The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life

I just purchased this book and have already made several of the dishes. So far I have not been disappointed and don't really expect this to happen anyway.. Everything I tried has been wonderful and I feel good about eating healthy without having to give up foods I like. The photos are beautiful and make going through the book a mouthwatering experience, each time around.

All of her recipes are Gourmet!!! There's not one I don't like. Beautiful pictures. Easy recipes to follow, for everyday lifestyles.

This book is completely inspiring and it's even interesting to sit down and flip through. Next to each recipe is a breakdown of the nutrition facts, which also include what vitamins and minerals the particular meal is a good source of. All throughout the book are healthy and/or tasty cooking and grocery-shopping tips, that I have already found very useful. The directions are fairly clear and easy to understand. However, halfway through preparing "Fettuccine Bolognese" I did find that I needed a much bigger skillet than what I was using (no particular skillet size was recommended), but it was easily recoverable from. Her recipes are both delicious and healthy, and the recommended portion sizes are realistic -- a big deal in the healthy-eating world.

There are all sorts of recipes in this book to get excited about. Stews and soups, desserts, smoothies, and various breakfast items. And of course there are exciting salads, a must!

Krieger calls for fresh ingredients whenever it is advantageous and not too time-consuming. Fresh foods have more vitamins and minerals in them, and lack preservatives and other unwanted chemicals. There are a few times when she'll call for a canned-food item, and explains that this will make the preparation easier, not any less-healthy, and more practical to cook. As someone who is newer to the cooking world, some of the ingredients are foods that I have never before seen in real life. For example: couscous. But these 'daunting' recipes look and sound so delicious and good for you, that I am not intimidated by the ones that call for such "new" things, but rather inspired and excited to try them -- once I find out where to buy couscous!

Bottom Line: This is a great book for someone who would like to discover fresh and healthy ways to cook, if they have the time and desire to cook up a healthy, satisfying, and yummy grown-up meal. (No more health-food TV dinners!)

This book is great my favorite recipe is the Peach French Toast- whenever I make it the family is so excited. Many ideas and help in making food tasty and healthy. I do agree that the text needs to be easier to read and a bit bigger and lots more pictures! They should also sell her tv show episodes that go along with the book. I would buy them all!

received the book a while ago,was very excited to try some tasty low fat,low cal receipes...to be honest the book is under my expectations.not too many pictures,which are important for the presentation of the dish,some dishes seem to involve a lot of ingredients,thought it was a little bit simpler and helpful in cooking and dieting.would not have bought it had i had a chance to look through it before my order.