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Now Eat This!: 150 of America's Favorite Comfort Foods, All Under 350 Calories

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ISBN 0345520904
Publication Date 2010-03-02
Number Of Pages 272
Publisher Ballantine Books


   
Customers Reviews

2010-07-30
Great cook book
I have made a lot of the recipes in this book and my family likes most of them.
The exception (Black Bean Brownies) just not as good as the real thing.



2010-07-16
NOW DON'T EAT THIS!!!!!!!!
I found Rocco's cookbook to be, um, deceiving. The pictures looked awesome, the recipes looked like they would be yummy, and I couldn't help but to be amazed that I too could eat my fav things while on a diet! Yeah, well, then I ate some of them. First, the General Tso's chicken was HORRID. WAAAAAAAAAAY to much vinegar, very funky flavor undercurrent. The chicken Marsala tasted like someone had took a crepe, wrapped it around a chicken breast and then violated it with wine and Greek yogurt. By the way, the yogurt is great just plain. And then, as if I hadn't had enough punishment enterically, I attempted the "you have to eat these to believe them" brownies, using black beans vs flour. Yeah... Reminded my taste buds of what dirt may taste like when cooked. Gross. Awful. Horrid. Disgusting. Spit it out and threw them and that cookbook away. If the people on the Biggest Loser lost weight eating this, it is more likely that they were NOT eating. Boo!

2010-07-14
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
I love this cookbook!! I have probably made about 2o of the recipes in it and I have loved all of them. It gave me some really good ideas for natural healthy substitues. They are all easy enough to make with common ingredients.

2010-07-10
Nice addition
I've made about 1/4 of the recipes so far and have found them all to be good to excellent. The "diet" marinara has replaced my regular old school gravy, it's that vibrant.

Only caveat I would put on it is that most recipes involve meaningful prep and some items (like greek yogurt and low fat blue cheese) are hard to find depending upon where you live.

Still, a great diet conscious addition for people who like to cook. It's worth the price of the book for the pantry advice.

2010-07-09
Chicken Fried Steak with Sausage Gravy and Sweet Potato Fries
The star of the dish is the depth of flavors in the gravy. The chicken stock and cornstarch whisked together avoided a floury tasting gravy and gave just enough satisfying thinness to the gravy. Adding the Greek yogurt to the gravy was brilliant. Its mild taste is the best and it helped tone down the taste of the hot turkey sausage and increased the richness of the golden color of the gravy. This was a bonus. I would have added some freshly minced onion to the dish at this point, but I just like onions a lot. Panko bread crumbs gave a nice crunch and did not become soggy.

The lean filet mignon and method of cooking certainly produced a low fat dish, but it did increase the cost of the meat real fast. This is where the country mouse meets the city mouse, but the result is a delicious dish. The second day around was as tasty as the first time. Also, the bread crumbs were softer and had less crunch, but was still appealing.

You have taken one of this Southern gal's recipes and a truck stop favorite to new heights and succeeded very well. Congratulations!

Your version of SWEET POTATO FRIES was outstanding in this visually appealing cookbook. (No catsup required!) I did wonder if dipping them in beaten egg whites would add more crispness?? It's not needed, but this just popped into my head. I loved the rehab concept in your book in which you keep the flavor with fewer calories in these family favorite recipes. This cookbook was a wonderul Mother's Day gift from my daughter.

Tastefully yours,
Lucy Elaine
Chester County, PA



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