Customer Reviews

The New Holly Clegg Trim & Terrific Cookbook (Trim and Terrific S.)

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As a working mom - I had gotten very bad about letting my 10 year old son dictate what was for dinner - he would want fast food or pizza and my husband who is a very picky eater has been taking chemo for almost two years - and his tastes changed. After using Holly's Eating Well Through Cancer during some of my husbands toughest time - I decided that as a New Years resolution it was time o cook healthy meals for my family during the week - I picked up The New Holly Clegg Trim & Terrific Cookbook and cooked from it three days this week - all of the ingredients I had in my freezer or pantry and my family loved them all. My son even had 2nds - if you only knew how amazing that is! These recipes are quick, easy, and delicious!

I purchased this book about a month ago, and have used it almost every night since then. I love the recipes! They are quick and easy to prepare, but also healthful and delicious. I had a question that I e-mailed Mrs. Clegg about a recipe in the book. I wasn't sure when to peel the shrimp in her recipe for Barbecued Shrimp (p.309). She responded very promptly in a lovely, personal e-mail. She explained that it was a Louisiana type recipe, which explains why this Yankee "Maine-iac" (my label, not hers) didn't know it! By the way, peel them when you eat it! lol After my hubby ate a few meals I prepared from this book he told me I could throw all my other cookbooks away! Try this book, you'll love it.

AWESOME< AWESOME> AWESOME! Love this cookbook. Everything in it is delicious and this has become my favorite cookbook.

I've tried about 10+ recipies in this book and they're all excellent. You could serve this food in a fancy restaurant and charge big $$$$ and call it yours. I like it...

Holly Clegg Trim & Terrfic is one amazing cookbook. Every recipe I that I have tried has been delicious. I bet I have given this cookbook away as a gift 10 times!!! I highly recommend it.

Easy to follow, beautifully photgraphed, comprehensive guide to healthy, tasty recipes.

An unexpected bonus was that the cookbook came with a comb binding--which I love!! The recipes are simply fantastic and up to date!

I started cooking as soon as I received the book and love just about every recipe in it. They are both easy to make and delicious to eat.

This book was just what I was looking for. Most of the recipes can be frozen as individual portions (which is what I wanted) or family sized portions. Most of the recipes are fully cooked and then put into the freezer which is also just what I wanted. This makes subsequent meals extremely quick. The recipes are also very good. I had the Southwestern Lasagna tonight and it was excellent (if I do say so myself). I am looking forward to left overs. I also like that the recipes are health and nutritious without being dietetic.

My only criticism would be that there are an inordinate number of pasta/pasta sauce recipes. I didn't count, but I think probably 2/3 of the entrees are either pasta based or pasta sauces. I think many of them can be mixed up though and served with rice, potatoes, or some other staple.

After deciding it was time to get serious about my diet, I started to look through all of the healthy cookbooks I had sitting in my cabinet. This cookbook was the one that by far had the most dog-eared pages with recipes I wanted to try. The couple of recipes I have tried so far have been winners with both myself and my picky husband. I cannot wait to try all of the others!