1,001 Low-Fat Recipes

by Sue Spitler (Editor)

This Doubleday Health Book Club Main Selection offers more than 1,000 quick, easy, great tasting recipes for the whole family, from appetizers and entrees through desserts and drinks. Most recipes feature 10 or fewer ingredients and take less than 30 minutes to prepare. The 3rd edition features icons indicating if a recipe can be prepared in advance, derives less than 10 percent of its calories from fat, or is sugar-free or low-carbohydrate. The cookbook closes with a final chapter of 25 menus (with 100 new recipes) with the emphasis on quick, easy, convenient but complete meals consisting of interesting, tasty, healthy recipes. Each menu features a schedule of do-ahead steps: what to prepare in advance and freeze, what to make early in the day and refrigerate, and what to do to complete the meal.

Genres: Cookbooks

705 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Haven]

This cookbook is a rare gem. It's a low-fat cookbook that does not rely on mixes, sugar substitutes or rabbit food. Instead it's chock full of delicious and unexpected recipes. The recipes are varied enough to suit everyone's tastes and eating habits - from vegetarians to meat-eaters to 'flexitarians" Recipes I look forward to trying include Chocolate Carrot Cake, Barley with Peppers & Green, Curried Bean Soup & Prairie Chili With Chicken. I highly recommend this cookbook, even if you're not into low-fat cooking. It's inventive, easy to follow, informative and fun.

[Erin]

Excellent everyday basic cookbook for things like roast chicken, grilled fish, homemade oatmeal, turkey meatloaf, muffins, smoothies, etc. I use this a lot and recommend as a good reference book.