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The Richard Simmons Farewell to Fat Cookbook

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The recipes are presented beautifully, with illustrations and information as to calorie content, fats, carbs, proteins, and servings per recipe. There is no food mover information, you are on your own to calculate the values of each selection.

I know, I know - am I REALLY going to try to get away with extolling the virtues of a Richard Simmons cookbook? YES! This is a great cookbook, filled with recipes anyone can make, tips for healthier cooking and living, and lots of cute stories and jokes from "Mr. Slimmons" himself.
I picked this up after thumbing through it in a bookstore one afternoon, and I haven't been disappointed yet. It's got everything - appetizers, main and side dishes, desserts. Throughout the book are tips on different cuts of meat and how to ask for them, substitutions for certain ingredients you may cook with, and comparisons of some foods that have many different types, like rice, potatoes, and hot peppers. Everything is presented in easy steps, and none of the recipes have such exotic ingredients that you can't find them in your everyday grocery store. The pictures are bright and every recipe is preceeded by Richard's 'background' on it's origin. My favorite so far has to be the Maple-Glazed Roast Turkey Breast in a Cornbread Nest. Soooo good.
Although I am not a die hard Richard Simmons fan, I would reccomend this book to anyone who wants to lose weight but still eat some really delicious food. In my house, this book is the ying to Emeril's yang!!!

The recipies are so tasty you won't miss what's missing(the extra fat and calories)there's a little something for EVERYONE here. On a low carb diet? No problem! or.....do you carbo-load? Are you a vegetarian? or, do you love meat? Either way this book is for you! My personal favorites so far,are the south beach halibut with jade sauce and fruit salsa and the keep away the flu chicken soup delicious!) I highly reccomend this book. For the two aforementioned plus the Seattle salmon alone are worth the price of the book!

This cook book has it all: Upbeat comments and encouragement. Nice pictures that compliment the recipes. Easy to follow directions with no exotic foods required. Great results.

It is not often that low fat cooking can be easy and taste good and not require a lot of exotic ingredients. This cookbook gets bonus points for being just that- easy, simple ingredients, and good food. The upbeat comments and humor that Richard Simmons is known for dots the pages of this book.

My only complaint is that there are so few recipes.

Overall, if you are watching your fat, this is a good book to add to your shelves.

I use this book often and most of my family and friends would consider me to be an excellent cook. There are a limited amount of recipes but all are usable and very good. Not too simple and not to complex. Basic recipes with SUPER illustrations. I find it much easier to make something new if I know what the heck it should look like. Besides the basic detail, the book is spiced with wise comments and hints. There should be a copy on every cooks shelve (or hidden in a drawer...)

Love It!! I have had several intimate dinner parties and I prepared dinner and dessert from his book and didn't tell anyone.
One couple asked if they could take me home.
It's better than Jenny Craig's cookbook.

I have found the recipes are tasty. I have used these recipes to serve to dinner guests. My husband likes the "Gonzales Chicken Jambalaya". There are also many good cooking tips and food tips in this book. It is truly my favorite book. The recipes in this book have helped me in my own weight loss program.

This cookbook is one of the best, fat-reducing, best-tasting, favorite-type recipe books available. Richard is great, his encouragement, his wittisims, etc. only add to the book! And the recipes, the pictures, are GREAT!!!

Not a huge number of recipes but they are quality ones. No impossible to find ingredients, unlike many similar Lite cookbooks. And of course you get the upbeat wit of Richard. Overall a very good and tasty book.

As someone who loves to eat but hates to cook, "Farewell to Fat" is the cookbook that got me in the kitchen! The recipes are easy to prepare, most take very little time to put together, and the ingredients are not "oddball" things you'll never use again. Each recipe is BEAUTIFULLY photographed on the page and is broken down at the bottom nutritionally with fat grams, calories, etc. A low fat way to eat -- and these recipes don't taste low fat at all--they're SINFULLY DELICIOUS! My personal favorites are red beans and rice and the brownies. Richard's comments on the recipes on each page make it fun reading, too. I have many cookbooks collecting dust in my kitchen, but this is not one of them--this one I USE