Author:M. J. Smith Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0471346527 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
"Another The Kids Dont Like It Book"
"Don't waste your money"
"Disappointing"
"old standby"
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Delicious and Healthful Meals and Menus That Won't Take a Bite Out of Your Family Budget. If you're among the millions of Americans watching your fat intake, as well as your pocketbook and time, here's good news. This innovative and exciting cookbook helps you save on all three. Most of these mouth-watering, health-wise recipes take under 30 minutes to prepare with ingredients that usually cost less than $10 per meal. 60 Days of Low-Fat, Low-Cost Meals in Minutes introduces more than 150 flavor-packed, easy-to-make recipes for real food--without all of the cholesterol, fat, sodium, and calories. Using nutritious ingredients found in virtually any grocery store, this guide contains a 60-day plan for low-fat dining, complete with shopping lists and preparation tips. M.J. Smith, author of the best-selling All-American Low-Fat Meals in Minutes also explains what foods to buy and what to avoid. She offers:
A pocket guide to fat grams
Inexpensive ingredient substitutes
A kitchen-tested guide on cutting fat from your favorite recipes
Meat and poultry cooking charts
A sure-fire guide for selecting first-rate produce
Microwave cooking tips
Measurement shortcuts
Complete nutrition information, including exchanges
From hearty entrees to enticing desserts, 60 Days of Low-Fat, Low-Cost Meals in Minutes contains the blueprints for such scintillating dishes as: · Banana Breakfast Muffins · Winter in New England Clam Chowder · Creole Shrimp Salad · No-Fat Fried Chicken · Beef Burgundy in a French Bread Crust · Grilled Halibut with Pineapple Salsa · Coconut Lover's Macaroons · Better Than Sex Cake Plus, the Special Binding Keeps the Book Open While You Work.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Another The Kids Dont Like It Book My kids were not fond of many if any of the recipes in this book . I don't have the time to cook for just me and not have family style meals. This might be better for a single person or a couple.
Don't waste your money If you're looking for low-cost, you can start by not buying this book. It's possibly the worst cookbook I've ever looked at. The recipes are filled with errors. The nutrition information with each recipe is wildly inaccurate. Here's an example: The Stromboli recipe (p. 238). It says it makes 4 3-ounce servings. It starts with a "1-lb. loaf of French bread." Those of us who possess rudimentary math skills can see that that's 4 ounces of bread per 3-ounce serving. And that's before you add the ground... more info
Disappointing I found the structure of the book annoying - you constantly had to flip around to get menues and recipies and grocery lists, etc. Also, while the book description says it gives calorie amounts, it doesn't break down where the calories come from, so if you want to make substitutions or swap meals from one day to another, you don't know how that changes the calories.
old standby I am online searching for a replacement book, because mine is so dog-eared. I've had this book for years, and I always go back to it. A lot of these recipes are definitely old standbys for my family. There is some prep time involved with chopping onions, peppers, etc. Veggies are cheap and healthy; therefore, they're in a lot of these recipes. Chop up a bunch at once and keep them in Baggies, ready for the next time.
