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(The) Essential Low-Fat Cookbook:
Good Healthy Eating for Every Day

by Antony Worrall Thompson

Book Description
It's a well-known fact that fat, be it butter, cream, oil, or even crispy bacon, is a key ingredient when it comes to adding flavor. Another well-known fact is that saturated fat is a major contributor to heart disease, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes and gallstones, not to mention an ever-widening waist. Having to watch his own diet and wanting to dispel the myth that low-fat food means boring food, acclaimed chef Antony Worrall Thompson set himself the challenge to give healthy food a much needed makeover. What results is a culinary world tour of his favorite dishes all tried, tested and tweaked to make them both low-fat and delicious.

Whether you want to cut down on fat for a specific health problem or simply want to improve your diet, Anthony's latest release ‘The Essential Low Fat Cookbook’ is for you. Packed with over 180 tempting recipes you'll actually want to cook and eat, each one has been analyzed by top dietician Juliette Kellow and offers at-a- glance nutritional information and healthy meal plans to get you started. What's more, no recipe contains more than 3% fat, with many as little as 1.5%.

Easy and inspirational, there are chapters on breakfasts, light lunches and dinners, and main courses, plus snacks to curb those cravings. You don't have to give up all the things you love, after all not all fat is bad fat; with tips and tricks even comfort classics like pizza, burgers, chili, and tacos can become healthier options, without you even noticing the difference.

About the Authors
Antony Worrall Thompson is an internationally acclaimed chef and the host of ITV's Daily Cooks Challenge in the UK. Passionate about organic food, good animal husbandry, and the importance of eating local, he is a keen exponent of healthy eating. His bestselling books include 'The Essential Diabetes Cookbook' (which won the 2010 Le Cordon Bleu Food Media Award for Best Health and Nutrition Book), 'The Sweet Life' and 'The Gl Diet Made Simple', which has been translated into eight languages. He also writes for several newspapers and food magazines. Visit him online at www.awtonline.co.uk

Juliette Kellow, BSC RD, is a registered dietician and was editor of Top Sante magazine for 5 years. She is now a freelance journalist and has written articles for the The Times, Telegraph, Daily Mirror and Delicious. She has written three other books and collaborated with Gino D'Acampo on the bestselling 'The Italian Diet' and soon to be published 'Pasta Italiana'.