Healthy Homestyle Cooking: 200 of Your Favorite Family Recipes, with a Fraction of the Fat

by Evelyn Tribole

Book Overview

Inside Healthy Homestyle Cooking you'll find more than 200 family favorite recipes dramatically reduced in fat, calories, cholesterol, and sodium without sacrificing taste or texture. It also includes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875962122
• ISBN13: 9780875962122
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.8" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

The cookbook used most often in my kitchen

Time and again I turn to this cookbook to help me decide what to cook for dinner; it is a gem! There is such a wide variety of dishes that are quick, easy, and tasty. The best thing of all, however, is knowing that they are low in fat. I couldn't live without this book! I love to cook the Greek Penne (adding kalamata olives which increases the fat content, but is oh so yummy) when having guests over because it is delicious, easy, and colorful; everyone asks me for the recipe! This book is a great addition to any cook's library!

Have used so often the book is falling apart!

I bought this book about four years ago and have made many of the recipes. Most are relatively easy and fast (especially the chapter on one-dish meals), and although some ingredients you have to look a little harder to find most are available and a lot are things you probably already have on hand. The Chicken Enchiladas and Garden Vegetable Pizza have become standard family favorites and when served to guests I am often asked for the recipes. Oh, and did I mention that the recipies are low fat? I often forget because they taste so good. So happy that she is coming out with another cookbook - I will be one of the first to buy it!

Kudos

I tried about five of the recipes in this book during the Thanskgivng holiday. My entire family loved them! In fact, my mother and mother-in-law ask me to give them this cookbook as a Christmas gift. This cookbook taught me that "fraction of the fat" does not mean "fraction of the flavor."

Excellent recipes, with very few exceptions!

I use this cookbook more than any others I own. EXCEPT FOR the sweets and baked goods, the recipes are easy, healthy and tasty! One standout is the Chinese Noodle and Cabbage Salad -- everyone loves it. Unfortunately I find the baked goods and desserts to be too low in fat -- the muffins come out either soggy or tough because all the fat is replaced with applesauce, and the whole eggs replaced by egg whites. I recommend replacing about half the applesauce with fat (or keeping all the applesauce and just adding a few Tbs. oil), and using a whole egg in place of two whites, for much better results. Also most of the baked goods need salt.

I have shelves of cookbooks and this is my favorite.

Evelyn Tribole does a great job of teaching you how to lessen the fat in your own recipes without sacraficing taste and texture. The recipes in the book are great too - I haven't made a bad one yet ! She doesn't modify a recipe in ways that effect the end-quality of the food so it doesn't taste like a "diet" recipe. Even my picky husband likes it and speaks highly of the book to our friends and family. Lastly, the recipes are usually pretty easy to make - no exotic ingredients that are hard to find. Most things are right in the cupboard! Many dinners can be prepared in a half hour or so. Another good book by Evelyn Tribole is "Stealth Health."