Product Description

Lowfat cooking doesn't have to be difficult, and lowfat food doesn't have to be unappetizing. If you want proof, you can find it in Lowfat Cooking For Dummies. Renowned lowfat cooking expert and author Lynn Fischer serves up a whole book's worth of inspiring ideas, easy-to-follow guidelines, and over 150 recipes that can improve your own (and your family's) well-being. Whether the goal is lowering your cholesterol level, looking slimmer, or just feeling better and having more energy, Lowfat Cooking For Dummies has the answers. You can discover how to set up and stock your kitchen so that you are always ready to whip up a tasty, lowfat meal at a moment's notice. You can find tips for substituting lowfat ingredients for high-fat ingredients in your favorite recipes without sacrificing flavor. Plus, Lowfat Cooking For Dummies comes with a separate, bonus mini-booklet: Healthy Eating On-The-Go For Dummies™. Written by Nutrition For Dummies™ author Carol Ann Rinzler and Lynn Fischer, this pocket-sized guide contains a complete course of nutritional data to help you choose healthy foods, even when you're far away from your own lowfat kitchen.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #159216 in Books
• Published on: 1997-04-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Amazon.com Review
Television chef Lynn Fischer (known to many as "the Low Cholesterol Gourmet") has created a guide to lowfat cooking that doubles as a crash course in home economics. In the first two parts of the book, Fischer combines basic nutrition facts with tips for establishing a "lowfat" kitchen, including a guide to selecting flavorful vinegars and advice on choosing the best cuts of meat. The third (and lengthiest) part of the reference consists of more than 150 recipes that encompass every meal of the day; each recipe includes nutritional information, and many feature tips for extending or altering the meal. Although there are no color photos of the prepared dishes, Fischer does feature line drawings that illustrate techniques such as chopping beets and making artichoke hearts. Lowfat Cooking for Dummies will appeal to those looking for new and simple ways to trim the fat from their diets.

From the Back Cover
"This is a wonderful, easily digested book to help anyone when it comes to cutting the fat from their diets — and maybe their waistlines!" —Michael Jacobson, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest and Publisher: Nutrition Action Healthletter "Lynn provides you with key information without emphasizing a quick weight loss. She shows you that anyone can trim fat by readjusting their diet.

Inside, you'll discover how to:

• Understand why some packaged food is called "reduced fat" and others are considered "lowfat"
• Make lowfat meals in a flash — from easy casseroles to one-pot soups to tasty vegetable dishes
• Plan meals for any occasion — from holiday parties to five-course meals
• Lower the amount of fat in some of your favorite family recipes in a few easy steps
• Use flavorful herbs and spices to jazz up any dish
• Interpret nutrition labels and shave the fat from your shopping list
• Design heart-healthy meals for sodium or cholesterol restricted diets
• Dine out at your favorite restaurants without adding inches to your waist

About the Author

The recipe for Lynn Fischer's success began in the sleepy resort town of Virginia Beach, where her first starring roles were as homemaker, mother, marketing executive, and co-host of a local TV talk show. During these years, Lynn discovered that her husband was running the risk of coronary artery disease as a result of a dangerously high cholesterol level. Responding to her husband's immediate health needs, Lynn set out to learn all that she could to help him get his numbers under control. Her meticulous research led her to the conclusion that a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol was the first line of defense in curing and preventing heart disease.

The next step was to cut the fat from her family's diet by changing methods of food preparation and food selection, while maintaining flavor, variety, and flexibility. It wasn't long before Lynn realized just how important her role of chief chef was in impacting her family's health and quality of life. From lower cholesterol numbers (her husband's fell by a dramatic 100 points!) and lower medical bills to higher energy and better moods, Lynn's hard work in the kitchen paid off handsomely. Ultimately, Lynn's concern for healthy lifestyles extended far beyond her own family's dinner table and has propelled her to her current position as a nationally recognized health expert, best-selling cookbook author, and host of over 200 national cooking shows.

Lynn, who now lives in Washington, D.C., founded the National Women's Health Awareness Forum and is a former medical anchor at WTTG (Fox) in Washington. She hosts the popular cooking series "Healthy Indulgences" on PBS and was formerly known as "The Low Cholesterol Gourmet" on the Discovery Channel. She is coauthor of the bestseller The Low Cholesterol Gourmet with Dr. W. Virgil Brown, former president of the American Heart Association, and has also written The Quick Low Cholesterol Gourmet, Healthy Indulgences, The Better Sex Diet, and Fabulous Fat-Free.

Pasta cecca, Caesar salad, and tart cherry pie are the special foods that tickle Lynn's taste buds. Friends and family touch her heart and fill her life. This enthusiastic proponent of healthy lifestyles strives each day to learn new skills, embrace new ideas, and through her professional efforts on television and in writing books, make a positive impact on the health and welfare of the world around her.

Customer Reviews

Very good resource
This is a very good source of information on low fat cooking. My family responded pleasently to many of the recipies although some were a little bland. The important thing is that this book teaches you how to make your own low fat dishes by substituting the stuff with high fat content in your favorite recipies with low fat ingredients. I especially liked the section devoted to learning and using herbs-- an important mainstay in any lowfat diet.

Good lowfat recipes!
This book contains recipes that are low in fat and low in calories, because its not just the fat you need to watch, its the calories too that sneak up on you when you least expect them!

Salad dressings, bakery items, chicken meals, side dishes, you name it, its here and they're all surprisingly good! Most times as everyone knows, lowfat sometimes means its lost alot of the taste, but in this case the chef shows you how to add certain ingredients in order to make up for the fat loss and add lots of taste! There is information on losing weight and a calorie chart with fat index. Also information on portion control. Chalked full of great recipes and tasty treats, this is a great and easy to follow resource, as is all of the 'dummie' books.

Great recipes!
I've actually had this book for many years and still use the recipes even if I am not trying to cook low fat. I used to love watching Lynn Fischer on TV. Yes, that's right...she had a television cooking show WAYYYYY before Food Network appeared. She always gave great advice and tips for cooking in a low fat manner and her dishes were always appetizing. So, when I decided to try cooking lowfat, I chose her book as one that I liked. Although there aren't that many recipes, she gives great advice on how to trim your own recipes and is very positive throughout the book. Mine and my family's favorite recipe is her sweet and sour pork. It is delicious!