Conference turris::cooks

	I can reccommend two :

	The American Heart Association Cookbook.

	Jane Brody's Living the High Carbohydrate Way.

	The second one is not specifically a low Cholesterol cookbook.
	She concentrates on using a minimum amount of meat in her
	recipes, substituting it for carbohydrates.

	Have you heard of the egg substitute Egg Beaters?  I have only
	had it once and it was served scrambled.  You really couldn't
	tell the difference!  Of course it would be a little difficult
	to serve Egg Beaters sunny side up but its great for making
	quiches, fritattas, omelets and scrambled eggs.  Also good
	in cooking other things too.  I highly reccommed it.

	Karen

    You don't need any special recipes, just cut or better, omit foods high
    in colesterol.  For example, skin and clean of any yellow fat from chicken
    Broil, bake but not fry, fish, very lean meats (no pork) fish is fine
    except: oysters, shrimp, mussels lobster (all those have high
    colesterol) stay away from eggs (egg yolk is loaded), liver, palm and
    coconut oil. Egg white is fine, (almost 98% protein, no colesterol)
    Oils: the best is saflawer oil, followed by olive oil, both are loaded
    with polynsaturated fat (HDL) that "helps" eliminate colesterol
    particles from the bloodstream within arteries. Stay away from cheeses,
    butter and whole milk and you'll find a great decrease in the
    colesterol level within a few weeks.  At least it worked great with a
    few members of my family, none needed medication of any kind, the diet
    alone did it.

    Cooking Light is a good magazine for this.  They will even take your
    favorite recipe and create a light tasty version of it.  Mostly,
    you'll find that they just reduce or eliminate salt, saturated fats,
    use cooking spray, reduce or eliminate egg yolks, etc.  But they
    try all of their recipes first.
    
    ed

    You don't necessarily have to stay away from frying foods or milk.  If
    you use Soy butter, Soy margaring, and Soy milk you can accomplish the 
    same results as with regular butter or milk.  The taste might take some
    time to get used to, but you'll also notice that the soy products add 
    their own distinctive flavor.  You will also be able to eat cheese....
    Soy cheese that is.  I have even found that some soy cheeses are more
    tasty that regular cheese. 
    

    I second the recommendation for Jane Brody - try her Good Food 
    Book.  It is easy, no-nonsense cooking.  Very practical for everyday
    use.  We are trying to eat sensibly in my house, & I found this
    book to be a great start.  It can be a lot of fun - you get a chance
    to try some new recipes and find new favorite meals.  My husband
    protested at first (I forced this change on him) but now I think
    he is a little more interested in supper because it's not always
    the "same old thing!"
    
    Good luck.

    "Eaters' Choice" by Dr. Ron Goor is the book by husband's doctor
    recommended.  His number was 376 back in the middle of June, and
    he went to get it checked again yesterday.  I'm curious to find
    out what it is now because we have drastically altered our eating
    patterns/behavior.  We're keeping our fat intake to 10% of total
    calories, and he's dropped 40 pounds in 3 months, and it's been
    relatively painless!
    
    I got a book on tofu through Jessica's Biscuit that has 550 tofu
    recipes, along with a nutritional breakdown of the different types
    of tofu, and explanations of the different ways to prepare the tofu
    before adding it to recipes.  It doesn't mention soy butter, though,
    and I haven't seen it in local stores.  Can it be made from soy
    milk?  Is it really a fat, or does it just have the same
    characteristics?
    
    The Weight Watchers' Quick Start Cookbook has some good recipes,
    but I find I still need to modify them to decrease the fat.   A
    lot of them are for 2 or 3 servings, which is just right for us.
    
    Good luck!
    
    Terry
    

A large, hard-bound cookbook, titled "Lo-cholesterol Cuisine" has really been
a boon to me.  I like to cook and my roommate doesn't - and she has cholesterol
that tends to go very high.  During this process of keeping her healthy, I
have discovered I LIKE lighter foods, I can taste more.  The recipes in this
book are tasty, easy to prepare, and not just regular recipes with all the
taste taken out (as some can be)...I find I cannot stand regular salad
dressing (too oily), whole milk (too thick), or much beef (too heavy) in
a meal since I started reading "Cooking Light" magazine and using this
cookbook....Now, if I could just develop an aversion to chocolate, I would
be perfectly healthy someday...8^}

    The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure book by Robert Kowalski is good, too.
    It's interesting reading and has loads of recipes.
    
    beth

    For those in the public TV audience Arlin Hacket is a good source of
    healthy cooking.  His dishes really look good and are regular food.
    He explains things well also.  He is on Channel 44 (WGBX) on Saturday
    mornings.
    
    Kris

    Can anyone tell me the name of cookbooks associated with 2 PBS cooking
    shows?  I'm interested in buying one by "Laurie Cooks Light" and
    perhaps "The Urban Peasant".  I was recently at a Barnes and Noble
    bookstore and didn't see anything by them...that store has loads of
    books.
    
    I can be reached at bigq::watson and would appreciate it if you could
    send me email as well as answering in this notesfile.
    
    Thank you!
    Robin

Those shows are not PBS.  At least on my cable, they are on The Learning
Channel.  

I've been browsing the cookbook sections in lots of stores lately, and have not
noticed anything by them either.

			-JP

    Sorry...you are correct.  They are on the learning channel.  (We watch
    both.)  During those shows I was sure I heard both people mention they
    had cookbooks out.  I will ask at the bookstore.
    
    Thanks,
    Robin

   Robin,

    Just an idea - as long as you know the name/author, Waldenbooks (if
    there's one near you) is really good about ordering - I've gotten a
    few things that haven't been "on the shelf" from the one in Leominster
    that way.

    Debbi