“There’s no shortage of cookbooks full of healthier favorites, from mac and cheese to turkey pot pie.”—Suzanne Schlosberg Fitness
“There’s no shortage of cookbooks full of healthier favorites, from mac and cheese to turkey pot pie.”—Suzanne Schlosberg Great Falls Tribune
“Slim down your comfort foods: There’s no shortage of cookbooks full of healthier favorites, from mac and cheese to turkey pot pie.”—Herald-Dispatch.com
“The recipes, abundant with healthful ingredients, are haute cuisine in presentation and taste, but foolproof in preparation. . . . The book offers good, fresh food for family or guests in a way that will make any cook proud.”—Donna Segal Indianapolis Star
“I usually steer clear of cookbooks with ‘healthy’ texts. This book is a phenomenal exception! It includes 200 mouthwatering recipes, with foods easily available in the local supermarket. The recipes combine good food with health science; appetizing photos make you want to start cooking!”—Ruth Taber KTSM-TV (El Paso)
“Welcome to a whole new healthy way of eating. The New American Plate Cookbook . . . shows how to make exciting, enticing, one-pot meals that are as delicious as they are good for you.”—Ladies' Home Journal
“Truly a gourmet cookbook.”—Sharon Thompson Lexington Herald-Leader
“Recipes are appealing and easy to make and cover every course of a meal. . . . [A] glossy, eye-catching cookbook.”—Deborah Shippy Library Journal
“A far cry from the diet directives of years past. With beautiful pictures and helpful cooking tips, these recipes will keep your palate satisfied through the year.”—Meeta Agrawal Life Magazine
“A delicious resource. Not only does it include recipes that are high in good-quality proteins, but most are also low-fat, include lots of healthy ingredients and actually taste great.”—Joanne Kempinger Demski Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“The New American Plate is bursting with color and flavor. . . . We are not talking diet food here, or being beaten over the head once again with nutrition facts. We are talking healthy, savory food that even helps protect against health problems.”—New Orleans Times-Picayune
“An updated and more vibrant version of dinner: Where there was once Hamburger Helper, there’s now sesame-ginger frittata with broccoli and shrimp. . . . With 200 tempting choices, The New American Plate [Cookbook] makes weight loss and healthy eating easy as pie—or, in this case, fresh plum tart.”—Jennifer Murray O: The Oprah Magazine
“This well-written cookbook is based on the notion that dinner should comprise something other than a hunk of meat, a pile of potatoes and a handful of some sort of green. . . . But if all this clean living sounds a bit too virtuous to be delicious, fear not: there are some wonderful recipes to be found in this volume . . . exceedingly easy to follow and appealingly photographed.”—Publishers Weekly
“Terrific. . . . The delicious and simple recipes help you bring healthy food to the family table without complaints of dullness.”—Ann Lovejoy Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“With 200 recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, breads, entrees, desserts, and more, this cookbook makes it easy to eat in a way that helps maintain a healthy weight and protect against disease.”—Kristy Erickson Taste For Life
“[This] new book has a little something for everyone: 74 mouthwatering photos, 200 recipes, many of which can be pulled together without an extra trip to the store, and nutrition facts listed with every dish. At the heart of it is a new way of eating for better health, emphasizing more vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans, and less meat. Instead of preaching the virtues, the authors appeal to our appetites: Recipes combine vivid colors and flavors, yet seem doable for the average cook.”—Leslie Cole The Oregonian
"These recipes are so compelling they make me want to run back into my kitchen-and I was just there a minute ago! This is the way it should be: beautiful, accessible food that is gloriously healthful, with complete sensuous appeal and no compromise."—Mollie Katzen, author of
The Moosewood Cookbook and host of
Mollie Katzen's Cooking Show"This amazing book weaves together state-of-the-art nutrition information with recipes you can't wait to prepare. It erases any lingering doubt that food good for the body can also be exquisite."—Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., Director, Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, Yale University
"Delicious!
The New American Plate Cookbook should do much to recreate the look and taste of America's dinner plates, adding to them all those wonderful vegetables that most Americans still ignore, along with other rarities such as fresh lemon juice and fresh herbs. Bravo!"—Deborah Madison, author of
Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone"At last, a cookbook with a sensible, scientifically sound approach to diet."—Martha Rose Shulman, author of
Mediterranean Light and
Ready When You Are