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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: 6876
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:
 Great Cookbook! April 26, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I never leave reviews for products but I am so happy with this cookbook I just feel like I have to share. I can totally relate to Devin when she talks about being obsessed with her weight and dreaming about eating bad food and just constantly worried about body size. All that said I have read many intros to many cookbooks and can relate, but the recipes never live up to my expectations. The recipes in this book are so easy and they are delicious and healthy. I have a husband who does not need to watch his weight he is very active and eats whatever he wants therefore he never really wants to eat "healthy" food. I have two picky children under five who don't like anything I cook no matter what. Guess what they all love recipes from this book. I feel like I can really quit obsessing over food by eating what I want but healthier versions. Thank you Devin for a realistic approach to cooking and weight loss and maintenance.
Makes it easy to eat well April 26, 2008
67 out of 69 found this review helpful
I buy a lot of recipe books, but most I don't use much. This one is different. I'll be cooking with it all the time.
A collection of 125 recipes, it is not meant to represent an entire diet. Instead, it's a cookbook of especially yummy dishes that just happen to be healthy, too. The recipes can be the foundation of a new way of eating, or serve as treats if you have already reached a healthy weight.
Author Devin Alexander makes it easy. Each recipe is either 100, 200, 300, 400 or 500 calories (within 10 calories), so it's easy to track your calories without a calculator. The dishes are, for the most part, healthy versions of your old favorite fattening ones. So, for example, instead of the typical 746-calorie, 38-grams-of-fat slice of chocolate cake, you can have a slice of Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with Buttercream Frosting for 294 calories and 6 grams of fat.
Each recipe also includes how many grams it contains of carbohydrates, cholesterol, fat, saturated fat, fiber, protein and sodium. Most also have this data for the traditional recipe, so you can easily see what you're "missing."
As someone who has managed a 55-pound weight loss for 16 years, Alexander knows her stuff. At the beginning of the book, she gives you options: Do you want to count calories or not? The author details a simple diet plan either way (based on your gender, age and activity level), shows you how to put together a weekly meal plan, and covers the importance of exercise.
The book itself is beautifully produced, with glossy paper, lush color photos and color-coded text.
Here's the chapter list:
1. What you need to get started
2. Breakfasts
3. Burgers, sandwiches and wraps
4. Salads
5. Entrees
6. Starchy sides
7. Veggie sides
8. Savory snacks
9. Sweet snacks
Devin is Decadent! :) April 26, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
After meeting Devin Alexander while I was starring on "The Biggest Loser" (and she was writing "The Biggest Loser Cookbook"), I became an avid follower of her philosphy on cooking. Devin's recipes are so delicious and decadent, that it is hard to believe that the dishes are good for you! After gaining weight post BL, Devin has helped me to lose weight again without sacrificing my love for vibrant food! The Chicken Enchiladas/Lasagna is my absolute favorite! Devin's recipes taste delicious, are incredibly easy to make, and they feel like I am a talented chef when I make them! Devin has a wide variety of dishes sure to please any palate. "The Most Decadent Diet Ever!" is not only easy to stick to, but it's not like a diet at all!!! This is my favorite book of Devin's thus far. A must own for any one who loves food!
Rasha Spindel-Chapman
Love cooking this way April 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a fan of Devin's fit tv cooking shows. I have downloaded every recipe and have been waiting for this cookbook to come out. I was so excited when I received it on Tuesday. I tried the stuffed shells that night and my husband or my kids could not tell the difference from the high fat kind. It was so exciting!! I can lower my husbands cholestrol without him knowing it. Love the book Devin!! My kids also like the double chocolate brownies.
This book should have been called.... April 25, 2008
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
...how to eat with your boyfriend without packing on the pounds! The best thing about the recipes in this book is that no one (including your boyfriend or mine) will know that they are "good for you." I love being able to make satisfying (and quite easy) meals so the urge to just eat out or get take-out doesn't raise it's ugly, expensive head 3 or 4 times each week! And I think this would be awesome party food as well - I'm thinking I could do my next party entirely from this book.
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