Eat What You Love: More than 300 Incredible Recipes Low in Sugar, Fat, and Calories [Hardcover]

Marlene Koch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 6, 2010

Marlene Koch's has been called a "magician in the kitchen" for her amazing ability to make excess sugar, fat, and calories disappear, but never the taste! In Eat What You Love she works her magic to craft incredible tasting guilt-free recipes for everyone's favorite foods--from luscious milkshakes and melty sandwiches, to creamy soups and crunchy "fried" foods--along with recipes for belly-filling breakfast dishes, sensational salads, perfect pastas, easy-fix entrees, savory soups and sides, and lots of her famous desserts!.

With over 300 super-satisfying recipes under 350 calories Eat What You Love is guilt-free eating at its very best, offering everything from comforting classics like Blue Ribbon Sour Cream Coffee Cake and Everyday Spaghetti and Italian Meatballs, to restaurant and fast-food favorites such as Quicker-Than-Take-Out Orange Chicken, and Chili's-Style Beef Fajitas, to dozens of 100% guilt-free sweet treats, such as 5-Minute Blackberry Crisp, Amazing Peanut Butter Cookies, Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Pie and Perfect White Cupcakes.

Marlene passionately believes that no one should have to give up the foods they love. Her quick 'n'easy family friendly recipes are perfect for everyone (and every diet!). Ideal for weight loss, diabetes, and simply utterly delicious healthy eating , Eat What You Love also features mouthwatering photos, cooking and shopping tips, meal planning guidelines, complete nutritional analysis (including diabetic exchanges, carb choices, and weight watchers point comparisons), and great everyday comparisons:

Dare to Compare: A small Cake 'n Shake milkshake at Cold Stone Creamery® packs 1140 calories, 60 grams of fat and the equivalent of over 25 teaspoons of sugar! Marlene's luscious Vanilla Cake Batter Milkshake has just 175 calories, 4 grams of fat and no added sugars!

Editorial Reviews

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Breathe magazine
"This magical cookbook features incredible guilt-free recipes for everyone’s favorite foods."

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Enjoy all the delicious foods you love--guilt free as you effortlessly cut the sugar, slash the fat and calories, and curb the excess carbs. Eat What You Love is the perfect family cookbook with healthy recipes that never sacrifice taste.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Running Press; 1 edition (April 6, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762434325
• ISBN-13: 978-0762434329
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 1.6 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (175 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #20 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Diabetic & Sugar-Free
  • #36 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Low Fat

More About the Author

Bestselling cookbook author Marlene Koch is known as a "magician in the kitchen" for her extraordinary ability to create amazingly healthy yet unbelievably delicious recipes. A nutritionist and professional cooking instructor whose taught the principles of healthy cooking to chef's across the country for the American Culinary Federation, Marlene's "customer top rated" on QVC where she appears regularly, and her books and better-for-you recipes have been featured on television from the "Today Show" to the "Food Network," in print from publications such as Cooking Light, Men's Fitness, and Diabetes Health, to across the web from Hungry-Girl, to iVillage, and about.com.

Marlene she holds a nutrition degree from U.C.L.A. with advanced training in child and adolescent weight management and is a regular contributor to healthy eating and diabetes publications and websites. Marlene resides in California with her two sweet loving boys and husband and is the go-to cook for a big food loving family.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

63 of 65 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Cake Batter Milkshake recipe alone is worth the price of this book! March 30, 2010

By L. Brown

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book! I started off with Marlene's Sensational Splenda recipes and those were great so I was eagerly awaiting the arrival of this cookbook. It was definitely worth the wait! I have made many recipes so far and everything has turned out wonderfully. I used to never cook; hated to. Her recipes are easy to follow and not complicated, and the ingredients are easy to find. I'm already losing weight within a few weeks of making these recipes. No longer want or crave fast food. This book has changed my way of eating and I feel healthier. It is definitely one of my favorite things I have ever purchased from Amazon!

46 of 49 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice concept for a cookbook! April 21, 2010

By Steven A. Peterson TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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Right up front, Marlene Koch lays out the purpose of this book (Page 9): "My fabulous news is that eating for pleasure and eating for good health can be one and the same. I am thrilled to tell you that with this book you never again have to be deprived or sacrifice the foods you love for the sake of your health--yes, you really can have it all."

At the outset, Koch looks at some of the key nutritional concepts--calories, fat, salt, carbohydrates, and proteins. In each instance, she lays out the nuances (e.g., good versus not-so-good fats). She writes of diet and diabetes and then enters the realm of "meal planning," including food exchanges, carbohydrate counting, and nutritional analysis. Then, a brief discussion of essential ingredients, ones that (Page 24) ". . .are simply low in sugar, fats, and calories" and assist, easily, developing tasty meals. Among these? Splenda, cottage cheese, cooking/baking sprays, oats, flavorings, and so on.

For any cookbook, though, it's the recipes that are at the heart of matters. This book is divided into numerous categories, starting with hot and cold beverages and ending with creamy desserts. In between? Smoothies and shakes, breakfast entrees, appetizers, salads, pasta, poultry, seafood, and the like.

Just a few examples to illustrate. I use a chicken piccata recipe that works very well. This book features such a recipe as well. Many similarities with what I make, but some interesting differences. Ingredients: boneless chicken breasts, flour, olive oil, white wine, lemon juice, chicken broth (reduced sodium), capers (optional--but I can't stand the thought of optional capers! They add such a nice taste), butter/margarine, and parsley. The steps to make the final dish are straightforward. Nice suggestion for a side dish (which I often use)--asparagus.

Other dishes that tempt me, just to provide some examples of what is in this book: classic Italian frittata, classic creamy coleslaw, pasta primavera (I often make this as a vegetarian dish, but the assembly of veggies used in the recipe here is awesome!), simple sweet and sour red cabbage (the twist here on the version that I make--use of cornstarch to thicken the sauce; I'll try this next time around), crispy parmesan fish, and on it goes. . . .

A nice set of recipes. These look tasty. I intend to start experimenting over the next couple weeks. But this book has definitely captured my attention.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this cookbook March 22, 2010

By S. Walker

Format:Hardcover

The recipes are easy to follow and still have the great taste you expect. Love the cake batter milkshake, I do use other alternitive to sugar products that are more natural but splenda is okay too. I would like to see more recipes that use more natural sugar products such as brown rice sryup. I gave five stars due to easy to follow, taste, and low calories. I hope to see more from the author, this has made weight lose fun for my family and me.