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The 1200-Calorie-a-Day Menu Cookbook : Quick and Easy Recipes for Delicious Low-fat Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, and Desserts |  | Author: Nancy Hughes
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 5820
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 416
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0809236338
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5635
EAN: 9780809236336
ASIN: 0809236338
Publication Date: September 1, 1994
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Imagine savoring three delicious, satisfying meals every day without worrying about counting calories or calculating fat grams. Now you can enjoy hundreds of combinations of tempting, flavorful breakfasts, lunches, dinners--even desserts--all for only 1200 calories a day.
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 Thumbs up for this cookbook! November 20, 2009
Jeanine M. Keffer (Oregon)
Great selection of food choices and easy directions to follow. So far, the recipes have been very tasty...my family has enjoyed the variety of meal plans. Have been recommending this cookbook to co-workers & friends.
 Breakfasts Yummy, Dinner Okay October 22, 2009
A. Ko (Houston, Tx)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What I like:
I have tried a few of the breakfasts, with tweaks since I do not use synthetic fats like margarine and can no longer eat dairy. Even with the tweaks, the breakfasts are tasty! I get a lot of food and it's only 350 calories.
There are a few things I do not like:
1. Oven temperatures and time to cook are not stated sometimes. I end up having to guess and I am notorious for over-cooking things.
2. The lunch and dinner recipes do have a LOT of ingredients. Most are seasonings to make the food taste good. Sadly, I made a pasta chicken dish that took time and it still tasted bland. Plus, I do not have time to make food with so many ingredients every day or every meal. I understand that each recipe requires a lot of ingredients because, in order to meet daily nutrient requirements, you do have to eat a protein, starch carb, and fibrous carb so that leads to plenty ingredients when you add in the author wants you to actually flavor it.
3. Because I do not substitute fake butter for real butter and mayo and such, I am probably eating more than 1200 calories.
4. Because of the above, I do not think I am losing weight. All I know is this book is too busy for me to do every day of the week. But, the breakfasts are yummy so I am still happy I bought the book.
5. I read some reviews on her 1500 calorie book and bought it as well. People say it has less ingredients. Well, it does...but what it also has is a side panel on each page telling you what side dishes to have. This may or may not create much extra work for the cook. I have not tried them yet.
6. I eat 5 meals a day now, so I still have to put in a lot of leg work to try to get my calorie count right. Needless to say, I am going to eat simpler food after my groceries are gone this week. This book still makes it too much work for me.
7. Fat per serving and calories are given. Protein count and Carb count are not. I wish they were.
 Not "Quick and Easy" August 24, 2009
Donna Anderson (Coatesville, PA United States)
Don't buy this unless you have a lot of time available for meal prep and are okay with 15+ ingredients per recipe. Also, the nutritional info is skimpier than what's provided by some cookbooks; she gives you the calorie and fat-gram counts, but that's it - no saturated fat, trans fat, or sodium numbers. That said, there are some good 100-calorie dessert recipes, and a few of the others worked for me too. I guess I got my money's worth, but the cover says "Quick and Easy Recipes," and that they are not.
 1200 Calorie Menu May 12, 2009
NoeCO (Denver)
I really like this concept, that no matter what you make it is a 1200 calorie day. That said, there is no room for snacks because all 3 meals are suppose to equal 1200 calories. Some of the breakfast and lunch were not feasible simply because of my work schedule. The recipes I have tried have been tasty and easy to make. I do wish that they were easier to cut down since I am only cooking for 1 and all the recipes are for 4.
 No Good February 8, 2009
I HEART AMAZON (Germantown,Md)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I Bought this Book to eliminate the guess work out of what My Meals calorie counts were. EVERY recipie Has 4 Servings.!! So You have to Quarter every ingrediant, to make a Meal for One Person Or 1/2 It to make a Meal for Two. No Pictures at all either, which Make it Non exciting to me. I did not want to have get out my calculator, and figure it out.. to get a Meal for One. Plus every recipie is a BIG Production.. not going to eat FAST, either. Shopping, caluculating, etc all too much for a such a simple cookbook. Plus doesnt give serving sizes either and no sodium counts.! So if your into measuring, and shopping, and spending a Lot time in Kitchen.. this Books for You. If not- LOOK ELSEWHERE. This is Going on ebay to get some of My Money Back!
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