Low-Fat Cooking
  Norene's Healthy Kitchen
Norene Gilletz
Norene Gilletz (Healthy Helpings, $29.95) takes you by the hand and shows you how easy it is to prepare healthy and delicious food. In Norene's Healthy Kitchen you'll find lots of nutritional information, menu planning, and of course, recipes for every meal and occasion. Who wouldn't want Almond Schnitzel and Popocorn Cauliflower, especially if they are good for you? Recipes are heart-smart, low GI, and diabetes friendly. Colour photos. Softcover, 511 pp. $34.95.
 Cooking Light Slow Cooker
Cooking Light magazine
Slow Cookers are all the rage now, perfect for getting meals on the table for the family without spending hours preparing them. Those concerned about their diet can now turn to this handy volume from Cooking Light magazine. Soups, stews, and other classic slow cooker dishes are made lighter, along with inventive ideas for side dishes and dessert too. Other titles in the series include Weeknight and Soup. Colour photos. Hardcover, 144 pp. $23.95.
 Cooking Light Salad
Cooking Light magazine
Leave it to Cooking Light magazine to take already good-for-you salads and make them even better. With recipes for classics like cobb salad with green goddess dressing and inventive new combos like jicama-avocado salad with pomegranate-lime dressing these are salads for anytime of year and any part of the meal, made lighter. Other titles in this new series include Soup and Grilling. Colour photos. Hardcover, 144 pp. $21.95.
 Cooking Light Weeknight
Cooking Light magazine
Cooking Light magazine can always be depended upon for tasty and healthy recipes, and this book (one of a new series) is no different. With quick dishes and a make-ahead section these are recipes for everyday, but there are many meal ideas that are suitable for company too. There is also a helpful guide to stocking your pantry. Other titles in the series include Salad and Slow Cooker. Colour photos. Hardcover, 144 pp. $21.95.
 Cooking Light Grilling
Cooking Light magazine
Barbecue has traditionally been seen as rather unhealthy meal, what with all the burgers and steaks. Leave it to Cooking Light magazine to assemble great dishes for the grill, without skimping on the meat. Along with chicken, pork, and beef recipes their are excellent ideas for fish and even some vegetable suggestions. Other titles in this series include Salad and Dessert. Colour photos. Hardcover, 144 pp. $21.95.
All-New Complete Cooking Light Cookbook
Cooking Light magazine
Hundreds of recipes from Cooking Light magazine. Each recipe comes (of course) with a complete nutritional breakdown. The book also includes a useful appendix with ingredient substitutions and measurement conversions. Colour photos. Hardcover, 564 pp. $44.95.
Cooking Light Italian
Cooking Light magazine
One of new series from Cooking Light magazine, this is a great option for those who love classic Italian food but are watching their diet. Of course, each recipe includes the nutritional breakdown per serving. Other titles include soup and dessert. Hardcover, 144 pp. $23.95.
Cooking Light Soup
Cooking Light magazine
57 essential recipes to eat smart, be fit, live well. Tasty, nutritious, reliable and easy soup recipes with tempting photographs to whet your appetite. Hardcover, 144 pp. $23.95.
Cooking Light Dessert
Cooking Light magazine
62 essential recipes to eat smart, be fit and live well. These desserts are worth the splurge. From rich, fluffy Banana Pudding(page 26) to Irish Bread Pudding with Caramel-Whiskey Sauce (page 128), even the most sinfully good desserts can be deceptively light. All’s well that ends well. Hardcover, 144 pp. $23.95.
Reader's Digest Cook Smart for a Healthy Heart
Reader's Digest
As is usual in the Reader's Digest books, this one offers a good balance of information and colourfully illustrated recipes. Though it was originally published in Britain, consulting nutritionist Fran Berkoff has tailored the information for the Canadian market. Although there are meat recipes, the dishes lean more towards greens, beans, and fish with Asian and Mediterranean accents: Asian-style fish with noodles, Mediterranean stuffed vegetables, baked eggplant with yogurt. Hardcover, 320 pp. $39.95.
 Cleveland
Clinic Healthy Heart Lifestyle Guide and Cookbook
Bonnie Sanders Polin and Frances Towner Giedt
Surprisingly sophisticated recipes (with detailed nutritional breakdowns) accompany
this excellent guide on how eating well can improve heart health and function.
The Cleveland Clinic, the premier cardiac hospital in the US, provides advice
on nutrition, exercise, and more. Hardcover, 364 pp. $37.95.
 Simply Great Food
Patricia Chuey, Eileen Campbell & Mary Sue Waisman
Following on the heels of Cook Great Food and Great Food Fast, the Dietitians of Canada present this new title. In a similar vein as the earlier books it is full of healthy, easy recipes for families. There is plenty of nutritional information here, including good grocery shopping and label-reading as well as ways to make your old favourites healthier. Diabetic food exchanges are included among the nutritional breakdown for each dish. Colour plates. Softcover, 336 pp. $27.95.
The Biggest Loser Cookbook
Devin Alexander
From the hit tv show this book has healthy recipes without sacrificing any of
the flavour. The book also includes a guide on exercise and nutrition and of
course, the inspiring success stories of the contestants. Softcover, 236 pp.
$26.95.
 Rose Reisman’s Secrets for
Permanent Weight Loss
Rose Reisman
Along with 150 appealing recipes with not a hint of deprivation, Rose Reisman
serves up an in depth guide to the nine easy-to-follow principles which have
helped her maintain a healthy weight after years of struggle. Colour photos.
Softcover, 309 pp, $29.95.
 Company's Coming Heart-Friendly Cookbook
Jean Pare
This Canadian culinary institution brings us a cookbook chock full
of heart healthy recipes! Easy-to-follow, and most of the ingredients are
already in your pantry. Softcover, 159 pp. $19.95.
 Complete Idiot's Guide to Low Fat Cooking Canadian Style
Pamela Steel & Brigit Legere Binns
Recipes and no-nonsense solutions to creating delicious, healthy
meals...even an idiot can follow these directions. $27.95.
 Crazy Plates
Janet & Greta Podleski
Act two of the low fat high fun cookbook by the Podleski Sisters.
Who can resist Obi Wonton Kenobe Soup, Forrest Gumbo or Mercedes Buns.
Simple to make, even for the domestically challenged. $24.95.
 Looneyspoons
Janet & Greta Podleski
Low in fat, high in taste, this book has everything. Recipes, healthy lifestyle strategies,
exercise tips and with it's cartoon format, it's fun to read and easy to use. $24.95.
 Healthy
Helpings
Norene Gilletz
Originally self published as Mealleaniyumm! this is a new updated
version, with a healthy looking green cover to boot, from Whitecap publishers.
Gilletz is a popular Toronto cooking school instructor. Softcover, 430 pp, $29.95.
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