Quick & Healthy Recipes and Ideas : For People Who Say They Don't Have Time to Cook Healthy Meals, 1st Edition [Plastic Comb]

Brenda J. Ponichtera (Author), Janice Staver (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1991

The third edition (pub date: 2008) of this award-winning bestseller (over 500,000 sold) offers more help for health-conscious people who have little time to plan and cook. The 20 weeks of dinner menus, each with a grocery list, sets this apart from previous editions, as well as other cookbooks. Perfect for anyone with heart disease, diabetes or wanting to control their weight.
o Over 200 quick-to prepare, low-fat recipes that appeal to all members of the family
o Practical nutrition information as well as time-saving ideas; recommended foods; tips to reduce fat, cholesterol and sodium; quick meal ideas that don't require a recipe; recipes listed by grams of carbohydrate; food exchanges for weight loss and diabetes; lots of menus and grocery lists; and much more!
o Recommended in O, The Oprah Magazine.
o This is one cookbook dietitians and physicians are recommending to all their patients.
o Quick & Healthy Recipes and Ideas is a Benjamin Franklin Award winner
Note: A previous edition (2cnd) was titled Quick & Healthy Low-fat Carb Conscious Cooking.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The recipes are geared toward speedy everyday meals that appeal to all members of the family. -- The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon

... targets all of us who claim we do not have time to eat healthfully. A worthwhile addition to any `eat and run' kitchen. -- Lipid Clinic News

Here's one cookbook that lives up to its name. -- Cooking Light Magazine

My favorite cookbooks, focused on healthy, quick recipes, include the Quick & Healthy series by Brenda J. Ponichtera. -- David L. Katz, MD, director of Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center and medical consultant for ABC News

Well organized, well-thought-out, takes into account how busy most of us really are...This could become a kitchen stand-by for busy cooks... -- Miami Herald

From the Publisher

This title has been revised and replaced by a newer edition in January of 2005. The name of the revised edition is Quick & Healthy Low-fat, Carb Conscious Cooking, 2nd edition.

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Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 261 pages
• Publisher: Scaledown Publishing; 1st edition (May 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962916005
• ISBN-13: 978-0962916007
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #561,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brenda J. Ponichtera (www.QuickandHealthy.net) is a registered dietitian and award-winning author with extensive experience in nutrition and diabetes counseling. Her best-selling cookbooks, Quick & Healthy Recipes and Ideas AND Quick & Healthy Volume II - both Benjamin Franklin Award winners - are designed to prove that healthful eating doesn't have to take a lot of time in the kitchen. They have been recommended in "O" The Oprah Magazine, Cooking Light, Miami Herald, Shape magazine, and USA Today, as well as by health care professionals, and busy cooks across the country. Brenda is an editorial advisor for Today's Diet and Nutrition and is an active member of the American Dietetic Association and the American Diabetes Association.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for People with Diabetes Making Healthy Changes, July 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Quick & Healthy Recipes and Ideas : For People Who Say They Don't Have Time to Cook Healthy Meals, 1st Edition (Plastic Comb)

This book has really helped me to learn to cook quick and healthy meals. For those with diabetes, it lists food exchanges and ingredient modifications to allow us to work within common restrictions. I specifically liked the practical and down-to-Earth recipes. I found the recipes less esoteric and fussy than in the most popular cookbooks written for people with diabetes. Generally, most recipes feature ingredients that one is likely to have on hand. It compares favorably with many cookbooks in this regard. Suggestions for incorporating recipes into balanced meals were also helpful. This is a great turn-your-health-around book that can help you stay away from drive-thru windows for all time if are prepared to give it a fair chance.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite cookbooks!!, November 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Quick & Healthy Recipes and Ideas : For People Who Say They Don't Have Time to Cook Healthy Meals, 1st Edition (Plastic Comb)

This cookbook, designed for those who don't have time to cook healthy meals, has many recipes with few ingredients that are quick cooking, low in fat, and taste great. The bonus is that ingredients in the book are familiar. You don't have to trot off to health food stores or specialty stores for a critical ingredient.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anyone can cook well and healthily with this book..., May 11, 2000

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This review is from: Quick & Healthy Recipes and Ideas : For People Who Say They Don't Have Time to Cook Healthy Meals, 1st Edition (Plastic Comb)

Brenda J. Ponichtera is not only a registered dietitian, she knows how to cook in a way that's both flavorful and healthy. Taking the knowledge from her days as a dietitian, she has designed and tested 190 recipes for each volume of this book (Quick and Healthy Recipes and Ideas AND Quick and Healthy Volume II) which will taste great and keep the pounds off. Not only helpful for dieters, this book contains necessary nutrient exchanges and helpful information for diabetics.

These down-to-kitchen books can help anyone learn to cook in a healthy way. Sample dinners are included in both books and the second edition contains sample menus as well as pre-made grocery lists. Although page numbers are hard to find from the sample menus, a helpful index solves the confusion and lists recipes by principle ingredient. Each recipe includes a description and ingredient list and preparation time can estimated by scanning the instructions, but the stand out here is a table at the bottom which contains number of servings, calories, fat, and exchanges - a sure to help any dieter. Trying a sample menu leads to easy shopping (just put the list into an online grocery store, although check quantities before ordering), fairly quick preparation times, a limited number of ingredients, and tasty results (the Creamy Seafood Fetticini even won over my seafood reluctant friend). A valuable addition to this book would be a section on how to make a healthy weeklong dinner menu, but the sections on determining your ideal weight and calorie intake, as well as the nutrient analysis tables in the back are indispensable. With a minimum of creativity and time, anyone can cook well and healthily with this book, making sure it will have a place on my counter for years to come.