Crocker - Betty Crocker the 300 calorie cookbook: 300 main dishes to help you stay slim

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Includes index. ISBN 978-0-470-08059-7 (cloth) 1. Low-calorie diet--Recipes. 2. Low-fat diet--Recipes. Title. II. II.

Title: 300 calorie cookbook. RM222.2.C7485 2010 641.5'635--dc22 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 General Mills Editorial Director: Jeff Nowak Publishing Manager: Christine Gray Cookbook Manager: Lois Tlusty Editor: Grace Wells Recipe Development and Testing: Betty Crocker Kitchens Photography: General Mills Photography Studios and Image Library Photographer: Chuck Nields Food Stylists: Sue Brue and Barb Standal Wiley Publishing, Inc. Publisher: Natalie Chapman Associate Publisher: Jessica Goodman Executive Editor: Anne Ficklen Editor: Adam Kowit Production Editors: Amy Zarkos and Kristi Hart Cover Design: Suzanne Sunwoo Art Directior: Tai Blanche Prop Stylist: Veronica Smith Manufacturing Manager: Kevin Watt Waterbury Publications, Inc. Creative Director: Ken Carlson Editorial Director: Lisa Kingsley Associate Design Director: Doug Samuelson Senior Designer: Chad Jewell Associate Editor: Tricia Laning Production Assistant: Mindy Samuelson why 300 calories? Heres the scoop: Its about eating better, feeling great and fixing meals that are top notch. The fabulous recipes in this book will help you do all of that easily and, of course, deliciously! The 300 Calorie Cookbook brings you delicious main dishes, all 300 calories or less per serving, that you can easily incorporate into your daily routine. They are wholesome, chock-full of flavor and totally satisfying.

Nutrition and solid health credentials? Check! Variety and taste appeal? Check! The great main dishes here suit all your needs, no matter why youre counting calories. And when you have a dish thats 300 calories, you can add a range of healthy food choices to your daily dietfavorite flavors, fresh, seasonal produce and even healthy snacks. With the incredible array of recipes in this book, eating healthier meals every day is a goal thats easy to attain. And, with all of the options for healthy eating that are available, its really nice to have one great reference that you can turn to daily for delicious main dishes that your whole family will enjoy. When you start with a tasty and good-for-you main dish, everything else falls into place. Sure, you can use these recipes as part of a healthy plan to lose weight, but you can also use them to maintain your weight or help your family eat betterbecause they taste great and are so satisfying.

We know youll find many ways to use these 300-calorie main dishes, so dig in! Warmly, calories count What Are Calories? Calories are simply units measuring the energy value of food. You need a certain number of calories to keep your body functioning and provide energy. Eating more calories than you need, whether they come from carbohydrates, protein or fat, can result in weight gain. So to keep the number of calories in check, remember that, gram for gram, some foods are more concentrated sources of calories than others. Of course it can sometimes be difficult to know whether a food contains a lot of calories. Thats where this book comes in! The 300 recipes contained here all offer up satisfying servings without a lot of calories.

With the wide variety of tasty, reduced-calorie foods available these days, it is easier than ever to control calorie intake. See the for the calorie counts of many common foods. Because fat contains more than twice the calories as protein or carbohydrates, start by focusing on cutting the fat content of foods you make, even by a little. Small changes in fat content will make a big difference in calorie contentand chances are, you wont even notice. Your Daily Calorie Number How many calories are right for you? Your individual daily intake of calories will depend on your body type and activity level. The key to leading a healthier lifestyle is to eat fewer calories or increase your activity level.

Heres an easy formula to help you estimate the amount of calories you need to maintain your current weight. For a sedentary person (inactive most of the time), multiply current weight by 12. For a moderately active person (exercise a few times a week), multiply current weight by 14. For a very active person (participate regularly in heavy exercise), multiply current weight by 16 to 18. For example, for a sedentary woman who weighs 140 pounds: Multiply 140 by 12, and you get 1,680the calories she needs per day to maintain her current weight. 5-Day Meal Plan Eating healthy can be simple and tasty, as the recipes in this cookbook show, and you dont have to give up your favorite foods or feel deprived. 5-Day Meal Plan Eating healthy can be simple and tasty, as the recipes in this cookbook show, and you dont have to give up your favorite foods or feel deprived.