The Master Your Metabolism Cookbook

by Jillian Michaels

Book Overview

COOKING COMPANION TO MASTER YOUR METABOLISM

Master Your Metabolism, the phenomenal diet bestseller by Jillian Michaels, has been help­ing millions of people become hotter and healthier without their having to obsess over food or exercise. The key is ditching fad diets and chemical-filled Franken-foods in order to optimize your metabolic function and maximize your overall health.

Through the Master Your Metabolism plan,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307718220
• ISBN13: 9780307718228
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Harmony
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.6" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

22 lbs and counting, and eating well!

I read Master Your Metabolism and it changed everything for me, was exactly the information I needed to finally lose weight and get healthy. This cookbook was on my IMMEDIATE ORDER list as soon as I found out it was being released, and it did not disappoint. FANTASTIC yummy gourmet healthy recipes that help me stay on track and still eat really good food! I could do this forever! I've lost 22 pounds in 2 1/2 months and I'm still going, feeling like I could eat this way for the rest of my life.

Started to browse recipes but ended up reading cover to cover!

I am extremely impressed! Jillian is not known for cooking, but it is evident that she consulted & collaborated with the right people to introduce a way of eating that is healthy AND completely do-able for a longterm lifestyle change. I have many cookbooks...those that teach (e.g. Joy of Cooking etc), those with great photos, those from specific chefs and/or restaurants, those from particular regions or ethnic areas, those that limit something (like low salt or diabetic), those that promote a product (add a can of this to make that), those that only use fresh foods & organic products, those that are designed for quick meals or multiple meals, those that expand on a particular eating trend...get the picture? Most of my cookbooks have something in common: I purchased them for a few recipes that grabbed my attention. Each cookbook comes off the shelf infrequently and typically go back up on the shelf when I find that I don't have the ingredients or the time needed. Even the "new way of eating" or "diet" cookbooks are not sustainable, as the attempt to make daily food "special" has made it impractical or undesireable for weekly menus. Very few of these other (best-selling) cookbooks has entered my life more than a few times per year. Master Your Metabolism Cookbook is different. After receiving, I opened it just to browse through the recipes, and ended up reading it cover to cover like a novel. HAVE YOU EVER READ A COOKBOOK COVER TO COVER IN ONE SITTING? There is so much great information! The design is really good--things are easy to find. The health benefits of each recipe are listed, along with calorie/nutrient info. You can refresh your memory with the related nutrition facts & explanations as you prepare your meal. This has a nice blend of recipes & basics--it assumes nothing (e.g.assuming everyone knows how to prepare quinoa). The food is simple but certainly NOT bland. There is alot of variety for various tastes. You don't have to purchase ingredients that you will not use later. This book is full of healthy staple food with excellent flavor--meals that you will enjoy making and eating week after week. These foods are great basics to feed to families, and teach teenagers how to eat on a regular basis. There is no sense of deprivation. Many recipes have the potential to become a family favorite. Yes, you could get much (not all) of this information from other sources, but WHY would you WANT TO?? It is a waste of time & money to find/purchase a large selection of resources when Jillian has already done the work for you. Jillian has also synthesized the information & discarded the out-of-date old-school beliefs. I HAVE the other books, that I don't need anymore. Do yourself and your family a favor. Get Jillian Michaels' Master Your Metabolism Cookbook, and keep it close at hand. Don't buy the other books from me on Ebay ;>)

Hugely Impressed

I love Jillian, but I was a little skeptical about her doing a cookbook. It turns out that she did work with a chef to create these recipes and they are in fact quite tasty. All the recipes have detailed nutrition info on calories, carbs, protein, fats, sodium and so on. However, the best part of this book in my opinion, is that it's not just a cookbook. It is actually a diet book and a cookbook rolled into one. Jillian tells you what not to eat, what to shop for, how to shop on a budget and do on. There is as much health information in the sidebars as there are recipes. She explains everything from starting a food co-op to what types of cookware are the healthiest and most affordable. I can't say enough about how great this book is.

Love it

I am a Jillian fan so I went out and got this book immediately. I already cooked from it this evening and the food tasted amazing. What I really love about the book is that each recipe tells you all the health benefits of the ingredients. For example, my dinner tonight helped to boost my metabolism, fight heart disease, and maintain a healthy complexion. Learning about the health benefits of the food and the recipes is a really neat bonus to the book. Plus the sidebars are almost worth buying without the recipes. Highly recommend.

Just great book

I just picked this up and began sifting through it. I haven't had a chance to taste the recipes in the book yet, but at a glance it's very impressive. There are over 125 recipes in the book each with all the nutrient information from calorie counts to protein, carb, fat, sodium breakdown. Jillian has put in some classic favorites like pizza, waffles, brownies, pasta made "the healthy way". What I like about that is knowing my kids will eat it without any guff. She does have all the classic healthy style dishes in the book as well like omelets, soups, salads, sandwiches, fish, beef, chicken, and vegetarian dishes. The recipes also appear simple. Not too many ingredients. Not too many steps. Jillian promises the meals prep in under 30 minutes and looking at the recipes it looks like she has kept that promise. The other great thing about this book is that you don't need to buy Master Your Metabolism to understand this cookbook. Jillian recaps the principals of the diet in this so you can jump right in with confidence. And last, she has sidebars sprinkled throughout the book on everything from how to grow your own garden to how to start a buying group or co-op with your friends and neighbors so you can buy groceries. Happy cooking all.