The American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook: Delicious Recipes to Help Lower Your Cholesterol

by American Heart Association

Maybe you want to control your weight, combat high cholesterol, or fight heart disease. Perhaps your doctor suggested a low fat diet, or perhaps you just know you should eat better. Whatever your reason, this is the cookbook to get you moving in the right direction. The good news is that eating more healthfully isn’t boring anymore; it means bringing taste, fun, and variety to what you eat. And The American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook , a treasure trove of nearly 200 recipes, is proof. From tempting appetizers like Crab Spring Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce to amazing main courses like Peppery Beef with Blue Cheese Sauce and luscious desserts like Sugar-Dusted Mocha Brownies, the appealing recipes and sound science in this book make healthful eating easy.

With the new American Heart Association dietary guidelines and all the latest information on cholesterol, this book is an invaluable reference for the health-conscious consumer. It tells in simple terms how cholesterol affects the body, differentiates between “good” and “bad” cholesterol, and discusses cholesterol-lowering drugs. Eating the American Heart Association way is sensible, healthful, and delicious.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Health, Food, Reference, Nonfiction

403 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 3, 1989

Reviews

[Amber]

I checked this out at the library with...apprehension. Upon actually reading the recipes, I have come to the conclusion that many of these recipes sound shockingly good. Glad I checked it out!

[Laurla2]

-3 stars, removed a star because no pictures. Third edition, 2005.

even though this is the same book just an earlier edition, it did have a few different recipes from the fourth edition. oddly, uses the terms "acceptable stick margarine" and "acceptable vegetable oil" saying only that they used corn oil margarine and canola oil in the fat/calorie analysis rather than explaining what that means.

--recipes that looked interesting (that weren't in the fourth edition that i read first)
-swedish meatloaf with dill sauce (ground beef and ground chicken)
-gingerbread bars

[Jeanette Durkin]

Full of great sounding recipes! They look pretty easy to make, too! I'll definitely be trying some of these recipes!

[Steven Peterson]

Heart disease is a major cause of death among Americans (number one, in fact). As the book makes clear, the good news is that certain steps that an individual takes can measurably accept the odds of suffering from or succumbing to heart disease. One of these is by reducing fat and cholesterol in one's diet.

Some low fat and low cholesterol cooking can be very bland and disappointing. The recipes here tend to be pretty good, providing good taste as well as healthy food.

With chili, for example, use a proper oil for cooking, use lean ground sirloin, use no-salt tomato sauce (to be honest, I scarcely ever use salt in recipes, even when called for, and I haven't noticed any problems--but I also use other herbs and spices and these suffice very nicely). The result? A nice chili with lower levels of fat and cholesterol.

The same with other recipes. A little common sense with fat and cholesterol and one can end up with tasty meals that are also healthy meals. Not all recipes are necessarily equally tasty, but experimentation will tell the reader which ones to add to the repertoire of dishes that one prepares.

So, a useful cookbook. Interested in reducing fat and cholesterol? Take a look.

[Virginia Campbell]

When you think "low-fat, low-cholesterol", you may think low-flavor, but that is not the case with these recipes from the American Heart Association. This is an excellent cookbook, full of easy and flavorful recipes. There are no pictures of the dishes, but the book layout is very simple and useable. The recipes make the most of the natural ingredients instead of loading up on artificial substitutes. I own a lot of books about cooking and food, and I love to sit down with a cup of coffee and read my cookbooks. This book starts and ends with great health information. It also offers advice on food substitutions, recipe equivalents, dining out food choices, meal planning, vegetarian recipes, and much, much more. Here's a sampling of some of the recipes: Smoked Salmon Dip with Cucumber and Herbs; Seafood Pasta Salad; Crispy Oven-Fried Chicken; Elegant Beef Tenderloin; Beets in Orange Sauce; Herbed Baby Potatoes; Gingerbread Pancakes with Apple-Berry Topping; and Chocolate Custard Cake with Raspberries. Sounds yummy!

[Just - The romance reader]

I'm a downhome cooking kinda girl and a good bit of these recipes were more complex or "upscale" than I prefer. There was a good variety, and a nice amount of recipes for each course of the meal, including dessert. The recipes didn't require tons of ingredients, which sometimes seems to be the case when cutting down on fat or just in general trying to be healthier.

[Greta]

Some good recipes throughout the book, but not enough that I'd want to purchase it. Also, I've seen similar recipes in other cookbooks. I did, however, like that it included information about fat, salt, etc. content, which is particularly helpful if you or someone in your family has special dietary needs.

[Kathy]

This is a better primer on how to eat right for your cholesterol than a good cookbook. It has some recipes, but most of the book is spent discussing the ins and outs of a diet intended to reduce cholesterol. Though telling me that cocoa powder and unsweetened rhubarb is a fat-free snack under 20 calories is not really a help.

[Lorie]

Some good recipes.

[Ciara Reed]

Absolutely wonderful with healthy recipes!

[Jean]

These recipes are inventive and definitely not boring!

[Brenda]

Excellent book.

[Cws]

641.5 Gru