Lowfat Cooking for Dummies

by Lynn Fischer

If a skimpy salad doused with a tasteless dressing is your idea of lowfat dining, hold on to your calorie counter. Lowfat cooking has come a long way. In fact, many of your high-calorie food favorites have an enticing, healthier equivalent in a lowfat version. Think chili. Potato pancakes. Or even cheesecake. It’s true. If done right, bite for bite, lowfat cooking can be as generous in flavor as its high-fat counterpart. And once you (and your body) have begun to sample the benefits of a lowfat menu, chances are you’ll turn lowfat cooking into a permanent lifestyle change. With the help of Lynn Fischer, celebrated host of two TV cooking shows, Lowfat Cooking For Dummies helps you prepare meals worthy of a high-class health spa. In practically no time, you’ll see how simple and fun it is to slenderize your kitchen pantry and get your cooking regimen in gear. From finding hidden fats to reading labels, the book gives you the skinny Plus Lowfat Cooking For Dummies brings you quickly up to speed on the joys of lowfat cooking—making your transition into a lowfat menu as delicious as it is painless. You’ll reexperience old favorites like French Toast or a BLT or Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and discover how cutting calories in no way impairs taste. And you’ll get a fresh reinvigorating take on traditionally healthy salads, as well as a host of The book is chockfull of hints on how to turn usually high-fat fare like Hollandaise Sauce and White Sauce into something light and tasty. Desserts such as Strawberry Cheesecake and Peach and Blackberry Tart can, at last, be enjoyed as a guilt-free pleasure. Brimming with suggestions for healthy, lowfat eating on every page.

Genres: Cookbooks

408 pages, Paperback

First published April 21, 1997

Reviews

[Miles · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lowfat Cooking for Dummies has some valuable information, but most of it is all condensed in the first couple chapters. Beyond that, the book is a font of such useful advice as the suggestion of using lowfat or nonfat dairy products to cut the fat in your diet. Not bad advice, but it's definitely very high on the 'Well duh!'scale. If you're interested in cutting fat in your diet, I'd suggest that you read the first two chapters while in the bookstore, then leave it behind. Later chapters include such useful advice as how to properly make a peanut butter and tomato sandwich.

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Damn Diet had to read this book