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5 a Day: The Better Health Cookbook; Savor the Flavor of Fruits and Vegetables

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5 A Day: The Better Health Cookbook is the collaborative effort of Elizabeth Pivonka (president of the Produce for Better Health Foundation) and Barbara Berry (vice president in charge of the Foundation's programs in education, marketing, communication, and research. On the well documented premise that eating five servings of fruits and vegetables will provide excellent health, this compendium showcasing 150 easy and delicious recipes will form a superb basis for any health conscious, palate pleasing menu. From Sweet Potato Pancakes with Apple-Walnut Topping; Citrus Salad with Raspberry-Vanilla Sauce; and Catfish with Tropical Fruit Salsa; to Artichokes Stuffed with Oriental Noodle Salad; Chicken and Grapefruit Stir-Fry; Watermelon-Blueberry Banana Split, 5 A Day offers wonderful recipes that are thorough "kitchen cook" friendly and certain to become both seasonal and year-round family favorites!

A great recipe book to get those extra fruits and vegetables in your diet. Well written, nice layout with some wonderful, mouthwatering pictures. Some delicious recipes that aren't quite the ordinary, but yet aren't so different you're afraid to try them....or can't find the ingredients. Highly recommended!

The book is basically laid out well but unfortunately, the nutritional information is computed incorrectly. If a reader is watching for lowfat recipes, the numbers given would be misleading.
For example, the apple walnut salad is said to serve 6 people with each serving containing 4.6 grams of fat. However, with 66 to 70 grams of fat in the entire recipe, the fat grams per serving would be 10 to 11 grams. Quite a difference!
Also, the chicken & grapefruit stir fry would have at least 6 grams of fat per serving rather than the 3 grams stated in the book. This problem would be significant for those with heart or coronary artery disease who are attempting to follow a very lowfat diet. I'm surprised the authors didn't have a nutritionist check these computations before going to press.

What a great book! We all know we should be getting 5 fruits and vegetables a day, but this book shows you how to do it - and do it easily.

The beginning section tells you why 5 fruits and vegetables a day are so important to your health, and gives you a few hints as to how to make easy substitutions that will up your daily count of vegetables and fruits (for example: use dried fruits instead of nuts when making muffins and breads). It gives advice on how to incorporate fruits & veggies into your meals - e.g., buy a new produce item every week - and shows you how to update typical meals to add more fruits & veggies.

The majority of the book is recipes, broken down into sub-categories: fish and shellfish, side dishes, appetizers, breakfasts, fruit salads, etc. The recipes are well laid-out, with helpful labels like "30 minutes or less" and "make ahead." They include nutritional information as well as the number of fruit & vegetable servings. I wish this section included more pictures, as the ones they do include are really helpful.

I found this to be an extremely helpful book. Not only do you get many healthy - and appetizing - recipes, but the front section of the book is a powerful reminder for why it's so important to get your 5 a day. I highly recommend it.

Great recipes and you don't have to access a gourmet kitchen for a gazillion ingredients. Practical for starting a healthy New Year.

The message is everywhere (and not just here)...eating more fruits and vegetables is something that everyone needs to do to eat more healthfully. But it can seem like a daunting task to get those five servings a day. It seems like a lot! But this book can be a big help.

What I love about this book is that it tells you what vitamins and other nutrients are in different produce items--they are sorted by color so you can more easily identify the types to choose for you and your family based on the specific health concern you may have (if any)--or just make it more fun to find colorful foods. We especially liked the pumpkin waffles.

Author Dr. Elizabeth Pivonka is president of the Produce for Better Health Foundation and has done a great job to simplify the message and give practical, usable tips on how to incorporate more fruits & veggies into your diet. The rest of the book is a cookbook with many, many yummy sounding recipes that of course, include fruits & veggies! Several are marked with hints that help you choose a recipe based on your specific needs...like "30 Minutes or Less" or "Make Ahead" or "Kid Friendly". Following each recipe is a nutrition chart--but the bonus is it also tells you how many Number of 5 A Day servings there are!

I borrowed this book from the library and it was just OK. I didn't find any recipes I really liked, most of them were pretty simple just with added fruits and vegetables.

I love this book and have loved every recipe we have tried. A great way to add more fruits and vegetables into your diet!