A James Beard Award finalist: "User-friendly recipes for people to take nutrition seriously." --Florence Fabricant, The New York Times This James Beard Award-nominated collection of more than 350 recipe favorites from EatingWell, The Magazine of Food & Health provides a vital transition from short-term diets to long-term health by offering up delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes that appeal to the health-conscious cook without sacrificing taste. Learn the flavors, strategies, and insights to help you keep fit and stay healthy while never boring your palate. The Essential EatingWell Cookbook includes: · A unique "Healthy Weight-Loss Index" that identifies which recipes fit into particular diet guidelines, rating them on overall health, fiber content, and low-carb weight plan compatibility · A helpful "Essential EatingWell Pantry" that lists what easy-to-find ingredients to always have on hand to ensure delicious results every time · A nutritional analysis for each recipe, including calorie, fat, protein, fiber, and carbohydrate totals · Recipes for every meal, from breakfast to dinner, including chapters of delicious side dishes, salads, breads, and desserts · 16 color pages.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
A budding cook:
This cookbook is exactly what I was looking for. My husband and I both have health issues and I needed something healthy, but tasty. Something that would also have recipes my husband would eat. He loves mac and cheese and was a little skeptical when I placed the Updated Mac and Cheese in front of him, but he loved it. It is the best mac and cheese I've eaten. Some of the recipes are labor intensive, but so worth it. I like that they don't push artificial sweetners on the reader since I have a sensitivity to... more info
Good health, a little too gourmet for me:
I love to cook, but I have a large family and these recipes are nutritionally sound, but a little more extravagant than I cook. I have Tosca Reno's line of Eating Clean cookbooks and I use them at least 3-4 times a week for different things. Those are more my style, these recipes aren't as family friendly when cooking for kids.
Amazing cookbook!:
This is an amazing cookbook. All the recipes taste good and make me feel good. Highly recommended.
If your concerned about your health and weight .... buy this book.:
My wife loves this book and is on her way to making every recipe in it. Of course it to my advantage. I have lost 40 pounds and use this book to maintain my weight after all the hard work of dieting. Very delicious meals and there is a picture of every meal.
