Cooking Healthy Across America (Plastic Comb)

~ JoAnna M. Lund (Author), Barbara Alpert (Author) "Ever since I first began sharing my Healthy Exchanges recipes, I've wanted to share my passion for the recipes of people from every corner of..." (more)
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Product Description

JoAnna Lund has traveled across the country promoting her Healthy Exchanges lifestyle - and she's picked up hundreds of delicious recipe ideas along the way. In Cooking Healthy Across America, she offers up the best of American regional cooking - made healthy.

About the Author

JoAnna M. Lund has been profiled in many national and local publications and been featured on hundreds of radio and television shows. She is a popular speaker with weight-loss, cardiac, diet, and other health support groups.

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 384 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade (December 4, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399527206
• ISBN-13: 978-0399527203
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,028,117 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for those on Weight Watchers, February 19, 2002

By	Christy (Ogden, Utah) - See all my reviews

My husband bought me this for Valentine's Day. I love it! I recently started Weight Watchers and there isn't a single recipe in this book that is more than 7 points per serving. (That is better than the cookbook that I bought at Weight Watchers!) I have made four of the recipes so far and they have been fantastic. Some people may need to "tweek" some of the recipes to suit their tastes, (Crab cakes need a little garlic salt,etc.). But hey, I do that with all of my cookbooks anyway. Its really nice to have some choices when it comes to eating healthier! I intend to take a look at some of this author's other cookbooks

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars unoriginal and uninteresting recipes, February 25, 2002

By A Customer

The recipes in this book aren't terrible, but there are so many other "healthy" cookbooks out there that are far better and more original -- try any of Don Mauer's cookbooks, for example, or if you care about exchanges, I have a recent Weight Watchers cookbook that is far more interesting than this one. Moreover, I was disappointed that a cookbook with the word "healthy" in the title would include recipes that call for ingredients such as nutrasweet and diet Mountain Dew. And the fact that many of the recipes call for brand name ingredients without any explanation makes me suspcious, too. On the whole, this just isn't a cookbook I'm interested in coming back to, and it will not be getting a permanent spot on the shelf in my kitchen.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing!, April 12, 2004

By A Customer

This book was a total disappointment. Several of Joanna Lund's books were recommended to me, so I thought this would be a sure winner. The recipes looked easy, straight forward and relatively appealing and healthy (aside from frequent use of artifical sweetners, including saccharin!). For Easter, I made several of the recipes and they were a complete and total disaster! The Key Lime Pie was so bitter, it was inedible (thankfully, my family has a good sense of humor). I would not recommend this book at all-- it is, by far-- one of the worst cookbooks I have ever purchased.