Title:	Quick and Easy 400-Calorie Recipes: Delicious and Satisfying Meals That Keep You to a Balanced 1200-Calorie Diet So You Can Lose Weight Without Starving Yourself
	Author:	Dick Logue
	Published:	March 5, 2024, New Shoe Press
	No. of Pages:	266
	Cover Price:	$16.99 Paperback, $16.14 Kindle

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I can’t remember a time that I wasn’t on some sort of diet. I always crave high calorie dishes because they seem to have more flavor. However, occasionally a cookbook comes out full of recipes that are as flavorful as their calorie-laden counterparts. Quick and Easy 400-Calorie Recipes: Delicious and Satisfying Meals That Keep You to a Balanced 1200-Calorie Diet So You Can Lose Weight Without Starving Yourself is one such cookbook, and it’s full of mouthwatering dishes that will satisfy even picky eaters and those who are dieting.

This cookbook had several salads that are appealing (some quite hearty and containing much more than lettuce and some that will be very filling), but it seems that salad is always diet food and those of us who are on diets don’t always crave them. There are casseroles that have been “lightened up,” as well as classics that have been gathered from places across the globe, such as Greek Moussaka, Sweet & Sour Chicken, Fried Rice, Spaghetti Pie, Jambalaya, Curry, meatloaf, and even All American steak. There are even a few vegetarian dishes.

The recipes are written in the traditional format so they are easy to follow. Many are very easy, and some have a longer list of ingredients, but the dishes are worth it.

Unfortunately, there are no photographs, so cooks will have no idea what the finished dish should look like. This is a major flaw, because the cookbook, other than that, is very nice and has very good recipes. Although the recipes are excellent, the lack of photos will be a no-go for many of us.



Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.