Consumer Praises and Comments for Quick & Healthy Recipes and Ideas

Reviewer: Jane from Bass Harbor, ME
Thank you for your cookbooks! My husband and I lost 110 lbs. between us last year. We really like the food, the ingredients are easy to get, and we don’t have to spend all day cooking. I can calculate the point values (for Weight Watchers) easily with the info you provide.

Reviewer: A reader from Vancouver, WA
This book has really helped me to learn to cook quick and healthy meals. This is a great turn-your-health-around book that can help you stay away from drive-thru windows for all time if you are prepared to give it a fair chance. For those with diabetes, it lists food exchanges and ingredient modifications to allow us to work within common restrictions. I specifically liked the practical and down-to-Earth recipes.

Reviewer: A reader from Manhattan Beach, CA
Quick & Healthy Recipes and Ideas contains easy-to-follow, healthful recipes that your family will actually eat.

Reviewer: Margaret from Hanover Park, IL
I own both this book and its 'sequel' and I love them both. Cooking dinner each night is not my favorite thing to do, but this book offers many easy, healthy recipes that I find myself returning to it over and over. I have made many recipes for company, especially the “chicken breasts with mushroom sauce” and I know these recipes helped me lower my cholesterol by 40 points this year. I have given both of these books as gifts several times, especially to new cooks and single cooks.

Reviewer: Tish from Menlo Park, CA
Found your first cookbook, and I use it more than any other I own! The recipes are easy, the ingredients are normal, and the presentation is outstandingly clear.

Reviewer: Wendy Movsovich from Chatham, NJ
I'm not a gourmet chef, nor do I want to be. I'm a busy mom just trying to find simple ways to feed my family healthy (and tasty) meals. My kids ages 2 & 5 love the dishes I make from this book, especially the meatballs. The recipes are simple to make using ingredients you'd find in any kitchen. I'd recommend this book to anyone remotely health-conscious, with limited time, or inclination, to cook.

Reviewer: Joanne from Norfolk, NE
Your books are wonderful....the grocery list is a life saver for me!

Reviewer: Ellie from The Dalles, OR
I have converted all of the recipes to Weight Watcher Points. The table in back of the book with all of the nutrient information made this really easy to do. I cook from the Quick & Healthy books several times a week. They are my cooking Bibles.

Reviewer: kentuckyliz from eastern KY
These recipes are easy, they use "normal" ingredients that you can find in even average grocery stores, and best of all--the recipes are tasty! I shared with some folks who are not dieting or diabetic or otherwise particularly concerned about food issues, and they like the recipes too. That's high praise, and unusual for this type of food. The nutrition information, recipe alteration advice, and shopping lists are nice features.

Reviewer: A reader from Appleton, WI
The recipes are all easy to prepare-none should take more than half an hour, tops-and many only a few minutes. They're dishes even a kitchen novice could whip up and be happy to eat and proud to serve.

Reviewer: Ralph Heinze, Editor, FoodNet.com from Seattle, WA
Brenda J. Ponichtera is not only a registered dietitian, she knows how to cook in a way that's both flavorful and healthy. Not only helpful for dieters, this book contains necessary nutrient exchanges and helpful information for diabetics.With a minimum of creativity and time, anyone can cook well and healthily with this book, making sure it will have a place on my counter for years to come.

Reviewer: A reader from Spokane, WA
This cookbook, designed for those who don't have time to cook healthy meals, has many recipes with few ingredients that are quick cooking, low in fat, and taste great. The bonus is that ingredients in the book are familiar. You don't have to trot off to health food stores or specialty stores for a critical ingredient.

Reviewer: A reader from Washington DC
This really is a rare find for busy people who value healthy eating. The best recipe that I have tried to date is the Polynesian Chicken.

Reviewer: A reader from Rhode Island
My family needed to start eating better, but with both of us working full-time, I always thought we didn't have the time. Then I bought this book. Most recipes can be made with very little prep time and best of all it uses "normal" ingredients that you can find at any grocery store. I also loved the suggestions for what to keep on hand at home to make quick healthy meals. An excellent resource!

Reviewer: A reader from Brooklyn, NY
I am now the proud owner of both Quick and Healthy books and can't say enough about them. I live with them. Each book is unique and worth having. You never know how little tricks can alter the taste of the dish until you've tried these recipes.

Reviewer: Melissa from Melrose Park, IL
Thank you - I love your books - they are the BEST! I ALWAYS recommend them.

Reviewer: A reader from Lindstrom, MN
This is a practical book for people who want to start eating healthy, but may be overwhelmed by "healthfood" cookbooks. The recipes use a good mix of pantry staples and fresh ingredients, so you can keep the convenience of canned and frozen food while getting used to actually consuming fresh produce. The menus are realistic for normal everyday meals.

Reviewer: Kristen from Portland, OR
This book and the second volume were two of the first books I purchased when I first decided to make cooking healthy part of my daily life. They are very simple, and for a person with practically no kitchen experience, much less experience with healthy cooking, these books may make a decent primer.

Reviewer: A reader from Eugene, OR
More than a cookbook, it includes grocery lists, tips for weight control, ways to make meals that don't even require recipes and recommendation of products-complete with brand names.