Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook [Plastic Comb]

Weight Watchers International Inc. Staff (Author)

Book Description

Series: Weight Watchers | Publication Date: 1998

Today, Weight Watchers knows that losing weight is all about balance and variety and Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook reflects that trend. Whether it's a quick after-work meal, a fancy dinner, a family favorite or an exotic new entr?e you crave, Weight Watchers has whipped up a batch of tasty recipes that combine fresh, wholesome ingredients with low-fat cooking techniques in a recipe collection you'll use for years to come.

Sprinkled throughout Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook are handy tips for leftovers, the inside scoop on how Weight Watchers tamed the calories and fat, and helpful hints for getting meals on the table faster. What's more, each recipe includes POINTS? as well as complete nutrition information. As a bonus, you'll find basics on the Weight Watchers 1.2.3. SUCCESS? PLAN and great ideas for helping you on the road to weight loss.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

At last! Weight loss is made easier — and delicious! — with this thorough, all-encompassing cookbook of over 500 simple, yet scrumptious, recipes for appetizers, snacks, sides, entrées and desserts. Also included in this classic collection are countless cooking tips, tons of speedy how-tos and 60 beautiful, full-color photographs.

Today, the experts at Weight Watchers know that losing weight is about balance and variety — and Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook reflects this smart trend. Whether it's a fancy dinner, a family favorite or an exotic, new entrée, Weight Watchers has whipped up a batch of tasty recipes that combine fresh, wholesome foods with low-fat cooking techniques to create a recipe collection you'll use for years to come. Some highlights include:

• More than 500 luscious recipes to satisfy your taste buds and all your cooking needs
• The lowdown on smart eating the health way
• Countless cooking tips, how-tos, substitutions and secrets on how we cut the fat, but not the great taste
• A collection of vegetarian recipes, plus a new chapter that highlights the best new American recipes
• All-time family favorites like homemade Lasagna and Chocolate Layer Cake, all made healthy
• The how-tos of Weight Watchers super-successful Winning Points Weight Loss Plan, including POINTS information
• Complete nutrition information and POINTS with every recipe
• Sixty spectacular color photographs

With all this, Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook is sure to become a kitchen companion you'll use for years to come.

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 464 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 002863716X
• ISBN-13: 978-0028637167
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (72 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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195 of 195 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Losin' Weight and Lovin' It, June 28, 2003

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Reader "ctwmn6988" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook (Plastic Comb)

I've only had this cookbook for two weeks, but it has already totally re-shaped the way I cook. I don't have time to go to meetings and don't have the money to join Weight Watchers, but I DO count my points. Before this cookbook came along, I was hard-pressed to stay under 30 points per day, and my food was sooooo boring! I can easily stay under 22 points per day with this cookbook, and there's sooo much variety! I just sit down on Saturday and plan out my next week's menus, then pick everything up at the grocery store on Sunday morning. For a busy person like me, that works best, but if you're not quite as busy, you can probably plan your meals on a day-to-day basis. What's even better is that my fiance likes the meals, too...and he's not even trying to lose weight. About 3 1/2 pounds have come off in less than two weeks and my favorite pair of pants is so loose that I was stepping on my own pantlegs the other day. Great cookbook for those wanting to lose weight.

Only one word of warning: If you don't like to cook, or if you're wanting "simple" recipes, this is not the cookbook for you. I personally think the recipes are relatively simple, but I love to cook and have a ton of kitchen tools to make the dicing, slicing, chopping, and mincing a lot easier. I can see how someone who's not familiar with a kitchen would just throw this book on the pile with their other unused cookbooks; there's a lot of kitchen and food prep work in the recipes I've tried so far, so kitchen-phobes should stay away.

148 of 153 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dieters and non-dieters both can enjoy these recipes, May 16, 2001

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Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook (Plastic Comb)

I have a collection of Weight Watcher cookbooks. One, out of print, has some of the best tasting recipes for international favorites. But the older WW books don't have the point system used by the current program. (The older system used servings of food groups, the new one uses points--low calorie foods like vegetables accumulate less points than high calorie fat-laden ones. You can eat anything, up to your point total. But if you blow it all on bags of M&M's you will, of course be hungry!) So having recipes that use the point system is very handy to follow a Weight Watcher program. Plus, when you reach your goal, you have to try to stay within 2 lbs of the ideal weight. So, this book is handy to go back on the program if you need to.

This book has more good international favorites such as stuffed grapeleaves (Dolmades) and some American favorites like Tuna Noodle cassarole, which I love but which normally is too rich for me to enjoy. You can make these recipes for the whole family because they taste good --just make plenty for the skinny big eaters to be satisfied. As always, Weight Watcher recipes are great-tasting. I actually prefer their versions of many things to the higher-calorie and fat original versions. You never are left banging on your plate yelling "Hello, Mr. Taste??? Hello?"

72 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Foodelicious!, March 13, 2001

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"griffin2004" (Spokane, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook (Plastic Comb)

This is another great cookbook from Weight Watchers. One measure of its success is that non-dieting friends for whom I've prepared some of the dishes always ask me for the recipes. The Roast Pork Puertoricano (pork tenderloin marinated in orange, garlic, cumin, and jalepeno then roasted to perfection) and Dolmades (vegetarian, but easily convertable to carnivore) alone are worth the price of admission. As with other WW cookbooks, the lack of portion size is inconvenient. But the pros far overshadow the cons: tasty, easy, and fast recipes the whole family will enjoy; WW 1-2-3 Points and nutritional information; good mix of vegetarian and nonvegetarian recipes; ingredients call for realistic and easily purchased food; complete instructions so novice cooks aren't scared off. The recipes in this book take some of the sting out of watching one's weight. For that, it's a bargain at twice the price.