Better Homes and Gardens Ultimate Low-Calorie Cookbook
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publication Date: December 2011
Featured Recipe: Bulls-Eye Onion Burgers
The Ultimate Low-Calorie Cookbook features more than 400 flavorful calorie- and fat-conscious recipes, including main dishes, snacks, sandwiches, pizza, desserts, restaurant favorites, and make-ahead meals; more than 300 gorgeous full-color photographs that make every page inspiring and easy to follow; a “Healthy Eating Basics” chapter; and special features including substitution charts that help make every meal more calorie-conscious, up-to-date diet and nutrition advice, and icons that let you quickly identify recipes that are ready in 30 minutes or less, high in fiber, and/or low in sodium. Whether you’re trying to adopt new, low-calorie eating habits or looking for new recipes to help you maintain your already-healthy lifestyle, this is your ultimate guide.
Cooks&Books&Recipes Editor’s Notes:
Don’t look now, but summer is here! I know some of you — the purists — are saying, “No, summer doesn’t start until June 20 this year.” Whatever. For me, Memorial Day Weekend marks the start of summer. And that reminds me that I never got around to ratcheting up my diet-and-exercise regime, as I’d planned in early January… So it’s time to be sensible. Rather than those lofty New Year’s goals, some basic lower-calorie meals and higher-effort exercise days are called for. This cookbook can help with the first. In addition to the chapters you’d expect (e.g., breakfast, soups, seafood, desserts), it also includes “Meatless Entrees,” “Bubbly Casseroles,” “Slow Cooker,” “Make-Ahead Meals” (my favorite), “Miraculous Makeovers,” and “Special Occasions.” We even had friends over for dinner and served them a “low-calorie” meal from this cookbook (shhhh, don’t tell) based on Flank Steak Teriyaki & Wild Rice. And just look at these Bulls-Eye Onion Burgers! If I have onions with my burger, I want them well-cooked. Why didn’t I think of this method? Genius. And a perfect way to splurge without guilt for your Memorial Day cookout.
[…] States, summer if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere. We posted a fun (and low-cal) recipe for Bull’s-Eye Onion Burgers earlier this week, and we’ve got the recipe for some jumbo juicy ribs coming up, but what […]