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Prevention's Healthy One-Dish Meals in Minutes: 200 No-Fuss, Low-Fat Recipes for Busy People

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This cookbook is great for those of us who are busy, but who want healthful and tasty meals. The dishes are quick and easy to prepare and use common pantry items. The nutritional content is provided for each recipe, which is great if you are watching your calorie or fat (or any other) intake. Another feature I like is a "To Your Health" box that provides interesting and pertinent nutritional information about some of the ingredients used in the recipe. I rented this from the library but plan on purchasing it--even though it is out of print now!

My husband and I both love to cook, and we have about six dozen cookbooks representing a wide range of cuisines. Yet I keep coming back to this one cookbook again and again. I've had it for about five years, I think, and probably a month hasn't gone by that I haven't cooked at least a few recipes out of it -- which I can't say for most of our cookbooks.

The meals are generally pretty easy to prepare; very few of the recipes require any special equipment or techniques that would throw off the beginner. There's a nice variety, with at least a few real "keepers" in every category (e.g., soups, sandwiches, stir-fries, meat-and-potatoes, etc.).

I especially like the fact that they give nutritional information for each dish, although I wish they included fiber (and sorry folks, no carb counting). The dishes are lower in fat and lower in calories than usual, and yet they don't require a lot of silly, time-consuming techniques to do so.

Also, many recipes have sidebars with hints about variations on the recipe, or how to use the leftovers to make a new dish.

The one thing I find a little annoying -- or more, amusing -- is that some of the pictures do NOT look like the finished dishes. The funniest one is the recipe for microwave polenta: the picture clearly shows *grill marks* on the polenta, yet the recipe never involves an oven or broiler, much less a grill. But the important thing is that the recipes come out tasting good.

My two favorites are Moroccan Chicken and Indonesian Rice with Chicken. The only recipe that really bombed (and we've probably tried 80% of them by now) was the Javanese Tempeh Curry. But the picture looks so delicious... haha.

Buy this book while you still can; I'm planning to buy all the used copies I can find to give to all my friends and relatives.

I have had this cookbook since Prevention first published it. Although I have many cookbooks, this one is my absolute all-time favorite for quick, healthy, delicious meals. Every week, when I plan my meals, I use at least 3 out of this book. I can't say enough good about it. The food is low fat, healthful, easy and quick to prepare and doesn't require alot of exotic ingredients. In fact there is a list in the introduction of the basic foods you need to have on hand to prepare the dishes in the books. There are even suggestions on the side for the use of leftovers. Get this one! I'm getting another for my daughter.

This book has many recipes to choose from, but to be honest, I couldn't find anything within the book that would make enough for a family (with low cost) or recipes that we would actually enjoy. Sure, you may be able to make them in minutes, but most of the dishes are salads or aren't filling. Perhaps it would have been better advertised for side dishes or married couples. I have flipped through the pages a couple of times, hoping to find something that I missed before, but to no avail. I can't help but feel disappointed in the format and pictures in the book because they appear to be outdated (think early 90s). If I could do it all over again, I would have passed on this book and found recipes on the internet.

If you like delicious, healthy meals, this is the book for you! I use it all the time!!! It has such a great variety of recipes to choose from and they are all really tasty. I purchase this book for my daughters when they get married so that they can have yummy dishes to make. My favorite cookbook, hands down.

We have tried numerous recipes from this cookbook since we received it. Everything has been delicious and simple to make! Exactly what it promises to deliver!

I use this cookbook regularly. I work fulltime and do not have a lot of time to cook. I love checking out the recipes here and making something on a weekend, that I can take for lunch during the week. I have not yet tried all the recipes, but I have liked all the recipes I have tried. I especially like the way the recipes use very healthy ingredients - low salt, low fat, lots of vegetables. Most recipes in this book call for ingredients I have on hand or are easy to obtain. I highly recommend this cookbook.