Customer Reviews

The Jenny Craig Cookbook: Cutting Through the Fat

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A keen gourmet cook and now a keen (by necessity) dieter, I am more than impressed with this book. I expect to find at most 5 good recipes in the average cook book (and I have 100's). Jenny Craig's offering came as a wonderful surprise to find that I had 'tagged' almost half of the recipes as 'worth a cook'. I am now working through them and have yet to find a failure. One of the reasons I was so reluctant to start dieting was my love of cooking and the prospect of giving up my search for the ultimate recipe. This book is a joy for me - I can indulge my love of preparing food without the guilt.

Jenny Craig's (of the weight-loss program) 1995 cookbook takes an international approach to low-fat cooking and emphasizes simplicity and quick preparation. She begins with a guide to low-fat nutrition, exercise and attitude, provides two chapters of menus, "Simple Dinners" and "Quick Entertaining," and organizes the remainder of the book by course.

Dishes are refreshingly unusual - Melon with Sweet Onion Dressing, Capellini with Cilantro Pesto, Goat Cheese Tostadas - and comfortingly familiar - Zucchini Corn Muffins, Beef Tenderloin with Horseradish Sauce, Lemon-Dijon Chicken Breasts, Vanilla Cookies. Vegetarian entrees include Spinach Filled Tortilla Rolls and Corn Frittata.

Each is prefaced with a preparation and cooking timetable and most can be prepared in under an hour, although some dishes require marinating (Thai Barbecue Chicken) or freezing (Pineapple-Orange Frozen Yogurt). Directions are simple and nutritional information is included with every recipe. Very appealing and practical.

There were a wide variety of recipes in this book. I have enjoyed everyone I tried. My only comment would be that many of these recipes were time consuming and used a lot of dishes. However, the end result is worth the work provided you have the time.

Love the new cook book and how well the condition is of the book for as cheap as I got it. Thank you Amozon. Elaine Stoddard