Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook, Fourth Edition [Plastic Comb]

Weight Watchers (Author)

Book Description

Release date: March 6, 2012 | Series: Weight Watchers

The trusted classic from Weight Watchers

The most trusted name in healthy lifestyle, Weight Watchers leads the way to eating well—and losing weight. Packed with 500 recipes for every occasion, this book is delicious proof that healthy eating means you don't have to give up your favorite foods. It's so easy to enjoy meals with family and friends—holidays or everyday—with these tempting recipes that both beginners and experienced cooks will love.

This newest edition has everything you'll need to cook—and eat—in a healthier way: included is a new chapter with slow cooker recipes, hundreds of tips, helpful how-to photography, sidebars filled with must-have advice, and plenty of fresh ideas for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and beyond. An added feature: all recipes have been tagged for skill level. This book has been completely redesigned and boasts all new photography. And, of course, this revised edition includes the latest information on the popular and successful Weight Watchers program.

• Includes more than 60 gorgeous full-color recipe photos and instructive how-to images
• Features more than 500 recipes, including essential basics, breakfasts, lunches, soups and stews, vegetarian meals, baked goods, and desserts
• Now with more whole grain and vegetable dishes that help you eat healthier and stay full longer
• New design adds a fresh and contemporary spin to this trusted classic

Editorial Reviews

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Selected Recipes from Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook

Nachos Grandes

Caramelized Onion, Fig, and Stilton Pizza

Portobello and Ham Bruschetta, Roasted Vegetable Crostini, and Caramelized Garlic Toasts

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From the Back Cover

Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook

A Healthy Cook's Best Kitchen Companion

At Weight Watchers, we believe that change is good—and Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook, featuring our new PointsPlus program, is very good for anyone who loves to eat and wants to embrace a healthier lifestyle.

Here's a peek at what's inside:

• More than 500 appealing recipes filled with nutritious and wholesome lean meats, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables so you'll stay fuller, longer

• Over 60 beautiful color photographs including helpful how-to's

• Smart ways to swap out ingredients and still create lighter meals with lots of flavor

• Must-know kitchen basics, including stocking a healthy pantry, kitchen tools, important food safety advice, and measuring pointers

• Over 100 Healthy Extra tips boasting ideas for side dishes and satisfying add-ons

• Kitchen tricks and techniques that will make you a culinary pro in no time

• Complete nutritional analysis for each recipe, including sodium and fat counts and a PointsPlus value for each recipe

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Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 448 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 4 edition (March 6, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1118116836
• ISBN-13: 978-1118116838
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (189 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #12 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Weight Watchers

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

113 of 114 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars, my wife loved it January 1, 2011

By W. Centala

Format:Ring-bound|Amazon Verified Purchase

I got this for my wife as a Christmas gift and she really liked it for a few different reasons. For one, it has the updated program information in it and goes along those lines, so she liked that. It also is set up nice with good strong pages and sort of a spiral book set-up. One review I read called this book more of a folder, which I have to totally disagree. This thing is about 1.5 inches thick and is well made. I have no doubt this can survive a lot of cooking in the kitchen. I am not the one that does most of the cooking so I can't comment totally on some aspects, but it was well received and seems to be the right price. I think I paid around $15 on this site.

127 of 129 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST-HAVE for a WW newbie July 14, 2011

By M. Wolk

Format:Ring-bound

I am a little bit obsessed with this book. My fiance keeps laughing at me for constantly having it by my side.

Let me preface by saying that I have a bad habit of cookbook impulse buying. I have a stack of them on my kitchen counter; I'd say the majority of them I've made literally nothing from. The others, I've made maybe two things from. What I end up finding out in these cookbooks is that the recipes are unhealthy, or have ingredients I wouldn't normally have around, or involve a crazy time-consuming technique or gadget that I don't have. And trust me when I say I am an avid cook- I'm just also a budget-conscious one who doesn't have a Food Network kitchen.

Why is this important? Because I took special care to research this book so that it would not become another cookbook statistic in my life. But this book is ... well, it's magical.

I tried WW for the first time earlier this year, and I tried to do it all on my own. I was constantly tracking, measuring, counting ingredients, building recipes, etc. It was exhausting. I got discouraged. And the minute grad school started heating back up, there was just no way I had time for it. If only I had known this book existed...

All the guesswork is gone. There are full breakfasts, lunches, dinners, sides, meat, vegetarian, desserts, slow-cooker recipes, breads. You name it- and they're all Points Plus calculated, so as long as you follow the directions (which are simple), you don't have to sit there and count and calculate.

I am a foodie. My fiance is an aspiring foodie. Our favorite thing about this cookbook is that we would happily eat these recipes whether we were on WW or not. They are fantastic! The other night we had the chicken fajitas, and for only six points, we were STUFFED. Tonight I'm making burgers and sweet potato wedges with chipotle mayo. Does that sound like diet food to you?

I read a lot of the reviews before I bought this book, and quite honestly I don't understand the negative ones at all. People said "It's a glorified folder with tabs." - This is ridiculous. It's a hardcover binder, the tabs are already sectioned out for you with very clear Table of Contents at each section, and the quality is just fine. No one can complain that there isn't enough variety with over 500 recipes.

Here's the bottom line: if you're just starting out on Weight Watchers, and you're overwhelmed by creating recipes, counting points, and the constant tracking and measuring, LET THIS BOOK DO THE WORK. You won't regret it!

74 of 75 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars New Weight Watchers Program Cookbook gets an A+!!!! January 4, 2011

By Jon Lazar

Format:Ring-bound

A review from my wife: A must for individuals on the Weight Watcher's program. The first chapter is called New Basics and has everything from kitchen tools and techniques to salsas and sauces. The next fifteen sections overflow with the foods and flavors we love to eat, but they have been made healthier to assist in weight loss. You don't have to eat boring rabbit food or buy pills or powders to be successful with weight loss. Weight Watchers is not a diet, it is a lifestyle change for you and your family. Its not a temporary journey, its making changes over time for a lifetime. This cookbook with help on the journey.

I've been on the program over 3 months and relearning what a portion size really looks like,how to know if I'm really hungry, etc., and of course about nutrition. This book will not give you the program, you'll have to join for that, but I highly recommend Weight Watchers as a way to make the choice to make the change in your life for a healther you.