Anybody recommend a good cookbook?

Bad food tastes soooo good and that's one of the reasons I'll start eating cheesecake, chocolate or fried chicken. Can anyone recommend a yummy cookbook?

I'm allergic to tofu and cheese though :(

I also have a major sweet tooth lol If I made low cal muffins there'd be nothing stopping me from eating 3 of them :'(

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  • ren_ascent
    ren_ascent Posts: 432 Member
    Google is my tool for finding healthy recipies. Then I load them on here so when I make one I can add it straight from the my recipies section to my log.

    www.eatwell.com
    www.cookinglight.com

    I found a wonderful chickpea soup recipie (better than it sounds!) that has a ton of great nutrients for your body. One pot provides me with around 4 bowls. Lunch for nearly a whole work week :happy:
  • kumitekg
    kumitekg Posts: 61
    I don't have a cookbook to recommend, but I know I get TONS of ideas off the internet. Put in the search engine the criteria you are looking for. I also know that people on here have put many links to sites with fabulous recipes and ideas.

    As for nothing stopping you from eating the low cal muffins - sure there is... There is YOU ! :-) Not easy - but you can DO it! Give yourself the power !

    Good luck !
  • Thanks, I'll try those sites and see if I can find something :) Maybe I'll be able to find stuff the rest of my family will eat lol
  • thisdamselflies
    thisdamselflies Posts: 92 Member
    I'm a huge foodie, so I mostly focus on eating food that has a lot of flavor. If it doesn't, I'm going to binge on other crap because I'm not satisfied. I make most things from scratch, and I don't apologize for flour, sugar, salt, etc., as long as I made it myself. :)

    That said, my favorite never-fail cookbooks and websites:

    Mad Hungry: Feeding Men and Boys, by Lucinda Scala Quinn - This book sounds absurd, especially for a woman with no men or boys in her house, but it's the best cookbook in my collection. The food is all delicious, filling, satisfying, and made from scratch. My favorites are the chicken pot pie, the vinegar glossed chicken, the porkchops with apples and onions, the spaghetti bolognese, and the char-baked tomato, zucchini, and eggplant. If you get this book, take my word for it and don't cook any of her Asian dishes. She's great with Italian and American, but her grasp of Asian flavors is totally off.

    Eat This Book, by Tyler Florence - Tyler Florence does amazing things with food, and in spite of the fact that he's white, he really knows what he's doing with Asian cuisine. My favorites are the grilled pizza with mozzarella di bufala, sausage, and fresh tomatoes (I'm allergic to dairy, so I can tell you reliably: this doesn't need the cheese to be delicious), African-spiced chicken with green olive sauce and couscous, cold sesame noodles, Martin Yan's Szechuan eggplant, and pan-roasted chicken with mushrooms, shallots, and rosemary.

    Whole Grains: Every Day Every Way, by Lorna Sass - While I haven't had a ton of recipes from this book, the few I've tried have been really delicious.

    As for websites, my favorites are thekitchn.com and smittenkitchen.com. Thekitchn.com has a delicious recipe for sweet corn risotto that's perfect for spring and summer, zucchini and olive breakfast cake (I had forgotten this one! Time to break it out for next week's breakfasts), roasted tomato tartine, and roasted eggplant caviar (eating this one this week again! so good!). The instructions on Smitten Kitchen are a little long-winded and could definitely use some help, but the writer gets the point across just fine, and all the recipes I've tried from both websites have been amazing. Smitten Kitchen has a recipe for smooth hummus that's really delicious if you don't mind spending an extra 10 minutes on it, garlic butter roasted mushrooms, spinach salad with warm bacon vinaigrette...

    Anyway, I hope this is helpful! And enjoy cooking!
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    lilbearzmom Posts: 600 Member
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  • larsensue
    larsensue Posts: 461 Member
    Comfort Food Diet Cookbook
    LOVE IT!! so does the kid...
  • kpk54
    kpk54 Posts: 4,474 Member
    I have oodles of cookbooks which I rarely use. Now I look at what is in the fridge, type a few ingredients into a google search and up come several recipes. My "go to" sights (when I have something in mind) tend to be allrecipes.com and foodnetwork.com. I usually start with the the recipes that have the highest "star" rating and most ratings.

    I've been cooking long enough (59 years old) that I have a pretty good idea of what I could add or subtract for my and husband's personal taste. I don't lean towards "skinny" recipes because I prefer full fat ingredients. I just eat LESS. I've also learned to cook in smaller quantities so I'm not eating leftovers for days or tempted to eat just because I know how tasty it is (like the mufffins!)
  • musycnlyrics
    musycnlyrics Posts: 323 Member
    I really like allrecipes.com. I believe that the recipes are user submitted, but they also include reviews, so you can tell if the recipes actually worked or not or if they needed some sort of improvement.
    It also helps that you can usually sub some of the full fat options for low fat/fat free options without hurting the recipe.
    I've tried quite a few so far (the quinoa black bean burger recipe was AWESOME) and I haven't had any issues yet.
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  • alpine1994
    alpine1994 Posts: 1,915 Member
    I've made 10-15 recipes from skinnytaste.com. They are excellent! They are often lightened-up versions of our traditional favorites, along with new stuff. The only one I didn't like was the Chicken Pot Pie soup, but my boyfriend made it so who knows if he actually followed the recipe! ;)

    I made the Fiesta Bean Salad from skinnytaste this week for lunches and it's dynamite.
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,839 Member
    I have oodles of cookbooks which I rarely use. Now I look at what is in the fridge, type a few ingredients into a google search and up come several recipes.

    Exactly. In fact, I'm slowly donating my cookbooks to the local library because all they do now is gather dust.

    You never know what will show up. Not too long ago I had an eggplant in the fridge that needed using ASAP and a previously baked sweet potato. Who knew that there would be both Thai and Indian curries made with those two ingredients? It was delicious and healthy.

    I am a frugal and lazy home cook with a web site that has some suggestions you might find useful. Go to http://heidicookssupper.com and pull down the "Spices and Flavorings" category.
  • CatBrush00
    CatBrush00 Posts: 30
    I LOVE my "Low Fat, Low Calorie, low Cholesterol Light Cooking" cook book. I found it at a resale shop-and it was published in 94. I am probably going to see if they have more versions of it. Anyway, tons of recipes from all meats, deserts, drinks, and breads. It even includes a calorie counter below the recipes. And I discovered last night that it has fat, cal, chol counter for other foods. For example Ground patty, regular, broiled for 3 oz is 245 cal. It also lists calories of some fast food places (I guess the most sold items)
    Perhaps it not amazing to some. But I love to know how much everything is right away. I dont want to go on a wild goose chase online to figure out how much it is before I make it. haha
  • NarneyK
    NarneyK Posts: 264 Member
    I personally don't use any cookbooks, but I am a huge fan of Pinterest. If I find recipes online I would like to try in the future, I pin them to my boards for safe keeping. You kind of create your own recipe books that way from all over the internet. If you need help with using it, just let me know.
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    tambam69 Posts: 270 Member
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