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All-new Complete Cooking Light Cookbook (Cooking Light)
by Anne C. Cain
Available from Amazon
$23.07
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Features
Hardcover: 560 pages
Publisher: Oxmoor House September 1, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0848730232
ISBN-13: 978-0848730239
Product Dimensions:
9.8 x 9.1 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
Book Description
Most of us simply arent willing to sacrifice culinary excellence for meals that are good for us. Its no wonder, then, that Cooking Light is Americas leading epicurean magazine and the most trusted authority on healthy cooking. And this newest hardcover beauty is the most comprehensive collection of 1,000 top-rated, double-tested, healthy, yet rich and tasty recipes ever combined in one cookbook.
Publisher Description
Previous edition sold over 900,000 copies
Reader Reviews
I have had this cookbook for a while. I pulled it from the shelf to do this review and noticed as I skimmed through that many recipes I have tried and made notations on looked similar to this "Eh...", "I would rather eat cardboard", "Sorta bitter and uninspiring". Very few "Yums". That said, the fine points of the book are: The pictures are lovely and mouthwatering. The calorie/fat/protein/carbs (etc) are listed for each recipe (just like the mag). There are some fun and interesting tips sprinkles throughout the book like "ways to shape rolls" and "Troubleshooting creme caramel". If you are a novice cook there are plenty of cooking, chopping, folding type-instructions. They also do "Classic Makeovers" of recipes that are usually calorie and fat bombs to a more trimmed down version showing each version's recipe side by side. That can be a good way to see plainly where a cook can trim fat, replace fat with less caloric subs, etc. Now for the less than great news: Some of the recipes are just plain old normal recipes. Meaning not light. Almost every bread recipe can be found in a regular cookbook. No change. Why bother including it in a light cooking book? Some of the recipes do not seem particularly light. I found myself saying over and over: "109 calories for this rank cookie? 314 calories for 1/16th of a very mediocre cheesecake?" One more thing is that meat browning is done (like with the 500 calorie lamb shanks) with NO FAT, completely relying on non stick. No spray, no 1/2 ts oil... NO! That is no way to cut fat. Why bother eating that fatty cut? It makes me laugh. Finally, a few recipes were unclear. For instance, there is a barbecued pork chop recipe that mysteriously loses half the sauce. Unacceptable. So, if you are a novice cook, need inspiration and haven't a clue how to cut the calories and fat from your meals this may be the place to start. Maybe... If you are none of those things, save your money or spend it on a cookbook that is filled with recipes that look good AND taste great. The internet is chock full of hints on how to sub fruit for fat (like applesauce for oil) and any nit whit can bungle a dish by browning without fat in the pan.
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All-new Complete Cooking Light Cookbook (Cooking Light)
by Anne C. Cain
Available from Amazon
$23.07
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