Top 10 Gift Ideas For the Low Calorie Cook

This is a sturdy, yet affordable fat separator that holds up well even after several uses. The large, 4-cup capacity makes it well suited for making larger batches of stocks, broths, and gravies. This fat separator works well, with the only con being that the larger holes in the strainer sometimes allows small solid pieces to pass into the liquid.

This is a fun book, full of easy recipes for favorites that you thought you'd have to give up on a low calorie eating plan. Not only can you enjoy chocolate peanut butter fudge (made from only 3 ingredients), but you can also sift through the fast-food makeovers chapter, finding things like chili cheese fries, and heaping piles of onion rings. The recipes, many of which can be prepared for one, are simple, make good use of packaged convenience food products, and are geared towards satisfying that unrelenting appetite for high-calorie favorites without busting the waistline.

This is a high-quality, non-stick pan that is safe to use at extremely high temperatures. If you are looking for non-stick performance, and want to avoid health hazards associated with Teflon coated cookware, this is a good option at a fairly reasonable price.

Steaming is an excellent cooking method for the low calorie cook as it produces delicious results without any added fat and calories. This Aroma Cool Touch Rice Cooker is especially handy as it can steam vegetables and up to 20 cups of rice simultaneously. Another handy feature is the one-touch operation switch which can be put on a keep-warm mode to keep food the correct temperature until ready to serve. An attractive stainless-steel finish makes this an eye-pleasing piece of kitchen equipment as well.

Low calorie cooks oftentimes use garlic to add flavor to a dish without adding a great deal of fat and calories. This can leave your cook's hands smelling a little unpleasant unless you have a handy garlic press to help with the job. This Kuhn Rikon Easy-Squeeze Garlic Press makes the task even easier with a powerfull lever that requires far less force than other garlic presses. It is also dishwasher safe for easy clean-up.

Whether it is for weighting ingredients, or weighing portion sizes, it is likely that the low calorie cook will make great use of this OXO Good Grips Food Scale with Pull-Out Display. This unit is nice as you can weight directly on the platform, or you can weigh using a bowl or plate. The display is easy to read with large numbers, and it can be pulled out away from the unit so that large bowls or plates do not shadow the display.

Grilling healthy, low calorie meat becomes a snap with the George Foreman Next Generation Grill. The grilling plates are coated with a non-stick coating, and are removable for very easy clean-up. The grill offers 96 inches of cooking surface, allowing you to cook for several people at one time. Truly, a must-have for the low calorie cook.

Low calorie cooking does not mean eating salads all of the time, but for the times when a salad is in order, a salad spinner makes light work of washing the greens. The OXO Good Grips Little Salad and Herb Spinner comes equipped with a powerful pump lever plus a brake option to hault spinning. It has a handy 10-cup capacity, and the basket and bowl can be used separately for serving.

Low calorie cooking often means lots of vegetables (since they are naturally low in calories) which equals lots of chopping! Why not suprise your low calorie cook with this handy Black & Decker 2-Speed 3-Cup electric food chopper which will make chopping an onion a task of less than a minute! It is not only powerful enough for fruits and vegetables, but can also chop meats, bread, chocolate, and cheese. Even better yet, the entire unit is dishwasher safe, making clean-up a snap.

Every kitchen deserves a good knife. This Henckels International Classc 6-inch Chef's Knife is made of stain resistant carbon steele for incredible durability with a full tang. Henckels International provides a full line of knives, so you may have gift ideas for your low calorie cook for years to come.