Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook: Featuring the Seven-Step Get-Slim Plan That Really Works! (Prevention Stop Dieting & Lose Weight) [Paperback]

Prevention Magazine Food Editors (Author), Mary Jo Plutt (Editor), Mark Bricklin (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 1997 | Series: Prevention Stop Dieting & Lose Weight (Book 1)

With good taste and a slimmer profile in mind, this beautiful cookbook gives readers the tools they need to reshape their eating habits--and their bodies. No calorie counting. No skipping meals. These recipes follow a revolutionary new concept called fat budgeting which create recipes that satisfy a robust appetite and still help the consumer drop pounds

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

For frustrated riders of the diet roller coaster, Prevention editors recommend a different trip: just skip the dieting. Why? Dieters have probably already heard their reasoning ad nauseam: improve eating and exercise habits, instead. Here, however, instead of dull, drippy or dated advice accompanied by recipes, a book celebrates eating. You don't have to look like Cindy Crawford to be healthy, but you could make a point of reducing fats, eating healthier foods and making exercise a mainstay of your life. Such strategies practiced over the long term, assert the editors, contribute more to well-being and ideal body weight than the "miracle" or "diet of the week" (or month) plans people often find themselves following. And though the more than 275 recipes are both low in fat and calories (per serving information is featured), they are anything but boring. Many are classics trimmed of some of their offending ingredients (e.g., sweet-and-sour pork stir-fried in marinade instead of oil) to make them more healthful. Upbeat, stay-trim tips accompany recipes. A comprehensive fat/calorie chart for 500-odd foods includes fast foods and two weeks of low-fat menus for 1300, 1600 and 2220 calories. Photos not seen by PW. Prevention Book Club selection.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books (December 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875964699
• ISBN-13: 978-0875964690
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #969,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good food fast, November 2, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook: Featuring the Seven-Step-Get-Slim Plan That Really Works (Hardcover)

If only all authors of low-fat cookbooks could have seen this book first. Each easy- to- follow recipe gives a breakdown on health benefits, preparation and cooking time, and a nutritional breakdown. Often times, there are extra chef's hints on shopping tips, substitutions, or presentation. Recipes that take 10 minutes or less to cook have an easy to read "quick" notation. Perfect for the novice chef; recipes are simple yet elegant. Lessons on different food groups give knowledge you can use in the kitchen and at the supermarket. yummy!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one-stop cooking and lifestyle to stay slim, July 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook: Featuring the Seven-Step-Get-Slim Plan That Really Works (Hardcover)

I look at a lot of cookbooks, and this is one of the best all-around healthy cooking and weight management approaches I have found. It includes lots of charts, guidelines, and hints for healthier eating, plus great illustrations and clear directions. I especially like the vegetarian and fish sections. Each recipe includes a "extra health benefits" section that I found interesting.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Culinary ideas and encouragement, October 29, 2003

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This review is from: Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook: Featuring the Seven-Step-Get-Slim Plan That Really Works (Hardcover)

This sensible diet book begins with a pep talk for low fat and outlines a seven-step program, emphasizing menu planning, fat-gram counting rather than calorie counting, and excercise.

Recipes make liberal use of fat-reduced ingredients as well as healthy substitutes for fat. The chicken and grape salad, for example is dressed with low-fat lemon yogurt and a dash of nonfat mayonnaise, and the haddock in creamy orange-basil sauce uses light cream cheese and reduced fat cottage cheese.

Other recipes are naturally low fat - mustard-roasted turkey breast, pork medallions in spiced tomato sauce, pasta with red clam sauce - and rely on herbs and spices for flavor intensity rather than oil.

Sidebars offer nutritional information for each recipe as well as slimming tips. Fat and calorie tables are also included as well as two weeks of menus. A wide ranging, well-organized book for the American kitchen with only the occasional revolting idea such as dry nonfat milk powder in your morning coffee.