The Sonoma Diet Cookbook
The Sonoma Diet Cookbook
The flavor-filled lifestyle that's sweeping the country just got easier to follow!With its balanced, sane approach to eating, The Sonoma Diet(tm) is more than an eating plan-it's a healthy lifestyle you can live with. You can lose weight while enjoying a delicious balance of whole grains, protein, healthy fats and fresh produce, and The Sonoma Diet(tm) Cookbook shows you how. More than 150 flavorful recipes, from breakfast to dinner, are designed for Wave 1, 2, or 3, so it's easy to tell when each recipe is appropriate. There's even a pull-out guide, so it's easy to follow the diet even when you're on the go.
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Editorial Reviews
Connie Guttersen, R.D., Ph.D., is a leading nutritional and dietary expert. She has spent her career focusing on developing flavorful and nutritious approaches to healthy eating and weight reduction. A registered dietician and nutrition instructor at the world famous Culinary Institute of America, Dr. Guttersen developed the Standards of Care for the Obesity Treatment Center in Bellevue, Washington, as well as served as a nutritional and dietary consultant for a broad range of corporations and Fortune 500 companies.Customer Reviews
I've had this book for about two years and still turn to it for inspiration in creating healthy foods for my family. The foods taste "gourmet" (to use my mother's word) without being complicated to prepare and even our kids like them. This is, without a doubt, my favorite cookbook and I keep hoping that there will be a Sonoma Diet Cookbook II!
I respect the fact that this cookbook and diet was written by a Registered Dietician. That is a jumpstart on not only healthy meals but offers wonderful combinations of foods that make sense. I am a certified Chef and have at least a hundred cookbooks and this is clean and good, one of my favorites. The recipes are a way to eat and not a diet feeling of being neglected of my favorite foods.
I've lost 24lbs in 5 weeks so far on the Sonoma Diet and my palate hasn't been bored yet! The recipes in this cookbook are well written, easy to follow, contain ingredients easy to find in most grocery stores, and produce great results. Although most of the recipes feature cilantro, parsley, marjoram, rosemary or cumin as flavor enhancers, you'll find a variety of flavors in this book. In fact, no two recipes taste alike - which is more than I can say for many other "diet" cookbooks I've tried.
My family has particularly enjoyed the soup recipes in this book, our favorites being the spicy black bean chili and tomato with bread soup. Also good are the flavorful, hearty salads. This book features a lot more fish recipes than the original Sonoma Diet book does, but it is still pretty light on Vegetarian items. Some of the vegetarian items just did not turn out at all (barley risotto, for example, never cooked all the way despite adding more than 10 minutes to the suggested cooking time). However, the great recipes far outshine the not-so-great.
Bottom line: Well worth the money, nice variety of flavors, sound nutritional advice. A little light on vegetarian dishes, but overall a great cookbook.
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