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Learn to COOK - American Heart Association Meals in Minutes
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List Price: $26.95
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Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
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Binding: Spiral-bound
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5638
EAN: 9780812933321
ISBN: 081293332X
Label: Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2000-05-09
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date: 2000-05-09
Studio: Clarkson Potter
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If homemade meals at your house are being replaced by fat-filled takeout or microwaveables in front of the TV, you'll want American Heart Association Meals in Minutes on your cookbook shelf. More than 200 delicious low-fat, low-cholesterol recipes nourish your appetite for good food while respecting your hectic schedule. Whether you're balancing work and family, putting in overtime at the office, or simply wanting to restore the joys of home cooking to your table, here are terrific dishes you can put together without a lot of fuss and bother--and in 20 minutes or less.
With everything from appetizers, snacks, soups, salads, and sandwiches to main courses (including plenty of vegetarian options), vegetables, breads, breakfast dishes, and of course desserts, the emphasis is on ease of preparation and great taste. You can prepare many of these dishes with ingredients you probably already have on hand, making mealtime even more stress-free. In addition to one-dish and microwaveable recipes, there are four special "super saver" recipe types for when you're extra rushed to get dinner on the table. "New Classics" are basic main dishes that will become your new standbys, ready to dress up or down as you see fit. "Planned-Overs" are recipe "twofers" that use last night's leftovers in a creative new way for tonight's meal. "Shopping Cart" recipes require no more than six common ingredients and get you in and out of the kitchen in no time. "Express-ipes" are the quickest of the quick, taking merely 25 minutes or less for all the preparation and all the cooking.
Tempting dishes include:Stacked Mushroom NachosMini Cinnamon StackupsPortobello Pizza with Peppery GreensChicken Fajita Pasta with Chipotle Alfredo SauceScallops ProvençalBroccoli with Sweet-and-Sour Tangerine SauceChocolate Hazelnut Angel Food Cake with BananasDevil's Food Cake with Caramel DrizzlesNo-Chop StewBlue Cheese Beef and FriesTurkey PotstickersLemongrass Chicken with Snow Peas and Jasmine RiceGreen and Petite Pea Salad with FetaPasta Frittata
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Summary: Great choice!
Comment: I decided to buy this book after my husband had a stroke and we had to start eating better. I tend to avoid cooking (my husband has handled almost all dinners for 13 years), but I knew that if I bought this cookbook, I would be the one using it. To say I am pleasantly surprised is an understatement. We have tried over a dozen recipes and we have liked them all. It feels great that we know we are cooking healthy and we are loving the meals. As for the comment that says there is too much fish - I don't know how they missed all of the chicken, pork, beef and vegetarian recipes. We don't fix the fish either because my husband doesn't like it and I avoid the bell pepper recipes because I'm not a big fan of that but there is still PLENTY to chose from. On top of all of that, I can attest that for a novice cook the recipes are clear and easy to follow. Definately a GREAT buy!
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Summary: Extremely helpful ideas!
Comment: This book was so helpful in trying to create great tasting yet lighter and healthier meals for myself and my family. My husband, who is a food-aholic actually loved several of the recipes I have made from this book so far! My two year old enjoyed them also and she can be finicky!
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Summary: Best cookbook I own
Comment: I have MANY cookbooks, but this one is by far the best and healthiest I own. I started my weight loss and life changing eating habits on December 19th, almost a month after I gave birth to a baby girl. Needless to say, I needed something easy, fast and good to cook. Also, I NEEDED recipes that have the nutritional information listed for each recipe, since my "diet" implies counting calories (I follow Jillian Michaels - Biggest Looser- program). Using this cookbook since that day (3 months later) I've lost 16 lbs (I am also exercising!).
I love this book because it has everything I needed. Recipes are super easy and fast to make. The desserts are awsome too. Now I don't feel guilty for eating chocolate cake :) My husband and preschooler also like the recipes (with some exceptions).
One word of "caution": if you buy this book make sure you have a Dutch oven, since many recipes require one.
I highly recommend this cookbook. I agree with all that said this is "the bible" for cooking healthy.
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Summary: Great recipes, good design, a decent read
Comment: I love to cook, but most of my kitchen staples are items dripping with unhealthiness-excess fat, cholesterol, and calories. Trying to turn a new leaf in 2008, I was looking for a cookbook that had lots of healthy meals that I could quickly and easily make for a weeknight dinner. And, they had to taste good.
Meals in Minutes fits the bill perfectly. After having this cookbook for a week, I've already got three recipies I'll be making again (and again).
Portion sizes on each of the recipes is pretty good. For dinner, main dishes are pretty filling, so long as you also provide a side dish of some sort.
The only place where this cookbook falls a little flat is in its design and cooking tips. They seem to be a little inconsistent, and not terribly helpful for me, but then again, I'm a pretty good cook to start with.
The other problem is a problem I have with almost all cookbooks: the meals are fast, but the times given for prep are less than the actual time it will take you. Unless you are working in ideal conditions, the recipes will probably take you a little longer than what the recipe states.
Other than that, it's a great book. It's not the most fun cookbook to read, but the quality of the recipes alone makes it a 5-star endeavor.
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Summary: A decent book for your collection
Comment: I own and use several "fast and healthy" cookbooks, and this one falls into the more mediocre section of my collection. The meals are indeed quick and healthy, but there are quite a few fishy ones (which don't go over well in my house) and ones that we simply wouldn't eat. This may be just my family's taste, though, so I can see why it would be great in other households.
I have found enough recipes in here to make it worth my purchase, but it's not my favorite book.
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