If you're a Weight Watcher, this collection of 500 recipes in a handy loose-leaf binder could put you in the fast lane on the road to success. This cookbook is designed for Weight Watchers' 1•2•3 Success program: points are assigned to foods based on fat, fiber, and calories, and your daily point allowance is based on your current weight. So you can eat what you want, as long as you don't go over your allotted points. The better your food choices, the more you can eat before you run out of points.
Recipes are varied and cover the whole gamut: sauces; breads; soups; meat, chicken, fish, and vegetarian entrees; pasta; vegetable, grain, and potato side dishes; and, of course, desserts. The recipes are more healthful but not drastically different from foods you and your family enjoy now. Many are familiar comfort foods, such as Pizza, Oven "Fried" Chicken, Beef Stew, Tuna Noodle Casserole, Chocolate Layer Cake, and Cheesecake. Internationally inspired favorites include Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), Orange-Flavored Fajitas, Moo Shu Chicken, Tandoori Haddock, and Senegalese Peanut Soup. The nutritional breakdown for each recipe is more complete than in most cookbooks, and includes calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrate, fiber, protein, calcium, and Weight Watchers' points. --Joan Price
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Reviews:
YUCK!!!
I am a little surprised by all the high reviews for this book. I have only made a couple of the recipes from this book, but they have both been horrible. I have never hated somethinig so much that I had to throw it out, but that was the case with what I made with this book. I was actually going to get rid of this book to make room for better cookbooks, until I read all the high reviews on amazon. I may try a couple more recipes before I make my final decision. There are more recipes I would like to try, but am a little apprehensive. I don't want to waste too much more time or money on something that is not going to turn out. I do like the Simply the Best cookbook by Weight Watchers better than this one (so far).
Healthy Cook Book.
This is a very useful cook book, I enjoyed reading this book. The recipes are simple and easy. I am not a good cook this book helped a lot my children now like the food I prepare. I also recommend this to everyone.
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Great taste and good portions!
I just got the book a couple of weeks ago and I only tried a few recipes so far, but each one of them was easy, tasty and the portions were pretty big. There a lot more recipes in there I want to try. I really like the book and I think you will too.
Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook
The book looks great. It arrived even earlier than was anticipated.
Very good - but sometimes expensive.
The meals I have made from this book so far are delicious. I would love to try out all the recipes. But if you are on a budget, it's kind of hard to afford the things that make these recipes so much more tasty and healthy. Still, I think all the meal I've tried were great.
Recipes are varied and cover the whole gamut: sauces; breads; soups; meat, chicken, fish, and vegetarian entrees; pasta; vegetable, grain, and potato side dishes; and, of course, desserts. The recipes are more healthful but not drastically different from foods you and your family enjoy now. Many are familiar comfort foods, such as Pizza, Oven "Fried" Chicken, Beef Stew, Tuna Noodle Casserole, Chocolate Layer Cake, and Cheesecake. Internationally inspired favorites include Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), Orange-Flavored Fajitas, Moo Shu Chicken, Tandoori Haddock, and Senegalese Peanut Soup. The nutritional breakdown for each recipe is more complete than in most cookbooks, and includes calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrate, fiber, protein, calcium, and Weight Watchers' points. --Joan Price