Eatingwell Comfort Foods Made Healthy: The Classic Makeover Cookbook

By Jessie Price

Book Overview

Full nutritional analysis accompanies each recipe makeover, along with tips on how it was made healthier. For instance, EatingWell's chicken-fried steak with gravy has almost half the fat and a third of the calories of the classic version yet still tastes as rich and satisfying as the original; a few healthy modifications to pepperoni pizza will cut calories, sodium, and fat by a third or more.

EatingWell Comfort Foods Made Healthy also solves problems for real families, including a Chinese dinner a diabetic can appreciate and healthier crispy tacos for a family from Texas.

More than just providing recipes, this book teaches you the secrets of healthy, balanced cooking, including

Healthier techniques for frying and baking How to get more vegetables into your meals A "pantry-raid" a list of healthy staples you should swap into your pantry A list of essential tools that every healthy kitchen should stock Tips on picking the healthiest fats and oils

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088150887X
• ISBN13: 9780881508871
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Countryman Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.7" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

I am enjoying using the revise comfort food recipes in this book and have lost six pounds since I started using it. The recipes are very easy to follow.

Recipes AND Information

As you might expect, coming from Eating Well, this is a very attractive book. The illustrations are lovely and informative. I've tried 5 recipes and so far, this book is 5 for 5! (Pineapple Coffee Cake, Cream of Mushroom and Barley Soup, one of the lasagnas, and the Irish Lamb Stew.) What I really appreciate, however, is the handy information on food labels and the profiles on "making over" certain types of meals. Sure, I knew a lot of the stuff anyway, but having it in this one book is really helpful.

comfort foods

This cookbook has a lot of good recipes and my husband loved the chicken fried steak with gravy!

Packed with classic dishes redone to cut calories and preserve taste

The classic makeover book for comfort food is Comfort Foods Made Healthy, providing not only recipe makeovers of old favorites - nearly two hundred, made healthier - but basic details on how such makeovers happened, and how they can be applied to other dishes. In fact, every recipe comes with a 'makeover tip' in a boxed sidebar, color photos, and make-ahead and 'active time' calculations for busy home cooks. From a healthier Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings to Spinach and Cheese-Stuffed Shells, it's packed with classic dishes redone to cut calories and preserve taste, and will be a favorite in any general lending library.

airehead

Everything in this book sounds delicious! I have followed Eating Well for a long time, and they always print easy and interesting recipes. This book is a keeper.