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200 Healthy Feasts
200 Healthy Feasts: Hamlyn All Color will show you that "healthy" doesn't have to mean boring. If your aim is to eat healthily, but dread feeling hungry and lacking in energy, then 200 Healthy Feasts will show you how easy it is by offering a variety of delicious, substantial and nutritious recipes designed to satisfy even the biggest appetites and keep you going until the next meal. With a focus on getting your "5-a-day" and eating meals rich in fish, fiber and maintaining a GI balance, 200 Healthy Feasts provides for wholesome meals without the restraints of a traditional diet. The great flavors, appearance and aromas from these recipes will appeal to all your senses and by following the recipes in this book, you will find it easier and more enjoyable to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet without the feeling that you are being denied all the "good stuff."
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240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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November 25, 2024
Looked into this for ideas to help elevate health for the in-laws. Like its sister book, this was just uninspiring and basic. Also written for novice cooks.
May 23, 2012
`200 Healthy Feasts' is a neat little recipe book. It is well illustrated, with a full colour photo of every dish. The recipes are clearly written and easy to follow. Those dishes I have tried produced good to excellent results. Students and cooks lacking in confidence would do very well to pick up this inexpensive volume.
Its claims to healthiness are not easy to judge. There is nothing obviously unhealthy here and some care has clearly been taken to make the food presented here part of an overall healthy diet. On the other hand, there is no attempt to provide statistics (fat content, salt intake and so on) for any dishes or even an explanation as to what makes any individual recipe healthier than others. Sometimes, the main sop to healthiness appears to be a recommendation to use a reduced fat version of an ingredient (such as the mascarpone in a pasta dish); you might wonder if a recipe that did not require that ingredient at all might not be healthier still.
Part of the reason for this appears to be that some of the recipes have already appeared in other books in the same range produced by Hamlyn - sometimes with minor adjustments. Those who have `One Pot Meals' will recognise the very tempting looking Chicken and Pickled Walnut Pilaf and the frankly rather strange sounding Feta Stuffed Plaice, for example. Kitchen thrift and using up leftovers is to be approved of but, had I bought both books, I might have felt a little cheated.
Its claims to healthiness are not easy to judge. There is nothing obviously unhealthy here and some care has clearly been taken to make the food presented here part of an overall healthy diet. On the other hand, there is no attempt to provide statistics (fat content, salt intake and so on) for any dishes or even an explanation as to what makes any individual recipe healthier than others. Sometimes, the main sop to healthiness appears to be a recommendation to use a reduced fat version of an ingredient (such as the mascarpone in a pasta dish); you might wonder if a recipe that did not require that ingredient at all might not be healthier still.
Part of the reason for this appears to be that some of the recipes have already appeared in other books in the same range produced by Hamlyn - sometimes with minor adjustments. Those who have `One Pot Meals' will recognise the very tempting looking Chicken and Pickled Walnut Pilaf and the frankly rather strange sounding Feta Stuffed Plaice, for example. Kitchen thrift and using up leftovers is to be approved of but, had I bought both books, I might have felt a little cheated.
October 8, 2012
This is a nice little book with clear instructions and straightforward recipes. It size is also very convenient for people on the go and can be perused at ones leisure while making the daily commute into the office, or during a coffee break, or anytime you have a couple of moments to spare, allowing you to review recipes and plan your meals in advance.
There is a good variety of interesting and exciting recipes in the book, divided into chapters covering breakfast, starters, soups, desserts, meals for any time of the day and any occasion, each recipe consists of a page containing a list of ingredients and clear instructions, with a colour photo of the dish on the page opposite.
This book is based upon healthy eating and sometimes this is a subject often unfairly viewed as dull, put please don't let this dissuade you, just skip past the introduction initially and jump straight into the recipes. Once you have cooked and enjoyed many of these meals you will have no problem in understanding and appreciating the message in the introduction, it is not a lecture and makes complete sense. This is a cookery book, I have enjoyed using, producing some great dishes which have been completely enjoyed, unknowingly as the Healthy option.
There is a good variety of interesting and exciting recipes in the book, divided into chapters covering breakfast, starters, soups, desserts, meals for any time of the day and any occasion, each recipe consists of a page containing a list of ingredients and clear instructions, with a colour photo of the dish on the page opposite.
This book is based upon healthy eating and sometimes this is a subject often unfairly viewed as dull, put please don't let this dissuade you, just skip past the introduction initially and jump straight into the recipes. Once you have cooked and enjoyed many of these meals you will have no problem in understanding and appreciating the message in the introduction, it is not a lecture and makes complete sense. This is a cookery book, I have enjoyed using, producing some great dishes which have been completely enjoyed, unknowingly as the Healthy option.
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