The Fat Free Gourmet, Melinda Perino Low fat & fat free cooking tips, recipes and cookbooks

Eating Well, Eating Delicious

Do you have a goal to stay healthy, fit, and younger? If so, you will need an variety of components to achieve that goal. While omitting all fat from your diet is not a realistic or healthy goal, incorporating fat free recipes into your diet will help to achieve a healthier balance of nutrients and lower your overall fat intake. The old saying sometimes you need to "rob Peter to pay Paul" does and has worked in managing one's diet. Eating less fat at some meals or snacks helps to control the overall fat intake. I do not advocate cutting all fat out of your diet, but I do promote choosing the right kinds of fats and monitoring thier intake.

I have utilized a fat free cooking strategy since 1995, when I wrote my first cookbook, The Fat Free Gourmet - Justa' Touch Italian. In this cookbook I explore new ways to cut fat from traditional recipes without compromising taste, flavor, or texture of the dish. I have used these recipes for over ten years. My family and friends don't even realize that they are fat free. Sound incredible? It isn't.

Remember you do need the good fats in your diet to eat healthy, we will cut out the bad ones!

The benifits of eating healthy include:

Better overall health
Ability to maintian and control weight
Fight metabolic syndrome or metabolic imbalances
Inreased ability to excel at fitness
General sense of wellbeing
aids in possible prevention or treatment of fighting disease