edition (Lean and Luscious)

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If I had to limit myself to one cookbook, this would be it.
One of the best!

Lean and Luscious: Revised & Updated Edition (Lean and Luscious)
Bobbie Hinman , and Millie Snyder
Manufacturer: Prima Lifestyles
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0761500154
Release Date: 1995-07-26

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Now more than ever Lean and Luscious means:

• Recipes that are delicious, quick, low in calories, and easy to prepare
• Recipes that are not just for dieters but for anyone who likes good food and believes in good nutrition
• Your choice of sweeteners
• Nutritional breakdown of each recipe, including assessments of calories, fat, carbohydrates, sodium, protein, and cholesterol
• Recipes organized by food families—a unique, convenient way to balance your diet
• Recipes you can use for all types of restrictive diets, such as lowfat, reducing, low-sodium, and low cholesterol
• Sinfully sumptuous desserts, minus the guilt
• Gourmet food that’s a snap to prepare

Each and every recipe fully updated and improved to meet the newest dietary guidelines for halthy eating!

“Thank you for your fabulous cookbook. The recipes provide great tasting food with a reasonable calorie content. My wife and I use it all the time.”
— Theodore M. Brennan, owner, Brennan’s Restaurant, New Orleans

Customer Reviews:

If I had to limit myself to one cookbook, this would be it........1999-02-01

The nutritional information provided is invaluable, the recipes are easy and taste fabulous, and the organizational style is intuitive. I paid my library $60 so I could keep this book, and it was worth it. $16 is a paltry sum that I would pay in a heartbeat. This book would make a good gift, for my unskilled and unhealthconscious relatives.

One of the best!.......1998-08-25

I collect cookbooks and this is one of my favorites. All of the recipes are quick to prepare and don't require a lot of ingredients. Hinman does a wonderful job of creating delicious recipes with a minimum of fuss. This is one of the few cookbooks that I own (and I own a lot!) that I constantly reach for when I don't want to spend a lot of time searching for something tasty to prepare because I know it never lets me down. My favorite recipe is Baked ziti goes Southwest.

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More Lean and Luscious
Bobbie Hinman , and Millie Snyder
Manufacturer: Prima Lifestyles
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0914629492
Release Date: 1988-09-01

Book Description

In this sequel to the bestselling Lean and Luscious, authors Bobbie Hinman and Millie Snyder offer a feast of almost 400 new and exciting recipes for today’s health-conscious cook. This exciting volume offers:

• Recipes that are delicious, quick, low in calories and cholesterol, and easy to prepare
• Menu suggestions for entertaining
• Recipes with high-fiber content
• Your choice of which sweetener to use
• Cooking tips to reduce fat and cholesterol contents in all your cooking
• Exchange values adaptable to weight reduction program diets
• Recipes that can be used for all types of restrictive diets
• Sinfully good-tasting desserts—minus the guilt
• Gourmet food that is a snap to prepare

Each recipe contains an at-a-glance nutritional analysis, including amounts of calories, fat, carbohydrates, sodium, protein, and cholesterol.

“A valuable, practical tool for helping patients modify their diets without sacrificing taste. For weight maintenance programs it’s a must. The recipes are clear, fast, and delicious.”
— Maria Smith, Registered Dietitian, Nutritional Weight Management Center, York Hospital, York, PA

Great Good Food: Luscious Lower-Fat Cooking

Average customer rating:

Should be called Mediocre Bad Food
a reliable resource for many years
Unreliable
It's a treasure to be opened!
Can't live without this book

Great Good Food: Luscious Lower-Fat Cooking
Julee Rosso
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0517881225
Release Date: 1993-04-19

Book Description

Julee Rosso, the co-author of The Silver Palate Cookbook brings us the cookbook for the '90s, focusing on today's number-one food-health concern: reducing fat. Rosso offers a broad collection of more than 800 delicious and easy, new recipes and a treasure trove of nutritional information, gardening and shopping tips, seasonal and international menus, and food history and lore. Illustrations.

Customer Reviews:

Should be called Mediocre Bad Food.......2005-01-09

I bought this book after using The New Basics as my food bible for years. What a disappointment! I made a baked beans recipe for my son's birthday party that was inedible, and my husband had to run out for canned beans at the last minute. We also made a chestnut-mashed potato recipe that tells you to boil the chestnuts (I was assuming so that then you would peel them), but it didn't say to peel them, how to peel them, if you should peel them. So we put them in the blender, and just followed the recipe, trussting it. What a mess! This book needs better instructions, and most of the recipes I have prepared aren't very good at all.

a reliable resource for many years.......2004-03-01

My copy of this cookbook is well-thumbed with pages folded down and notes written in the margins, testifying to its position as my favorite cookbook for well over five years. I entertain friends for dinner on average of once a week, and many of the recipes in this book have become consistent lower-fat favorites. The breakfast recipes are especially good. The German pancake, morning glory muffins, and raspberry muffins are winners. The all green fruit salad is great, the corn and black bean salad is a never-fail, and the recipe for "A Perfect Little Spanish Cake" is partly why my husband fell in love with me when I made it for him in a heart-shaped pan for Valentine's Day when we were dating! I would never part with this cookbook.

Unreliable.......2002-11-15

It turns out that this is the public relations member of the Silver Palate team, not the cook. The recipes read well and some turn out to be delicious, but you can't count on it. I, for one, don't have time to spend cooking from a book that I know gives me a fifty-fifty chance for a tasty result and that contains a number of errors. I gave my copy to Goodwill.

It's a treasure to be opened!.......2002-10-22

I was given this book as a gift in maybe 1994 but never had the counterspace to make its recipes on until I got married in 2000! Since then, my husband and I have often enjoyed meals from it. In a nutshell, it is a fabulous means of eating healthy but flavorfully and without a lot of fat! Some of its pros: with each recipe is given the calorie, fat, cholesterol, and carb content of it as well as how many people it serves; it offers an abundance of informative, health-conscious information on some of its pages (such as a section listing a variety of fruits and vegetables and the nutritional benefits of each one, as well as a section that defines and explains things about cholesterol, fat, sodium, etc. in relation to the body); on pages throughout, complete meal menus using recipes that complement each other well are suggested; the recipes are quaintly classified by seasons, holidays, and even by day and time of day--i.e., morning/breakfast, "Afternoon Tea", "Mother's Day Brunch", "Sunday Evening Dinner," etc. Recipes involve more prep time than your average cookbook recipe (like Betty Crocker, for instance), but that's because every single ingredient you use is FRESH! NO CANNED and NO FROZEN stuff. So, your body is guaranteed optimum taste and nutrition! I must add that my husband has never been big on vegetables; yet, whatever vegetable side I've made from this book so far, he has scarfed it down with a smile! I never truly enjoyed cooking until I started using this book. It revealed to me that I CAN make gourmet-tasting meals, and THAT by itself is a swell reward!

Can't live without this book.......2001-04-20

I was thrilled to find Great Good Food. I used to make everything out the of the Silver Palate cookbooks and New Basics. However, all of the recipes were so calorie-laden. So, now I make many of my old favorites only lighter (and better). I also apply her "lightening" methods to recipes from the original books. Rosso's grouping of the recipes by season is nothing new. The Silver Palate Good Times cookbook is also organized in this fashion, and it is rated one of the best cookbooks. Familiarize yourself with the index (very complete), and you will be more than satisfied. As for the ingredients not being readily available, if one does any kind of cooking, these are things that you already have, or needed an excuse to buy.

Low-Fat & Luscious Italian (Better Homes and Gardens)

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Delicious and Versatile Italian

Low-Fat & Luscious Italian (Better Homes and Gardens)

Manufacturer: Meredith Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Low-Fat & Luscious

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ASIN: 0696000636

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Delicious and Versatile Italian.......2000-08-27

I thoroughly recommend this book. The recipes are delicious, easy to prepare, and do not use expensive, hard-to-get ingredients, a definite plus in my opinion. I particularly enjoyed the Chicken with Artichokes recipe. The blending of the the flavours of artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes gives a definite "lift" to the chicken meat without being too spicy. This is one of the best cookbooks I have ever used. One of the other reasons I favour this book is because the recipes are low-fat. My husband is diabetic and I know I can use the recipes in this book to serve tasty meals that are also compatible with his diet. I consider "Low-fat and luscious Italian" a "must" for anyone who enjoys cooking, especially healthy cooking. The recipes are great for both everday meals and also for dinner parties. An absolutely marvellous book.

Light and Luscious Cookbook (Today's Gourmet)

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Classiest Book I ever had the privilege of owning & using!

Light and Luscious Cookbook (Today's Gourmet)

Manufacturer: Leisure Arts
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0848711505

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Classiest Book I ever had the privilege of owning & using!.......1999-04-21

This cook book has made my holidays and dinner parties the best ever. I can't wait until another is published by Anne C. Cappell. I will be the first on Amazon.com to get one! This cook book has made me the hit of all my dinner parties. My friends and family actually think I can cook! I hope that there is another one in the works. And if there is I hope that I am the first to be notified. Thank you Anne, for the best recipe book on the market! Yours Truly, Denise

Low-Fat & Luscious Vegetarian (Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchen)

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Low-Fat & Luscious Vegetarian (Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchen)
Better Homes and Gardens Books
Manufacturer: Better Homes and Gardens
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Binding: Hardcover

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Tanita BC533 Glass Innerscan Body Composition Monitor

ASIN: 0696207273

Book Description

95 delicious, meatless recipes that emphasize fresh fruits, vegetables, pastas, and grains.

46 full-color photographs showcase finished foods.

Food exchanges (based on the American Diabetes Association's exchanges) listed with every recipe.

A variety of recipes including appetizers, soups, salads, and main dishes.

Every recipe has been tested in the Better Homes and Gardens® Test Kitchen for accuracy and taste appeal.

Introduction discusses the benefits of a vegetarian diet and includes a sidebar about children and vegetarian diets.

Nutrition Facts with every recipe.

Menu suggestions help in planning full meals.

Preparation and cooking times for every recipe.

Average customer rating:

Perfect! Easy, accessible, inspiring, fun, DELICIOUS!

Great taste w/out the extra calories

Two Excellent Cookbooks in a Row

good for the health-conscious

Great book for big families, not great for singles

Lite and Luscious Cuisine of India : Recipes and Tips for Healthy and Quick Meals
Madhu Gadia
Manufacturer: Piquant Publishing
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ASIN: 0965391507

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Indian cooks know how to infuse vegetables, legumes, and grain dishes with appealing, intense flavors. That's one reason Indian cooking is attractive when you want to emphasize these foods in your daily diet; however, unfamiliar ingredients and cooking techniques, too much fat and dairy, and time-consuming preparation can be drawbacks to preparing these dishes. Madhu Gadia, a registered dietician, addresses these issues in Lite and Luscious Cuisine of India.

Gadia's self-published book begins with a lesson in basic nutrition, and includes a nutritional breakdown for all 100-plus recipes. To help make Indian cooking more accessible, Gadia suggests when you can reduce preparation time by using frozen vegetables, and recommends ways to prepare and freeze key ingredients so that they will be on hand when you want them. You will recognize many dishes from restaurant menus, including Lamb Seekh Kebab and Chicken Khorma. Most interesting are the good selection of dals, rice, and vegetable dishes, all made using less fat than usual. To eliminate the stumbling block of getting the required ingredients for making many Indian dishes, the book includes an offer for ordering two kits, one that contains all the spices and seasoning blends called for in the book, and one that contains enough of the 15 beans and legumes used to make at least one recipe calling for each.

Book Description

Written by a Registered Dietitian and a cooking instructor this book brings exotic taste of India to your kitchen with easy to prepare recipes. Discover a new delicious world-authentic Indian cuisine with dishes that are incredibly tasty without being overwhelmed by spices or fat. Features more than 100 traditional recipes from all around India along with easy to prepare versions of some classic foods. The book takes the mystery out of cooking Indian food as the author provides step by step instructions to each recipe. All the recipes are kitchen tested and provide nutritional information. In addition, the author offers sound guidelines for healthy eating, menu ideas for all diets, including diabetes, low fat and cholesterol, vegetarian diets and more. It is more than a cookbook...

Authentic Indian recipes that are delicious and healthy

Recipes for low fat, low calorie meals and snacks without sacrificing flavor

Nutritional analysis and food exchanges for each recipes

Tips for saving time in the kitchen, using pressure cooker, freezing an storage

Includes valuable information on healthy weight, cholesterol and fat, diabetes, food exchanges and sample meal plans.

Customer Reviews:

Perfect! Easy, accessible, inspiring, fun, DELICIOUS!.......2007-08-20

I'm relatively new to Indian food. Fortunately I live in Chicago where I have access to so many great restaurants. But I can't eat out all the time. I try to eat healthy but that leads to pretty bland meals. I am so happy to see Madhu has my same focus on healthy eating. All the flavor comes from the spices. I almost never cook with spices but this book is changing me forever. If you are new to Indian cooking too, you will need to spend about $30 on spices (and I shopped at Whole Foods so you can probably find them cheaper elsewhere). But I was glad to pay it after I made my first meal. I swear, just like at a restaurants. I made curry chicken, naan, green beans, and rice pudding. I love how she lists each recipe by an English name and the Indian name. That is really the best part of the book, it's so accessible to someone who is not too familiar with Indian language or ingredients. I really love her concise but vibrant introductory sections. It really got me more excited to run out to the store and get what I needed to begin cooking. It's only like 8-10 spices that you use over and over in all different combinations in the recipes. And a little bottle of each will go a long way. The rest of the ingredients as so basic: chicken, onions, tomatoes, flour, vegetable oil. Yes the recipes are generally for 6 people (it's just my husband and I) but so many of the entrees are great to make in large quantities to have for a couple meals. One other great thing is that she indicates where the hot spice is optional. My husband and I had a great time cooking our first Indian meal and my mom is coming over next weekend to do the same. Thanks for such a great book Madhu!

Great taste w/out the extra calories.......2007-05-14

New Indian Home Cooking is a winner!!! Have prepared at least half of the recipes and there is not a bad one in the bunch. I was fortunate enough to take a cooking class from Madhu Gadia - well after I had purchased her book - and she was delightful. Once you purchase the spices, which are very inexpensive, you are in business. Cannot go wrong with this purchase!!

Two Excellent Cookbooks in a Row.......2006-11-19

Ms. Gadia tells in clear, simple terms how to cook authentic tasting recipes that are low-fat to boot.

good for the health-conscious.......2006-07-25

I probably wouldn't have bought this book if it had still been under its hardcover title "Lite and Luscious Indian Cuisine" (or something like that). I am suspicious of overtly health-conscious food (and cutesy misspelling), although Indian food tends to work pretty well even when low fat. It is pretty easy to adjust these recipes, though, by using full-fat yogurt, ghee, etc.

The strength of this book is that it provides many non-main course recipes, such as snacks, breads, drinks, etc. This is home cooking, not restaurant cooking.

There are a few drawbacks. The book barely has 100 recipes, so if you buy a big bag of toor dal, there are only a few things you can do with it. I would have preferred more recipes and less advice on healthy eating (but others may disagree). While the recipes are generally easy to make, this isn't a book that does much hand-holding. Other cookbooks provide step-by-step instructions; this does not. A few times I've wondered whether my dish was supposed to come out a certain way, but there are no pictures.

Some of the recipes worked for me, but some seem under-spiced.

Great book for big families, not great for singles.......2006-07-23

I purchased this book because of the rave reviews and I do like it. I liked reading about the history of Indian cooking, even though 55 pages seemed a bit much.

The only negative is that I am cooking for myself, and all the recepies seem layed out for big families. Three pounds of chicken? I would have to eat the same thing for a month! If I was a more experienced Indian cook, maybe I could figure out how to reduce the amount, but as a beginner I like to stick to the recipe at the beginning.

If you are single, buy a book that maybe cooks for smaller portions, not to serve 6.

Lean and Luscious and Meatless (Lean and Luscious Series)

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Excellent
Vegetarian made easy
Fantastic cookbook
one of my favorites
Fullproof recipes! Easy, fun and delicious

Lean and Luscious and Meatless (Lean and Luscious Series)
Bobbie Hinman , and Millie Snyder
Manufacturer: Prima Lifestyles
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0761514430
Release Date: 1998-04-07

Book Description

"This praiseworthy title offers simple, quick, reduced-calorie versions of everyday favorites. Calorie-conscious cooking need not detract from the pleasure of eating."

— Publishers Weekly

"A fabulous cookbook. The recipes provide great-tasting food with a reasonable calorie content. My wife and I use it all the time."

— Theodore M. Brennan, owner of Brennan's Restaurant, New Orleans

With this addition to the bestselling Lean and Luscious series, authors Bobbie Hinman and Millie Snyder prove that you don't have to sacrifice taste and texture by avoiding meat products. Unlike other meatless cookbooks that use high-fat substitutes such as whole-milk cheese and eggs, Lean and Luscious and Meatless was written specifically for the lowfat, low-cholesterol lifestyle. Busy cooks will find:
• At-a-glance nutritional analyses — including amounts of calories, fat, carbohydrates, sodium, protein, and cholesterol for each recipe
• Easy-to-prepare recipes
• Meatless versions of traditional American foods
• Recipes from all corners of the world
• Menu suggestions for entertaining
• Cooking tips to reduce the fat and cholesterol content in all your cooking
• and more!

Over 350 delicious recipes including:

Mexicali Bean Dip • Barley Mushroom Soup • Italian Tomato and Pasta Salad • Black and White Bean Soup • Honey-Pear Waldorf Salad • Marvelous Meatless Mushroom Cheeseburgers • Sweet and Tangy Butter Beans • New Orleans Red Beans and Rice • Pasta with Ricotta-Walnut Sauce • Tofu and Snow Peas • Potato and Broccoli Dijon • Orange-Berry Fruit Cup • Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins • Apple Gingerbread Bars • Very Berry Bread Pudding • And many more!

About the Authors

Bobbie Hinman is the author of The Meatless Gourmet. She lives in Wilmington, Delaware.

Millie Snyder is the author of Light Fantastic! She lives in Charleston, West Virginia.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2003-03-31

My sister gave me this book years ago. Not being into cooking at the time, I didn't even open it until recently. I've discovered a new hobby and a new joy---cooking! For a total novice like me, the authors make it simple and easy. Their recipes are excellent...full of flavor, using spices well, tasty but low fat. I am especially enjoying their section on grains and am having an adventure experimenting with millet, kasha, and brown rice. I would imagine that more experienced cooks too would like this book; there are some recipes that look more complex. But the 9-10 ones that I've tried have been quick and easy for a beginner. If you want healthy, vegetarian food that tastes great and doesn't require you to be a gormet chef, get this book!

Vegetarian made easy.......2003-02-18

I bought this book several years ago used and have dog earred most of the pages.
The recipes are simple for the most part with common ingredients. Some of the recipes are a little bland for my taste but are easily tweaked to provide more robust seasoning. Many rely on pasta as a main ingredient.
There are lots of suggestions on ways to use tofu and how to make it family friendly including many that I've never seen anywhere else.
There are tons of recipes to make creamy sauces with less or no fat.
Anyone looking to reduce their fat or explore vegetarian eating should consider this a staple in their recipe collection.

Fantastic cookbook.......2001-08-31

originally purchased this cookbook for the nutritional breakdown that is listed @ bottom of every recipe, I was watching my protein level due to some disturbing numbers from medical tests,I
found that I liked every recipe I tried they all tasted really good, a few of them were a little bland but simply by slightly increasing the spices that they called for took care of that. Not only were the recipes good but my cholesteral improved from 256 to 172, blood sugar greatly improved, I've lost weight as long as I stay with it, and too much protein situation improved to the point of seeing the specialist every 6 months instead of every 6 weeks. I feel much better eating this way, a big thanks to the author.

one of my favorites.......2001-02-23

Finally a vegetarian cookbook without all kinds of bizarre ingredients to track down...I have numerous vegetarian cookbooks, but this one is one of my favorites !

Fullproof recipes! Easy, fun and delicious.......1999-03-26

I love this cookbook. I've had it for years and have tried countless recipes, all of which turn out deliciously. Alot of the recipes can be made in little time, and with common ingredients. They are also economical, easy and delicious. It has something for an elegant dinner and something for a quick and easy dinner. GET this book. It is totally worth it.

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