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Betty Crocker's New Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook (Betty Crocker Home Library) [Hardcover]

Betty Crocker (Author), The Betty Crocker Editors (Editor)
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January 1996 Betty Crocker Home Library
This bestselling classic has been completely updated, modernized and redesigned to be the one-stop kitchen reference for today's cook. New in this edition:
-- All new design, including two-color text
-- Recipes with numbered steps for easy use
-- Preparation and cooking times with each recipe
-- Lighter versions of favorite recipes
-- Timesaving tips to make recipes even quicker
-- 200 all-new color photographs
-- All-new line art to make learning techniques easy
-- Complete nutrition information with each recipe, including percentage of calories from fat
-- Back cover of the book shows sample pages of the interior, so you can see the design even though it is shrink-wrapped

People really rely on Betty Crocker, and all the information they have come to expect is here, revised to be up-to-the-minute.
-- Over 900 recipes, from how to make coffee to rolling a fajita
-- Recipes that call for readily available ingredients
-- Definitions of cooking terms
-- Microwave basics and tips
-- The best -- and easiest -- way to cook anything, from oysters to apple pie to spaghetti squash
-- Photographs to help identify foods, such as types of mushrooms and pasta
-- Step-by-step photographs illustrating cooking techniques
-- Complete roasting, broiling and microwaving charts for meat and poultry
-- Trouble-shooting guides for successful baking
-- Food safety facts
-- High altitude cooking information

Trust Betty Crocker to make cooking easy, fun, and up-to-the-minute!



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Betty Crocker is on the health bandwagon. Not one for fads, Betty sensibly bases this 175-recipe cookbook on the Food Guide Pyramid guidelines recommended by the American Heart Association and many other medical and nutrition professional organizations. You learn tips for cutting down on fat and cholesterol, understanding the different kinds of fat, and making smart food choices for heart health. The idea is to reduce fat by making ingredient substitutions and small alterations, but not making drastic changes. The recipes are varied and creative and don't resemble "diet food": Ginger Shrimp Kabobs, Vegetable Potstickers, Stuffed Veal Chops with Cider Sauce, Vegetable and Ham Jambalaya, Curried Chicken and Nectarines, Caribbean Fish Salad, and Thai Shrimp and Rice Noodle Nests. The desserts include Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake with Raspberry Topping (only 20 percent fat!), Blueberry-Lime Torte (about 15 percent fat), and Double Chocolate-Date Cake (about 25 percent fat). Recipes are labeled with symbols indicating "low-calorie," "low-fat," "moderate-fat," "low-cholesterol," and "moderate-cholesterol," so you can choose how far you want to go. Each recipe has a hefty amount of nutritional information: calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, carbohydrate, fiber, protein, vitamins A and C, calcium, iron, and diet exchanges. Cooks who love knowing what the dishes should look like will enjoy the 45 mouth-watering color photos. --Joan Price

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Both fat and calories should be controlled, not eliminated entirely, in a healthy diet: here an updated edition of the Betty Crocker bestseller provides revised, revitalized recipes which emphasize low fat and cholesterol dishes. From Apple-Cheese Oven Pancakes and Bakes Chili in Polenta Crust to Soft Turkey Tacos with Spicy Sauce, this is packed with satisfying dishes. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan General Reference; Revised edition (January 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0028603885
  • ISBN-13: 978-0028603889
  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,231,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Since 1921, the Betty Crocker name has symbolized the General Mills continuing tradition of service to consumers. Although Betty was never a real person, her name and identity have become synonymous with helpfulness, trustworthiness and quality.

Betty Crocker has survived the decades by providing consumers with food information and food products that are contemporary without being faddish. The first hardcover cookbook, Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook was published in 1950 and quickly became a national best seller. Since then, more than 250 Betty Crocker cookbooks have been published.

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to low-fat cooking, April 8, 2000
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This review is from: Betty Crocker's New Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook (Betty Crocker Home Library) (Hardcover)
After my husband had emergency heart bypass surgery and we were suddenly plunged into a low-fat lifestyle, I looked at almost every low-fat cookbook in print. This one is my favorite. There are full-page color photos and a complete nutritional analysis for each recipe. The recipes are easy and taste good, and don't use weird ingredients like pureed prunes or carob powder. The Lemon Meringue Cake with Strawberries was a big hit - I plan to try out the Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake, too. Overall, a very easy introduction to a different way of life.
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66 of 66 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!, May 23, 2002
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My husband and I have both recently been diagnosed with high cholesterol and could both lose some weight. I purchased this cookbook from Amazon.com and have been trying each of the recipes. I have been very highly surprised, thinking that if it was low-fat or low-cholesterol, I would have to saccrifice taste in my cooking. Not so. This cookbook offers wonderfully, easy recipes which are so delicious. It offers nutrition info on each recipe, as well as the time it will take to cook the meal (most under 30 minutes). Every recipe we've tried (and we're going to try them all) has been great. My husband doesn't even notice that it's healthy! The recipes are also very simple to make. I go through the book and make my shopping list from the ingredients of the recipes I want to put on my menu for the week. Some of our favorites have been: The Cajun Mustard Pork Chops, Hearty Beef and Veggies, and Lemon Dill Shrimp. You'll be happy if you get this recipe book.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Simple and Tasteful!, April 15, 2003
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This book is packed not only with yummy recipes but also with great information regarding Cholesterol, Fat, and Calories.

Just tried the chocolate brownies and they are wonderful!!! They definitely don't taste low calorie and low cholesterol!

Each recipe is listed as being either Low Fat, Low Cholesterol, and/or Low Calorie so no matter what your diet needs you'll find recipes you love. Most of the recipes are low in all 3 areas, even the desserts!!!

This book is worth it for the nutritional information alone but please make sure and try the chocolate brownies!!!

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