Lunch Buddies
by Lynette Fleming, Susan Dudra
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Author: Lynette Fleming, Susan DudraEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-01-19
ISBN: 0578001365
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: Lunch Buddies Press
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Book Review: Positive Relationships Influence Weight Loss
Summary: 5 Stars
By Kelly Jad'on
From Basil & Spice
It's not just what you eat, but who you eat lunch with that affects your weight and health.
Two ordinary women (not actresses nor models), Lynette Fleming and Susan Dudra, have written a very enticing book about the brown bag movement toward better nutrition that is literally sweeping the country. The authors, employees of a hospital, understand what it's like to have co-workers who just won't stop bringing in tempting homemade brownies. Fleming and Dudra, married to "regular" husbands, also can relate to women whose spouses aren't ready to give up the standard American diet.
Tired of eating a yogurt or a microwaved box meal, the two got together and created a lunch buddy initiative: Each person would bring a healthy dish (es) for two and share on a daily basis. Previously burdened with minor health issues, the two women quickly saw their health improve.
A book was born--Lunch Buddies: Buddy Up For A Better Diet. The Lunch Buddy diet includes a variety of recipes, most healthy variations of other more fattening favorites, favoring whole grains, beans, and vegetables. The authors do not think it wise to eliminate a food group. Though they did cut back on meat consumption, they completely avoid processed foods, soda, and diet drinks. Thumbs up for water and tea.
Lunch Buddy recipes fall into categories of:
* Raw Foods--Citrus/Mango Salad with Toasted Walnuts
* Mushrooms--Cream of Mushroom Soup with Quinoa
* Grains--Tomato Oatmeal Soup (delightful variation on this traditional soup--served with grilled cheese in my mother's house--circa 1970's)
* Beans--Red Lentil Soup (one of my favorites!)
* Pasta--Couscous with Cabbage and Mushrooms
* Hot Vegetables--Baked Sweet Potato Slices with Herbs
* Quick and Easy--Lunch Buddy Sandwich Wraps (excellent sandwich--incorporates hummus, veggies, and low-fat cheese)
Lunch Buddies also offers references and recommended resources, nutritional history and benefits of foods used. Most recipes are 4 or 6 servings and will feed a family.
Lunch Buddies is really a wonderful book for those who wish to make a healthy difference in their own lives. The only drawback might be the lack of photos. Take the first step, find a friend who'd like to begin to make a nutritional change, and begin to work together. Join the brown bag movement, like pioneers Lynette Fleming and Susan Dudra, and lunch on toward a better life.
5 Stars
Lunch Buddies: Buddy Up For A Better Diet (Lunch Buddies Press/ Jan 2009) by Lynette Fleming and Susan Dudra
Summary of Lunch Buddies
Want to cash in on the movement back to the brown bag lunch? Are memories of soggy sandwiches and salty chips holding you back? We will teach you how to turn the old "brown bag" lunch into dining at its finest in the comfort of your office breakroom ... saving you money, time, and calories in the process. Inside the cover of this fascinating book filled with amusing anecdotes and historical tales about the world's healthiest foods, you will find more than 90 delicious recipes which easily can be adapted to the brown bag. This book, as no other does, will teach you how to rely on friendship to achieve a better diet, while lowering your food costs and saving time. For years fitness experts have recommended exercising with a buddy as a way to retain our interest and motivation. If you've ever tried it, you know it works. Now it's time to apply that principle to lunch, and this book is just the tool to help you do it.Health, Mind & Body Books
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