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I have been share of the low-carb community for various years, and I find it interesting to watch the trends and the ups and downs of low carb advocacy. I’ve always leaned toward a healthful version and moderation. From the beginning, I preferent “real food” made healthy, and this delightful book, Healthy Carb Cookbook For ‘Dummies’ (Wiley Publishing, 2005), by Jan McCracken, offers a fantasti assortment of down to world and delicious, “real world” recipes. This book is a realistic and humorous guide for living a healthful life for real people. It addresses ease of preparation, economy of effort, contemplation of meal budgets, and most significantly abundance of flavor – all with health as the underlying factor. I love each recipe I’ve tried so far. As any “Dummies” reader knows, there’s more to a “Dummies” cookbook than recipes. And in this book, there are terrific, mutual sense, and again, realistic segments, from counsel and tips to selective information on how to get the most gain from living right in this fast-paced world. I also be grateful for that the author evidently knows her chops, so to speak. She has done her exploration and provides info that I have not found readily available regarding low and healthful carb. I’ve been researching and reading with regards to all angles of low carb eating for assorted years, and this book actually gave me a great deal of fresh information, new perspectives and a fun read. If you have any curiosity or interest in low or healthful carb cooking, I highly commend getting a copy of this book. |
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful.
Great Way to Begin the New Year!
By Deanna M. Yalowitz
Many of us make resolutions for the New Year. Some we keep and others are hard to stick to. I did not have a choice about lowering my cholesterol. I just didn’t know how to go about it. I found myself in the Dummies section of the bookstore, and reached for Molly Siple’s book – Low Cholesterol Cookbook for Dummies. I started skimming through it and the recipes sounded delicious and easy. I purchased the book and am eager to share the news that I have lost 4 lbs in two weeks. Not only are the recipes easy to follow, but the ingredients are all available in my local market. No mystery foods. It is astonishing how quick some of the meals are to prepare, and I just love Molly’s little tips on what type dish to serve it in and even how to cut up a mango. I am having my cholesterol levels checked in February and will report my success then.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful.Chock full of inforrmation and great recipes
By L. Brown
I’m not much of a cook but I am interested in low cholesterol, so I took a chance on this book. And what a pleasant surprise. Not only is it chock full of information on fats in foods, the good and the bad, but the variety and originality of the recipes actually inspired me to cook.
The chicken recipes alone are simply wonderful.
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Alot to read
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I purchased this book about a month ago. Only half way thru it, but everything I have read so far has made me no longer a dummy when it comes to lowering Cholesterol. Healty eating and Happy Holidays. Great gift to get someone you love.
Cooking?
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I am not a cook, nor am I a health nut. This book gives great insight and makes cooking more healthy very easy.
Great Way to Begin the New Year!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Many of us make resolutions for the New Year. Some we keep and others are hard to stick to. I did not have a choice about lowering my cholesterol. I just didn’t know how to go about it. I found myself in the Dummies section of the bookstore, and reached for Molly Siple’s book – Low Cholesterol Cookbook for Dummies. I started skimming through it and the recipes sounded delicious and easy. I purchased the book and am eager to share the news that I have lost 4 lbs in two weeks. Not only are the recipes easy to follow, but the ingredients are all available in my local market. No mystery foods. It is astonishing how quick some of the meals are to prepare, and I just love Molly’s little tips on what type dish to serve it in and even how to cut up a mango. I am having my cholesterol levels checked in February and will report my success then.
Don’t like the recipes
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
Maybe there needs to be 2 editions of this book. This one is more for the gourmet cook who likes to visit little food marts and try exotic recipes. I’m the type who doesn’t like to cook much and wants to get out of the grocery store in 15 minutes flat. I’m fine with microwaving frozen veggies or topping a potato with store-bought salsa, and I have to look up instructions when I want to make hard-boiled eggs. I just want a few quick, simple recipes that use everyday ingredients. The ones in this book are unappealing and annoying for me.
It’s an okay book
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I’ve found that the “Dummies” books are 98% reading and 2% practical advice. I am a busy person and do not have the time to read all of the information regarding cholesterol and how the body handles too much of it. Yes, I did learn some things. The homemade tortilla chip recipe was good but the book neglected to say how long you can store these chips in your pantry. Some of the recipes were not well known and so the book has been sitting on the shelf in my kitchen instead of being used.
Low Cholesterol Cookbook for Dummies
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I was looking for an actual cookbook, with lots of recipes. There are recipes, but they’re hidden in all the writing. This book is too wordy. Yes, I want to and need to know more about Cholesterol, but that’s not what I bought this book for.
My big mistake was that I bought two of them sight-unseen. I had planned to send one to my mom. After looking through it, I knew it would turn her off also. So now I’m stuck with two copies of the same cookbook I don’t want and shouldn’t have spent the money on to begin with.
I’m not saying it’s not a good book. It’s just not a good *cook* book. It should be advertised as book on Cholesterol with recipes, not as a cookbook.
Low-Cholesterol Cookbook for Dummies
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
When I found out I had high cholesterol in my mid-40′s I went RUNNING to find cookbooks so I could lower it. I have bought 5 so far, this one is by far the best as far as information goes. It gives lists of foods you should keep around the house to snack on, lists of foods that should be kept handy for cooking and a no-nonsense approach to the health needs of those with high-cholesterol. There aren’t as many recipes as some of the cookbooks I have; but the recipes they do have rate above the others in terms of the ease of procuring the ingredients, the taste of the food, and the simplicity of the recipes. I would not waste my time with the American Heart Assoc. cookbook if you are unsure of which to buy. As far as the 4 star rating, I can’t see any low-cholesterol cookbook getting a 5 star rating – we who are doomed to a life without sugar, baked goods, white breads, mayo, luncheon meats, etc. are not prone to give any cookbook a 5 star rating!
Full of great info….
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This book has a lot of very good information, but it lacks in the area of recipes…. I thought it would be full of low-cholesterol recipes since it is a cookbook. There are some, but not what a cookbook usually holds.
A nice, easy to use book
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
If you like cookbooks, this isn’t a bad one…if you are looking for information on foods to eat or not eat with high cholesterol, then this would work for you. The recipes seem easy enough to prepare, with easy to find ingredients, however, as a person who doesn’t like cookbooks, I don’t use it much. We bought it primarily for the information on what’s healthy and what isn’t, which this book really does provide. We have found that aspect of the book invaluable. For that reason, I give it 4 stars, as just knowing the right foods to buy, even if you don’t follow the recipes to the letter, has helped tremendously.
Cooking Can Be Healthful and Easy!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have bought very few cookbooks over the past 40 years, but this one is a must have. The writing style is warm and friendly. I felt like a friend was in my kitchen guiding me into the world of healthful eating. Molly Siple makes nutrition understandable for the lay person and she gives great attention to the asthetic presentation of food. The author has actually made preparing low-cholesterol meals fun rather than labor intensive. It is now my first-choice book for meal planning. We are eating better and enjoying it.
Healthy Meals
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a good starter cookbook for those of us blessed with the extra cholesterol gene. The chapters make the health problem easy to understand. The reicpes are easy to make and I was able to use the principles of healthful cooking to modify some of my old favorites. My sweetie even commented that my cooking was improving and that the meals I have made are satisfying! This is a guy who, when left to his own devices, makes everything into a sandwich.
cholesterol cookbook
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Helped set up diet to reduce cholesterol as I have 3 clogged arteries and cannot have bypass surgery
Chock full of inforrmation and great recipes
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I’m not much of a cook but I am interested in low cholesterol, so I took a chance on this book. And what a pleasant surprise. Not only is it chock full of information on fats in foods, the good and the bad, but the variety and originality of the recipes actually inspired me to cook.
The chicken recipes alone are simply wonderful.
This author brings impressive and thorough knowledge of cholesterol to her ingenious recipes. It’s a well-done and worthy book.