The Chopra Center Cookbook : A Nutritional Guide to Renewal / Nourishing Body and Soul Review

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(More customer reviews)I buy cookbooks to read and if compelling, I will make a recipe or two from it. This one is so compelling that I've made four recipes in the first week of owning it. The introductory chapters on health and eating are informational. The recipes are curious enough that I tried one. It was delicious and now I can't stop. The ingredients are easy to find as well.

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The food at the world-famous Chopra Center for Well Being is designed to delight the senses, enliven vitality, and tap into the joy of being alive. Now, Deepak Chopra, David Simon, and Leanne Backer offer you marvelous recipes from this extraordinary place of healing-showing how nature provides us with all the nutrients we need to create meals that are delicious as well as nutritious. Combining modern nutritional science and Ayurveda, the most ancient healing system on the planet, The Chopra Center Cookbook features more than 200 appetizing, easy-to-prepare recipes and 30 days of balanced meal plans. You'll discover a new world of flavor and enjoyment with these low-fat dishes as the authors show you how to eat food that is good for you, re-establish the mind-body connection, and reverse the aging process.ZUCCHINI PECAN BREAD * THAI NOODLES * BRAISED SALMON WITH MANGO TOMATO SALSA * EGGPLANT CAULIFLOWER CURRY * VEGETARIAN PAELLA * ROSEMARY WHITE BEAN SOUP * MOTHER EARTH'S APPLE PIE * RAINBOW RISOTTO * GREEK GODDESS SALAD * MOROCCAN VEGETABLES * SPICY MEXICAN RICE * VEGETABLE HUMMUS WRAP * APPLE LEEK CHUTNEY * MANDARIN TOMATO SALSA * PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES * NUTTY FRENCH TOAST * HOMEMADE ALMOND BUTTER * BREAKFAST BURRITOS * MEDITERRANEAN PASTA * SPINACH POLENTA * UNBELIEVABLE DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CAKE

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The Low-Fat Good Food Cookbook: For a Lifetime of Fabulous Food Review

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(More customer reviews)Cooking is my hobby and I have had this book for over a year now and have used it many times. The recipes are very tasty, I've used many of them over and over. The low fat chocolate cheesecake is wonderful, as is the potato-cheese soup. In addition, the book starts off with a chapter on nutrition and a chapter on kitchen utensils and spices - I think both chapters would be very helpful to the novice and the experienced cook (consider myself experienced). I am now ordering this book for a friend of mine, in the past have given it to my mother, brother and mother-in- law. If I could have only one low-fat cookbook, this one would be it. I strongly recommend it to anyone who is interested in really yummy low-fat cooking

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Harriet Roth's Cholesterol Control Cookbook Review

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(More customer reviews)This book offers you the opportunity to change your eating style, understand why and lose weight in the process. My husband and I followed Harriet's lifestyle of eating suggestions and were surprised at the quality and tastefulness of the receipes. The added bonus was an ease in losing 34 lbs(my husband) and 17 lbs (me). The important part for us is the continuation in our pleasure in following this new lifestyle of eating and looking so great!

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The Schwarzbein Principle Cookbook Review

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(More customer reviews)Dr. Schwarzbein has created a fabulous EASY program, and her recipes are da bomb! I have lost 15 lbs in 6 weeks, and it's been effortless - I could easily do this forever. Her food is delicious, easy to make, and REAL. There's no bizarre ingredients that you can't pronounce.
And about desserts, well they technicaly aren't legal. But I've had dessert almost every day while on her program *and* losing weight. And I'm not talking about sugar free Jello! I mean real cheesecake, real chocolate truffles, real whipped cream on berries. If you get her other book, "The Schwarzbein Principle", you learn about what foods affect you in what ways, and how to eat carbs so that your system responds the way you want it to.
You *must* get this program!

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Dr. Schwarzbein teams up with acclaimed professional chef Evelyn Jacob to whip up 300 delicious, healing recipes that prove that eating the Schwarzbein way doesn't have to be difficult, boring or fat-free!


With easy-to-follow directions, tips and comprehensive nutritional breakdowns, the book offers healthy entrees and accompaniments for any meal, with delicacies like: breakfast burritos, mushroom-gorgonzola omelettes with walnuts, chicken sate with peanut sauce, crustless quiche, hot artichoke cheese dip, pecan-baked brie, lobster bisque, Asian shrimp, mint pesto chicken, beef stroganoff, Thai basil beef, barbecued spareribs and kielbasa with sauerkraut.

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No More Takeout: A Visual Do-It-Yourself Guide to Cooking Review

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(More customer reviews)I've had this book for about a week, and I'm cooking things I didn't think I was capable of. On Monday, I made steak for the first time in my life and was able to get the precise result I wanted; it was delicious.
If you are unfamiliar with the kitchen, or even if you think you know what you're doing (i.e. chicken breast), this book will enhance the repertoire and carry you forward.
So good, so good.


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Eat Away Diabetes Review

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(More customer reviews)Eat Away Diabetes is extremely well researched and superbly written! Taking complex subject matter, the author uses practical explanations and analogies, thereby making diabetes much easier to understand. The information is current and extremely useful for people with Type 2 diabetes and those working to prevent this potentially devastating (but preventable) disease. Numerous charts and sidebars are used throughout which serve as excellent references in my practice as a registered dietitian. The author emphasizes the importance of exercise at length and explains the roles of fiber, fat, carbohydrates, protein, vitamin/mineral supplementation, and herbs. Ms. Napier also provides 28 days of menus and their accompanying recipes (which are healthy, creative, and tasty). This book will remain a useful resource in my professional practice and daily life! Thank you, Kristine Napier!

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A practical diet-smart way to inoculate against the epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes, from a leading nutritionist. What separates this book from the competition is the collection of delicious gourmet recipes including desserts!

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Prevention's The Healthy Cook: The Ultimate Illustrated Kitchen Guide to Great Low-Fat Food Review

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(More customer reviews)I love this book! It has so many yummy recipies that actually taste good! It also is very informative about preperation of foods It has been a great help to me in my quest for a healthier lifestyle. I use it all the time and they are recipies you can use everyday not just for parties. It's great, I really recommend this book!

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Here's the ultimate guide to wonderful food that's low in fat, high in nutrients and packed with flavor! It's like a complete cooking school-- all in one volume. Features: * 28 information-packed chapters * 450 homestyle recipes-- and hundreds of variations * 424 step-by-step illustrations * Health-boosting hints, tips and shortcuts * Favorite low-fat recipes from two dozen of the country's best chefs-- including Jacques Pepin, Charlie Trotter, Michel Richard, Jim Dodge, Jean-Louis Palladin and Emily Luchetti * "Is It Good for You?"-- the nutritional lowdown on eggs, white sugar, wine, liver, butter, white flour and more * Complete herb and spice primer

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The Moms' Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way Your Family Eats, One Meal at a Time Review

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(More customer reviews)These recipes are quick, easy, good, and best of all, a little more adventurous than your normal "family" cookbooks filled with chicken nuggets and pasta. I am not one to plan a week's meals ahead, and I love that I can open this book and find something great to make out of what I have on hand. I've made at least 15 of the recipes and every one was great. The prep time estimates seem to be pretty accurate. Our family in general likes things a little more spicy than most, so some recipes were a little bland but I just add a little more seasoning if that happens. I think they would probably be fine for most people, especially kids.
I think the authors are right on the mark with their advice on kids trying new foods, no "yuck!"s etc. Their philosophy is similar to our own house rules, and as a result my boys (3 and 7) are great eaters. I had the pleasure of meeting the authors at a bookstore signing, and I was very impressed with their knowledge, sensibility, and friendliness!

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For the legions of harried moms who have tossed in the dishtowel on cooking healthy meals (or any meals!), the easiest-ever guide for bringing super nutrition back to the kitchen. Getting dinner on the table night after night can be a challenge.So it's no surprise that busy moms often rely on fast food, takeout, and convenience meals like macaroni & cheese, chicken nuggets, and fries.The kids love it but the drawback is that little twinge of guilt moms feel every time they feed their family another not-so-healthy meal.At the end of the day, many children end up with a poor diet high in sugar, saturated fat, and calories … a major factor in the rising rates of obesity.Finally, here are realistic guidelines designed to give families a healthy meal makeover. The Moms lay out a 5-Step Meal Makeover Plan, explaining how to market good nutrition to kids, establish food rules, and make life easier in the kitchen.In The Best of the Bunch chapter they reveal which brands of kid convenience foods–hot dogs, frozen pizza, and more–are the best tasting and most nutritious ones out there.The Moms show how to stock a healthy pantry and whip up delicious anytime meals using pantry staples. They even serve up 120 reworked recipes for family favorites such as Fast-as-Boxed Macaroni & Cheese, Squishy Squash Lasagna, Cheesy Broccoli Soup, Sweet Potato Fries, and Chocolate Pudding with Toppers.

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Diabetes Cooking for Everyone: 250 All-Natural, Low-Glycemic Recipes to Nourish and Rejuvenate Review

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(More customer reviews)Gelles has written a good cookbook with tasty recipes. The reviewer before based her review on the peek inside amazon provides, and unfortunately has based her review on a misconception. Gelles does provide a complete nutritional breakdown for each recipe, but oddly, it's in the back of the book starting on page 362. I don't know why the nutritional information wasn't put on each page with the recipe, one of my Mayo clinic cookbooks does this also, which I find inconvenient and thus my four stars.
It would be much easier to pick up the book, see a recipe, and have the nutritional information on the same page, rather than having to look it up in back. That being said, the recipes are good. I especially like the great shakes section, where she gives several spice mixes that are easy to mix and then shake on chicken or meat for different flavors. The recipes are well laid out, easy to read, the ingredients basic and easy to find in any grocery store.
Gelles also provides alternatives in most recipes to either reduce the fat or the protein. She also gives menu suggestions, such at serve this chicken with the past on page 232 and the tri color salad on page 141 (just an example, not sure of the actual page numbers)

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An award-winning cookbook author, professionally trained nutritionist, and type 2 diabetic, Carol Gelles combines gourmet flair with cutting-edge dietary knowledge in this essential, all-in-one diabetes cookbook. All 250 of the recipes in Diabetes Cooking for Everyone accommodate the dietary restrictions that accompany common diabetes complications by providing recipe variations for reducing fat and saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, protein, or carbohydrates. Plus, each recipe has a GI rating for optimal nutrition and a list of diabetic exchanges to facilitate meal planning. These truly delicious yet easy-to-make dishes address the health needs of everyone with diabetes and nourish the entire family, too.

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The Cancer Survivor's Guide: Foods That Help You Fight Back Review

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(More customer reviews)I recently purchased "The Cancer Survivor's Guide" for a course I was taking at Whole Foods Market in Sacramento, CA. I do not have cancer. I do not plan to get cancer. But then again, nobody does. My beloved, healthy, sister Debora died in 2007 from virulent cancer. I don't wish it on anyone.
While I was a patient of John McDougall in Santa Rosa undergoing his ten day program,my sister Debora was eating the "Atkins Diet." Five years later, I am alive and thriving and Debora is buried in a cemetery nearby.
Don't let this happen to you or your loved one.
I now have a weekly share of a vegetable crop in a C.S.A. farm nearby. I loved the Cancer Project Class. The recipes in this book are great. We got a chance to make several of them during the four week class. The Mashed Grains and Cauliflower on (p168) tasted great with mushroom gravy on top. I enjoyed the Black Bean Chili on (p121). I went into ecstasy over the Raspberry Salad Dressing on (p151) used on our green salad. The Sweet and Sour Stirfry on (p200) was an excellent dish and I learned to cook my root vegetables such as carrots and celery first as they take longer.
I toasted my brown rice prior to cooking it and there is a recipe for that in this book.
Enjoy the Gingered Melon(so easy to make) on (p218) as a wonderful dessert. Of course the Chocolate Mousse on (p215) is a tempting treat as well.
Whether you are looking to revise conventional recipes(p67), plan healthy cancer fighting meals that will slow down the course of cancer in your body, or if you just enjoy the taste of a good Roasted Red Pepper Hummus(p113)this book has an approach to healthy eating that we all can live with and enjoy.


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The Cancer Survivor's Guide explains how foods influence the hormones that fuel cancer and how a dietary change to a low-fat, plant-based diet can be beneficial to anyone diagnosed with cancer. Each section describes specific nutrients and how they work in your body, which foods are the best sources, recommended recipes, and offers simple, practical steps you can take during the week to increase consumption of these foods. Includes over 60 pages of recipes for satisfying and flavorful meals to help implement the recommendations.

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Japanese Vegetarian Cooking: From Simple Soups to Sushi Review

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(More customer reviews)I strongly recomend this book not only to those that have always wanted to learn how to cook easy or elaborate japanese recipes, but also to the ones that want to know what is behind the food. And, of course, this book is a trasure for vegetarians and vegans out there, since it does not use any dairy. Every single recipe has an introduction to it that tells the story of it, the tradition, how and when is usually made in Japan. Other than that, the author writes a lot about japanese culture on food, especially vegetarian, of course; she describes a characteristic japanese meal and gives different menus, so we can serve one (or more) ourselves,from soup to salads, from pickles to sushi. The book also contain a very nice glossary of ingredients and tools, making it easy to understand all the recipes. Moreover, there are some addresses for ordering the ingredients through the mail. This book has all it's needed to prepare great japanese food!

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Healing With Whole Foods: Oriental Traditions and Modern Nutrition Review

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(More customer reviews)You are going to love this one. It is clear, in depth, detailed, and a joy to read. It covers each food discussed with a comprehensive explanation of its energetic properties according to Oriental Medicine.
This book is what you need to make enlightened decisions about what to eat, when to eat it and what to combine in order to have a balanced and self-healing diet.
What I liked most about this reference work is that Pitchford doesn't seem to have an "axe to grind" or a new age philosophy to spout. He gives you the bottom line about food, how to prepare it, when to avoid it, how to evaluate it, how to use it to heal yourself or your patients. He doesn't ask you to believe, just to experiment and use your intelligence.
When you buy this book you will find yourself referring to it for years to come. Warning: You will probably end up giving it to someone you love, so get an extra copy for yourself.
I also recommend you check out Conscious Eating by Gabriel Cousens. It is a good companion to this one and presents a raw food Ayurvedic approach. Enjoy.

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Dr. Gott's No Flour, No Sugar(TM) Cookbook Review

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(More customer reviews)I wasn't sure if I needed both books about the no sugar no flour diet. This book gives you recipes as well as info on the actual diet. You can skip the first book and just get this one and be just as informed.

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The Giant $7 a Meal Cookbook: 701 Inexpensive Meals the Whole Family Will Love Review

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(More customer reviews)Anyone with even a moderately-stocked pantry will be able to flip this book open and find a new way of using standard ingredients. While some recipes are already pretty much second nature to most cooks (i.e., breaded pork cutlets) it does feature some unique, creative twists to old favorites. This is a great handbook for anyone from a beginning chef to a budget-conscious gourmet. This book includes sections for bread, breakfast, appetizers (a great section!), poultry, beef, pork, vegetarian, side dishes, and dessert. Each is labeled with an approximate cost. Each cost seems reasonable to the products--as always, buying in bulk, on sale, etc. will help stay under budget.
A great cookbook to have in any budget-conscious chef's arsenal!


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Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread Cookbook Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is as fun to read as it is to cook from. Dragonwagon has a nice colloquial writing style and gives a lot of background on where each recipe comes from, trivia about the Ozarks and the inn she ran with her husband for many years.
Although this book does have a few pages focusing on breads and salads, the soup recipes (which make up about 75% of the book) are truly the shining stars here. The recipes are divided into chapters on chicken soups, fish soups, vegetable soups, bean soups, dairy soups, nut soups, and fruit/dessert soups. There is also a chapter devoted entirely to making the ultimate gumbo, and one on a very versatile "diet" soup. The majority of recipes fall into the vegetable/dairy/and bean soup categories - making this book quite suitable for vegetarians or people interested in cutting back on the amount of meat in their diets. She doesn't eat red meat, and you won't find any recipes that call for beef, pork, or lamb... although there are a couple of exceptions.
As other reviewers have mentioned, these recipes are all easily adaptable to what vegetables you already have in your refrigerator, though you will probably need to make regular trips to the store to stock up on fresh veggies if you intend to use this book often. The recipes call for lots of ingredients, but you can easily leave some out and still have a great tasting finished product. Many variations are given for each soup and some have ideas for using leftovers. Although she doesn't recommend it, bouillon cubes or canned stock could easily be substituted if you're short on time. However, if you ever wanted to learn how to make a great homemade stock, this is the place for it.
The recipes themselves are excellent and I have had fabulous results and many compliments when serving these soups to others. I highly recommend the Mexican-Style The Soup, Greek Navy Bean Soup, and Pea Soup Caraway Adelle. These soups are a wonderful way to save money and eat healthy while still pleasing your tastebuds.
The book has a nice design, but if you're looking for fancy photographs or art, you won't find them here.

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More from the Gluten-free Gourmet: Delicious Dining Without Wheat Review

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(More customer reviews)Ms. Hagman's three Gluten-Free Gourmet cookbooks have been a godsend to me. Not only have I been happy with all of her recipes, but I have learned from her cookbooks how to experiment with various gluten-free flours to adapt favorite recipes to be "safe" for me on a more restricted diet. _More from the Gluten-Free Gourmet_ is Ms. Hagman's second book, and the first in which she offers recipes to be made in a bread machine. I would strongly recommend purchasing all three of her cookbooks, but if one only wants to buy - or to start with - one book, I feel that this would be the most helpful one. Enjoy!

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Cooking for Two (Healthy Exchanges Cookbook) Review

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(More customer reviews)I love cooking! But I don't like fast food, ready sauces, and dressings or canned food. Of course occasionally I use them but not in every dish. Cooking for Two should be a healthy cookbook but unfortunately its not. Almost every recipe contains `Kraft' sauces or salad dressings and half-and-half should be a common item in your refrigerator. Most of the recipes contained canned vegetable instead of fresh. I can't say that recipes are not good but be honest I haven't cooked one yet and I am cooking every day. If someone looking for a really healthy cook book, which inspires even your husband to look into your kitchen cupboard and experiment a dinner, go for this one: Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day. It's not a cooking for two but it is a way healthier and definitely more interesting.

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Anyone can make tea for two-but cooking a balanced, interesting meal of two servings can be a challenge for newlyweds and empty-nesters alike. In this essential cookbook, JoAnna Lund shows how to get the half-used cans and never-ending leftovers out of the refrigerator. This all-new collection includes more than 200 two-portion Healthy Exchanges® recipes for salads, side dishes, entrees, and even traditional big-portion items like soups and desserts. And of course, like all of JoAnna's recipes so beloved by home cooks over the years, every one is quick, tasty, and healthy.

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