Stealth Health: 100 Delicious Recipes and 1,000 Tips for Eating Right in Spite of Yourself [Paperback]

Evelyn Tribole (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

A nationally recognized nutritionist and bestselling cookbook author has tasty, easy solutions for vegetable haters, fiber deprivers, fruit skimpers, and fat lovers everywhere.

It's no secret that a plate of broccoli is better for you than a bag of french fries. But given the choice, who wouldn't choose the latter? Now, for the many people who want to eat more healthily but don't--whether because of food aversion, intolerance, or lack of availability--health expert Evelyn Tribole offers simple and delicious strategies for "sneaking" healthy foods into a daily diet. Stealth Health offers a chapter-by-chapter guide to each of the key food groups with easy strategies, helpful charts, and mouthwatering recipes that maximize nutrition for the whole family--from sweet and sour pork, red pepper hummus, and twice baked potatoes to mango mousse and blackberry crustless pie. "Tasting is believing," says Evelyn, and these 100 recipes and 1,000 tasty tips will help anyone--no matter how vegetable-challenged--to eat right and love it!
The author has been Good Morning America's nutrition expert for two seasons and has received the American Dietetic Association's Award for Excellence in Private Practice
A main selection of the Rodale Book Club
Tribole's popular "Recipe Makeover" column has appeared in Shape magazine since 1989

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Using the many tricks up her sleeve, nutritionist Evelyn Tribole can get just about anyone to eat healthy. Hate the thought of tofu? Try her Chocolate Marble Cheesecake, with tofu replacing some of the cream cheese. Her daughter did, and now she's a convert. Don't want to add fiber because it sounds so bland? Try her Dark Fudge Brownies, with puréed black beans giving each brownie as much fiber as a slice of whole wheat bread.

With more than 100 recipes that sneak fiber, calcium, and other nutrients into the diet, Stealth Health can turn even the most devoted junk food junkie into a health nut. For "vegetable haters" there's Chicken Chile Verde, which features finely chopped spinach masquerading as green chilis. For "fruit skimpers," try the Purple Cow sMOOthie with mixed berries and nonfat frozen yogurt. And if you're a "milk miser," drink up your calcium in the delicious form of Home Express Coffee Latte. (Tribole came up with these and other labels to describe nutritional problem areas, and you can take her diagnostic quiz to find out which one fits you.)

Each of the book's eight chapters features recipes, nutritional information, and charts showing five ways to "sneak" healthy foods into meals. And if you still need more convincing, Tribole weaves in the scientific evidence for the role of nutritious foods in fighting everything from cancer to osteoporosis to heart disease. Tribole, who has celebrity clients and has appeared on Good Morning America, says the way to get finicky children to eat healthy is to whip up one of her recipes without telling them the ingredients. "This approach works well with adults, too," she writes. "The basis of Stealth Health cooking is tasting is believing." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Evelyn Tribole, M.S., R.D., is the author of the bestselling Healthy Homestyle Cooking, Healthy Homestyle Desserts, Intuitive Eating, and Eating on the Run. She lives in Southern California, where she continues her nutrition counseling practices.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 014028205X
• ISBN-13: 978-0140282054
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #695,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD is an award-winning registered dietitian, with a nutrition counseling practice in Newport Beach, California. She has a passion helping people create a healthy relationship with their food, mind and body; whether it's through one-on-one counseling, writing, speaking or media appearances.

She has written seven books including the bestsellers Healthy Homestyle Cooking and Intuitive Eating(co-author). Her newest book is the Ultimate Omega-3 Diet.

Evelyn was the nutrition expert for Good Morning America, appearing from 1994-'95 and was a national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association for 6 years. She was contributing editor for Shape magazine where her monthly column, Recipe Makeovers, appeared for 11 years.

She is often sought by the media for her nutritional expertise and has appeared on hundreds of interviews, including: CNN, Today Show, MSNBC, Fox News, USA Today, Wall St. Journal and People magazine.

As a speaker, Evelyn is passionate and has been called, "Wonderfully wise and funny", whether providing a keynote or full-day workshop.

Achievements and honors include, receiving the American Dietetic Association's Award for Excellence in Private Practice. Many national magazines have rated Evelyn as one of the best nutritionists in the country including: Self, Harper's Bazaar, and Redbook magazine.

Professional memberships include: the Am. Dietetic Assoc., International Society for Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids, the Celiac Disease Foundation, and the Academy for Eating Disorders.

Evelyn qualified for the Olympic Trials in the first ever women's marathon in 1984. Although she no longer competes, Evelyn runs for fun and is an avid skier and hiker. She also enjoys surfing, kayaking and white water rafting. Evelyn's favorite food is chocolate, when it can be savored slowly.

More information can be found at Evelyn's website at www.EvelynTribole.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Concept Great Recipes, January 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Stealth Health: 100 Delicious Recipes and 1,000 Tips for Eating Right in Spite of Yourself (Paperback)

Get this book even if you don't like to cook, the nutrition tips alone are worth the purchase. I love the recipes (at least the ones I've tried so far--onion rings, enchilada bake and the apple pear crisp.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From Brownies to Cheese Dip, November 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Stealth Health: How to Sneak Nutrition Painlessly into Your Diet (Hardcover)

All the recipes I have made thus far has been absolutely fantastic. I highly recommend trying the black bean brownies. The first time I saw that I thought it sounded too gross, but it is better then bakery bought sweets! The beans keep them moist and there's only 2tbs of wheat which can be omitted for those who are allergic to it, without sacrificing any of the taste. This is THE cookbook I'll be giving all newlyweds, it's that good.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Magical Cookbook, February 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Stealth Health: How to Sneak Nutrition Painlessly into Your Diet (Hardcover)

The very first day I received this cookbook in the mail, I tried 3 recipes. Everyone in my family has specific likes and dislikes. My husband hates anything with dairy but loved the Spinach Cheese squares. All my kids hate veggies but loved the Pecan Crusted Sweet Potatoes. They had no idea that these things were actually "good" for them because they tasted so wonderful. The cookbook is also full of tons of nutritional information that is presented in an easy to understand format. Great book!