Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a wealth of information, but it desperately needs an update. It was published nearly 15 years ago, when the most powerful microwave was 700 watts. Now with 1000, 1100, and even 1200 watt microwaves being the norm, her recipes all need to be adjusted and updated. Also, there are a whole slew...
5/31/2012
The Ultimate Diet & Fitness Journal Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)16 Week journal with two pages for each day. Left side of page for food, water, supplements. Right page allows tracking for cardio, strength training, flexibility and meditation, daily tips, calorie calculator and a small area for notes. Monthly recaps and areas to include pictures. Includes nutrition...
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calories,
diet,
diet journal,
dieting tools,
exercise,
exercise journal,
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food diary,
food journal,
journal
Raising Vegetarian Children : A Guide to Good Health and Family Harmony Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Joanne Stepaniak and Vesanto Melina have created a much needed resource to serve parents and families, caregivers, and medical practitioners alike. After a thorough introduction discussing all aspects of vegetarian food and life choices (emotional, community, and psychological), the authors give a sound...
5/30/2012
The ( Almost ) No Fat Cookbook: Everyday Vegetarian Recipes Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book provides a wide array of completely vegan sauces, sides, entrees, and desserts that are all extremely low in fat and all very easy and quick to prepare. Almost every one of the recipes that I've tried were excellent(and I've made almost all of them. Of special note are the baked goods and desserts...
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meatless cooking,
vegan,
vegan cookbook,
vegan desserts,
vegetarian
The Balanced Diet Cookbook: Easy Menus and Recipes for Combining Carbohydrates, Proteins and Fats Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an excellent cookbook for anyone interested in Balanced Eating. The author takes the concepts of The Zone and puts them into easy to make and tasty meals. He adds a few suggestions of things to add to make the meals more appealing. Recommended companion book to: 40-30-30 Fat Burning Nutrition.Click...
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cookbook,
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organic food,
the zone,
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whole foods,
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Christmas with Paula Deen: Recipes and Stories from My Favorite Holiday Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book lists at $23.00. It is smaller in size than a paperback. The recipes are reruns from other books by the author, interspersed with family photos that could only be of interest to the people involved. (No illustrations of completed recipes). Most recipes rely heavily on ingredients such as refrigerated...
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chef,
christmas,
classic,
comfort food,
cookbook,
cooking,
old fashioned cooking,
paula,
paula deen,
southern
5/29/2012
Murder Carries a Torch (A Southern Sisters Mystery) Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Birmingham, Alabama's Southern Sisters are tired after just returning home from spending two weeks in Warsaw, Poland celebrating the wedding of Patricia Anne's daughter. However, their idyllic breather ends even before it begins when cousin Luke "Puke" Nelson asks for their help. Apparently, Virginia,...
Sweet Revolution. Cooking Without Sugar. Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I love this book because its wipeable and the recipes taste great. I've only made a few but the one's I made came out great.Click Here to see more reviews about: Sweet Revolution. Cooking Without Sugar.Click here for more information about Sweet Revolution. Cooking Without Sug...
Diet for a Small Planet Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an amazing book. It has lasted longer on the shelves than many other books of its kind and packs an influential punch.The secret of "Diet for a Small Planet" is that it contains something for everyone, whether you believe in vegetarianism, the ecological production of the food supply or just...
5/28/2012
The Diabetes DTOUR Diet Cookbook: 200 Undeniably Delicious Recipes to Balance Your Blood Sugar and Melt Away Pounds Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I bought this book through Rodale and paid WAY too much for it. Should have looked here first. That being said this is fast becoming the most used cookbook in our house.We've made 4 recipes from it so far every last one of them has been:1. Easy2. Flavorful3. SatisfyingI bookmarked 6 more recipes to try...
Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I just received my copy in the mail and I have already read it three times. It is definitely one of those books that is as entertaining for the adults as it is for the children. Take a close look at the illustrations, the attention to detail is amazing (for example, Old Man Fookwire, the loner protagonist,...
The New Laurel's Kitchen Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I first encountered Laurel, Carol et al. in 1985, after reading and being impressed by Diet For A Small Planet but feeling constrained by the narrowness of protein complementarity as it was then understood. I had been told by my doctor to lose the fifty pounds I had gained with my first pregnancy or...
5/27/2012
Sweet: From Agave to Turbinado, Home Baking with Every Kind of Natural Sugar and Sweetener Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I don't doubt that the recipes in this book result in tasty treats but the title is misleading - that is, the subtitle is misleading "From Agave to Turbinado, Home Baking with Every Kind of Natural Sugar and Sweetener." Yeah, I guess "granulated sugar" is "natural" so technically the subtitle is accurate,...
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agave,
alternative sweeteners,
baking,
cooking,
dessert,
foodie,
gourmet cooking,
natural,
organic,
sugar
The Everything Freezer Meals Cookbook (Everything Series) Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I bought several of these freezer cookbooks. This one is my favorite. I am not going to spend a whole day cooking for a month. I wanted a book that showed me how to cook a meal for tonight and make extra to freeze for later. This one has directions for both finishing part right then, and for freezing...
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budget cooking,
cookbook,
freezer,
freezer cooking,
freezer meals,
make-ahead
Cam Jansen: Cam Jansen and the Sports Day Mysteries: A Super Special Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)My daughter is 8 and she loves the cam jansen series. this book was a great addition to my little reader's libraryClick Here to see more reviews about: Cam Jansen: Cam Jansen and the Sports Day Mysteries: A Super SpecialIt's Sports and Good Nutrition Day for the fifth grade at Cam Jansen's school! Cam...
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cam jansen,
childrens books,
mystery,
nutrition for kids,
schools,
sports
5/26/2012
500 Low Glycemic Index Recipes: Fight Diabetes and Heart Disease, Lose Weight and Have Optimum Energy with Recipes That Let You Eat the Foods You Enjoy Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have blood sugar problems and, I suspect, pre-diatbes. I had the hardest time finding cookbooks that had a big section on ideas for just vegetables! I wanted to add more interesting veggie side dishes into my meal plans but even the vegetarian books I looked at just didn't have what I wanted. This...
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cookbook,
cooking,
diabetes,
glycemic index,
glycemic load,
hypoglycemia,
low-carb,
low-sodium,
nutrition
Food that Helps Win the Battle Against Fibromyalgia: Ease Everyday Pain and Fight Fatigue Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Everyone seems to have a different theory about what causes fibromyalgia. This author believes that fibro is an "illness of modern life" despite the fact that there seems to be evidence of cases of fibro throughout history. The author says that fibro is caused by "poor nutrition, poor sleep, hormonal...
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chronic fatigue,
diet,
fatigue,
fibro,
fibromyalgia,
fitness lifestyle,
health,
healthy eating,
lifestyle,
nutrition
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