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The Moms' Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way Your Family Eats, One Meal at a Time! [Paperback]

Janice Newell Bissex , Liz Weiss , Laura Coyle
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December 23, 2003
For the legions of harried moms who have tossed in the dishtowel on cooking healthy meals (or any meals!), the easiest-ever guide for bringing super nutrition back to the kitchen.

Getting dinner on the table night after night can be a challenge. So it’s no surprise that busy moms often rely on fast food, takeout, and convenience meals like macaroni & cheese, chicken nuggets, and fries. The kids love it but the drawback is that little twinge of guilt moms feel every time they feed their family another not-so-healthy meal. At the end of the day, many children end up with a poor diet high in sugar, saturated fat, and calories … a major factor in the rising rates of obesity.

Finally, here are realistic guidelines designed to give families a healthy meal makeover.
The Moms lay out a 5-Step Meal Makeover Plan, explaining how to market good nutrition to kids, establish food rules, and make life easier in the kitchen.
In The Best of the Bunch chapter they reveal which brands of kid convenience foods–hot dogs, frozen pizza, and more–are the best tasting and most nutritious ones out there.
The Moms show how to stock a healthy pantry and whip up delicious anytime meals using pantry staples.
They even serve up 120 reworked recipes for family favorites such as Fast-as-Boxed Macaroni & Cheese, Squishy Squash Lasagna, Cheesy Broccoli Soup, Sweet Potato Fries, and Chocolate Pudding with Toppers.

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The unhealthiness of juvenile diets has generated new concern about excessive fast food and nutritionally suspect mass-produced meals in children's daily fare. Dieticians Bissex and Weiss have written The Moms' Guide to Meal Makeovers specifically to show just how to go about enhancing the nutritional value of everyday home cooking. Despite the title's somewhat sexist assumption (Are dads by nature uninvolved in, ignorant of, or averse to their offspring's good nutrition?), the book presents relatively simple ways of bettering recipes' nutrition by substituting lower-fat and lower-sodium ingredients and by always paying attention to labels. Each recipe has a table comparing fat, protein, carbohydrate, sodium, and fiber levels of both the standard and improved recipes. Mark Knoblauch
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For the legions of harried moms who have tossed in the dishtowel on cooking healthy meals (or any meals!), the easiest-ever guide for bringing super nutrition back to the kitchen.

Getting dinner on the table night after night can be a challenge. So it?s no surprise that busy moms often rely on fast food, takeout, and convenience meals like macaroni & cheese, chicken nuggets, and fries. The kids love it but the drawback is that little twinge of guilt moms feel every time they feed their family another not-so-healthy meal. At the end of the day, many children end up with a poor diet high in sugar, saturated fat, and calories ? a major factor in the rising rates of obesity.

Finally, here are realistic guidelines designed to give families a healthy meal makeover.
The Moms lay out a 5-Step Meal Makeover Plan, explaining how to market good nutrition to kids, establish food rules, and make life easier in the kitchen.
In The Best of the Bunch chapter they reveal which brands of kid convenience foods?hot dogs, frozen pizza, and more?are the best tasting and most nutritious ones out there.
The Moms show how to stock a healthy pantry and whip up delicious anytime meals using pantry staples.
They even serve up 120 reworked recipes for family favorites such as Fast-as-Boxed Macaroni & Cheese, Squishy Squash Lasagna, Cheesy Broccoli Soup, Sweet Potato Fries, and Chocolate Pudding with Toppers.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (December 23, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0767914236
  • ISBN-13: 978-0767914239
  • Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1 x 9.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #413,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great recipes and fast easy meals May 7, 2004
By Sarah
Format:Paperback
These recipes are quick, easy, good, and best of all, a little more adventurous than your normal "family" cookbooks filled with chicken nuggets and pasta. I am not one to plan a week's meals ahead, and I love that I can open this book and find something great to make out of what I have on hand. I've made at least 15 of the recipes and every one was great. The prep time estimates seem to be pretty accurate. Our family in general likes things a little more spicy than most, so some recipes were a little bland but I just add a little more seasoning if that happens. I think they would probably be fine for most people, especially kids.

I think the authors are right on the mark with their advice on kids trying new foods, no "yuck!"s etc. Their philosophy is similar to our own house rules, and as a result my boys (3 and 7) are great eaters. I had the pleasure of meeting the authors at a bookstore signing, and I was very impressed with their knowledge, sensibility, and friendliness!

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Skeptic: Convinced!! January 23, 2004
Format:Paperback
I pride myself on being a pretty good cook, so the idea that a cookbook would contain recipes that were not only easy (being a working mom with five kids made that important), interesting to my children, and, compelling to myself and my partner seemed impossible. I really enjoy this cookbook. I have liked nearly every recipe I've tried--the kids have been much more open than I ever imagined--and some of the tips have already infiltrated their way into other meals. I appreciate the ease of preparation; I appreciate the range of foods suggested; I appreciate the graphics and side bars of the book. In other words, I am convinced. I really urge you to give this cookbook along with the authors' suggestions about changing your family's eating habits a try.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Not only for Moms and families September 15, 2005
Format:Paperback
This is a great guide for tweaking your cooking and becoming aware of the many ways you can adjust your own recipies to add nutrition and flavor while cutting out sodium, processed foods, etc. Yes, the recipies themselves are different and tempting in their own right and are creative enough that you can serve them to anyone, not just children/teens. An excellent primer begins the book about how to gradually add nutrition and fiber to your diet over a period of weeks, so you don't have to feel on a "gung-ho" nutrition kick to make some meaningful changes. Includes fun recipes with titles such as "Sweet & Nutty Thai Thing" (a scaled-back/simplified pad thai), plus an entire chapter on one of my favorite subjects "Breakfast for Dinner". A helpful volume for any cook and most any occasion.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Basic Stuff
I was really disappointed to see that this book had less recipes and more of an essay on why you should cut back on fat, sodium and sugar. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jennifer
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic cookbook!!!
After being referred to a dietician for my daughter, I was given a few booklets to get us started on different foods and meals. This book was referenced as an additional resource. Read more
Published 21 months ago by DanaP
5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST-HAVE!!
We checked this one out from our local library and the next day, I ordered it through Amazon. We were so impressed by the logic and straight-talk Liz and Janice provided, and not... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Carrie
3.0 out of 5 stars Recipes include a little more processed food than I would prefer
I purchased this book based on the overwhelmingly favorable reviews, looking for fresh, healthy, quick recipes. The recipes are most definitely fast and easy. Read more
Published 22 months ago by deech
5.0 out of 5 stars infomative, great tips, and wondefuly good recipies!
this is the "how to get your family started on a better diet" book. it provides amusing commentary on nutrition and dietary needs, how to fix or change them into better habits. Read more
Published on January 6, 2011 by Sandra Jane Elsen
4.0 out of 5 stars Good cookbook with creative ideas
This cookbook is a good buy for trying to redo up some old favorties into healthier meals. My only complaint would be that it emphasizes a little too much on calorie counts, and as... Read more
Published on November 30, 2010 by cmauro4863
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!!
My personal trainer recommended this book for us because she is also a busy mom of 2. I was a little nervous about it being to complicated like many healthy cookbooks are these... Read more
Published on November 11, 2010 by E. Clark
4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
Pros...
-Tasty recipes. So far we've had the nuggets, ziti (like a tastier hamburger helper), cheesy cauliflower, pastina and peas, broccoli, broccoli cheese soup, beef... Read more
Published on August 19, 2010 by Amber
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
I love this cookbook and these ladies. All the recipes I've tried have been yummy, easy and nutritious. Read more
Published on October 2, 2009 by Stacy R
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Recipes!
The recipses are healthful and good! This cookbook is a great resource for any family!
Published on September 19, 2008 by Yolanda
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