Customer Reviews:
 500 recipes is stretching it. April 29, 1999
500 recipes is stretching it. Many of the "500" recipes in this book are simply variations on a theme. There is much less variety in the "500" than one might expect. Also, I found many of the combinations of ingredients repetitive and strange. For example, fruit of some kind in many of the grain and vegetable dishes. Examples of this include "Pineapple Carrots", "Green Beans with Tomatoes and Cinnamon", "Orange Acorn Squash", "Sherried Sweet Potatoes with Apples and Onion", "Butternut-Apple Casserole", "Peach-Blueberry Rice", "Spicy Rice with Dried Fruit", "Barley and Apples", "Carrott-Apple-Raisin Salad", "Carrot, Orange, and Celery Salad", "Oranges and Tomatoes with Honey Dressing". Unless this is your style you're not going to find 500 recipes to use. I found that many of the basic recipes that I liked were already in Dean Ornish's Program for reversing heart disease. He has some funky fruity stuff too.
 It's a great book if you like beans!!! February 25, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are looking for a low fat cookbook with some meat in it, this is not it. Although I tryed some of the recipes, they are good, but boring. One can only eat so many beans.
 Great for all of us on 123 Weight Watchers! February 17, 1999
Have turned to this repeatedly for new and easy recipes while on Weight Watchers. Easy to convert the listed calories, fat and fiber to WW point system. Even my kids eat most of it!!
The best fat free cookbook available! July 16, 1998
I have a shelf full of low fat and fat free cookbooks, but this is the one I turn to time and again. It is absolutely the best. The author began cooking without fat in order to accomodate the needs of her husband, who suffered from heart disease. She was a busy working mom with a career and a family to feed --- she wasn't a trained chef and couldn't spend all day in the kitchen. The recipes reflect that --- they are simple, tasty, practical and fast, featuring ingredients that available in most grocery stores. The book also contains a lot of information to help make the transition to fat free cooking simple and painless. If I could have only one fat free cookbook, no question, this would be the one I'd choose.
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