<br >preface<br >This is a cookbook， not a diet manual. It is a collection of recipes<br >developed for the use of all of us who keep a "low cholesterol<br >kitchen." It includes recipes<br >and suggestions that you can use<br >secure in the knowledge that they follow the basic guidelines<br >established for a fat controlled， low cholesterol diet by the American<br >Heart Association. I hope that it will help to explain the methods<br >of food preparation necessary to a low cholesterol diet. No one<br >book could contain all the recipes suitable for a low cholesterol<br >diet; however， these recipes will serve as an introduction to the<br >great variety of recipes you can use， and show you how to adapt<br >many of the recipes you are using now to a low cholesterol diet.<br > When the doctor put your husband on a low cholesterol diet，<br >I m sure you thought that the future was going to be pretty horrible.<br >But don t push the panic button -- it really isn t as bad as all that.<br >He wasn t condemning your husband to a life of dull and unappetiz-<br >ing "diet food." A low cholesterol diet can include such goodies as<br >roast sirloin of beef， baked potatoes， tossed salads， hot breads， and<br >apple pie! In fact， there are many and varied recipes that you can<br >use and still follow the basic guidelines of the diet. I m sure that<br >you will find as you read through this book -- and please do read<br >through it， because all sorts of facts are scattered throughout --<br >that many of your old favorites are included. An ingredient or<br >two may be changed， but the basic product is the same.<br > When our doctor told my husband that it would be advisable<br >for him to follow a low cholesterol diet， I， as a dietitian， was<br >discouraged to discover how few recipes were available for my use.<br > I decided right then to collect recipes that I could use for him and<br >the rest of my family， and I was delighted to discover that the<br > recipes I collected were so good that everyone in the family enjoyed<br > them. i really didn t need to prepare one recipe for him and another<br > for the rest of us. In fact， I found~hat， after we tried the low<br >VII<br ><br >