Healthy Homestyle Desserts: 150 Fabulous Treats with a Fraction of the Fat and Calories (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Barbara Harris (Foreword)

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Amazon.com Review

Nutritionist Evelyn Tribole pares calories, cholesterol and fat from her recipes for pretty much any decadent dessert you might want. Healthy Homestyle Desserts includes recipes for Double Chocolate Chip Brownies, Key Lime Pie, Tiramisu and White Chocolate Mousse, as well as cheesecakes and more while keeping the indulgent pleasures. Tribole also offers shrewd ways you can cut the fat and calories from your own favorite sweets. To clearly explain ways to "cheat effectively," there are even tables showing how to substitute ingredients. Tribole also provides a section on how to avoid the problems commonly encountered in making healthier desserts. Glowing photos show how tempting the results can be.

From Publishers Weekly

Dieters can now have their cake and figure too, thanks to award-winning nutritionist Tribole (Healthy Homestyle Cooking). Drawing from her monthly "Recipe Makeover" column in Shape magazine, this collection features a Nutrition Scorecard for each recipe that demonstrates how the fat and calories have been slashed (e.g., replacing butter with buttermilk, cream with nonfat yogurt). Pecan Bars, originally said to contain some 303 calories and 18 fat grams per serving, plummet to 148 calories and 6 fat grams; a Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake drops from 629 to 306 calories per serving. Recipes using such convenience foods as cake mixes, baby food, store-bought cookies and pie fillings will appeal to hurried cooks; the recipes relying less on commercial products will please other readers. Within the familiar chapter headings (Brownies, Cheesecakes, Frozen Desserts) are offered Black Forest Brownies, Grasshopper Mint Pie, Hazelnut Mousse, Cranberry Citrus Bundt Bread, Cappuccino Raspberry Cake and Pumpkin Cheesecake. The appendix includes charts for reducing quantities and making substitutions. This accessible cookbook aptly demonstrates that the words "diet" and "sacrifice" need no longer be synonymous. Photos not seen by PW. Author tour.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Viking Adult (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670866261
• ISBN-13: 978-0670866267
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #216,500 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I didn't believe it either!, January 29, 1999

By A Customer

This book will totally surprise you. I know something about cooking, so I was convinced that removing some of the butter, oil, eggs, etc., would render many of these sweet recipies inedible. But then I bought this and tried some of these "healthy homestyle desserts" after I bought Tribole's other book, STEALTH HEALTH. All I can tell you is the woman is a magician. And she made me feel like one, too! If you don't believe me, just take her Chocolate Turtle Pecan Cookies to your next church bake sale and watch the reaction.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING, August 25, 1998

By A Customer

This low fat/non fat dessert cook book makes desserts that taste better than the ones with all the fat and the calories. I give this book 2 thumbs up and highly suggest it. Each recipe has a label telling you the fat and calorie content of a serving which is very helpful. It's a real must have!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasure in sweets without excess guilt!, October 13, 1998

By	"markyhays" (Richmond, VA by way of Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews

I believe Carbohydrates are the bigges dieting problem but we all need to satisfy our sweet teeth! Here are some wonderful recipes which are fun to do, try and enjoy without guilt, guilt and too many calories. Enjoy your treats, you deserve them!