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Summary: You can have your cake and eat it too with this book!
Review: I have tried over a dozen recipes and they all were good. I am a member of Weight Watchers International and must watch what I eat. This book provides me with delicious desserts with virtually no fat in them. Be aware these recipes are time consuming to prepare and require some unusual ingredients at times; however, I am pleased to have this book in my cookbook collection.
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Summary: Really good tasting treats for the dieting sweet lover!
Review: I just returned from our monthly stockclub meeting. Our hostess served a tray of baked goodies from this book. They were the best low-fat treats I have tasted. After a quick glance through the book, I had to have it!!
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Summary: Finally, a cookbook series written by a Registered Dietician
Review: I must admit, I am collecting all her books. As a food lover and baker, it is great to find a wonderful cookbook. Her recipes will suit the average family, not to bizarre, or requiring multiple trips to the store. Most ingredient lists are short and easy to find in the average store. I love her cookbooks.
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Summary: I've seen better
Review: Most of the recipes in this book turn out too grainy tasting. My muffins have turned out really tough. Other recipes (such as the white cake with strawberries) weren't even edible. These recipes call for a lot of odd ingredients, too. However, the tips in this book for reducing the fat in your own recipes work great. I've tried them several times with much success. If you buy this book, but it for the tips--not the recipes.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: My boyfriend was recently sentenced to a low fat diet and I thought my baking days were over. I picked up this book to see what I could do and I am most pleased! Everything has been tasty and there is a lot of useful information about replacing the fat in pre-existing recipes and measuring things. We cook at home more often now, so we are not only losing weight - we are saving all that money we spent on takeout! All the recipes I have tried are comparable in texture and flavor to the real thing. An added bonus is they are not only lower in fat but much higher in nutritional value!
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: My boyfriend was recently sentenced to a low fat diet and I thought my baking days were over. I picked up this book to see what I could do and I am most pleased! Everything has been tasty and there is a lot of useful information about replacing the fat in pre-existing recipes and measuring things. We cook at home more often now, so we are not only losing weight - we are saving all that money we spent on takeout! All the recipes I have tried are comparable in texture and flavor to the real thing. An added bonus is they are not only lower in fat but much higher in nutritional value!
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Summary: You CAN Have Your Cake and Eat It Too!
Review: Sandra Woodruff, RN, is a nutritionist. Her book is informed by her personal experience that "healthy foods serve no purpose if they aren't eaten." Woodruff states that this "is the perfect book for those who want to reduce the fat in their diet, maximize their nutrition, and still enjoy great-tasting sweet treats."After the introductory chapter on the importance of limiting fat, she presents 130 no- and low-fat recipes, often using creative fat substitutes such as fruit, yoghurt, buttermilk, corn syrup, jam, pruunes, sweet potatoes, and date sugar. (She's also mindful of salt and cholesterol.) The recipes vary from Cherry Apple Scones (0.3 grams of fat per serving) to Buttermilk Chocolate Cake (1.3 g), pumpkin gingerbread (0.3 g), Pear and Walnut Bundt Cake (0.7 g), Plum Delicous Bran Muffins (0.7 g), and old favorites like oatmeal raisin cookies (0.3 g). As you can see above, the fat content is indeed low, which sometimes sacrifices the flavor and texture found in higher-fat recipes. (Though I think one reviewer here went a little too far in criticizing the taste). This is a good beginner's book with a variety of recipes, and offers useful cooking tips, a list of stores selling low-fat ingredients, nice old-fashioned color photos, and an index. For a little more flavor (and perhaps a little more fat?), take a look at "Let Them Eat Cake." For those who want to eat their favorite sweet things with minimal fat, this is an excellent book.
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Summary: Great book -- vegans and vegetarians will appreciate it!
Review: This is a great book, it teaches you how to modify your favorite recipes for lower fat and cholesterol content. The recipes are simple, fun to make and have ingredients that are easy to find. Best of all - my family will eat this food! they love it and don't know it is healthier, except of course that they feel better! Good job Ms. author, I will definately check out your other books.
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Summary: Great Book - Great Recipes
Review: This is a great book, it teaches you how to modify your favorite recipes for lower fat and cholesterol content. The recipes are simple, fun to make and have ingredients that are easy to find. Best of all - my family will eat this food! they love it and don't know it is healthier, except of course that they feel better! Good job Ms. author, I will definately check out your other books.
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Summary: Excellent recipes, although her larger cookbook is better
Review: This is an excellent cook book for those who need to cut out as much fat as possible (I make many of the dishes for those in my office who have had heart attacks) and with care the baked goods are great. For those who can afford a bit of fat I prefer the recipes in Sandra Woodruff's larger all-purpose Secrets of a Healthy Kitchen cookbook, which use a little bit of oil in the baked goods. Her quick breads are excellent and the muffins really hearty; a great way to start the morning. I own both this book and the larger green cookbook and bounce back and forth between the two, often combining recipe elements and experimenting.
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