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Home Sausage Making: Healthy Low-Salt, Low-Fat Recipes

Charles G. Reavis

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• Great for the home sausage maker
• Gives great Recipes
• Teaches you the best way to make your own sausage

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

... and made easy! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I got the book to make bratwurst for an Okotberfest we were having and was nervous about making sausage for the first time. The book's instructions were very clear and easy to follow. I'm looking forward to trying many of the other sausages in the book!

Old information and VERY few actual sausage recipes 1 out of 5 stars.
1 of 4 people found this review helpful.

This book has old information that is no longer recommended by food experts. SaltPeter is no longer a substance that should be used and it is included in some of the instructions in this book. There are VERY few actual sausage making recipes. Most of the recipes are for cooking WITH sausage as an ingredient. If I had purchased this book from a local store -- I would return it for a refund.

wonderful book 5 out of 5 stars.
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i used this recipe book to make 5 different kinds of sausage for my son's wedding rehersal dinner. they were all excellent. the book provides a good foundation on which to build your own favorite recipies.

Really excellent 5 out of 5 stars.
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A very detailed and comprehensive guide to sausage making. Good reading, lots of good ideas.

Editorial Review:

A combination how-to manual for 32 types of fresh or cured sausage and cookbook with 175 recipes.

SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life

Steven G. Pratt, Kathy Matthews

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Total reviews: 108 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

The super-bestselling book that's enhancing Americans' health

By eating the fourteen SuperFoods highlighted in Dr. Steven Pratt's instant bestseller, you can actually stop the incremental deteriorations that lead to common ailments and diseases

• Beans -- reduce obesity
• Blueberries -- lower risk for cardiovascular disease
• Broccoli -- lowers the incidence of cataracts and fights birth defects
• Oats -- reduce the risk of type II diabetes
• Oranges -- prevent strokes
• Pumpkin -- lowers the risk of various cancers
• Wild salmon -- lowers the risk of heart disease
• Soy -- lowers cholesterol
• Spinach -- decreases the chance of cardiovascular disease and age-related macular degeneration
• Tea -- helps prevent osteoporosis
• Tomatoes -- raise the skin's sun protection factor
• Turkey -- helps build a strong immune system
• Walnuts -- reduce the risk of developing coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer

* Yogurt-promotes strong bones and a healthy heart

SuperFoods Rx includes recipes created by Chef Michel Stroot of the Golden Door Spa and teaches you how to incorporate SuperFoods and their sidekicks into your diet. SuperFoods Rx is an indispensable guide to a healthy, long, and energetic life.

FIX-IT and FORGET-IT LIGHTLY : Healthy, Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker

Phyllis Pellman Good

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Total reviews: 34 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Recipes OK, but get the ringed binder 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

So far have only made a couple of the recipes, which were fine. I saw the book in a store shortly after getting it from Amazon, and the one there had a ringed binder - which would be much better because it would lay flat on the counter. I didn't think about that when ordering.

Abundant in recipes for the light cooker. 3 out of 5 stars.
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I'm a big time calorie counter and fat counter. I have good eating habits do to the fact that I lost 56 lbs. with Weight Watchers about four years ago. So I'm not a stranger to cooking light. I prefer it. And I love to cook with my slow cooker. I bought the original Fix-It cookbook and LOVE it. And I have to say that although I haven't used this one as often it is filled with an abundance of great recipes and their nutritional facts.
Overall, a great cookbook that I will keep next to my other favorite cookbooks.

Don't get this book- waste of money! 1 out of 5 stars.
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I can't tell you enough how bad these recipes were. And like the other reviewers was excited to get this cookbook so we'd stop eating on the go so much.
I started trying a new recipe such as the chilli and it was awful! Most of the recipes were bland or mushy.

Editorial Review:

Yes, Now you can have it all: Food from your slow cooker that is scrumptious, quick and easy to prepare and low fat!

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, Revised Edition

Robert C. Atkins

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Total reviews: 1336 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Atkins Diet book is the low-carb Bible 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

He researched and introduced the low-carb concepts. Book has clear explanations and many recipes. Highly recommended. (Oh yeah, and it WORKS!)

Solved my Blood Sugar Highs! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I know it sounds too good to be true, but I started this way of eating (WOE) on 07/22/08 and from day one my blood sugar never went over 110. It had previously been between 150-250 (even while taking 4 insulin shots a day and 2000 mg of Metformin). I have lost almost 40 lbs in 3 months and have never been healthier. If you have the will, this will be a life changer for you.

Unhealthy Diet - I Met Dr Atkins Personally 2 out of 5 stars.
0 of 4 people found this review helpful.

In 1998, my company at the time asked me to meet Dr Atkins with a view toward a business deal we were contemplating with him. He was so unhealthy in appearance (palid, exhausted) that I told my boss "Don't do a deal with this guy, I think he's going to die soon." Since then, I've done more research into the science behind low-carb/high-protein. The fact is most Americans already get enough protein in their diets. They also get too many carbs, but that's from overeating and over-indulgence in highly processed foods... not because carbs are inherently bad. Moderation on all fronts is the only diet that works. Eating mostly meat is going to work as well as the Banana Diet did, you'll lose weight at first but then get sick and ultimately gain it back.

Editorial Review:

This new edition contains the basic diet and is enhanced by new explanations of the underlying theories. There are seven new chapters.

Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition

Paul Pitchford

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Total reviews: 98 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Used as a reference by students of acupuncture, Healing with Whole Foods is an invaluable guide to the theory and practice of Chinese medicine. With facts about green foods such as spirulina and blue-green algae and information about the "regeneration diets" used by cancer patients and arthritics, it is also an accessible primer on nutrition—and a inspiring cookbook with more than 300 mostly vegetarian, nutrient-packed recipes.

The information on Chinese medicine is useful for helping to diagnose health imbalances, especially nascent illnesses. It's smartly paired with the whole-foods program: because the Chinese have attributed various health-balancing properties to foods, you can tailor your diet to help alleviate symptoms of illness. For example, Chinese medicine dictates that someone with low energy and a pale complexion (a yin deficiency) would benefit from avoiding bitter foods and increasing "sweet" foods such as soy, black sesame seeds, parsnips, rice, and oats. (Note that the Chinese definition of sweet foods is much different from the American one!)

Pitchford says in his dedication that he hopes the reader finds "healing, awareness, and peace" by following his program. The diet is certainly ascetic by American standards (no alcohol, caffeine, white flour, fried foods, or sugar, and a minimum of eggs and dairy) but the reasons he gives for avoiding these "negative energy" foods are compelling. From the adrenal damage imparted by coffee to the immune dysfunction brought on by excess refined sugar, Pitchford spurs you to rethink every dietary choice and its ultimate influence on your health. Without being alarmist, he offers dietary tips for protecting yourself against the dangers of modern life, including neutralizing damage from water fluoridation. There's further reading on food combining, female health, heart disease, pregnancy, fasting, and weight loss. Overall, this is a wonderful book for anyone who's serious about strengthening his or her body from the inside out.

Cooking Light Complete Cookbook: A Fresh New Way to Cook (Book & CD-ROM)

Cooking Light Magazine

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

It's here! The most comprehensive Cooking Light collection of healthy and tasty recipes ever combined in one cookbook is now available in a kitchen-friendly ring-binder format, complete with 20 tabbed dividers, page lifters, and a bonus recipe chapter.

Shrink-wrapped and specially packaged, the Cooking Light Complete Cookbook also has a bonus gift tucked into the front pocket: a free interactive DVD with 100 menu ideas, recipes, shopping lists, and how-to video clips inspired by the popular "Dinner Tonight" column in the magazine.

Serving up a whopping 1,200 health-conscious, tasty recipes, 630 inspiring photographs, 750 kitchen secrets and shortcuts, plus 50 menus for everyday cooking and holiday entertaining, Cooking Light Complete Cookbook is THE most comprehensive collection ever by Cooking Light, America's leading epicurean magazine and trusted authority on healthy cooking.

Features:

Handy new ring-binder format with dividers and page lifters plus FREE interactive DVD

Bonus In Season recipe chapter features seasonal recipes and menus that highlight the Cooking Light way of life--cooking with nutritious whole foods that make it from the produce stand to your dinner table with ease

The hardcover edition, the All-New Complete Cooking Light Cookbook, is a 2007 International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook Awards winner

Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life

Jillian Michaels

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Total reviews: 107 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Winning by Losing 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book kick major butt. So if don't want to be kicked into gear, than don't get this book. Very hard.

A must-have for anyone trying to lose weight! 5 out of 5 stars.
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An excellent how-to book, in plain language, that will help anyone in their struggles to lose weight. Jillian Michaels doesn't talk down to you and she doesn't let you talk down to yourself - she just shows you how to make changes that will change your life. I highly recommend this book because it addresses all 3 components to losing weight - diet, exercise and attitude. Everyone will find something helpful in this book!

Editorial Review:

Few things in life are simple and straightforward, and losing weight is no different—it's not easy, and anyone who says otherwise is trying to pull a fast one. Winning by Losing is a comprehensive, inspirational, and real solution to your weight problems. Taking a triple-threat approach, Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels identifies and illuminates the three keys to health and lasting weight loss so that you can become a winner in mind, body, spirit, and life. Focusing on both the psychological aspects of being overweight as well as nutrition and fitness, Jillian's program is designed to help you safely shed weight fast.

So, are you ready to chuck the excuses and the quick-fix fantasies and get real about what it takes to change your life for the better? If so, this is the book for you. Come on. Losing has never felt so good!

Eating For Life

Bill Phillips

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Total reviews: 202 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Did you truly enjoy the food you ate today? Do you really like the way you look and feel? Are you consistently enjoying great health and high energy?

Bill Phillips, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Body-for-LIFE, believes your answer to all of the above questions should be, "Yes!" He feels that food should be a source of pure pleasure. A source of positive, abundant energy! A "sure thing" in a world of much uncertainty.

Phillips, who's widely regarded as today's most successful fitness author, has firm beliefs which go against the grain of today's popular weight-loss methods. "Diets, all of them, are potentially dangerous, most always dumb and ultimately a dead-end street!" he insists. "Eventually, anyone and everyone who's at all concerned with their health must learn how to feed their body, not how to starve it."

Instead, Phillips encourages a safe and sound solution which includes eating balanced, nutrient-rich meals, frequently throughout the day. "This is what works in the long run," he explains.

Rich with common sense and science, Eating for Life has rhyme and reason. It is specific. There are very clear dos and don'ts which help people enjoy food and improve their overall fitness.

Bill's approach, which he calls the "Eating for Lifestyle," has already helped thousands of people break free from the dieting dilemma and discover that, contrary to pop-culture belief, food is friend, not foe. Used intelligently, it nourishes the body and mind, satisfies the appetite, calms cravings, renews health and lifts energy.

Like Bill Phillips' Body-for-LIFE, this is a tell-it-like-it-is book. There's no promise of a quick fix. No metabolic tricks or so-called miracles. Just straightforward, clear, concise, practical and appropriate principles for eating right... for life.

The Insulin-Resistance Diet--Revised and Updated: How to Turn Off Your Body's Fat-Making Machine

Cheryle Hart, Mary Kay Grossman

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Conquer insulin resistance. Reduce cravings. Eat your favorite foods. And lose weight!

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If you have tried every diet and are still struggling with your weight, the real culprit may be insulin resistance. When you have more glucose than your body needs, your body responds by producing more insulin to stabilize your blood sugar level and store the excess glucose as fat. In The Insulin-Resistance Diet, Cheryle R. Hart and Mary Kay Grossman show you how to control insulin resistance and lose weight without sacrificing all of your favorite foods.

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Overcome insulin resistance and lose weight with:

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• The exclusive Link-and-Balance Eating Method, which balances carbs with the right amount of protein at the right time for maximum weight loss .
• Self-tests to determine your insulin resistance and check your progress with linking and balancing .
• Real-world strategies for eating at home and out on the town .
• Easy-to-make, tasty recipes and livable meal plans

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Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery: Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat High-Protein Recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks, Months and Years After Surgery

Patt Levine, Michele Bontmpo-Saray, Meredith Urban-Skuros

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Total reviews: 64 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

In April 2003 Patt Levine underwent "Lap-Band" gastric surgery, one of the primary bariatric surgeries being widely practiced today. As a lifelong foodie, she was expecting the worst when her surgeon's nutritionist handed her dietary guidelines to follow post-surgery, and she was right. With her decades of cooking skills, she immediately set out to devise low-fat dishes that would be just as delicious pureed and chopped as they would be served whole. As an added problem, she wanted to cook for her husband at the same time. This first-ever cookbook for the hundreds of thousands who are lining up for bariatric bypass surgery is proof that it can be done. With collaborator Michele Bontempo-Saray, the author has created 125 recipes that contain no added sugar, are very low in fat, and get their carbohydrates almost exclusively from fruits and vegetables. Each recipe includes specific guidelines for preparation of the dish for every stage of the eating programs for Lap-Band, gastric bypass, and Biliopancreatric Diversion Duodenal Switch (BPD-DS) patients, as well as suggestions for sharing meals with those who have not gone through gastric surgery. Creative recipes cover every meal and food—breakfast and brunch, soups, vegetables, main courses, and sweet indulgences.