Cook Yourself Thin: Skinny Meals You Can Make In Minutes (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
EDIT on 1/25/10:I tried making the raspberry/white chocolate chip brownies with butternut squash instead of butter. No one but me would eat them. I think my husband took a tiny bite and had already decided he hated them, and my 3 year old saw raspberris in the middle and declared they were yucky. But my baby ate some! And I thought they were totally acceptable. Not eat the whole pan in one sitting amazing, but acceptable as a substitute. However, the grated squash left the texture (although not the taste) of shredded squash in the brownies. I would suggest the following if you make this recipe - cook the 2 cups of squash so that it's soft, then puree it up. THEN add it to the brownie batter. Also, the cook time said 20 minutes. I cooked about 30 minutes in a 8 by 8 pan and it was still a little too gooey in the middle. Maybe spread it out in a bigger pan, or cook longer. There! I reviewed a recipe. Yeah! My original review:It's hard to review a cookbook - wouldn't it depend on the recipe you're eating whether it is good or not? However, this book does have several chapters in the beginning on topics such as kitchen equipment, what type of eater you are, calorie counts, etc... So technically, I felt it counted enough as a book to review.I did copy some recipes to try, however, it's not really a cookbook of "healthy" meals (in my opinion), it's a cookbook of lower calorie versions of popular meals, that may or may not be healthy.The recipes still have sugar, white flour, fake sugars, salt and other nasty stuff like that. But if you're going to make a meal filled with those things, these recipes will help you use LESS. It reminds me of Weight Watchers, where it doesn't really teach a person to eat healthy, just to eat fewer calories. So if you have no interest in your healthy, simply in eating fewer calories, it's a good book. And sometimes, that's all I want. I want cake, but it would indeed be nice to have cake with less calories. This is a great cookbook. It says that you can eat the foods you love and still loose weight. All you have to do is make a few changes while you cook these meals. For example: In French Onion soup, instead of cooking cheese throughout the soup, just sprinkle it on top. The meals look easy to cook and really tasty. The book also gives a calorie guide and a list of ingredients that you should always have in your house.
What do You think about Cook Yourself Thin: Skinny Meals You Can Make In Minutes (2009)?
A great book -- lots of great recipes, suggestions for swaps, a calorie counter and so much more!
—BiancaMrl
There are some great recipes in here, but you can find them all online at the tv show's website.
—Sjaask
Meh. It was OK. Nothing terribly bad, but nothing terribly spectacular.
—karen
Love this book! An alternative way of cooking good foods.
—SiR
some easy good recipes here with mouth-watering pics!
—ervi24
