Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day: 250 Delicious Recipes Plus Techniques and Tips from The Culinary Institute of America (Weight Watchers (Wiley Publishing)) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Weight Watchers (Wiley Publishing) | Publication Date: August 22, 2003

Learn to cook like a pro, from the pros!

Team up with Weight Watchers, the foremost authority on weight loss, and the chefs from The Culinary Institute of America, the country’s premier cooking school, to make flavorful, imaginative–and healthy–dishes with ease.

Learn how to be creative without being complicated when you sample the more than 250 enticing recipes collected here. Roasted Vegetable Lasagne, Thai Beef Salad, Spicy Chicken-Peanut Dumplings, and Almost-Fudge Truffles–these and dozens of other delectable dishes are offered up by leading chefs intent on bringing out the full natural flavors of food. In addition to delicious and healthy recipes, you’ll also discover chefs’ tips and secrets for great food, step-by-step illustrations of cooking techniques, and advice on the art of plating food. Complete with Weight Watchers POINTS® information, full nutrition information, and 30 color photos showcasing finished dishes, this is a book everyone who appreciates great food will want to own.

Enjoy Delectable Dishes:

Simple but Special

Clams Steamed in Beer
Lentil, Olive, and Orange Salad
Lamb Shish Kebab

Favorites with Pizzazz

Pizza with Wild Mushrooms and Goat Cheese
Bolivian Beef Stew
Lemon-Ginger Grilled Chicken

Fresh Ideas

Whiskey-Glazed Smoked Turkey Breast with Orange Herb Conserve
Seared Salmon with Moroccan Spice Crust
Berry Coulis

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Learn to cook like a pro, from the pros!

Team up with Weight Watchers, the foremost authority on weight loss, and the chefs from The Culinary Institute of America, the country’s premier cooking school, to make flavorful, imaginative–and healthy–dishes with ease.

Learn how to be creative without being complicated when you sample the more than 250 enticing recipes collected here. Roasted Vegetable Lasagne, Thai Beef Salad, Spicy Chicken-Peanut Dumplings, and Almost-Fudge Truffles–these and dozens of other delectable dishes are offered up by leading chefs intent on bringing out the full natural flavors of food. In addition to delicious and healthy recipes, you’ll also discover chefs’ tips and secrets for great food, step-by-step illustrations of cooking techniques, and advice on the art of plating food. Complete with Weight Watchers POINTS® information, full nutrition information, and 30 color photos showcasing finished dishes, this is a book everyone who appreciates great food will want to own.

Enjoy Delectable Dishes:

Simple but Special

Clams Steamed in Beer
Lentil, Olive, and Orange Salad
Lamb Shish Kebab

Favorites with Pizzazz

Pizza with Wild Mushrooms and Goat Cheese
Bolivian Beef Stew
Lemon-Ginger Grilled Chicken

Fresh Ideas

Whiskey-Glazed Smoked Turkey Breast with Orange Herb Conserve
Seared Salmon with Moroccan Spice Crust
Berry Coulis

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764544799
• ISBN-13: 978-0764544798
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #362,130 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FAB Food, February 18, 2004

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Wendy Edwards "madonna816" (New Hampshire USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day: 250 Delicious Recipes Plus Techniques and Tips from The Culinary Institute of America (Weight Watchers (Wiley Publishing)) (Paperback)

- Most of the meals I cook are solo meals. The recipes in this book are mainly geared for four, but they're easily broken down.
- I'm a fish-eating vegetarian. Despite my diet, I found many useful recipes. Also, many of the meat & poultry dishes can easily be converted.
- I'm not, nor have I ever been, a Weight Watchers follower. I have, however, been morbidly obese (aka REALLY FAT). I lost over 115 lb & have kept it off for over 4 years. No medical aids, fad diets... just water, "diet" & exercise (I'm too passionate to elaborate. I'd write a book if I tried. Just know that you CAN lose weight, as long as you aren't in a rush (the turtle won the race!) Make slow changes & you'll succeed. Time is key). ...Getting back on my original track... I look for books that include nutritional breakdowns of their recipes. This book does that.

What compelled me to add my two cents was my success with their pizza dough recipe. Personally, I have the hardest time with bread (and bread-like) recipes. This one worked to perfection. Though it is simple & requires few ingredients, it is still pretty involved, but it's 100% worth it. Plus, the nutritional numbers for it are very good. It makes 4 freezable servings so I can use one & freeze the other 3. In the end, I not only had a (cheap) wonderful, perfectly sized meal, I was also exhilarated by having made it myself.

Additionally, on the book as a whole, the photos are quite nice & the instructions are very good, & generally easy. Plus, they throw in a lot of interesting info regarding the recipes, ingredients, regions....

At the price Amazon has it at, this book is MORE than worth it! Recipes range from Italian, Asian, Lebanese, Southern, New England... you really can't go wrong, whatever your skill and/or flavor. And all the recipes are good for you! What more is there?

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great cooking, great techniques, great tasting stuff, March 24, 2005

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Jen Stelling (Cohoes, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day: 250 Delicious Recipes Plus Techniques and Tips from The Culinary Institute of America (Weight Watchers (Wiley Publishing)) (Paperback)

...even if the recipes are often a little involved, meaning that there may be many steps and may take some time to put together. This is really only a bad thing if you are cooking after work for a grumpy hungry crew; the recipes are easy to follow, and unlike some other cookbooks geared more towards the culinary arts than mom's home cooking, there aren't lots of useless primping steps (I'm talking to you, celebrity chefs). The techniques (like de-glazing a pan or roasting vegetables) are sound and widely applicable. I have made a couple of dozen recipes from this book and every one has been delicious. Another nice touch: a single ingredient, like eggplant, asparagus, goat cheese, phyllo or lentils, will have several recipes. That makes it easier to justify springing for the non-standard foodstuffs. I am happy to have found a cookbook that lets me enjoy cooking and helps me get my diet in better shape.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious, Healthy Food!, May 25, 2004

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R. Smirh "rachelns" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day: 250 Delicious Recipes Plus Techniques and Tips from The Culinary Institute of America (Weight Watchers (Wiley Publishing)) (Paperback)

I LOVE this book! It is full of really delicious recipes, and all of them are relatively easy. I never thought I'd eat BETTER food while trying to get healthy!