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Low carb? No carb? High fat? Non-fat? Low-fat? What’s a family to do with the mass on nutritional information bombarding them? Leanne Ely, the Erma Bombeck of cooking, will dispel myths, offer truths and help families find real-world ways to implement nutrition. Beyond granola and fad diets, this book is for any family seeking a healthy and well-balanced meal plan. *Check out the theme studies for children (Healthy Foods Unit Studied) to teach your child ev… More >>
Healthy Foods : An Irreverent Guide to Understanding Nutrition and Feeding Your Family Well
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It is nice to find a healthy cookbook I can use to cook for my family. The recipes are very tasty and my family is enjoying the new meals.
Overall, it’s a great feel-good type of book. Just like my new beverage of choice called s o y f e e. It’s made from soybeans that you brew just like coffee. Caffeine-free, you’ll find it at www. S oycoffee.com.
I have a few cookbooks on healthy eating, but none of them have such great recipes. It’s that good.
Rating: 4 / 5
I am currently taking a nutrition class and we have learned the art of determining what information is quackery and which is not. Please refer the link here which states that the CNC is a bogus credential. You have to have a degree to actually be a registered dietition or a eal nutritionist. Just want you to be informed people. I do not own the cookbook but knowing that the CNC title can be obtained by taking an open book test I can’t say I would believe there is sound nutritional advise in every regard. I also read that Fiber content was not listed in the nutrition facts and since Fiber is such a huge issue in nutrition and in prevention of certain diseases I would want to know the exact fiber content of each serving/recipe.
http://www.quackwatch.org/search/webglimpse.cgi?ID=1&query=CNC
Rating: 1 / 5
I was hopeful that I would be able to use this book, but I could not get past some of the inane breakthroughs — such as the “great” idea that cupcake liners can also be used for muffins. Come on! If this is news to the author, then I can’t imagine what kind of real experience she has in a kitchen at all. So instead of finding a place on my kitchen counter, this book is in a middle of a stack on my bookshelf. It has a cute cover, at least.
Rating: 2 / 5
I was initially very excited to get this book and thoroughly enjoyed reading it. The problems started when I tried to use any of the recipes. I live in a large city and still had a very difficult time coming up with some of the ingredients. One of them I have never found, and it is a staple of the recipes. The few recipes that I have tried, my children would not eat. I do not have picky children, and my teens will eat about anything. I have found other recipe books with healthy recipes that they will readily eat. So it is a fun read, with some great information but good luck getting your kids to eat anything out of it.
Rating: 3 / 5
I borrowed this from the library first and had to wait forever because it was so popular. I found it to be very easy to read and helpful… I learned a lot about nutrition and there are many helpful tips! Leanne Ely is awesome and so is FlyLady!
Rating: 5 / 5