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37 of 42 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nutritional value mistakes, high fat, difficult ingredients,
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This review is from: Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Cookbook: Delicious Recipes That Will Burn Fat and Re-Shape Your Body! (Hardcover)
Not sure who exactly this book was written for. Someone who's got a lot of time and money to spend on hard-to-find ingredients? And who came up with the nutritional values, the lottery?I browsed the book at the store and saw a number of interesting recipes, so I bought it. I started reading it in detail at home and noticed immediately that the "Clean Granola" seemed to be relatively low in calories for 2/3 cup (208 calories, it states) while containing a large amount of nuts. Nuts are high in fat, so there had to be a mistake. Sure enough. I took the time to slowly find all caloric values for the endless list of ingredients, and when it was all added up and then divided to the specified amount of 2/3 cup, my calculator came up with ALMOST DOUBLE THE CALORIES. All I can say to this is if you sell a diet book that people believe to be the last diet they will ever be on, please be accurate! A very small complaint... if it's got to be healthy and clean, why not inform the reader that UNsulphured dried fruits are widely available and much healthier? And who can afford bison? Beef is getting almost too expensive, leave alone bison! Many recipes contain odd ingredients... orange blossom water, for instance. I can't think of a shop to find that in, not living in the city, not living in a high income, gourmet-yuppie area... I'm beginning to suspect that there was a bit of desperation for new recipes for yet another new book in the Eat Clean series. Maybe there were too many books published too fast to remain true to the cause. At least Oxygen magazine seems to suggest that there is a real cause, i.e. helping women achieve a healthy lifestyle for the rest of their soon-to-be-skinny lives. But then again, Tosca Reno is married to the publisher... So, overall only two stars. There are some recipes that aren't going to break the bank with ingredients I can find easily; if it's important enough I will doublecheck the nutritional info to make sure the dish doesn't put me over my caloric and fat allowances. But, for all the hype about the new Tosca book.... well, nuff said.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Eerily similar to Tosca's last cook book,
This review is from: Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Cookbook: Delicious Recipes That Will Burn Fat and Re-Shape Your Body! (Hardcover)
I bought this book after having bought Tosca's Eat Clean Cookbook (2007) hoping to find all new recipes as I absolutely loved the first one. Unfortunately the recipes and the information weren't all new to me. Don't get me wrong, this is a great cookbook filled with healthy, delicious recipes. I'm just not sure it's worth investing in both books.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Eat Clean - Great Cookbook,
By Sunny "Happy Eating Clean" (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Cookbook: Delicious Recipes That Will Burn Fat and Re-Shape Your Body! (Hardcover)
Very good cookbook and went out and bought Tosca's other cookbook (Eat Clean Diet Cookbook: Great Tasting Recipes). I read the Eat Clean Diet Recharged about 4 weeks ago and have slowly restocked our cupboards with clean items (olive oil, spelt flour, wheat germ, etc...). The Tosca's recipes are really great (soups, smothies, brownies, tuna with white beans, you name it!). The cookbooks really helped me to get started with the eat clean lifestyle. It is a lifestyle change!! I have lost 7 pounds so far. My husband bought the Eat Clean for Men book which was very useful and has great recipes in the back (liked the turkey meatball sandwich). here are three girls at work that are into Tosca's Eat Clean and every Monday I bring in some extras to share. Excellent book! Thank you Tosca Reno!! Get your friends to read Tosca's book.PS-I also bought Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Diet Workout. The DVD is a great get started tool. All you need is a bench and a range of weights.
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