Love the Menus
As a busy mom, I have very little time to plan healthy menus and run to the grocery every time I run out of something. So Fresh Start cures those problems for me by giving me 28 days worth of menus (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and desserts) to feed my family which are healthy, low-fat and absolutely delicious. If not for Fresh Start: Great Low-Fat Recipes, Day-by-Day Menus--The Savvy Way to Cook, Eat, and Live, I'd not have tried and loved half the things on the weekly menus. No, it isn't your ordinary, topically-arranged cookbook, nor does it pretend to be. It serves it's purpose quite well. And hey, if you're looking for a delicious way to cook Salmon, there's always the index in the back of the book. This is definitely one of my favorites. My only caution/advice to you is that if you're not one whom likes ... Read More
My go-to cookbook
Whenever I'm in the middle of a dish and not sure how to continue, or just need a good, relatively simple (with ingredients you can actually get) recipe, I always reach for this one. The opening chapter is fantastic, along with the hints and comments along with the book. There are plenty of great recipies, from vegetarian dishes to easy ones to more complicated meat dishes. The organization could be a little better, but once I read through it once, I can just flip to the index. The individual eggplant towers are delicious and it definitely is my go-to recipe when I can't think of what else to make. Highly recommended.
One of our standards
This is probably the single volume we use most in our house for new recipes. It's not that we don't like the taste of richer foods, but they disagree with us, and these recipes are (so far) without a clunker in the bunch. A combination hard to beat!
Low-fat, Day by Day Menus of Great Food
Rosso has turned out lots of great cookbooks, but this one is for us who want or need every now and then to cut back and eat more sensibly.
The great thing is that this doesn't have to be boring,uninteresting food. Her zest and skills in putting together healthy food with attractive and luscious fare is evident in this collection. For example, one dinner entree I love is: Herbed brushetta, Broiled Honey Salmon, Hobo Potatoes, Asparagus Spears with Parmeasan Shards, Green Beans and Peaches in Wine.
Having tried this more than once, it's good, you'll lose pounds and smile all the while you're tasting this great food. All the nutritional analysis is there as well as great sections on smoothies and treats/snacks, etc.
The best healthy-eating book I have!
...While it's true that the recipes are organized by menu, it is not so difficult to pick and choose your way through the book to create alternative meals that suit your style.
What I can say about Fresh Start: Great Low-Fat Recipes, Day-by-Day Menus--The Savvy Way to Cook, Eat, and Live is that the recipes ROCK. My loving partner has a family history of heart-disease. We are both failed vegetarians who fell off the wagon because we LIKE meat. Neither of us are interested in going back to eating TVP and soy. What we do want is a book that will help us eat sensibly, reduce the risks of dropping dead from poor eating habits, and still allow us to eat food we like.
Recipe after recipe in my book has been marked Very Good! or Excellent! beside it. The Turkey Paillard Piccata and Brown Rice with Asparagus ... Read More
