EatingWell Comfort Foods Made Healthy: The Classic Makeover Cookbook (EatingWell) [Paperback]

Jessie Price (Author), The Editors of EatingWell (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 5, 2009 | Series: EatingWell

Nearly 200 easy recipes, cooking and shopping tips, and nutrition advice to make your favorite classic recipes healthier.

For 18 years EatingWell Magazine has been known for taking favorite classic recipes and making them healthier by using simple steps, handy ingredients, and strict nutritional guidelines. Now the experts at EatingWell have compiled nearly 200 healthy, easy recipes, as well as cooking and shopping tips and nutrition advice, in this exciting cookbook.

Full nutritional analysis accompanies each recipe makeover, along with tips on how it was made healthier. For instance, EatingWell’s chicken-fried steak with gravy has almost half the fat and a third of the calories of the classic version yet still tastes as rich and satisfying as the original; a few healthy modifications to pepperoni pizza will cut calories, sodium, and fat by a third or more.

EatingWell Comfort Foods Made Healthy also solves problems for real families, including a Chinese dinner a diabetic can appreciate and healthier crispy tacos for a family from Texas.    

More than just providing recipes, this book teaches you the secrets of healthy, balanced cooking, including

• Healthier techniques for frying and baking
• How to get more vegetables into your meals
• A “pantry-raid”: a list of healthy staples you should swap into your pantry
• A list of essential tools that every healthy kitchen should stock
• Tips on picking the healthiest fats and oils

256 color illustrations

Editorial Reviews

Review

“This is a cookbook that I’ll turn to again. Comfort food and healthy eating do go together.” (Omaha World Herald )

About the Author

Jessie Price grew up in a family full of great cooks and food fanatics. After graduating from Williams College, she cooked in restaurants in California and Colorado, including the Relais and Chateaux Home Ranch near Steamboat Springs. She started out testing and developing recipes for EatingWell and joined the editorial team full-time in 2004 when she moved from San Francisco. Jessie directs the food content for EatingWell Magazine and has worked on several EatingWell books including EatingWell Comfort Foods Made Healthy, EatingWell Healthy in a Hurry, EatingWell Serves Two, EatingWell 500-Calorie Dinners, The EatingWell Diet, EatingWell for a Healthy Heart, EatingWell on a Budget, The Simple Art of EatingWell and EatingWell One-Pot Meals. She lives in Charlotte, Vermont.

EatingWell is the leading publisher of the award-winning magazine, whose tagline is “Where Good Taste Meets Good Health,” as well as a series of cookbooks through Countryman, and a vibrant website. EatingWell’s magazine and books have been recognized with numerous awards from the James Beard Foundation, the International Association of Culinary Professionals and Folio: Magazine. EatingWell is recognized by nutritionists, professional chefs and journalists alike as one of the most reliable sources of science-based nutrition information. The company’s headquarters and Test Kitchen are located in Charlotte, Vermont.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Countryman Press; 1 edition (October 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 088150887X
• ISBN-13: 978-0881508871
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.6 x 9.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #337,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Why didn't I know about this book sooner?? January 18, 2010

By Rebecca

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I LOVE this cookbook! The hubs is a big meat and potatoes guy, and I'm more of a soup and salad girl, so this is absolutely the best of both worlds. Turkey Albondigas soup? YUM! We all love it, and it's HEALTHY; just as good as my old albondigas soup recipe. Lamb stew, meatloaf, burgers, shepherd's pie; it's all here, as well as a gooey cheese pastas, oven fried chicken, stuffed peppers, a fantastic dessert section and of course my favorite soup and salad chapters. There are even recipes for Thanksgiving and Superbowl, which are challenging for anyone who tries to eat well. This book, though it's only 250 pages, is packed with sample menus, cooking tips, tips for lightening menus and of course all of the nutritional content is listed. I think I own every Eatingwell cookbook, and this is my favorite, by far. Thank you EatingWell!!!

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a comfort just read this book. December 1, 2008

By Sharon L. Faulk

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I am just getting started with the book and cooking in general. I want to eat better but miss some of my favorites like macaroni and cheese. The recipe in here makes me forget about my mom's mac & cheese and just want this version.

The recipes are easy to follow though I wish there was a picture for each recipe. I am a visual sort of person.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Packed with classic dishes redone to cut calories and preserve taste February 13, 2009

By Midwest Book Review

Format:Hardcover

The classic makeover book for comfort food is Comfort Foods Made Healthy, providing not only recipe makeovers of old favorites - nearly two hundred, made healthier - but basic details on how such makeovers happened, and how they can be applied to other dishes. In fact, every recipe comes with a 'makeover tip' in a boxed sidebar, color photos, and make-ahead and 'active time' calculations for busy home cooks. From a healthier Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings to Spinach and Cheese-Stuffed Shells, it's packed with classic dishes redone to cut calories and preserve taste, and will be a favorite in any general lending library.