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Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook (Plastic Comb) (精装)
by Weight Watchers
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Weight Watchers Series, Cookbook, Original books |
| Market price: ¥ 218.00
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¥ 208.00
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Suzanne Spinella (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
This book is the one I use over and over again, I've made so many recipes from it. These recipes do not taste like "diet" food. Although they are low in fat, calories, and food points, they really taste good too. Some favorites I make regularly from this book are the Parmesan-Turkey Meatloaf, Shrimp Creole, Tuna-Noodle Casserole, Chicken Avgolemono Soup, Indian Carrot Soup, Hummus, and our absolute favorite - the Chicken Quesadillas with Corn-Tomato Salad. I brought the Rolled Orange Sponge Cake to a family gathering and everyone devoured it - no one would have guessed it only had 2 grams of fat per serving.
I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for a great all-around sourcebook for all kinds of healthy low-fat recipes that taste great and fit into a Weight Watchers plan or even anyone who is just looking for good, nutritious meals. The book is well laid out and has an excellent variety of reliable recipes. It's easy to read and browse through, has an adequate amount of photos, and contains all the nutrition information and points for each recipe. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
One of the best cookbooks for those trying to lose weight and then maintain that weight. Easy to follow instructions and lots of pictures to guide you through the process of cooking the meals. Most meals tak eless than 1 hour to make and can freeze a large amount of the recipes. Only 1 setback, though, not enough side dishes. I have owned this book for a year now, and have favorite recipes that my husband & I cook frequently. I am also able to adjust the ingredients if out of stock on items. A recommended cookbook for anyone wanting to try something different.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
My husband and I have really enjoy everything we have tried for this cookbook. The recipes are flavorful and easy to prepare.
Our Favorite is the Chicken and Asparagus Stir-fry on page 106. We have it at least once a week. I love the Asparagus and he likes the chicken so I make more asparagus than the recipe calls for and the same amount of chicken. I eat most of the asparagus and he eats most of the chicken that way we are both happy.
Having lived in Japan for a few years I fell in love with Corn Chowder and have been searching for a good recipe. This book has one that tastes just like the cans from the vending machines in Japan. It is easy to prepare it only takes about 30 minutes and it calls for only a few non-staples.
Great book I recomend it to all cooks. Weither you cook often or not a lot. |
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Jen (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
I've only had this cookbook for two weeks, but it has already totally re-shaped the way I cook. I don't have time to go to meetings and don't have the money to join Weight Watchers, but I DO count my points. Before this cookbook came along, I was hard-pressed to stay under 30 points per day, and my food was sooooo boring! I can easily stay under 22 points per day with this cookbook, and there's sooo much variety! I just sit down on Saturday and plan out my next week's menus, then pick everything up at the grocery store on Sunday morning. For a busy person like me, that works best, but if you're not quite as busy, you can probably plan your meals on a day-to-day basis. What's even better is that my fiance likes the meals, too... and he's not even trying to lose weight. About 3 1/2 pounds have come off in less than two weeks and my favorite pair of pants is so loose that I was stepping on my own pantlegs the other day. Great cookbook for those wanting to lose weight.
Only one word of warning: If you don't like to cook, or if you're wanting "simple" recipes, this is not the cookbook for you. I personally think the recipes are relatively simple, but I love to cook and have a ton of kitchen tools to make the dicing, slicing, chopping, and mincing a lot easier. I can see how someone who's not familiar with a kitchen would just throw this book on the pile with their other unused cookbooks; there's a lot of kitchen and food prep work in the recipes I've tried so far, so kitchen-phobes should stay away. |
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Stephanie Manley (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
All recipes that I have tried out of this book are great. These are recipes that are low fat, and they do not taste low fat. Recipes are flavourful, easy to prepare, and for the most part have ingredients that are common to most kitchens. I have actually made of these for people not on diets and was asked for the recipe. I would highly recommend this anyone that wants a decent recipe book. The book does contain a small amount of info regarding their program.
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Sandra (MSL quote), Canada
<2007-02-09 00:00>
Weight watcher or no weight watcher, I love this marvellous cookbook simply for the absolutely, positively scrumptous recipes. Many are unique, simple and easy, yet your family or guests will think you spent hours upon hours in the kitchen. What attracted me to the book was the simple fact our family likes to eat healthy, low fat meals - not to lose weight but to prevent weight gain, and to maintain optimum health while still getting our required daily nutrition. This fantastic book fit the bill and my entire family enjoys the recipes and most are are a cinch to prepare. The thorough nutritional breakdown was a real plus and not always found in other cookbooks.
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Dawn Hadfield (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
I have been a Weight Watchers member for a long time (over 2 years) and I have succeded in losing over 115 pounds on the diet. I did that by making the recipes from the weight watchers cookbooks. They have hundreds of recipes that are good for you, low fat, and meals that the whole family will love... even if they do not need to lose weight.
I especially love this book because it also has mouth watering pictures. My sister just bought the cookbook because she recently joined weight watchers and she made 2 recipes in 2 days and her whole family loved the meals.
This is a must buy cookbook for any avid cooker.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
I am now a Lifetime Member of Weight Watchers having lost more than 40 pounds and I can say that these recipes definitely help to lose weight. I own this cookbook as well as 3 of the slim WW cookbooks, and they provide the basis for many of the meals I prepare.
There is a great deal of variety in the recipes, but often times they don't add enough seasonings. This is not a big deal if you know what types of spices to add, because those are usually are 0-points so you get the basis for how to do a low-fat, low-cal dish and you just flavor it the way you want.
My favorite recipe out of all of the WW cookbooks is found here: the linguine alfredo. I love alfredo sauces but rarely eat them because of the fat but this recipe is only 5 points (a cup of pasta plain is 4 points) and tastes delicious (and I have my 2 roommates who are not on WW to attest to this). I lost this recipe for awhile, however, because the index needs improvement. It's not listed under alfredo, and since I had mistakenly been thinking it was fettucine alfredo I had a hard time finding it. But I finally found it, and it tastes great. The tandoori haddock is excellent, and the black bean soup recipe is very innovative (it just calls for too much water, put 1/2 to 3/4 less water than it says).
The dessert section has some interesting recipes, but many of them are fruit based. There are only about 2 or 3 that have chocolate in them.
Overall this cookbook is a good buy. It has tons of recipes and helps spark your own creativity to develop dishes more suited to your palate. |
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Jessica Lux (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
I've seen a lot of the Weight Watchers cookbooks, and this is the most all-purpose general-appeal one I've seen. I'd even go as far as to say this is the Joy of Cooking for the Weight Watchers crowd.
Many of these recipes have become standards in our house, and they never taste like "diet" food at all. This is just a common sense good-health cookbook that happens to provide points values for people following the Weight Watchers program. There is a huge variety of recipes, nothing is repeated, and it would take a very long time and much effort to ever get sick of this cookbook.
I will repeat one common complaint of reviewers - the book doesn't state what the serving size is, just how many servings there are. This means you have to divide your whole soup (or whatever) out into 6 portions, then measure, to get the portion size. I've made notes to myself about any of the recipes that I've tried, but I wish the authors had just done that from the beginning.
I adore the spiral format of this cookbook. I hate having to destroy the spine of a book to make it lay flat for my uses. The pages are also high-gloss, which helps if anything accidentally gets spilled on them. |
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