Cook Yourself Thin - Harry Eastwood

Cook yourself thin was an excellent series on channel 4 a while back, showing you how to make your favourite meals without piling on the pounds my using substitute ingredients and different cooking methods. This book has all the recipes and tips from the series, the first half is about how you should think about food differently, the second half is recipes. This is extremely good for strict dieters looking to indulge but I personally think that the calorie differences (between their skinny versions and normal) are not substantial enough to mean that you wouldn't have to be wary of portion sizes if you are on a diet, the portions they allow are often very ...

At the moment there are a whole host of programmes on telly trying to get us to eat healthier and look better, 10 Years Younger, You Are What You Eat and Cook Yourself Thin is the newest edition to channel 4's lifestyle programming. I myself never got to see the series, I wanted to watch it but my other half was always watching football or something else when it was on. When I saw the team had bought out a book to accompany the series I had to have it. The promise of eating good food and being able to loose weight too, what girl could resist? What's It All About? Firstly this is not a diet book and it doesn't make any promises to the reader. ...