American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook, 4th edition: Delicious Recipes to Help Lower Your Cholesterol

I needed some new recipe ideas when my husband and I found out we both have high cholesterol. It's not so bad that we're taking medication, but we thought that eating healthier was necessary to avoid it in the future. This book came highly recommended, and it hasn't disappointed me yet. I highlighted all of the recipes that had ingredients we would eat and was pleasantly surprised to find that we had plenty of options. So many healthy cookbooks are filled with items that we don't like, or use random ingredients for every recipe so I would constantly be buying a million ingredients for a week's worth of meals. This book is great because a lot of the recipes use the same types of ingredients, so as long as I make sure I keep those items stocked, I'm good to go. (I'm talking broth, some packaged salmon, fresh meat, tomatoes, bell peppers, etc. - nothing crazy.) I did have to restock my spices and herbs because I never used many before. That was a little costly, but almost all of the recipes use them so they won't go to waste and they provide a lot of flavor. The recipes are really simple and pretty quick too, so I don't mind making dinner after a long day. We've really enjoyed everything so far, except for the slow cooker chicken meal they have listed here. We're not big fans of artichokes, so it was a risk going in. Anyway, this is now my everyday cookbook. We'll see if it helps our numbers! Edit 6-6-15: I've been cooking from this book (and using some other low cholesterol recipes too) for about 9 months, and I've seen a great improvement in my cholesterol numbers. My labs were actually drawn in April and all of my numbers improved. HDL improved from 46 to 61, LDL improved from 170 to 121, and the ratio improved from 5.0 to 3.48. I did add some stationary cycling in January so I'm sure that helped, but it's not like I'm doing it 7 days a week. This book has definitely helped improve our diet and saved us some money on our health insurance since I'm now in the company's preferred group.

This cookbook is great for people that require a medically therapeutic diet. Low fat/low cholesterol is not just for people with heart conditions but also those with gallbladder issues. This book has lots of tasty and healthy recipes, and the organizational format is easy to follow. The price is right, makes a nice addition to anyone's collection, and I would definitely recommend it!

Recipes are clear and easy to follow. Fat and cholesterol counts are right there, so there's no guesswork. You will find a lot of old family favorits in this cookbook, but don't expect them to taste exactly like the originals. The meatloaf with apricot glaze is very good, but you may need to add some of your own seasonings if you want it to taste "just like Mom used to make." Just enjoy the recipes for themselves. I intend to use this cookbook extensively.

I think the book is good. It's not the best but there is alot to choose from. Being healthy is tough. I am hoping to find a book that has more things found in the kitchen rather than making trips to the store for each dinner.

Such delicious recipes!!! Every one a winner!!! Balsalmic chicken, Asian chicken, non-fried "fried" chicken all wonderful. I bought this book because I need to limit fats in my diet and this book does not disappoint. But I should have bought it YEARS ago because the recipes are so great. After your married a long time (51 years for us) you can get in a rut and cook the same things in the same way decade after decade. No longer. Every week has a surprise dish in it,something from the cookbook. I love it so much I bought a second copy and gave it as a gift to my best friend..

When a Loved One learns either control the Diet or go on Medications~came here first.The AHA is well renowned for Intelligent Advice without treating Adults as Children.Yes,We Do want Our Cake,Comfort Meals and All we grew up as Our Food Memories. Yet,stubbornly or not require Help.This is considered a "best" by many Physicians.Approach to augment Prescriptions or to possibly help stave them off for as long as able.Appreciate Amazon And Their Partners for a "go to" at a Time when valid, up to the moment data was required as a Necessity. Thank You to All...{best Cookery book next to Phyllis Pellman Good}

This book is exactly what I needed! It provides all the nutrition values for each recipe so depending on what your allowance is you can build your meal properly. Some recipes require more time that others but they are all easy to follow. Each dish that I have made from this book has been delicious.

Like this cookbook because the recipes are pretty simple and very tasty. I would recommend it if you need to change your eating habits due to health problems. I purchased it because my husband had serious heart issues and it's worth it to have a cookbook that provides nice meals that he can eat and that I enjoy too.

What a great book! The recipes are all good. Nice variety and most importantly, they all turned out! Used basic ingredients which impressed me. Highly recommend this book, and the bonus?? Weight loss without thinking about it!!

Nice recipes but American so some items hard to find. No pictures.

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Book was boring sent to charity shop.

The book had recipes that included ingredients that aren't found readily in Canada.