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Summary: I've always found a way to screw up any recipe...
Review: ...which has turned me off from cooking out of cookbooks, let alone lowfat recipe cookbooks! But, this book makes it hard to mess up at all! I highly recommend it! As a new mom, I'm still trying to lose my 'baby' weight. Choosing lowfat recipes for me and trying to satisfy my 6'2", 220 lb. husband's appetite can be quite a struggle! My own menu has begun to bore even me and I shudder to think of the fat content of my own best recipes. Last night I made "Reggae Gumbo" and my husband couldn't get enough of it! I was amazed how little the ingredients cost and how simple the recipe really was for such a flavourful concoction. My sister who cooks for her three children aged 3, 5 and 7 out of Looney Spoons regularly let me sample her favourite recipes out of the book...I was sold after one bite! She bought me the book for my birthday at my request! Last weekend, another sister of mine and I went shopping, she bought Looney Spoons and was thumbing through it, deciding on a recipe to try - she was stopped by a woman who noticed and the woman told her she had it too and how much she loved it...she went on to recommend her favourite recipes out of it. So my sister cooked recipes from Looney Spoons for the last three nights, remarking how easy and delicious every dish has been. So, I say to you from a 'the chef who can screw up any recipe' - give this book a try, you'll find yourself recommending it to your friends and family too!
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Summary: Hats off to Greta and Janet
Review: Having worked with Greta in the past at a youth emplyment counselling centre, I was somewhat amiss about the change in her career. Not to my surprise the book is brilliant, funny,(like Greta) and last but not least the BEST cook book I could possibly own. Great recipes that the kids think are pretty cool! And in my house, what an accomplishment! Thanks again to Greta and Janet for making life a little bit easierKim Lay-Baum
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Summary: Low fat cooking for people who think they won't eat low fat
Review: I bought this cookbook for the group home at which I work and the staff and clients love it. The desserts are great, which is very complimentary after having tasted many terrible low fat desserts. My only criticism is that one of the vegetarian recipes included chicken broth. Additionally, I would welcome a larger vegetarian section as this type of cooking is often overlooked in the low fat world and could use some attention.
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Summary: Nothing like I expected...
Review: I couldn't wait to get ahold of this book after so many rave reviews. I didn't find the recipes all that appetizing (their other book CRAZY PLATES was better in this regard), the recipe titles were confusing, and I found the comics mostly annoying.
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Summary: Low-fat cooking shouldn't be this much fun!
Review: I LOVE this cookbook. Not only are the recipes delicious and easy to fix - the illustrations and comments are so funny you forget to feel depressed about having to eat low-fat food! My teenage son even likes it - how's that for a recommendation??
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Summary: Update - 142 pounds lost and still going!!
Review: I wrote a review of this great cookbook in April when I had lost 73 pounds, using this book among other things. I just wanted to update everyone that I am still with the diet, eating 2-3 of these recipes for dinner each week, and now have lost a total of 142 pounds. I still have a few more to go, so I'm sticking with it. This book will make maintenance much easier - it has lots of great tasting and easy to prepare ideas that we have used to create our own dishes as well.
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Summary: Update - 142 pounds lost and still going!!
Review: I wrote a review of this great cookbook in April when I had lost 73 pounds, using this book among other things. I just wanted to update everyone that I am still with the diet, eating 2-3 of these recipes for dinner each week, and now have lost a total of 142 pounds. I still have a few more to go, so I'm sticking with it. This book will make maintenance much easier - it has lots of great tasting and easy to prepare ideas that we have used to create our own dishes as well.
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Summary: great low fat cookbook
Review: I'm one of those cookbook collectors, who owns dozens of beautiful, pristine, read but unused cookbooks. But Looneyspoons (along with it's 'sequel' Crazy Plates and of course Joy of Cooking) is the book on my shelf with the most folded, spattered, tattered, scribbled-on pages, because it is truly one of the books I go back to again and again for reliable recipes that are great and reliable.
The fact that all the recipes are low-fat is just a wonderful bonus that I forget about most of the time. Look for brownies, stews, wonderful pastas, breads, salads, and a wide selection of meat dishes.
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Summary: Really is fun, but great recipes, too
Review: I'm one of those cookbook collectors, who owns dozens of beautiful, pristine, read but unused cookbooks. But Looneyspoons (along with it's 'sequel' Crazy Plates and of course Joy of Cooking) is the book on my shelf with the most folded, spattered, tattered, scribbled-on pages, because it is truly one of the books I go back to again and again for reliable recipes that are great and reliable.
The fact that all the recipes are low-fat is just a wonderful bonus that I forget about most of the time. Look for brownies, stews, wonderful pastas, breads, salads, and a wide selection of meat dishes.
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Summary: A wonderful gift!
Review: If you are looking for a gift - whether for a serious cook or just a fun-lover - this is the book! A friend in Canada sent this to me in the UK and my whole office loved it! From the tasty recipes to the little facts and jokes, the whole bookwas appreciated by all - so much that several copies have been ordered! I have since passed this book on to my mother and my sister as it definitely makes dieting easier and tastier.
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