The 2 Day a Week Diet Cookbook:

A phenomenal new weight busting plan is now taking the world by storm. Known as the 5-2 or Fast diet, it calls for counting calories only two days a week and eating normally the other five days. But the plan requires cutting back to 500 calories (600 for men) on the diet days—which can be challenging unless you have the right recipes. That’s where The 2 Day a Week Diet Cookbook comes in. It’s designed to give you exactly what you need to succeed on your two diet Restricted-calorie recipes that are quick, easy, delicious, and remarkably satisfying. Here are 200-calorie or fewer versions of favorites (ideal for anyone on a low-fat diet) including chili, New England clam chowder, baked apples, French toast, and chocolate-banana breakfast smoothie—food you can actually look forward to on your diet days. Plus you’ll find enticing photos, sample menus, and streamlined cooking techniques to fit the recipes into your busy schedule while you shed those unwanted pounds. Among the book’s key > 75 quick and easy recipes. 50 beautiful photographs. Clear, simple-to-follow instructions. > Helpful recipe introductions. Fat cutting techniques. Time-saving cooking methods. > Recipes that can be made ahead or frozen. Emphasis on everyday ingredients. > Nutritional analysis for each recipe. Cooking and shopping tips. Sample menus. > Diet-Day Strategies. > All recipes are gluten free or have gluten-free options. All the recipes were crafted and carefully tested by Nancy Baggett and Ruth Glick, cookbook authors with years of experience creating tasty, calorie-wise recipes for national publishers including The American Diabetes Association, Rodale Books, Eating Well, Cooking Light, and Weight Watchers Magazine.