Low-Cholesterol Cookbook Picks
Updated March 08, 2014.
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Eating out is convenient, but using a low-cholesterol cookbook at home can make preparing your meals yourself easier than you may think. Just open a page and you know that whatever catches your eye can fit into your diet -- and your grocery list of ingredients is already written out for you.
I've seen a low-cholesterol cookbook or two (or a dozen) in my day. Here are some that I think are most helpful and will add variety to your healthy dining routine.
Cooking Light Complete Cookbook
This book includes 1,200 recipes and an organized binder with dividers to assist with meal planning. Sample recipes include healthier versions of pumpkin dip and blueberry crisp. This cookbook is wonderful because all of the recipes are double-tested, and it conveniently lists the nutrition information for each dish.
American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook(4th Edition)
Features 200 recipes such as Peppery Beef with Blue Cheese Sauce and Sweet Potatoes in Creamy Cinnamon Sauce. It includes beautiful color images and tips for heart healthy restaurant dining.
Betty Crocker's Healthy Heart Cookbook
This title includes 140 recipes, such as Gorgonzola Linguine with Toasted Walnuts and Crème Caramel dessert. This cookbook is wonderful because it shows that yes, comfort foods and baked goods can be made in a more low-cholesterol manner.
Additionally, the 7-day menu plan is an excellent resource for answering the question "What should we eat today?"
The Eating Well for a Healthy Heart Cookbook: 150 Delicious Recipes for Joyful, Heart-Smart Eating
From Roast-Pork with Sweet Onion-Rhubarb Sauce to Fudgy Brownies, these recipes will help you add variety to your low-cholesterol diet. The recipes represent a welcome variety of cuisines, everything from Italian to Lebanese. This text is a great value because it is not only a cookbook, but an educational resource, featuring five chapters of information on lowering your risk or managing heart disease.
The Everything Low-Cholesterol Cookbook
This collection includes over 300 recipes, such as Cinnamon Hazelnut Scones and Texas BBQ Chicken Thighs. It features delicious, quick to prepare, easy-to-follow recipes, with full nutrition information. Larsen provides a thorough explanation of low-cholesterol nutrition guidelines, with helpful charts and tables that helps to make understanding low-cholesterol eating easy.
Linda Larsen is the About.com Guide to Busy Cooks
Bottom Line
Remember that you don't have to cook all of your meals at home to make certain you are following low-cholesterol guidelines, but preparing your own meals on most nights of the week is best when following a low-cholesterol eating plan. These fantastic cookbooks can help you stay motivated!
Written or reviewed by a board-certified physician. See About.com's Medical Review Board.
Eating out is convenient, but using a low-cholesterol cookbook at home can make preparing your meals yourself easier than you may think. Just open a page and you know that whatever catches your eye can fit into your diet -- and your grocery list of ingredients is already written out for you.
I've seen a low-cholesterol cookbook or two (or a dozen) in my day. Here are some that I think are most helpful and will add variety to your healthy dining routine.
Cooking Light Complete Cookbook
- From the editors of Cooking Light magazine
- Oxmoor House, Incorporated (2006)
This book includes 1,200 recipes and an organized binder with dividers to assist with meal planning. Sample recipes include healthier versions of pumpkin dip and blueberry crisp. This cookbook is wonderful because all of the recipes are double-tested, and it conveniently lists the nutrition information for each dish.
American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook(4th Edition)
- American Heart Association (2008)
Features 200 recipes such as Peppery Beef with Blue Cheese Sauce and Sweet Potatoes in Creamy Cinnamon Sauce. It includes beautiful color images and tips for heart healthy restaurant dining.
Betty Crocker's Healthy Heart Cookbook
- Betty Crocker (2004)
This title includes 140 recipes, such as Gorgonzola Linguine with Toasted Walnuts and Crème Caramel dessert. This cookbook is wonderful because it shows that yes, comfort foods and baked goods can be made in a more low-cholesterol manner.
Additionally, the 7-day menu plan is an excellent resource for answering the question "What should we eat today?"
The Eating Well for a Healthy Heart Cookbook: 150 Delicious Recipes for Joyful, Heart-Smart Eating
- By Philip Ades and the Editors of Eating Well magazine
From Roast-Pork with Sweet Onion-Rhubarb Sauce to Fudgy Brownies, these recipes will help you add variety to your low-cholesterol diet. The recipes represent a welcome variety of cuisines, everything from Italian to Lebanese. This text is a great value because it is not only a cookbook, but an educational resource, featuring five chapters of information on lowering your risk or managing heart disease.
The Everything Low-Cholesterol Cookbook
- By Linda Larsen*
- Adams Media (2008)
This collection includes over 300 recipes, such as Cinnamon Hazelnut Scones and Texas BBQ Chicken Thighs. It features delicious, quick to prepare, easy-to-follow recipes, with full nutrition information. Larsen provides a thorough explanation of low-cholesterol nutrition guidelines, with helpful charts and tables that helps to make understanding low-cholesterol eating easy.
Linda Larsen is the About.com Guide to Busy Cooks
Bottom Line
Remember that you don't have to cook all of your meals at home to make certain you are following low-cholesterol guidelines, but preparing your own meals on most nights of the week is best when following a low-cholesterol eating plan. These fantastic cookbooks can help you stay motivated!
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