The Pyramid Cookbook: Pleasures of the Food Guide Pyramid (Owl Book) [Paperback]

Pat Baird (Author)

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Series: Owl Book | Publication Date: December 1, 1993

Americans want to put the pleasure back into food and Pat Baird will show you how to make the Food Guide Pyramid work for you.

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Some cookbook writers issue recipes with near papal authority. Others, like Baird, seem to view their efforts as a collaboration with their readers. This adventurous collection, designed to follow the USDA's revised paradigm of healthful eating, offers a reliable approach to flavorful, low-fat cooking that encourages home-kitchen experiments with myriad suggestions of substitutions for high-fat standards, e.g., nonfat cottage cheese blended with skim milk replaces butter and regular milk in mashed potatoes. Baird ( Quick Harvest ) persuasively suggests that a palate quickened by surprise won't miss richness: a black bean chili with red pepper and corn is flavored with unsweetened cocoa powder; fresh ginger and oil-cured olives enliven carrots braised in orange juice; fruit purees replace the fat in fudge-like brownies and bread pudding. The nearly 100 recipes, traditionally grouped, focus as much on breakfast foods, side dishes and desserts as on main courses, an organization that reflects modern eating habits. Baird, a dietitian with an expertise in microwave techniques and meatless cooking, closes her lively volume with reviews of frozen and packaged low-fat foods, fast-food menus and a source list. Author tour.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Henry Holt (December 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805071121
• ISBN-13: 978-0805071122
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,732,837 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good place to start for healthy eating, August 18, 2000

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This review is from: The Pyramid Cookbook: Pleasures of the Food Guide Pyramid (Paperback)

I have been working to get to a healthy weight, and I have found that the way that works best for me is to use the Food Pyramid. It's simple, straightforward, and always healthy. This book really helped me convert the recommendations of the Food Pyramid into a daily routine. The discussion of the Pyramid was what I found most valuable (I refer back to it frequently), but I have made some of the recipes and enjoyed them a great deal as well. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to be healthy and a normal weight, without the fads and yoyo dieting that only make weight problems worse. I've lost 25 pounds so far eating a low-fat regime following the Pyramid, and regular exercise.