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| The Most Decadent Diet Ever!: The cookbook that reveals the secrets to cooking your favorites in a healthier way | 
 enlarge | Author: Devin Alexander
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 7709
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0767928814
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5635
EAN: 9780767928816
ASIN: 0767928814
Publication Date: April 22, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Sensible Diet Plan and Easy Recipes May 27, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
The Most Decadent Diet Ever: The Cookbook that Reveals the Secrets to Cooking your Favorites in a Healthier Way, presents a sensible diet plan and easy to prepare recipes.
The diet plan includes proteins, vegetables and carbohydrates, so all food groups are included. The recipes are heavy on meat from my point of view, but will appeal to many, as they are based on American favorites.
The book includes a sample 7 day meal plan. It also has tips and words of encouragement to help the reader. Deven Alexander shares what she stocks in her pantry and helpful tools to have in the kitchen.
There are lots of breakfast recipes, which is nice for those seeking variety for this meal.
I tried the open-ended buffalo chicken wrap and it was quite delicious. I also tried the spicy Szechuan steak salad and really enjoyed it.
Entrees included honey-glazed spiced pork tenderloin, skinny scampi and chicken piccata.
Alexander gets it: flavor can trump fat for making food taste good. To that end, she uses lots of flavorful--but not fattening--spices, oils and such.
What I don't like is the use of "fat free half and half", which consists of nonfat milk, milk, corn syrup solids (sugar), artificial color, and sugar. There are healthier substitutes.
Overall, if you like "All-American" type food, you will enjoy this cookbook of lower calorie--but still tasty--recipes. You will not feel deprived!
Ny the author of the award winning book, Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet.
 More than another cookbook May 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
In a world of 100,000 cookbooks, why pick this one? Because it picks up where you quit on dieting. Diets only work when you stay on them. With two out of three Americans overweight, it is obvious that most people are ignorant about food and how to eat, or just give up because dieting is the pits!
What you want to do is eat the food you like. This book helps you prepare food in healthier ways and eat sensibly. We saw the author mention this book on the "Today Show," and bought it on faith. It has been a revelation. We are preparing old favorite foods in new ways that reduce the fat and calories while actually tasting better. How many "diet" cookbooks have a recipe for BBQ bacon cheeseburgers? Or fried shrimp? If you know how to cut out the unnecessary fat and calories, you can eat well and sensibly. This book has changed our food purchasing, preparation and eating habits for the better. We actually look forward to seeing how we can fix almost anything in a healthier and tastier way.
The Most Decadent Diet Ever May 24, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This cookbook is truly fantastic! Devin Alexander has managed to create healthy, flavorful recipes that are low in calories and fat. This is a great cookbook to have whether you are following a diet or not. I use this cookbook almost everyday and am following Weight Watchers flex points system. My young children have loved every recipe I have tried and my husband has always commented on them being full of flavor. Some of my favorites are Better Than Classic Stuffed Shells with Mostly Mom's Marinara Sauce, Honey Lime marinated London Broil, Potato Chip Crusted Chicken, Pan Fried Salmon with Mango Cucumber Salsa, Parmesan Garlic Mashed Potato Pancakes, Fried Zucchini, and of course, Chocolate Not Only In Your Dreams Cake! I have not tried one yet that I didn't love. I even e-mailed Devin Alexander to ask where I could purchase certain ingredients and she e-mailed me back personally. She was very helpful in directing me where to find ingredients and was so personable. A definite must for all cooks. Great as gifts for friends, too! I can't wait for her next cookbook!
Devin Alexander's food..is absolutely decadently delicious.. May 23, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel Devin ALexander's book..is filled with absolutely decadently..delicious recipes...and...with no guilt..
Love Love Love this Book! May 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
We've tried about 10 recipes from this book so far and love each and every one!! Not only are they good for your but the taste is outstanding. Even more important is my two young children love everything I've made so far, too. We had the Mac and Cheese with Polish Sausage tonight ... sooooo, easy! Other favorites include Chicken Enchilasagna (we make it with protein crumbles instead of chicken - it's faster) and the Colorful Coleslaw. We don't usually have sweets but I did make the brownie cups and got rave reviews; they froze well, too. Whether you are looking to lose weight, learn how to cook healthfully or just need to add a few yummy yet good-for-you recipes to your repetoire, you will not regret this cookbook! Thank you Devin!
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