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The Perfect Portion Cookbook Reviewed By Conny Withay of Bookpleasures.com
- By Conny Withay
- Published January 5, 2016
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Reviewer Conny Withay:Operating her own business in office management since 1991, Conny is an avid reader and volunteers with the elderly playing her designed The Write Word Game. A cum laude graduate with a degree in art living in the Pacific Northwest, she is married with two sons, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren.
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Authors: Bob Warden, Anson Williams, and Mona
Dolgov
Publisher: Partners In Publishing LLC
ISBN:
978-1-4951-7921-1
“Our primary goal in
writing this book was to highlight the importance of something that
few other cookbooks are putting enough focus on … portion size,”
Warden, Williams, and Dolgov write in the introduction to their book,
The Perfect Portion Cookbook: Using the Simple 100 Calorie Counting
System.
This three-hundred-and-forty-four-page over-sized
paperback targets those interested in concentrating on food portions
more than counting calories. Containing over 150 recipes, it breaks
down ways to observe what you eat and how to maintain eating smaller
amounts with healthier choices.
After introductions with how to use the book and making a meal plan, it is divided into ten sections, ending with a calorie goal guide, seven-day sample menus, portion charts, snacking advice, weight scales, burning calories, index, and the authors’ biographies.
Covering
breakfast, soups/salads/sandwiches, casseroles, everyday meals,
sides, entertaining, holiday favorites, dressings/sauces/jams,
snacks, and desserts, full-page, full-color photographs cover the
majority of completed meals. The prep and cook times are at the start
of each recipe’s page with serving size, followed by a paragraph
about the food. The ingredients in used order are on the left side
column of the page while the directions are in numbered sentences on
the right side. Each dish has a 100 calorie count illustration of
what is its size proportion as well as recommended serving at the top
right. The lower left usually has a helpful tip.
Some of the interesting recipes include Baked Ham & Egg Cups, Open-Faced Tuna Melts, Eggplant Parmesan Casserole, Shrimp & Grits, Crispy Bakes Baby Potatoes, Turkey & Herbed Cheese Pinwheels, Rosemary Roasted Beef Tenderloin, Avocado Caesar Dressing, Crispy Kale Chips, and Cheesecake Minis. All include 100 calorie size selections and recommended servings.
This comprehensive
cookbook has all the information needed to not only prepare a dish,
but it also breaks down portion sizes, suggests menu options, and
gives tips to eating better. I like that one can look up a dish and
visually become aware of the size of 100 calories in its
diagram.
Some may not like having to be reminded about portion
sizes on every recipe; however, it is a great way to keep in
perspective how much is eaten.
Television personality, Warden
has over thirty years’ experience in cooking venus and authored
over a dozen cookbooks. Williams, television director, writer,
producer, and well-known actor, is also a writer and entrepreneur.
Nutritionist Dolgov has written over twenty cookbooks, focusing on
simplicity and using healthy ingredients.
With carbohydrates
and sugars used often throughout the recipes, it would be nice to
include their content amount in each dish for those concerned
consuming those ingredients.
If you are looking for an educational cookbook that brings to
mind what portion is 100 calories in a myriad of options, this is the
go-to collection that can be easily understood.
Thanks to
Bookpleasures, DC Publicity, and the authors for furnishing this
complimentary book in exchange for a review based on my unbiased,
honest opinion.