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

As a recent member of weight watchers, and a long-time cooking fanatic, I find that this book satisfies not only both sides the healthy and the adventurous but also saves time. The books design is all about speed and convenience. the recipes are easy to read and follow, and each section is neatly organized to help you find the recipe you want quickly. Although each recipe does not have its own photo, there are many, many sumptuous photos throughout the book that represent the global culture from Mexico to Italy to Thailand. Other nice features include the points and nutritional breakdown on the bottom of every page, serving suggestions, and plenty of white space on every page so you can add your own notes or personal flair. It is definitely the type of book that will easily become a cooking reference for anyone who wants to eat healthy with precious time to spend.

I bought this cookbook on the recommendation of a fellow Weight Watchers Member. I am so glad I did. The receipes are simple and fast and taste fantastic...

I have tried several recipes since it arrived and they were all great. But the Peachy Pork Chops are wonderful, fast and very easy. The sauce would be great on chicken and turkey too. I cannot wait to try more recipes this coming week. Even if you are not a Weight Watchers member I would recommend this book. Tasty low fat meals that dont taste low fat.

When I signed up for the Weight Watchers Online program three months ago, I was cautiously optimistic. I feared that I would have to live on small portions and boring, bland foods for the rest of my life. I knew from the beginning that I would need variety in my diet to keep me motivated, so I went to the bookstore and flipped through the various Weight Watchers cookbooks. I was looking for a book that was affordable, offered a number of easy-to-intermediate recipes, and featured recipes that were flavorful, yet mostly used ingredients that I could find at my local grocery store or farmers market.

This book really fit the bill. These recipes use a few carefully chosen ingredients to pack a lot of flavor into every meal. Also, surprisingly enough, the servings were large enough that I was able to eat until I was full every time I used this cookbook. As a Points counter, I found that there were plenty of recipes to choose from with a nice variety of Points values. This book may not work as well for Core members, because a lot of the recipes incorporate pasta. The Peachy Pork Chops were a surprise favorite, and the Tortellini with Prociutto and Peas has become one of my favorite meals ever, light fare or otherwise.

When I cook using this cookbook, I forget that I am on a diet and instead get a great feeling of satisfaction, because I am expanding my cooking repertoire and at the same time trying new herbs and flavors every night. This book is highly recommended to anyone who wants to diet without dying of boredom, or for anyone who wants a simple and tasty treat for dinner tonight.

Make It In Minutes is a wonderful cookbook for those of us who dont have a lot of time to spend in the kitchen. Even if you do not follow the Weight Watchers meal point plan, you will find the recipes easy to follow and very healthful. The book is organized into 15,20 and 30 minute sections with easy to follow instructions and full nutritional content for each recipe. My favorites so far are the Oriental Pepper Steak, Sweet and Sour Shrimp, Honey Pecan Chicken (super fast and EASY..) and the Greek Chicken Pasta Toss. Even my picky eater 6 year old loves it. I highly recommend this book..

This is the first Weight Watchers cookbook in which Ive been disappointed. The first recipe we made had several inaccuracies including, The fat count, the calorie count, the point count. In addition the recipe was too dry and the product if made according to directions, and we did that, was not edible. I think that for the first time Weight Watchers trusted someone else with the responsibility for accuracy in one of their books and their trust was misplaced. I was further disappointed when I discussed the problem with the leaders where I bought the book and they were totally unconcerned and held Weight Watchers blameless in the books errors. I expected the organization to accept responsibility for publications which are published in their name and sold in their establishments.

As a recent member of weight watchers, and a long-time cooking fanatic, I find that this book satisfies not only both sides the healthy and the adventurous but also saves time. The books design is all about speed and convenience. the recipes are easy to read and follow, and each section is neatly organized to help you find the recipe you want quickly. Although each recipe does not have its own photo, there are many, many sumptuous photos throughout the book that represent the global culture from Mexico to Italy to Thailand. Other nice features include the points and nutritional breakdown on the bottom of every page, serving suggestions, and plenty of white space on every page so you can add your own notes or personal flair. It is definitely the type of book that will easily become a cooking reference for anyone who wants to eat healthy with precious time to spend.

True to its title, this Weight Watchers cookbooks has easy recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I was happy about the inclusion of multiple meals. I also liked the listing of point values.

My only problem with the book were the fancy foods. Im not an amazing cook. When I hear make it in minutes, Im hoping for something like my Betty Crocker Easy recipes, where I can use pre-bought ingredients and throw it together. I also want to see familiar recipes. There are a lot of different and unique recipes here, and Im sure that most people would enjoy them. However, I was looking for a basic cookbook that would allow me to make simple meals with ingredients I am familiar with. Im sure this book will be great for experimenting and trying new foods, only thats not what I expected.

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 youd 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 Sandamp.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.

love cookbooks, and read them like novels. (After all, if youre always dieting, curling up with good cookbook gives some of the pleasure of eating a good meal, but with no calories.)

I have several hundred cookbooks, but how many do I really use when I cook Well, this one, definitely. If you are looking for simple, quick, low fat recipes, I cant recommend this book too highly. When Im stuck for a quick dinner, this cookbook is where I look first. The recipes are very quick and they mostly use common ingredients you can quickly pick up at the grocery store or might have on your pantry shelves already.

By the way, in addition to listing nutrtional info for each recipe, each recipe also gives Weight Watchers points (if you are a Weight Watcher, you know what I mean), and diabetic exchanges. So, I think this would also be a great cookbook for diabetics as well as those of us who are trying to lose weight.

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 youd 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 Sandamp.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.

I love cookbooks, and read them like novels. (After all, if youre always dieting, curling up with good cookbook gives some of the pleasure of eating a good meal, but with no calories.)

I have several hundred cookbooks, but how many do I really use when I cook Well, this one, definitely. If you are looking for simple, quick, low fat recipes, I cant recommend this book too highly. When Im stuck for a quick dinner, this cookbook is where I look first. The recipes are very quick and they mostly use common ingredients you can quickly pick up at the grocery store or might have on your pantry shelves already.

By the way, in addition to listing nutrtional info for each recipe, each recipe also gives Weight Watchers points (if you are a Weight Watcher, you know what I mean), and diabetic exchanges. So, I think this would also be a great cookbook for diabetics as well as those of us who are trying to lose weight.

The most trusted name in weight loss makes healthy eating fast and delicious. Perfect for everyone who thought they were too busy to cook healthy food, these meals are ready in 15, 20, or 30 minutes -- just pick the time frame that fits your schedule. The wide range of recipes will please everyone, from fussy kids to gourmets. Sample Pierogies with Creamy Mushroom and Sherry Sauce, Berries and Cream Blintzes, Pepper-Crusted Flank Steak with Cucumber Relish, Cuban Sandwiches, Easy Paella, Tuna Panzanella and Wild Mushroom Risotto.

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Whats faster than takeout, more delectable than frozen, and deliciously healthy The yummy recipes in Weight Watchers Make It in Minutes. The cookbook for every busy person who wants to cook great-tasting food thats good for you, too. Weight Watchers Make It in Minutes includes more than 200 delicious meals that you can whip up in almost no time at all. Make breakfast, lunch, and dinner in either 15, 20, or 30 minutes. Looking for ideas to round out the meal Then check out the great serving suggestions included with each recipe. Plus, hints throughout make cooking even easier, and color photos showcase the fantastic food. Best of all, every recipe has Weight Watchers Winning Points, as well as complete nutrition information. So say good-bye to makeshift meals, and hello to speedy and healthy fare that everyone will love. Hungry Minds, Inc.