From Mama's Table to Mine Everybody's Favorite Comfort Foods at 350 Calories or Less: A Cookbook

From beloved food personality Bobby Deen, son of Paula Deen, comes an irresistible new cookbook featuring 120 recipes of Southern comfort-food classics-all under 350 calories and jam-packed with flavor. Raised on his mother's fried chicken and hoecakes, Bobby Deen ultimately found himself, as a young man, twenty-five pounds overweight. Unwilling to sacrifice any of his favorite foods, Bobby started tweaking the recipes he grew up on, replacing sour cream with nonfat yogurt, using lower-calorie versions of mayonnaise, cream cheese, and other high-calorie items. Even Paula herself sometimes couldn't tell the difference between the lo-cal versions and her originals-since the flavor remained top-notch. Here you'll find a soup-to-nuts collection of many of the great dishes and flavors you've come to enjoy and expect from the Deens, but with a lot fewer calories. Every recipe has been reviewed and approved by a certified nutritionist. Yes, you can have your Gooey Less Butter Cake and eat it too . . . along with such selections as It's a Party Guacamole Easy Ginger-Glazed Spare Ribs Yes You Can Mac and Cheese Cheeseburger Casserole Old-Fashioned Meatloaf Crispy Oven-Fried Chicken Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Apples Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes Bittersweet Chocolate Cheesecake Strawberry Streusel Cake In addition to all these mouthwatering recipes and 65 full-color photos, you will find before/after fat and calorie counts (so you know just how many calories you're saving)-plus a week's worth of 1,500 calorie/day menus, celebration menus, healthy prep tips, weight-loss shortcuts, ideas for stocking a healthy pantry/fridge, and a section on easy high-fat/low-fat ingredient swaps.

Bobby Deen is the son of famous Food Network host and bestselling cookbook author Paula Deen. Bobby, along with his brother Jamie, got his start in the food business back in 1989 when their mom hired them to deliver sandwiches. The three Deens joined forces to open a restaurant in Savannah, The Lady and Sons. Bobby is the host of the Cooking Channel’s and Food Network’s Not My Mama’s Meals and a frequent guest on a variety of Food Network shows.
 
Melissa Clark has spent her entire professional life associated with food. Her work appears in The New York Times, Food & Wine, Travel & Leisure, and Real Simple. She has also collaborated on more than twenty cookbooks, one of which received both a James Beard Award and the Julia Child Cookbook Award in 2000. Her latest cookbook is Cook This Now: 120 Easy and Delectable Dishes You Can’t Wait to Make.