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Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook - Over 500 Delicious Recipes for the Healthy Cook's Kitchen
Wiley
ISBN 978-0-470-61451-8
Published December 2010 - Ring-Bound - 436 pages - $29.95

I just love cookbooks in ring binders as they're so much easier to use in the kitchen.  This one has 16 tagged divisions and includes Breakfasts and Brunches; Soups—Starters and Main Dishes; Beef, Pork, and Lamb; Vegetarian Main Dishes; Grain and Bean Sides; Slow-Cooker Classics, and Fruit and Frozen Desserts, Puddings, and Sauces among others.  It seems as though there is more than enough to keep you eating properly and healthily.  Weight Watchers are synonymous with healthy eating to not only lose weight but to maintain your weight.  It goes without saying that the recipes are tried and tested and are to be trusted.  Their recipes are designed on the PointsPlus program, about which they say, "PointsPlus values are calculated for foods based on their protein, fiber, fat, and carbohydrate content...", and with your pre-organized target, you're all set to go.  No weightloss program can work properly without exercise—our bodies are geared to move and be active, even if it's just somewhat active.  You won't have to eat "rabbit food" for the rest of your life, and if you'd like to, they offer many delicious salad dressings under the New Basics chapter.  These recipes will not only benefit the dieter in the family, but are healthy enough for everyone else to enjoy.  Good not only for the morale of the person wishing to lose weight, but an easy way for the whole family to eat well.  These recipes appealed to me: Hot-and-Spicy Chickpea Cakes (something different); Radicchio, Cabbage, and Jicama Slaw; Quinoa-Fruit Salad; Mexican-Style Chicken Corn Soup (looks and sounds delicious); Spicy Chicken Curry; Chicken in Lemon-Caper Sauce (yum); Herb-Crusted Tilapia; Potato Pancakes; Couscous with Lime and Scallion; Pork Roast with Sauerkraut and Apples, and Mahogany Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting.  I don't believe in eating canned foods that much, especially vegetables (beans, yes), so when I saw canned potato slices in one recipe, I nearly died.  Why can't one boil up fresh potatoes?  It's not difficult and so much healthier.  Which is cheaper?  A 15-oz can of sliced potatoes at $1.45 or a 5lb bag of potatoes at $2.99?  Also, many recipes (not only in this book) call for expensive ingredients like Gruyère cheese (costs a fortune), not to mention what red, yellow, and orange bell peppers cost!  Lamb is a hefty price also.  So, once again, for those of us with little to no income, indulging in five servings of fruit (most vegetables are not too expensive) a day is completely unaffordable—90c an apple I can't afford.  What about people with children to feed?
Beautifully illustrated.  Nutritional guides given, naturally.  With these recipes you can have your cake and eat it.
Conclusion - A wonderful way to lose weight safely and remain healthy.  Don't forget to exercise!  I just wish the pages in this book were made of sturdier stock, especially for use in the kitchen.