The Ultimate Low-Fat Mexican Cookbook [Hardcover]

Anne Lindsay Greer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1995

Here's all the flavor and flair of Mexican cuisine, without all the fat. This James Beard Cookbook Award nominee will be excerpted in the November 1996 issue of Cosmopolitan. Each recipe gives fat grams and number of calories per serving. Here's just a sampling of the great tastes in store: Grilled Red Snapper with Warm Shrimp Salsa, Chicken Matgarita, and Caramel Crepes. Everyone who enjoys the spirited flavors of Mexican cuisine will love these low-fat recipes. Color photos.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

If anyone could take the fat out of Mexican food and still make it taste good, it's probably Greer, author of two excellent Southwest cookbooks, including Foods of the Sun: Cooking of the West and Southwest (LJ 2/15/88). (Actually, many of the recipes in this book are more Southwestern or Tex-Mex than Mexican.) Queso dip made with light processed American cheese and nonfat cream cheese may not please everyone, but the chile heat in many of these dishes no doubt disguises some of these low-fat ingredients, and there are certainly many good, uncontrived recipes here for salsas, entrees, and other dishes. Besides, the title alone ensures demand. For most collections.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 194 pages
• Publisher: INGRAM BOOK COMPANY; 1 edition (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877192588
• ISBN-13: 978-0877192589
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,309,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Low-fat but not low-flavor, September 25, 2005

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Westley (Stuck in my head) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Low-Fat Mexican Cookbook (Hardcover)

The market is getting crowded with cookbooks featuring light or low-fat Mexican recipes; I love Mexican food and have been trying to eat more healthfully, so I'm very happy with this turn of events. "The Ultimate Low-Fat Mexican Cookbook" was one of the first of this genre, published in 1995. Some of these cookbooks in this area simply exchange low-fat ingredients (e.g., non-fat cheese) for the original high fat ingredient, which usually sacrifices a great deal of flavor and leads to bland Mexican food. This book focuses instead on some of the more naturally light Mexican-style foods, such as those using chicken or vegetables. A wide variety of recipes are covered, including appetizers, salsas and dips, salads, soups, chili, main dishes, and desserts.

Although the cookbook is in the Mexican food genre, the focus truly is on Southwestern cooking. For example, the "Corn & Green Chili Spoonbread," although delicious, is hardly something typically prepared in Mexico. However, serve it alongside some grilled chicken, and you have a terrific, light Southwestern meal. I've thoroughly enjoyed the recipes I've made from this cookbook. They strike me as very refreshing, often incorporating lime juice and fresh vegetables. The "Chicken Lime Soup" is a great example - one of the brightest tasting recipes I've made in awhile, and with only 8 grams of fat.

The recipes include nutritional information, but only fat grams and calories. Some call for canned ingredients (e.g., chicken broth, diced green chilies), so it would have been helpful to have sodium content listed in particular. However, this weakness is small compared to the overall quality of the cookbook. "The Ultimate Low-Fat Mexican Cookbook" was deservedly a nominee for the prestigious James Beard Awards - the cookbook equivalent of the Oscars. Although time has dulled the novelty of a low-fat Mexican cookbook, this one is still a winner.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding! Every recipe is great., August 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Ultimate Low-Fat Mexican Cookbook: All the Flavor Without All the Guilt (Paperback)

I've used this cookbook for years and have never gone wrong with one of the recipes. Aptly titled, it's a good way to get all of the taste with out the gooey fat.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The list of ing., September 21, 2006

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Glenda Bardgett "Crazey about quilting" (Daytona Beach) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Low-Fat Mexican Cookbook (Hardcover)

The list of ingredents goes on for a while. If you want a everyday cookbook keep looking. I will not make to many of these dishes. A lot of work to prepare them. Nothing that gets me inspired. A waste of my money. To bad.