Cooking Healthy with the Kids in Mind

I love this book for every reason A Reader from Virginia doesen't!!! I wanted a book that was "real world" for my family. We don't have a lot of time to spend in the kitchen and I don't have a large selection to choose from at my small-town grocery store. I want to teach my kids to eat healhier and I'm attending weekly weight loss meetings. This book fits all our needs and then some!!! Someone at class mentioned that JoAnna Lund's books fit in perfect when counting points, so I purchased this book and have been cooking and eating happily ever since. My kids especially love Josh's Potato Ham Bake and Grandma's Special Spaghetti. I've been so pleased with this book that I've purchsed several more of her cookbooks. I'm glad that someone finally created a book for those of us who want to eat healthier but who don't want to spend tons of time in the kitchen and loads of money at the store.

Let me start by saying that I'm a writer who has helped JoAnna on many of her cookbooks--but since I don't share in her royalties, I think it's fair for me to comment on how using her recipes has changed my life. I love the fact that JoAnna creates dishes that are quick to prepare and still taste really good. This is common sense cuisine--comfort food that is healthy enough for dieters, diabetics, heart patients, and just about anyone else! If you're a busy parent with kids to feed, or an overworked single who'd love to fill your fridge with tasty leftovers--this, and JoAnna's other books, will delight you. Yes, she uses healthy convenience foods--don't most of us? But she's tested and found the best-tasting ones. (For instance, she uses reduced-fat shredded cheese in her recipes, not fat-free, because fat-free doesn't melt or taste right.) My favorite dishes from this book include Grande Meatloaf with Potato Stuffing and Chicken Pot Pie Chowder, but you're sure to find your own must-haves. And yes, I've lost more than 65 pounds eating well with JoAnna. Here's something to think about: a year from now, you'll wish you had started today!

We all want our families to eat healthy and our families all want to eat the stuff that taste good...more often than not healthy AND good tasting don't describe the recipes in Health Cookbooks. But JoAnna Lund has changed all that! Not only will mom find these recipes healthy and simple to prepare but your husband and kids will find that they taste TERRIFIC too! Many of my 6 year old son's favorites come from this cookbook and never has my husband turned up his nose to a recipe I've tried! And even if you don't have children at home to cook for you won't be disappointed in this book. And you'll have no idea how low fat and sugar free could taste this great...it must be magic!

This book was such a hit! My 5 year old "wont tough anything that might be good for me" son and my "if it's not meat and potato's forget it" husband thought they had died and gone to heaven. I was so thrilled to have finally searved a healthy meal that wasn't left sitting on their plate! THANKS SO MUCH!

My 14-year-old son loves the recipes. They don't taste low-fat or low-calorie. Fun food for the whole family.