Cooking for Healthy Living [Hardcover]

Jane Fonda (Author), Robin Vitetta (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

A complete guide to healthy cooking features 120 delicious recipes, along with menu suggestions, nutritional analyses, cooking and preparation tips, and advice on fitness, exercise, and more. 200,000 first printing. $350,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Moving from the gym to the kitchen, Fonda presents a low-fat, high-nutrition collection of recipes developed by Robin Vitetta. An introductory chapter outlines healthful eating habits, with a focus on complex carbohydrates, and includes shopping advice ("Buy locally produced food"), tips on ordering restaurant fare and an authoritative section on exercise. The 120 recipes are organized in chapters according to meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, with sides, desserts and snacks included in a fourth called Completing the Meal. Chapters open with lists of suggested menus; many of the recipes are accompanied by full-page photographs. The low-fat component is achieved through judicious substitution, utilizing nonfat milk and cream cheese in Cherry-Cheese Coffee Ring, and ground poultry and nonfat sour cream in Spicy Chicken Burgers and Creamy Horseradish. Dishes derive from?and play with?the expected culinary traditions: Black Bean Enchiladas with Tomato Salsa, Spaghetti in Spicy Peanut Sauce and Bison Osso Bucco. Techniques also play a part in reducing fat: Baked French Fries brushed with beaten egg whites and paprika, and Steamed Carrots with Dill. Recipes range from the ordinary (Apple-Raisin Oatmeal and Penne with Garlic-Tomato Sauce) to the unusual (e.g., Ted's Favorite Pizza or Bison Lasagna). 300,000 first printing; $350,000 ad/promo; author tour.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

The actress turned fitness guru offers recipes, advice on healthy living, and an endorsement of the holistic lifestyle.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Turner Pub; 1st edition (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570362939
• ISBN-13: 978-1570362934
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #855,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Low Fat, High Flavor, October 10, 2001

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ARG (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking for Healthy Living (Hardcover)

This is a great cookbook. First, it is a pleasure to look at, with gorgeous full-color pictures for every recipe. It's easy to follow, with clear instructions and ingredient lists.

Most importantly, the recipes work. The recipe for sesame chicken with apricots and snow peas is fabulous, and there are many more that look equally wonderful.

Although this is a cookbook with healthy recipes, some of them are a bit higher in fat. The book notes that when you eat one of those, it's a good idea to balance out your diet with some lower-fat foods. In general, though, this book gives you some great ideas for eating in a healthy way without sacrificing taste and pleasure in food.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good and Healthy, that's what this Book is About, September 15, 2010

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Captain Katie (Long Beach, CA and the Sunny Caribbean) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cooking for Healthy Living (Hardcover)

Although Jane Fonda's name is on the book, the recipes are actually by cookbook writer and nutritionist Robin Vitetta and their work together has produced a very good cookbook.

This book was written in 1996 and it touts itself on the cover saying, "Cooking for Healthy Living" and the recipes and info in the book are indeed made for helping you stay healthy and I appreciate that, but I want more than healthy food. If it taste like cardboard Hubby Dub won't eat it. I won't either. So, I'm pleased to say that Jane Fonda's book is chock full of recipes that are healthy and actually taste good. For me and Dub and our friends, eating is an experience. You have to enjoy it, taste is king.

I've had this book on my shelf since it came out a dozen years ago and until I had it, I'd never made a Greek salad. I have my own way of doing it now, but Jane and Robin taught me how. If you've never done one, following their recipe exactly the first time will produce a winner for you, then you can experiment.

I think the best cornbread in the world is Jane and Robin's Chili-Cheese Cornbread on page 193, however it takes twenty minutes or so, so I often find myself going to the world's second best and that's the cornbread in a box that you get at Trader Joe's. I alternate between the two.

The Louisiana Crab Gumbo on page 84 isn't as good as my Mama's, but it's pretty darned good and a whole bunch more healthy. Good and healthy too, that what this book is about.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quick, Easy, Fun, May 3, 2006

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Kate West (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking for Healthy Living (Hardcover)

This is a terrific and easy cookbook with healthy recipes you can feel good about. Easy to follow even for those of us who don't really know our way around the kitchen. I've been using it for years.