Customer Reviews

No Salt, No Sugar, No Fat Cookbook (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks)

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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.

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.

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.

Silverman and Williams deliver again with this excellent cookbook that is devoid of recipes containing sugar, salt and fat. I don't much like the food I make from it, admittedly, but the recipes really are sound - especially the cheeseburger.

I am gifting this book to my granddaughter who is having Lap-Belt surgery soon. I think there are some great tasty and nutritious recipes in this book, and it also serves as a 'Primer' for cooking healthy and eating well. It is probably not for cookbook gourmets, but it is ideal for younger ones just starting out and learning basic healthy cooking and eating. I'm not at all disappointed in this little book as it serves as a great foundation for younger ones who once relied on fast foods during their teenage years... yuk!

No Salt, No Sugar, No Fat Cookbook..... NO GOOD! I should have known that this had little chance of success. Take out all 3 of these elements and then use mediocre recipes and this is what you end up getting. When they put (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) in paraentheses, they weren't joking...BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!!!
If you want to enjoy eating food that has some familiar flavors and textures, don't buy this one!