The South Beach Diet Cookbook: More than 200 Delicious Recipies That Fit the Nation's Top Diet

This book is a must they said with the Dukan diet, a French doctor who discovered this diet, brilliant my husband can recommend it for sure and he keeps going back to it. This book gives you loads of ideas on the diets and what you can eat to fill you up. woth a read it you want to try, you must like meats....

Excellent book. Clearly laid out, lots of recipes including even very low carb recipes.

This was a great cook book. I would use this for being on other diets too as the recipes are very adaptable. Lots of good ideas and information on the south beach diet in general to help you plan. The pictures are good, clear and very appetizing and the receipes are simple to follow with lots of details. We have used many of the main course meal ideas. Only complaint was we needed more phase 1 desserts and starters :-) but I reckon that's a general South Beach restriction!

great Book, easy to understand, fun to cook with an by it, combined with exercise works a treat. Ladies noticed as well my weight loss. All in all, with exercise, healthy eating and a bit common sense absolutely worthy recommendation.

Great range of recipes if you live in America, not England where i do live!! Either I missed that detail or it wasn't clear in description. Book now donated to local charity shop.

(eg no exercises are recommended here, unlike in the next ed.) I would recommend this for those who are trying this plan for the first time

great recipes and super photos. the only downside is that the recipes aren't listed in order of the phases which would have been helpful. Great addition if you are a South Beach fan.

great for the diet, wouldn't had done it without it!

This cook book is amazing would recommend this book if you are following the diet and even if you aren't. ..also had to deal with there customer service and they are very pleasant to deal with no issues at all

Must have to keep living the South Beach lifestyle. The menu & recipes in early books gets boring. Try Dr. Agatston's Holiday recipe book too. Incredible recipes for Phase 3!!!

This book is most informative as to letting you know what foods are really important for your health compared to what we think are important. It lets you create for your family, meals that actually work in providing what is really benificial and not what is synthetic junk foods that we are all accoustomed to eating; even foods we are told are 'good' for us. The recipes are easy to follow, quick to prepare and suprisingly to me, very good, not like a 'can't eat this or that' diet. It helps you know what are the good foods really are. Excellent.

Lots of great new recipes! I received it right away, took no time at all! Thank you!

"The Southbeach Diet Cookbook" was written to provide a number of recipes to complement the original "The Southbeach Diet" book. The cookbook opens with an overview of the diet program. It describes the diet though not in the detail of the original book. It explains what you need to do to get your fridge and pantry 'southbeach' friendly. It explains what is allowed in terms of diary, meat, oils, pasta, snacks, beverages and more. Next the book has a question/answer session with Dr. Agatston. In this section he updates some of the information from the original book (milk and yogurt are now allowed in phase 1 for example) and he gets into more detailed regarding different types of food. Then comes the core of the book. The recipe categories include breakfasts, appetiziers and snacks, soups, salads, side dishes and accompaniments, fish shellfish and poultry, meats, vegetarian entrees and desserts. Each recipe indicates what phase it is appropriate for and many of the recipes are pictured in mouthwatering photographs! Sample recipes include Vegetable Salad with Feta, Homestyle Green Bean Casserole, Pan Seared Pecan Grouper, Whole Wheat Vegetable Lasagna, and Apple and Almond Souffle. Over 200 recipes. One very nice feature is the inclusion of recipes so you can make many of your own condiments. Unfortunately ketchup, barbeque sauce and many other "toppers" are laden with high fructose corn syrup. So Dr. Agatston includes the details on how you can make your own. Overall the quality of recipes is very good. The one negative I have is the total avoidance of sugar and reliance on sugar substitutes. I would rather use real sugar in moderation than sugar substitutes like aspartame. He has a recipe for strawberries with velvety chocolate dip and suggests you use sugar free chocolate syrup. Instead why not use a high quality cocoa bar and melt it down. This is healthier than the faux sugars like malitol,which are in sugar free products and so much more satisfying. Dr. Agatston has some wonderful recipes in this book from top chefs and restaurants and they are worth buying the book for. But many of the desserts with the fake sugars and fat free sour cream fall flat. Moderation is key. Use the real deal in a tiny quantity like the French do.