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Learn to COOK - The Healthy Carb Diabetes Cookbook

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Manufacturer: American Diabetes Association

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.56314
EAN: 9781580402910
ISBN: 1580402917
Label: American Diabetes Association
Manufacturer: American Diabetes Association
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 248
Publication Date: 2008-02-21
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Studio: American Diabetes Association

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Bestselling authors are back to show the healthy way to fit carbs into diabetic cooking

Everyone is tired of hearing about carbohydrates—but carbs are important for people with diabetes like you. Not only do you have to count the carbs you're eating, you have to make sure you’re getting the right kinds of carbs. The Healthy Carb Diabetes Cookbook is the answer. This unique cookbook with over 150 recipes shows you how to fit more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains into you diet without added fuss.

Now you don’t have to worry about healthy carbs—or great taste—ever again! Common fruits, vegetables, and whole grains—no weird ingredients that can only be found in specialty stores!

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Summary: Informative and interesting
Comment: This book is very informative,healthwise. Also, many good sounding recipes. Will be trying some soon. I feel that this book is a good book for anyone. Glad I bought it.

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Summary: Great Book for busy professionals who want to eat healthy!!!
Comment: Love it! I don't have diabetes, however, I like to watch my carbs and this book helps me cook at home and feel good about what I'm eating.

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Summary: Great Ideas for Healthy Eating
Comment: The Healthy Carb Diabetes Cookbook is aimed at people who want to eat more healthily while explicitly avoiding high sugar and high starch meals. I certainly laud that mission! However, be aware that many of these pages come down to being eating ideas rather than actual recipes. For some cooks this is great! For others it might be a bit frustrating.

Pretty much every recipe is a single page. You get recipes broken out into breakfast, lunch, dinner, sides / appetizers and desserts. As with any recipe book, there are going to be recipes you adore and others you just aren't personally fond of. Some of us love scallops, some of us hate scallops. It's not a bad thing, it's a nice thing that we all have different taste buds.

So in that sense, we went more for a general style sense on the cookbook rather than praising or disliking specific recipes.

So first, many of the recipes are on the vague side. They include things like "get some frozen waffles and put berries on top". Or perhaps "get some frozen fish fillets - cook them according to the package - and put them on hamburger buns". Yes, other of the recipes are more complete, but sticking with the one-page theme they tend to have brief descriptions.

Because of these situations, we were extremely curious how the nutritional information was calculated. After all, if you use different pre-made frozen waffles, they can vary wildly as to their nutritional content. The same is true for tortillas, mentioned in another recipe. One recipe said the salt was optional - but was the salt included in the nutritional value, or not?

Now, that all being said, we really like a lot of the ideas presented here. It's not as much that they give you a "real recipe" to follow as much as they give you a cool idea. Mexican tuna salad? That sounds rather delicious! I don't need to follow their exact recipe - I can use their cool starting point and go from there. Cheesy cauliflower mash? I can easily do that, but not use their fat-free half-and-half.

However, I didn't really need their ice cream sandwich idea of "take a scoop of ice cream - put it between two low carb cookies" :) To me that doesn't deserve a full page of it's own. How about including several ice cream ideas all together, to make it a little more complete?

So, if you get stuck for ideas, then definitely use this book to help you get some new ones! Eating healthy is a VERY delicious way to live and you can eat delicious new things every day. If you already have a number of low carb cookbooks and have a variety of recipe ideas, then you probably can grab this at your library and just skim it for another idea or two.

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