No Salt, No Sugar, No Fat Cookbook (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) [Paperback]

Jacqueline Williams (Author), Goldie Silverman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Nitty Gritty Cookbooks | Publication Date: 1993

Over 130 recipes with a nutritional analysis for protein, carbohydrate, fat, cholesterol and sodium comprise this long-time best-seller, Information about reading labels, cooking techniques and adapting recipes makes this a necessity for the health-conscious cook.

Product Details

• Paperback: 171 pages
• Publisher: Bristol Pub Enterprises; Revised edition (1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558670858
• ISBN-13: 978-1558670853
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #688,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #46 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Low Salt

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63 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Little to recommend it, March 18, 2001

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Robin Alwine - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Salt, No Sugar, No Fat Cookbook (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

The size of this book should have clued me in. It's only about 9.25 x 6.25" and 171 pages of large type. Recipes are often quite separated from the norm, in my opinion, such as Athenian Market Stew. There are lots of recipes that require mint, of all things! There are no photos aside from the one one the cover. The index is its top feature, in that one can find a recipe a number of ways: by main ingredient, by type(like "Sauces"), etc.

To their credit, the authors do provide recommendations on how to stock a healthy pantry, read food labels, and even three ways to make a vegetable stock. However, these pages take space away from recipes, which is what folks buy cookbooks for. This book is a tiny one that can ill-afford the loss of recipe room!

Also, many of the recipes are quick and easy to prepare. The Braised Chicken with Sun-Dried Tomatoes is extremely good, and it's simple to fix.

For the money, I recommend you choose a more extensive cookbook. This is a handy little tome if you have ample room for storage, but if like me your space is limited, try to stretch it further with a larger, more worthwhile volume.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars pretty disappointed, January 21, 2003

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A. T. Spadaccini (brooklyn, ny United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Salt, No Sugar, No Fat Cookbook (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

well, first of all, the title said "no fat" and well, almost all of the recipes here have fat in them, and the desserts have almost the same amount of fat as regular desserts! also, the recipes have no pictures, so it's a bit hard to follow. for some reason, and this may be the fault of my own, i expected more vegetarian recipes, and there really weren't that many (there was also a TON of dairy involved) but i guess other people ought to know that before they consider buying this. all in all i have to admit, i wouldn't recommend this book to my friends.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Liked It!, December 4, 2004

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Ivy Miller - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Salt, No Sugar, No Fat Cookbook (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

I liked the book. The book is small and written in a larger than normal print. There are quite a few recipes that are easy to make and actually taste good. I have tried many of them myself. My copy is dated 1981. But the recipes are easy to read and following the directions is not a problem.