The South Beach Diet Cookbook
by Arthur Agatston MD
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Book Reviews of The South Beach Diet Cookbook
Book Review: Bland, Bland, Bland!!
Summary: 3 Stars
Ok, I have been following the South Beach Diet successfully for over a month now, and plan to stick with it. BUT, this book contains recipes that are mostly bland, not to mention they always advise too much time for cooking the meats,which leave them dried out as well as BLAND. I found myself dousing most entrees with hot sauce to make them edible. I will say that the sauce recipes (South Beach cocktail, teriyaki & ketchup) were very helpful, and there are occasional OK recipes in here. All in all, one could find better recipes on on-line forums than in this book.Book Review: Buy it NOW!
Summary: 5 Stars
This cookbook is incredible, even if you aren't on the South Beach Diet. It just has healthy, sensible recipes that are DELICIOUS!! I've made many of the recipes, and they have been hits with my husband, which is saying a lot! He loves his carbs!!I will agree with other reviewers that this book does involve a lot of chopping. But, that's to be expected when you are cooking with fresh ingredients and avoiding processed foods. However, I have three kids, one of which is a 6 week old, and I've been able to cook the recipes. It's worth the work, trust me!
Book Review: 50/50 Chance
Summary: 3 Stars
I have been on the diet for about one week. I too had to tag recipes that were appropriate for Phase I since it is not organized. So far I have had about a 50/50 chance of trying a good recipe. Most recipes have been just so so, not something that I would try again. One recipe, Salmon Chowder which claimed it would be creamy, I put down the garbage disposal! I also agree that it takes a lot of ingredients, or a lot of time to plan how to buy common ingredients for a week of cooking. Not sure if I am happy yet, I will keep trying for a week or so.Book Review: One of My Most-Used Cookbooks
Summary: 5 Stars
I have a number of diet cookbooks, but this is one of my absolute favorites that has stood the test of time. The recipes are so delicious that I've served them to guests and had them express surprise that they are healthy. I especially appreciate the chapter on vegetarian entrees as I'm a "flexitarian" who tries to eat meatless several times per week. I've also had success adapting many of the entrees calling for red meat (which I don't eat at home) to use poultry instead.
Highly recommended!
Book Review: Great recipes but...not so great on recipe organization
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been on the South Beach Diet for a few months now (and have lost 20+ pounds!) so I was eager for the day that this book would be released.I am happy with all of the recipes but was disappointed in the way they were organized. They are organized into different categories such as breakfasts, appetizers, side dishes, etc. which is wonderful but under each of these categories, they should have grouped recipes for each phase together.
Bottom line: Great book but a little clumsy to use.