Dish Do-Over: Family Favourites Reinvented

by Joanne Lusted

Based on the wildly popular segment on CBC TV's Steven & Chris, Dish Do-Over takes foods that you can't live without--guilty pleasures and family favourites--and transforms them. Same great taste, but lower in fat and calories, and often wheat-free and gluten-free, too. From a mouth-watering cheesecake with half the calories and fat to fettuccine alfredo that's delicious and gluten-free, you won't notice the smart swaps that make these favourites better. Packed with colour photographs, Dish Do-Over features more than 125 recipes from soup and starters to quick weeknight dinners and desserts. Here are a few of the easy swaps:

Fat-free evaporated milk replaces 35% cream and whole milk but keeps all the creamy flavour you love in your mac 'n' cheeseTraditional deep-fried favourites such as chicken nuggets and coconut shrimp are reinvented into crispy oven-baked dishes, thanks to toasted panko bread crumbsNon-fat Greek yogurt replaces butter to make luscious chocolate icing for double-chocolate cake completely guilt-freeB?arnaise is made better by tangy 1% buttermilk in place of egg yolks and butterIrresistible bistro-style burgers are packed with ground cremini mushrooms to cut the fat and keep extra-lean ground beef moist and juicy

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 26, 2014

Reviews

[Milton Public Library · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do you wish that you could still eat some of your favorite meals but with less fat? This cookbook has all of that plus helpful hints on substitutes for your household recipes as well. The recipes are organized in an easy way and explained in clear step-by-step instructions to make it as simple as possible. The pictures of the final result look just as delicious to its original, and more unhealthy, counterpart. There are many classic dishes that are made over so there is definitely something for everyone! I love that I have a resource to make my meals healthier for my family without sacrificing taste.

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[Lino Matteo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dish Do - Over
Jo Lusted
2014
@ChefJoLusted
The book is well done.
Some of the recipes have TOO many ingredients for my taste but generally it all seems very doable.
Well laid out
Easy to follow
Nice pics
Great suggestions on lowering the calories, fat and sodium of many dishes.
Remember it is the ingredients!
What more could you want from a cookbook?
Oh, yes, larger font for the actual recipes!
Please note was most interested in ‘swap in Greek yogurt’ part
5. Healthy cooking is most definitely, 100% not complicated!

1. The fresher the ingredients are, the better the food
2. Choose the right techniques
Read labels carefully and look for brands with short ingredient lists
Page 83: Poutine
• Baked fries
• Vegetarian gravy
• Lot fat cheese
French onion soup…with yogurt?
115: Slow cooker pulled pork sandwiches
139: Use some Greek yogurt in Alfredo sauce
169: General Tsao Chicken
181: BBQ Ribs….she uses pork loin….cook the real ones low and slow….

[Marathon County Public Library · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do you wish that you could still eat some of your favorite meals but with less fat? This cookbook has all of that plus helpful hints on substitutes for your household recipes as well. The recipes are organized in an easy way and explained in clear step-by-step instructions to make it as simple as possible. The pictures of the final result look just as delicious to its original, and more unhealthy, counterpart. There are many classic dishes that are made over so there is definitely something for everyone! I love that I have a resource to make my meals healthier for my family without sacrificing taste.

Ashley C. / Marathon County Public Library
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[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do you wish that you could still eat some of your favorite meals but with less fat? This cookbook has all of that plus helpful hints on substitutes for your household recipes as well. The recipes are organized in an easy way and explained in clear step-by-step instructions to make it as simple as possible. The pictures of the final result look just as delicious to its original, and more unhealthy, counterpart. There are many classic dishes that are made over so there is definitely something for everyone! I love that I have a resource to make my meals healthier for my family without sacrificing taste.

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many of the recipes you've seen in other books. Not every recipe had pictures - the author could have cut the pictures with her in them and added more pictures highlighting the recipe. I really wanted to see what a Cubano-Style Sandwich looked like or a picture of Latkes would have been helpful.

Some of the recipes that I want to try are Pizza Burgers, Chocolate Hazelnut Spread, Garlic Yogurt Aioli. I also want to make Baba Ganoush just because it's a fun name for food.

[Dot Salvagin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm trying to use this book with my Kindle Fire tablet and I find it difficult to navigate but the recipes are interesting. I think I will stop buying e-cookbooks. I would much rather flip through a paper cookbook.

[Mckinley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like that she uses real ingredients and not low-fat this and fat-free that.