[.ca] Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day: 250 Delicious ... (ISBN 0764544799)

Delicious, Healthy Food!:
I LOVE this book! It is full of really delicious recipes, and all of them are relatively easy. I never thought I'd eat BETTER food while trying to get healthy!

This is a great addition to my collection:
I just had company for dinner last night and served the Gremolata-Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Tomato Relish to rave reviews! Every recipe I've tried so far has been great!

I nearly didn't buy this book...:
... due to the negative reviews posted here (the recipes are too complicated, the ingredients too hard to find, etc). But I'm glad I did, because everything we have tried has turned out really well. Last night we had the "Seared Salmon with a Moroccan Spice Crust" for dinner - brilliant! Then there's the "Chocolate Fudge Cookies", with only 2 points (2 grams of fat and 91 calories) per serve - yummy! And there are many more recipes I can't wait to try. Sure, the recipes may be slightly more time-consuming to prepare, but if you love good food and trying new dishes, they're worth it!

I expected a lot more...:
I got this cookbook not because I'm in Weight Watchers, but I enjoy healthy eating. Some of the recipes sound interesting enough, but aren't "everyday" fare. There are a lot of recipes that require one to live in a good-sized city to have access to the ingredients (oysters, lobster, arborio rice, wild mushrooms, different cheeses, semolina flour, creme fraiche, demi-glace sauce.) None of the recipes really seem kid-friendly, or low-fat versions of tried-and-true favorites. The dessert section doesn't have anything in it that hasn't already been covered by one of the other WW cookbooks. I greatly prefer Simply the Best and The Best of WW Magazine Cookbook to this one.

FAB Food:
- Most of the meals I cook are solo meals. The recipes in this book are mainly geared for four, but they're easily broken down. - I'm a fish-eating vegetarian. Despite my diet, I found many useful recipes. Also, many of the meat & poultry dishes can easily be converted. - I'm not, nor have I ever been, a Weight Watchers follower. I have, however, been morbidly obese (aka REALLY FAT). I lost over 115 lb & have kept it off for over 4 years. No medical aids, fad diets... just water, "diet" & exercise (I'm too passionate to elaborate. I'd write a book if I tried. Just know that you CAN lose weight, as long as you aren't in a rush (the turtle won the race!) Make slow changes & you'll succeed. Time is key). ...Getting back on my original track... I look for books that include nutritional breakdowns of their recipes. This book does that. What compelled me to add my two cents was my success with their pizza dough recipe. Personally, I have the hardest time with bread (and bread-like) recipes. This one worked to perfection. Though it is simple & requires few ingredients, it is still pretty involved, but it's 100% worth it. Plus, the nutritional numbers for it are very good. It makes 4 freezable servings so I can use one & freeze the other 3. In the end, I not only had a (cheap) wonderful, perfectly sized meal, I was also exhilarated by having made it myself. Additionally, on the book as a whole, the photos are quite nice & the instructions are very good, & generally easy. Plus, they throw in a lot of interesting info regarding the recipes, ingredients, regions.... At the price Amazon has it at, this book is MORE than worth it! Recipes range from Italian, Asian, Lebanese, Southern, New England... you really can't go wrong, whatever your skill and/or flavor. And all the recipes are good for you! What more is there?