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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

America's Most Wanted Recipes: Delicious Recipes from Your Family's Favorite Restaurants Review

America's Most Wanted Recipes: Delicious Recipes from Your Family's Favorite Restaurants
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Table of contents:
Applebee's:
-baby back ribs
-bacon green onion mashed potatoes
-chicken quesdilla grande
-crispy orange chicken skillet(good)
-fiesta lime chicken (this one taste good and I like this version better than Todd Wilbur)
-garlic mashed potatoes
-low fat grilled tilapia w/ mango salsa
-santa fe chicken
-spinach pizza
-tomato basil soup
-walnut blondie w/ maple butter sauce
Arby's:
-apple turnovers
-barbecue sauce
Arthur Treacher's:
-fried fish (didn't like at all)
Bahama Breeze:
-jamaican jerk grilled chicken wings (pretty good)
Baskin-Robbins:
-cheesecake ice cream
Benihana:
-hibachi steak
-japanese fried rice(Todd Wilbur is better, imo)
Bennigan's:
-broccoli bites
-honey mustard dressing
-hot dressing dressing
-linguine diablo
-onion soup(didn't like)
Boston Market:
-creamed spinach
-cucumber salad
-dill potato wedges
-macaroni & cheese
-meatloaf
-spicy rice
-squash casserole
-stuffing
Brooklyn Cafe:
-sun dried tomato seared scallops
Bullfish Grill:
-shrimp & cheese grits
California Pizza Kitchen:
-bbq chicken pizza (didn't like)
-chicken tequila fertuccine (good)
Carrabba's Italian Grill:
-italian butter (this recipe was a waste imo)
-meatballs
The Cheesecake Factory:
-avocado egg rolls (like T. Wilbur better)
-banana cream cheesecake
-cajun jambalaya pasta
-chicken fettuccine
-crab cakes
-oreo cheesecake(really good!)
-pumpkin cheesecake
Chi-Chi's:
-baked chicken chimichangas
-pork tenderlion w/ bourbon sauce
-salsa verde chicken kabobs
-steak & mushroom quesdillas
Chili's:
-baby back ribs
-beef fajitas
-chicken enchilada soup
-chocolate chip paradise pie (Todd Wilbur is way better)
-margarita grilled chicken (good)
-salsa
-southwestern chicken chili
-sounthwestern vegetable soup
Church's:
-fried chicken (horrible)
Cracker Barrel:
-baby limas
-banana pudding
-cherry chocolate cobbler(very good!)
-fried apples
Dairy Queen:
-heath blizzard
-ice cream
-onion rings
Denny's:
-country fried steak (not good)
-country gravy (not good)
Dollywood:
-dipped chocolate chip cookies
El Pollo Loco:
-beans
-pollo asada
Hard Rock Cafe:
-baked potato soup
-bbq beans
-bbq ribs
-homemade chicken noodle soup
-pulled pork
-shrimp fajitas
Hardee's:
-cinnamon "flake" biscuits
Hooter's:
-buffalo shrimp
-buffalo wings
Houston's:
-buttermilk garlic dressing
-spinach & artichoke dip (didn't like this version, once again T. Wilbur is better imo)
IHOP:
-banana nut pancakes
-colorado omelet
-cream of wheat pancakes
-pancakes
-swedish pancakes
Joe's Crab Shack:
-crab cakes(really good)
-etouffee
-rice pilaf
-seafood stuffed mushrooms
-seafood stuffing
-stuffed shrimp en brochette
Johnny Carino's:
-5 cheese chicken fettuccine
Junior's:
-famous no. 1 cheesecake (this is the same recipe in juniors cookbook, he just copied)
KFC:
-buttermilk biscuits
-honey barbecue wings
-original recipe fried chicken (not even close, sorry!)
Luby's Cafeteria:
-spaghetti salad
Macaroni Grill:
-chocolate cake w/ fudge sauce
-focaccia
-insalata florentine
-pasta gamberetti e pinoli
-reese's peanut butter cake
-sesame shrimp
-shrimp portofino
Olive Garden:
-angel hair & 3 onion soup
-beef fillets in balsamice sauce
-bread sticks
-brushetta al pomodoro
-chicken crostina(good)
-chicken san marco
-chocolate lasagna
-fettuccune alfredo
-fettuccine assorito
-5 cheese lasagna
-fried mozzarella
-lemon cream cake
-oven roasted potatoes
-pasta e fagioli
-pizza bianco
-pork filettino
-salad dressing
-sangria
-tiramisu
-tuscan tea
-zuppa toscana
Outback Steakhouse:
-cyclone pasta
-honey wheat bushman bread
-key lime pie
-marinated steak
-walkabout soup
Panda Express:
-orange flavored chicken
Panera Bread:
-asian sesame chicked salad
-broccoli cheese soup
Pat's King Of Steaks:
-philly cheesesteak
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery:
-pancakes
P.F.Changs:
-chicken lettuce wrap
-chicken w/ black bean sauce
Pizza Hut:
-cavatini
Planet Hollywood:
-cap n' crunch chicken (this was very good!)
Popeye's:
-cajun rice
-dirty rice
Rainforest Cafe:
-blue mountain grilled chicken sandwich
-crab cakes
-safari sauce
Red Lobster:
-batter fried shrimp
-casear dressing
-cajun shrimp linguine
-cheddar biscuits (sorry, Todd Wilbur is better)
-clam chowder
-deep fried catfish
-dungeness crab bisque
-fried chicken tenders
-grouper siciliano
-hush puppies
-lobster fondue
-shrimp diablo
-south beach seafood paella
-trout veracruz
Roadhouse Grill:
-roast beef & mashed potatoes
Ruby Tuesday:
-chicken quesdillas
-shrimp pasta parmesan(good)
-sonoran chicken pasta
-super salad bar pasta
Ruth Chris's Steak House:
-barbecued shrimp
Shoney's:
-marinated mushrooms
-pot roast
-tomato florentine soup
The Soup Nazi:
-crab bisque
-cream of sweet potato soup
-indian mulligatawny soup
-mexican chicken chili'
Starbucks:
-chocolate fudge squares w/ mocha glaze
-ginger bread n loaf
Subway:
-sweet onion sauce
Taco Bell:
-beef chalupa supreme
-burrito supreme(same recipe as Todd Wilbur)
-enchirito
-mexican pizza
T.G.I. Friday's:
-baked potato skins
-broccoli cheese soup
-honey mustard dressing
-jack daniels dipping sauce
-orange cream
-shrimp mainara
-sizzling chicken & cheese
Union Pacific:
-apple pancakes
-grilled white pekin duck breast
I don't feel this is a bad book. I didn't appreciate that he copied the recipe from Junior's cookbook. Besides that, the book is only $[...] and it will pay for itself within two meals and you will enjoy it. :)


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Discover the recipes from America's most popular family restaurants and cook them at home for a fraction of the price! Wouldn't it be nice if you could treat yourself to dishes from your favorite restaurants anytime? Now you can -- at home! In America's Most Wanted Recipes, Ron Douglas reveals copycat versions of carefully guarded secret restaurant recipes and shows family chefs how to prepare them at home, saving time and money. With these easy and mouth-watering recipes, families can enjoy a night out in their very own kitchens. - Great selection: With more than 200 recipes from 57 of America's most popular restaurants -- including The Cheesecake Factory, KFC, Olive Garden, P.F. Chang's, Red Lobster, Outback Steakhouse, and many more -- no taste or craving will be left unsatisfied. - Cut the cost: Watch your wallet without giving up restaurantquality food! You can save your family thousands of dollars each year by preparing these recipes just once a week. - Skip the lines: Forget about waiting to be seated. You can have your favorite meals "on demand" from the comfort of your own kitchen. Time-saving tips and shortcuts will have dinner on the table in no time. - Eat healthy: Low-fat alternatives and waist-slimming suggestions make these dishes delicious -- and nutritious. - Impress your family and friends: These recipes are all fast, simple, and virtually indistinguishable from the originals. We bet your family and friends won't be able to tell the difference!

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Monday, January 23, 2012

Weight Watchers Make It in Minutes: Easy Recipes in 15, 20, and 30 Minutes Review

Weight Watchers Make It in Minutes: Easy Recipes in 15, 20, and 30 Minutes
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First, I do enjoy this cookbook. Everything I have made from it has been wonderful, and if you like the recipes in "Simply the Best: 250 Prizewinning Family Recipes" then I think you will like the recipes in this book. They are slightly more gourmet and less homey than the recipes in "Simply the Best," so if "Simply the Best" was pushing the edge of the exotic envelope for you, then you might prefer a different WW cookbook than this one for your next purchase.
The book is organized into three color-coded sections (15 minute, 20 minute, and 30 minutes) and each section is organized into breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes. Many of the lunch recipes would also work well for dinner or as part of dinner. This is the sort of cookbook that you will enjoy sitting down with and sticking post-it notes to promising recipes.
However, I give this book 4 stars instead of 5 because the preparation times for the recipes are frequently deceptive. They are not the times for fixing these recipes from start to finish, they assume that you have already performed your preps. So, a 30 minute recipe might not include the time for pulling all of the ingredients out of the pantry and refrigerator, and tasks such as slicing raw chicken breasts or steak into strips, chopping onions, mincing garlic, chopping parsley, or peeling, deseeding, and slicing cucumbers. The cookbook "Desperation Dinners" by Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross (not a lowfat cookbook), for example, is truly a 20 minute start-to-finish recipe cookbook; this one is not, although in most cases the actual time will not be too much more than the stated time. One exception is the Apricot Glazed Pork Skewers with Mango Quinoa, which is supposed to be ready in 30 minutes. Even if your preps are all ready ahead of time I think you'd be hard-pressed to prepare this dish in under 45 minutes. The 30 minutes includes thinly slicing 1-1/2 pounds of pork tenderloin and threading it onto 12 skewers, which alone took me a good 15 minutes.
One thing I like about this cookbook is that it finally got me to try cooking with Fat-Free Half-and-Half, and I have been very pleased with the recipes that use this, such as a Creamy Cauliflower Soup (saute leeks in a little olive oil, add frozen cauliflower and canned chicken broth, simmer, puree, then finish with FF Half-and-Half, nutmeg, and S&P). My favorites recipes in this book, so far, are the Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes, Greek Chicken Pasta Toss, Chicken with Spicy Marmalade Glaze, Chicken Tacos with Salsa Verde Cream, and Sesame Glazed Shrimp with Snow Peas and Baby Corn.

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

In One Pot Review

In One Pot
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Farewell to big production cooking that revolves around recipes requiring a slew of pots and pans - and welcome to Weight Watchers In One Pot. Here, you'll find tempting meals that will soon become staples in your "What's for Dinner?" repertoire. This user friendly yet comprehensive cookbook reinterprets some of America's favorite dishes, while providing you with a host of new meal ideas.
What's more, these one-dish recipes are soul (and stomach!) satisfying. Within these pages you'll find:
- Filling Main-Dish Salads
- Easy Pasta Meals
- Big-Appetite Meat Entrees
- Savory Slow-Cooker Favorites
- Hearty Soups and Chowders
- Sweet Desserts (yes, desserts!)
Of course, all recipes include complete nutrition information, useful tips, hints for kitchen-to-table ease, and at-a-glance icons. Now there's truly no excuse for not eating well while you lose weight. IN ONE POT includes recipes that really deliver ion the flavor front. Plus, many of the recipes can be made in a speedy 30 minutes - or less! So go ahead: Open the book and find out what's waiting IN ONE POT!
LAVISHLY illustrated with photographs.

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Monday, December 19, 2011

Hungry Girl 1-2-3: The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt-Free Recipes on the Planet Review

Hungry Girl 1-2-3: The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt-Free Recipes on the Planet
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My wife and I have been changing how we eat since August of 2009. Together since then we have lost over 117 pounds! Hungry Girl has been helping us to eat healthier but not miss any of the taste! LOVE HUNGRY GIRL! We try recipes almost daily. Easy step by step instructions with all the nutrition info we need to manage in weight watchers! You gotta get these cookbooks! ALL of them!

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With more than 200 recipes and two-ingredient "couples" to choose from, you\'ll never be hungry again! Get ready to chew on:

Crazy Pineapple Salmon Teriyaki (347 calories)
Mom-Style Creamy Chicken \'n Veggies (307 calories)
Queen-of-the-Castle Sliders (254 calories)
Caramel Swirl Cream Puffs (121 calories)
Corndog Millionaire Muffins (160 calories)
Chili Cheese Dog Nachos (218 calories)
Turkey & Veggie Meatloaf Minis (142 calories)
Planet Hungrywood Sweet & Cap\'n Crunchy Chicken (234 calories)
Shrimp & Grits . . . for Hungry Chicks! (380 calories)
Cannoli-Stuffed French Toast Nuggets (228 calories)


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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Best of Weight Watchers Magazine : Over 145 Tasty Favorites--All 9 POINTS or Less Review

Best of Weight Watchers Magazine : Over 145 Tasty Favorites--All 9 POINTS or Less
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This is my tenth cookbook from Weight Watchers. To be truthful, I bought my first when I joined the organization. But now I purchase them because I can't believe how they can build such delicious meals for so few calories and points(the way WW calculates the diet plan). This latest offering contains 10 chapters beginning with 'Starters' and concluding with 'The Year in Chocolate'. There is a chocolate jelly roll dessert that only has 129 calories and 3 points for an almost 1" thick slice. The Chocolate Crispy bars...you know those gooey bars with marshmallow cream and crispy rice cereal....ONE POINT!!!
Desserts aside, I grilled the Southwest Chicken with Pineapple Salsa (5 points) and this almost paid for the book. Pot au Feu, Chicken Cacciatore and Seafood Gumbo, 3, 4, and 5 points respectively, were just scrumptious. There is a chapter in the book entitled '5-Point Wonders' and the recipes that I have tried certainly live up to the billing.
For those of you who like to spice up your food, there is a chapter dedicated to doing just that. Spices add few if any calories, but the flavors explode in your mouth. I tried the Pork Barbeque (9 points) and this was definitely in keeping with the North Carolina version of bbq'd pork.
In short, this is a comprehensive guide to meal planning. Even entertaining ideas are provided. The allure of Weight Watchers is that you don't have to give up entire food groups to control your weight. If you stay within the guidelines or daily point values for your given weight, you can choose to eat anything and still lose weight. This book is a wonderful testament to that strategy and the food will not disappoint you. You won't have tell anyone that it is 'diet food' although I'm sure that Weight Watchers would be pleased if you did.

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FROM GET-UP-AND-GO BREAKFASTS AND DELICIOUSLY SPEEDY ENTREES TO PASTA- AND CHOCOLATE-LOVERS' FAVORITES, NOW YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST MEAL IDEAS FROM THE POPULAR WEIGHT WATCHERS MAGAZINE, RIGHT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.For years, Weight Watchers has helped millions of people lose weight and have healthier lifestyles with their Winning Points® program. Now, here are 145 of the tastiest, healthiest, and most user-friendly recipes from Weight Watchers Magazine, all in one book!This useful and fun collection of Weight Watchers Magazine favorites, all 9 POINTS or less, includes:STARTERS like Maple-Pear Oatmeal Muffins and Zucchini Omelet with CroutonsSUPER BOWLS like Boeuf Bourguignon and Cilantro-Spiked Coleslaw5-POINT WONDERS like Turkey Burgers and Stir-Fried Beef with VegetablesLIGHTENING QUICK like Beef Marsala and Pad ThaiGREAT GRILLING entrees like Lime-Glazed Grilled Chicken with Tomato-Avocado Salad and Corn on the Cob with Orange-Basil ButterTHAT'S ENTERTAINMENT with menus for holidays and regular partiesSPICE IT UP! with Cumin-Scented Oven Fries and Portobello-and-Onion Pita SandwichesPASTA PLUS featuring Gnocchi with Pumpkin Sauce and Classic Macaroni SaladSWEETS & BAKED GOODS like Mosaic Fruit Sorbet and Pumpkin Custard with Caramelized PecansTHE YEAR IN CHOCOLATE with delights like Cocoa Roll with Creamy Mint Filling and Fudgy-Frosted Brownies

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200: 200 Recipes Under 200 Calories Review

Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200: 200 Recipes Under 200 Calories
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This is a seriously good guide for eating fewer calories. I am on to this idea of staying out of restaurants somewhat and mainly eating at home whenever possible. However, I now have the tools with this book to prepare good, delicious foods that aren't going to make me gain weight, but, in acutality, will help me to lose weight, which is the point of all of this. I have to say that I loved the layout of this book and it read so easily. The recipes weren't too complicated and it's just a fun way to lose the pounds. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to make the commitment to cook at home and lose the weight that way. Another I liked and helped too was Goodbye, Fatty! Hello, Skinny! How I Lost Weight And Still Ate The Foods I Loved-Without Dieting. I guess it's just in how you want to approach the diet. Either way, you're sure to lose some weight if you stick to the plan.

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Hungry Girl mania is sweeping the nation! The New York Times bestselling phenomenon delivers even more yum-tastic recipes in an easy-to-use cookbook containing 200 Hungry Girl recipes all under 200 calories. Recipes include:
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Weight Watchers In 20 Minutes Review

Weight Watchers In 20 Minutes
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Healthy flavorful recipes made from ingredients you probably already have, or will be easily found in the local grocery store. Most recipes come with a Time-Saver tip or a suggestion for a side dish.
Each recipe ends with a breakdown of per serving: calories, fat, sat fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbs, fiber, protein, and of course, points.
A lot of the recipes are for suitable for lunches or dinners. There are very few for breakfast, soups, salads, or desserts. (This actually suits me just fine.)
The spiral bound spine allows the book to lie flat on the counter. Sturdy hard cover. Appetizing pictures.
So why only 4 stars? For some odd reason, the ingredient lists are printed in a light grey color. The instructions are normal black color. I find my tired old eyes squinting to read the ingredients. Annoying.
Not annoying enough to dampen my enthusiasm or lessen my recommendation for my newest favorite cookbook!

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