Customer Reviews

Dessert Every Night!

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I have to say Joanne Lund, has really come up with a great solution to people who want to eat healthy but can't quite let go of thier sweet tooth. This book is packed with delicious recipies for cookies, pies, cakes, brownies and many other choices. Each recipe is an absoule "sweet nothing" pun intended! Low calorie, low fat, and high taste. You your family and friends will never miss what is missing the un healthy fat and calories. Enjoy.

Joanna Lund knows how to turn a box of sugar free jello and pudding into a delectable dessert. Not your ordinary diet treats. The only noticable downfall is the slight aftertaste of sugar substitute.

I'm the author of this book and it's a personal favorite of mine. I note that babysis56 writes that we did not respond to her messages. But, we've tried to contact babysis56@aol to see if we could answer her questions, and we've never gotten a response. I try my best to respond to anyone who contacts me in a timely manner.

Not only did the Tooth Fairy bless me with a sweet tooth - she gave me a whole mouth full! And I share my favorite "common folk" healthy desserts in this collection. If you love the types of desserts that grandma made for you when you were young - but you need healthier (less fats & sugars) versions - then I think you will love this book!

its the best dessert book ever the recipes are so delicious,
and easy better and easier than any recipe books ive tried
great!!!!

the recipes are very easy and delicious, i thought it was one of the best dessert cookbooks ever, i use it all the time thanks for coming out with such a great cookbook joanna!!!

I was excited when I first bought this book. I struggle with my weight and am almost always dieting, but I love sweets and so I thought I could "have my cake and eat it, too" with this book. Not so.

Most of the more tempting recipes in this book are made with sugar-free pudding mix, which wouldn't be a problem if there were aspartame-free pudding mixes available. I haven't found any, though.

Aspartame gives many people (including me) serious migraines, among other problems. There's a warning on the label for a reason. I realize my complaint is as much with the pudding mix manufacturers as it is with this book, but it just seems as though it promised more than it could deliver.

Mrs. Lund was an angel. I love dessert and I feel like something is missing in my day if I don't get it and Mrs. Lund has given me SUCH hope. I was involved for 13 years with a different weight loss program that did not eliminate any foods including high-fat favorites; it just encouraged portion control. It was wonderful however after 13 years I felt condemned and unworthy for dessert at times. Long story short I had a total fallout with the program. I was so happy to remember hearing Mrs. Lund on Dr. Dobson's program back in 1998 and discover she had a whole series of books and her, in essence, giving me permission to eat dessert every night. I can not follow a program that says absolutely no sweets; I don't think anyone can follow that! The thing you can't have will be just the thing you want. I CAN follow a program that gives other alternatives to the fatty desserts! If there are no alternatives, it is like telling your child don't jump on the bed, period. They won't know what to do! But if you give them an alternative: you CAN jump on a trampuleen, then they'll be satisfied! Same with dessert!

I hate it that she died; makes you feel like you lost a best friend, but I am so delighted she left behind this legacy. I feel like we are friends in spirit although we never met:)

The desserts were mostly very good, but the ingredients are extremely hard to find for some of them. The email address they supply in the book was of no help, as far as substitutions, and what to do if the name brand ingredients they have in the recipes are unavailable to you. I never recieved a response from them. However, if you are a little creative, you can manage and improvise. Also, be very careful if you are counting fat and calories, as the listings that they have, on occasion, were entirely wrong.

The recipes looked like they would be sweet. It was a little disappointing that a majority of the recipes were made from other processed foods. There appeared to be quite a number of Jell-O based recipes. This is not a book for those who are looking for the use of Health foods as a natural alternative.