Hamlyn Low Fat Cooking
Hamlyn - ISBN 0-600-59658-3

Yes yet another book for the health conscious. However as happened with vegetarian food, when it first appeared and the food industry responded to the obvious demand, now it has become the turn of low fat, low calorie, low cholestrol, etc, etc. No longer is it the tasteless and uninteresting thing that it was only a few years ago. If there is a demand someone will always try to satisfy it.

Now it is not easy to pick a low fat healthy dish from a conventional one. This book and others like it help those of us who find it difficult to shed those extra pounds or take regular exercise, to at least have a healthier style of eating without having to deprive our taste buds.

Listed below are some of recipes from the book.

Parsnip and Carrot Soup. (see page 19)

Sirloin Steaks with Tomato-Garlic Sauce. (see page 51)

Spagehetti alla Bolognese. (see page 54)

Poached Salmon with Hot Basil Sauce. (see page 62)

Melon Ice Cream (see page 140)

All these are fairly ordinary dishes but have been adapted where needed to make them healthier.

Price: £16.00

Low Fat No Fat Cookbook
Readers Digest - ISBN 0-276-42393-3

A well presented Readers Digest cookbook, over 250 recipe ideas all cooked, tried and tested by both professional and amateur cooks for Readers Digest.

For all of us that are aware of the possible dangers to our health from fat within the diet an ideal addition to the cookery book collection.

If you are thinking about giving this as a gift, do try and be tactful it would not be wise to for example to give it to the 20 stone mother-in-law .

Listed below are a few recipe ideas from this book.

Page 37 Spicy Scrambled Eggs on Toast

Page 55, Carrot and Butter Bean Soup

Page 78, Brandied Chestnut and Mushroom Terrine

Page 134, Poussins with a Spicy Fruit and Vegetable Stuffing

Page 155, Duck Stir-Fry with Orange and honey

Page 239, Roasted Vegetable Tart