Automatically... Light! [Hardcover]

Pat Leontsinis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997

A unique cookbook containing easy low-fat recipes using 6 time-saving appliances (the microwave, slow cooker, ice cream machine, rice cooker, automatic bread machine and grill) and the heatproof oven bag. This cookbook features: the best use of each appliance for the food to which it is best-suited, low-fat cooking techniques, an alternate method to prepare each recipe without the specified appliance, 15 "automatic" menus, nutrient analysis for each recipe and menu consisting of: Calories, protein, carbohydrate, fat, fiber, cholesterol and sodium as well as percentage of fat per serving and a cross-referenced main index as well as a separate index for each appliance and the oven bag.

Editorial Reviews

Review

From meatballs to bread pudding, olive bread to bean salad, there is more than one way to cook soup, steam rice, bake a casserole and let bread rise to the cooking occasion. Pat Leontsinis takes a hard look at her - and my - kitchen and lets the best methods and appliances speak to each recipe according to the resources, including time, a cook has available. -- Janice Denham, Suburban Journals, St. Louis, MO, pre-publication review July, 1997

Product Details

• Hardcover: 274 pages
• Publisher: Autocook, L.L.C.; 1 edition (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965838277
• ISBN-13: 978-0965838276
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,981,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect book for varietal healthy meals in record time., January 2, 1999

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Dawn Cartier ([e-mail]) (Scottsdale, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Automatically... Light! (Hardcover)

Pat Leontsinis delivers a mix of foods for those of us who are out of "healthy" ideas in our own kitchens. I especially love the specialized cooking techniques using appliances that are common in every household. Several recipies have become both home and workplace favorites (for example, the Roasted Eggplant Dip). Have you ever made soup in a rice cooker? I had always used my rice cooker for rice, but I now use it to make unique healthy meals. My slow cooker has never seen this much action (and my house smells delicious when I come home for dinner).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy, good-for-you and family recipes in a fabulous format, November 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Automatically... Light! (Hardcover)

There's something for everyone in this cookbook but it's especially for the person who doesn't love to cook and especially doesn't love to figure out all the calories, fat content, etc when trying to make healthy meals!. It's an easy way to have nutricious, tasty meals every day, home-made with minimum fuss and trouble for the cook.

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC!, December 10, 2005

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JMB "janejanejane" (Saint Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Automatically... Light! (Hardcover)

I received this book as a gift and LOVE IT! I have used many of these recipees and they are all pretty easy and taste wonderful. I especially like that I can do them in my Crockpot or cooking bags. Easy! Easy! Easy!