366 Low-Fat, Brand-Name Recipes in Minutes!: More Than One Year of Healthy Cooking Using Your Family's Favorite Brand-Name Foods [Paperback]

M. J. Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 20, 1994

Create A Year's Worth of Healthy and Fast Family Favorites using Popular Brand-Name Foods. If you crave good cooking and good health but find yourself short on time, delicious and healthful meals are now as close as your cupboard. With brand-name foods you may already have around the kitchen, you can create mouthwatering and nutritiously sound meals in minutes. In fact, most of these recipes take less than 30 minutes to prepare. You'll save precious time and money at the same time as reducing unwanted calories, fat, salt, and cholesterol. With Brands You Trust, This Creative Cookbook Offers Such Temptations As:
* Green chili spoon bread
* Bartles & Jaymes?? tropical fruit salad
* Pepper chicken tortellini salad
* Speedy baked ziti
* Saturday night seafood scramble
* Dannon?? brownies
* Frosted pistachio marble cake
366 Low-Fat, Brand-Name Recipes in Min utes also includes tips on reducing the fat in brand-name foods, recipe preparation times, food exchanges for weight loss and diabetes, recipes for bread machines, and more. From appetizers to dessert and Betty Crocker?? to Velveeta??, 366 Low-Fat, Brand-Name Recipes in Minutes makes it easy to eat conveniently, inexpensively, and healthfully every day.

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From the Back Cover

Create A Year’s Worth of Healthy and Fast Family Favorites using Popular Brand-Name Foods. If you crave good cooking and good health but find yourself short on time, delicious and healthful meals are now as close as your cupboard. With brand-name foods you may already have around the kitchen, you can create mouthwatering and nutritiously sound meals in minutes. In fact, most of these recipes take less than 30 minutes to prepare. You’ll save precious time and money at the same time as reducing unwanted calories, fat, salt, and cholesterol. With Brands You Trust, This Creative Cookbook Offers Such Temptations As:

• Green chili spoon bread
• Bartles & Jaymes^® tropical fruit salad
• Pepper chicken tortellini salad
• Speedy baked ziti
• Saturday night seafood scramble
• Dannon^® brownies
• Frosted pistachio marble cake

366 Low-Fat, Brand-Name Recipes in Min utes also includes tips on reducing the fat in brand-name foods, recipe preparation times, food exchanges for weight loss and diabetes, recipes for bread machines, and more. From appetizers to dessert and Betty Crocker^® to Velveeta^®, 366 Low-Fat, Brand-Name Recipes in Minutes makes it easy to eat conveniently, inexpensively, and healthfully every day.

About the Author

M.J. Smith, M.A., R.D./L.D., is the author of the best-selling All-American Low-Fat Meals in Minutes and 60 Days of Low-Cost, Low-Fat Meals in Minutes. She is also a consultant dietitian, spokesperson for the Iowa Dietetic Association, and a consultant to the Des Moines Register. This book is specially bound to lie flat for easy use.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 20, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471346543
• ISBN-13: 978-0471346548
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,991,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great everyday recipe ideas, March 4, 1999

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This review is from: 366 Low-Fat Brand-Name Recipes in Minutes: More Than One Year of Healthy Cooking Using Your Family's Favorite Brand-Name Foods (Paperback)

I took this book out of the library just days after joining Weight Watchers, while feeling as if I would never be able to cook anything but broiled chicken and vegetables ever again! This book has a lot of great ideas for lowfat cooking, including chapters on appetizers, salads, casseroles, vegetarian entrees, bread machine recipes, side dishes, and desserts. Best of all, the recipes are for basic, everyday family food that is easy and quick to prepare and lowfat. All of the ingredients are things you probably have at home--nothing too unusual or complicated. Complete nutritional information is provided, so I've been able to use the Weight Watchers Points Finder to figure out how each meal fits into my daily points allowance. I liked the book so much that I bought a copy for myself. My family really liked the Seafood Enchiladas in the Microwave. Enjoy!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 366 Low-Fat Brand-Name Recipes in Minutes, June 9, 2000

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J. Daprato (Richmond, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 366 Low-Fat, Brand-Name Recipes in Minutes!: More Than One Year of Healthy Cooking Using Your Family's Favorite Brand-Name Foods (Paperback)

I have accumulated several low fat, "healthy" cookbooks over the years, probably like half the rest of the world. Having owned this one for over five years, it's showing its wear, because it is my favorite! My 14 year old picky eater son begged me to fix the "Shrimp and Rice Salad with Soy Sauce Dressing" tonight--and I obliged! My family of four will fight over the leftovers tomorrow! Don't worry about the use of "Brand Names"--often you can easily substitute other brands with equally good results. The recipes are easy, fast, healthy, and definitely taste good. I highly recommend this cookbook.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title - these recipes are far from low-fat, March 30, 2001

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"sandyinak" - See all my reviews

This review is from: 366 Low-Fat, Brand-Name Recipes in Minutes!: More Than One Year of Healthy Cooking Using Your Family's Favorite Brand-Name Foods (Paperback)

Although the recipes in this book look like they are tasty, if you analize each recipe you'll see that they are far from low-fat. The serving sizes are very often miniscule in size and the fat calories are usually up around 50+ per serving.

Examples: Pecan and Red Onion Bread (page 70) serving size 1/2 slice, calories 130, calories from fat 45

Almond Fish Fillets (page 221) Serving size 4 oz. (equal to a deck of playing cards), calories 185, calories from fat 81

Grilled Italian Pork Chops (page 231) Serving size 1 chop, calories 166, calories from fat 90!

One-Dish Oriental Chicken and Rice (page 239), Serving size 4 oz meat + 1 cup rice and vegetables, Calories 339, calories from fat 63

Picadillo Rolls (page 242) serving size ONE ROLL, Calories 299, calories from fat 117!

Salmon Florentine (page 245) serving size 8 oz, calories 301, calories from fat 117

Hidden Valley (R) Club Salad (page 137) Serving size 2 cups, Calories 267, calories from fat 126

Remember that a 4 oz. piece of meat is the size of a deck of playing cards. Yes, there are a few recipes in the book that I would consider low-fat, but the majority are not. As any calorie counter, like myself, knows, the amount of fat per serving on the above examples are often a whole days allowance!

I highly recommend you not purchase this book, but search for a truly low-fat cookbook. This one is great for an everyday meal, but certainly not for those who wish to lose weight.