Butter Busters [Unknown Binding]

Pam Mycoskie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1994

A phenomenal, self-published bestseller--now completely revised and updated. This revolutionary new book contains over 350 delicious recipes that use simple substitutions to transform family favorites into very low-fat, healthy foods. Recipes for cakes, cookies, pies, lasagna, pizza, and other dishes.

Product Details

• Unknown Binding: 496 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Revised edition (February 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446670405
• ISBN-13: 978-0446670401
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 1.5 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,322,926 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This was my lowfat cooking Bible, April 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Butter Busters

I purchased this book in 1994 when I was approximately 50 pounds overweight. I was just learning about lowfat eating and did not know how to prepare foods for myself and my family that we all would like. I did not want to prepare separate "diet food" for me and regular food for my son. However, with this book, I learned how to convert all the foods I craved, namely sweets and breads, to lowfat. My son especially loved the tortilla soup recipe, and he ate everthing I made from this book without asking "is this diet food?"

Using the principles in this book, I lost the 50 pounds and have kept them off for the past 5 years. I recommend this book for anyone who is beginning a lowfat eating regimen and needs guidance on how to start. I have bought other lowfat diet books since 1994 which are good, but this is still my favorite.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best low-fat cookbook I've read, October 23, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Butter Busters

I lost 100 pounds over nine months through daily exercise, eating healthy, balanced meals and using this cookbook. The recipies are easy to make and tasty for those who like low-fat and even those who don't (and believe me, they won't know the difference nine times out of 10). If you're looking for a low-fat cookbook, this is the best there is.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fake Food: Processed, artificial ingredients & inedible recipes, October 13, 2007

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T. Dewar (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Butter Busters

I rarely leave a review, let alone one this negative, but I can't be silent on the "food" this book urges you to assemble. It's disgusting. The recipes are loaded with fake and processed ingredients. (Have you ever seen margarine melting in a pan? It's gross.)

The book is also misleading, blurring as it does the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats. Olive oil, inaddition to being an actual food as opposed to one with a bunch of artificial ingredients like Pam's recipes, is a healthy thing. You can cook intelligently and in a healthy way without foregoing pure, healthy ingredients.

Lastly, there are many things that go into being healthy. Exercise, for instance. If "low-fat" were the factor Pam hypes it as, the French wouldn't have a significantly lower incidence of heart disease. (They eat triple cream brie, duck and other high-fat goodies by the pound, yet are far healthier as a group than Americans.)