Superfoods: Cook Your Way to Health

by Jyl Steinback

Book Overview

Superfoods--from garlic and broccoli to red grapes and ginger--fight against cancer, heart disease, and blood pressure. This newest book by "America's Healthiest Mom" features over 400 new recipes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1928998402
• ISBN13: 9781928998402
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Q V C Publishing
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Even my husband loves it!!

I am so pleased with the response from my family since I started using this cookbook. Whenever I make something not in this book my husband complains. It is great having my "meat-and-potatoes" man enjoy healthy foods. I love how I can find any ingredient required at my local grocery. (No small task where we live.) I also like how most recipes are very versatile. I can easily substitute when I haven't made it to the grocery store and since most recipes call for "standard" seasonings, those are generally on hand. If you are into gourmet cooking or just love exotic ingredients you probably wouldn't enjoy this book. However, if you would like a better way to cook lean ground beef, fish, chicken and veggies (instead of broiling, steaming and grilling) and want your kids and husband to rave, and not realize they are eating very low calorie, then you will love this book.

Getting the most energy from the foods we eat...

Jyl Steinback is a personal trainer who tries to make everything she cooks as healthy as possible. She explains how you can get the most energy out of the foods you eat. By using substitutes she still is able to enjoy her favorite foods without all the fat. When making chocolate cake, she uses applesauce, nonfat cream cheese, skim milk and nonfat vanilla yogurt and an egg substitute. To make Guacamole, she uses asparagus, green peas, tomatoes, salsa, onion powder, cilantro, nonfat mayo, lime juice, garlic powder, Tabasco sauce and ground red pepper and pepper to taste. You do have to have a food processor to make some of the recipes. There is also a chapter for one-dish meals that busy parents will enjoy using. For dinner you might enjoy a soy milkshake, a salmon burger or chicken strips and oven baked potato casserole. Each recipe has the nutritional analysis per serving. Jyl makes use of meat substitute and other soy products. If you love soy products, you will enjoy this book even more. I think the soy just takes on the flavors of all the other ingredients. Do you want your kids to eat healthier but have given up on getting them to eat their veggies? The author also gives hints on how to get children to eat their vegetables! She gets her kids to eat healthy foods by making yummy low-fat and fat-free dips for vegetables and I know that gets my husband to eat fresh vegetables as well ;>. She puts out the vegetables when her kids are the most hungry, like after school. For adults, this time is right after work. <br /> <br />Jyl Steinback also advises parents to eat with their children and to actually sit down to a family meal. This encourages a higher intake of fruits, vegetables and fiber. It also helps children to eat more slowly and engage in conversation. She gets her kids involved in planning the meals and respects her children's ability to determine when they have had enough food to eat. She doesn't make them clean their plates, but gives them a well-balanced and varied diet. She says that when dealing with picky eaters, it can take up to 10 or more exposures to the food before they will decide to take a bite. <br /> <br />Jyl also takes a look at the myths and the facts of healthy eating. She explains how unprocessed foods don't always make them more healthy. Canned, dried and frozen food can also be high in nutritional value. Canned vegetables might sometimes be more nutritious because they are packed at the peak of freshness. <br /> <br />This is her eighth cookbook! Lots of great information, look for all her books! <br /> <br />~The Rebecca Review