Weight Watcher's Simply the Best All American: Over 250 Regional Favorites from Around the Country

By Weight Watchers

Book Overview

This beautiful cookbook showcases the best of American regional cooking. Here are healthy versions of America's favorites -- from Maine to Montana, the Midwest to the Southwest -- that don't sacrifice great taste. Every recipe in this paperback version of the bestselling hardcover features a complete nutritional analysis and WINNING POINTS? information -- Weight Wathcers' most up-to-date weight-loss program. 250 great recipes, from classics like Jambalaya and Whoopie Pies to new-American choices like Bison Burgers with Shiitake Mushrooms and Strawberry Margarita Sorbet Complete nutrition information and Weight Watchers WINNING POINTS? with every recipe. 32 full-color photos of the mouthwatering food. Cooking tips and fun facts about the history of American cooking

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764566016
• ISBN13: 9780764566011
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Great Cookbook!

This is an excellent cookbook. Meals are healthy versions of homecooked food from the main regions of the U.S. I have already cooked several recipes and my family has loved them all. I have served dinner guests with "untested in my kitchen" recipes. The meal was great! Tonight I am using a fish recipe. Can't wait to taste. With cooking like this, dieting and eating healthy is quick and easy.

Best Southern Foods Section

I can't speak for all the regions, but the section on southern food is amazing. Having grown up in the South where comfort food is often deep fried, I have really struggled to find authentic lowfat recipes. I can honestly say that the foods in this section were staples growing up (rather than what non-southern people think is southern food). All the recipes I have tried this far have been delicious! I would recommend this book simply for this section alone, but the foods I have tried from other sections have been excellent too!

Low fat regional food -- gotta love it!

I was really impressed with this Weight Watchers book. First of all, it has a wide diversity of Americana; most of the time, American foods get broken down into New England, Southern, Southweast and sometimes California...but they go further. There is a Midwest section, a Mid-Atlantic (Chesapeake) section, etc. There is also a wide variety of foods within each one, though I felt the "Gulf Coast" section that included Creole and Cajun was a little sparse...then again how do you make a low-fat roux?Within days of getting this, I made the local favorites, peanut soup and Sally Lunn bread, along with pecans with wild rice...all were just great, and low-fat. If you're struggling to find low-point recipes with some diversity, this is the book for you!

Great edition to the Weight Watchers Family

You can always depend upon Weight Watchers to provide quality recipes. This book lives up to Weight Watchers past books. This book has many tasty recipes, they do not taste like they are low fat. We all know how hard it can be to diet when you have other people you cook for. This book will not let you down. The recipes are easy to read, and easy to follow. With books like these it will be easy to stay on your diet.

Simply the Best All American by Weight Watchers

This is one of the best Weight Watchers books I have seen and I know that it will easily become one of my most used cookbooks. It's loaded with regional favorites using real ingredients easily found everywhere. There are no artificial sweeteners or strange substitutions that used to plague "diet" books in the past. The book is very clearly outlined by region and beautifully photographed. Recipes are engaging and easy to follow. The recipe headings are informative discussing the region and the local ingredients. The book is peppered with bits of historical food information. From passed experience I know I can count on Weight Watcher recipes to work, the book is friendly and approchable wether or not your looking for lowfat recipes.