The Healthy Seniors Cookbook: Ideal Meals and Menus for People Over Sixty (Or Any Age) [Paperback]

Marilyn McFarlane (Author), Carol Baird (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2008

Enjoying great food doesn't stop during your senior years! Coming up with a tasty, nutritious meal is now easier than ever with The Healthy Seniors Cookbook. Whether cooking for yourself, your spouse, or visiting grandchildren, this book features an easy-to-read, easy-to-use format that provides flavorful meals and simple, fast cooking methods. The book includes: Over 190 delicious recipes for cooking everything from soups and main courses to desserts Helpful hints on shopping, cooking, and fitness to make your dining experience more enjoyable A six-week plan of menus offering variety every day of the week A wide selection of low sodium and low cholesterol recipes Specific recipes that are fun to prepare and share with grandchildren Recipes that have been reviewed by specialists in geriatric nutrition Light or hearty menu alternatives Favorite dishes contributed by a number of senior chefs

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From Publishers Weekly

Shocked by her widowed mother's poor eating habits, travel author McFarlane (Quick Escapes to the Pacific Northwest) was inspired to put together this collection of over 190 simple, "healthy" recipes. Most recipes are straightforward, scaled down standards like meat loaf, stuffed peppers and French onion soup. Unfortunately, more than a few give pause. For instance, McFarlane's Pineapple Danish, made by spreading cream or cottage cheese on a slice of whole wheat toast, topping it with a dollop of canned pineapple and a dusting of nutmeg and cinnamon, then broiling, is about as far from a Danish as one can get. Beef 'N Beans, an otherworldly concoction of beef, beans, pineapple, brown sugar and catsup could well be described as depression on a plate. And her Frozen Banana-wrap a ripe banana in plastic wrap, freeze it, then thaw slightly before eating-is hardly a recipe. Though supplemented with advice on topics like decreasing sodium intake and conserving energy ("cook enough for more than one meal" on days when you have more energy), the recipes' hit-and-miss quality suggest readers would be better served elsewhere.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: Hatala Geroproducts (January 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933167300
• ISBN-13: 978-1933167305
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #416,205 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Help Mom and Dad enjoy food again, August 10, 2008

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This review is from: The Healthy Seniors Cookbook: Ideal Meals and Menus for People Over Sixty (Or Any Age) (Paperback)

My mother was a great cook, until she no longer had the energy to stir thick batters, cut vegetables, mix several ingredients -- cook as she once did.

With this book, she might have been able to stay in her home longer, enjoy eating again, and even have friends over to celebrate occasions together.

McFarlane has found a way to make cooking attractive for those whose taste buds are in better health than their body. If I'd had this book for Mom, I could have bought her the ingredients on our weekly shopping trips. I'd have been sure she would eat well even between my visits.

I think it is crucial that McFarlane has gotten real about what seniors can do and will do. And I like her idea that seniors and their grandchildren can have fun making simple meals together.

These are not recipes for the gourmet who hopes to look cool while in the kitchen. These recipes are for real older people who need help getting interested again in healthy, easy and good tasting recipes -- recipes they really can look forward to making.

The Healthy Seniors Cookbook is for your mom or dad who needs the boost. Get the book, share a look through the recipes, shop with them, and then enjoy their renewed interest in the kitchen.

My mom is not alive now, so since I recently discovered this book, I've given copies to older members of my family. And I'm using some of these recipes when I come home from work and don't have energy myself for cooking.