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Learn to COOK - Extreme Lo-Carb Meals On The Go: Fast And Fabulous Solutions To Get You Through The Day
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Binding: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 278
Publication Date: 2004-11-30
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In this clever lo-carb manual the author tackles lifestyle challenges that busy lo-carb dieters face every day: What to do for breakfast when there isn't time to cook; Which lo-carb snacks can help fend off late afternoon sugar cravings; What's a quick, filling lunch to bring to work? Which easy-to-prepare lo-carb dinner options will the kids actually eat and enjoy? Featuring 150 fantastic meals that can be made ahead, such as Sausage and Cheese Muffins, Very Veggie Wraps and Mocha Cheesecake, this book is the perfect way to save both time and carbs.
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Summary: Fast, tasty and convenient!
Comment: Wow, this is such a good cookbook for those who work, the recipes are fast and easy and they're not short on good flavor, yet they have only a few ingredients. If you are wanting to take weight off fast, there are great combinations for snacks and easy dinners...This is worth the buying particularly if you need ideas for lunch that won't kill your diet away from home!
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Summary: Helpful for lo-carbers
Comment: The book is helpful because it offers quick, very quick, solutions to the "what can I eat?" dilemma we lo-carbers experience.
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Summary: Excellent and Smart Book
Comment: I always worry when I see poor reviews but still order the book that I will be let down. This was not the case at all with this book.
Being diabetic, I need to really watch my carbs. I thought this book was helpful for many reasons:
1. Snacking - I need to eat 6 times a day to keep my blood sugar stable. I need snacks. Sharon Long gives two lists of snacks. One is those under 5 carbs and the other is under 10. What I liked was that the lists were not just of acceptable low carb foods ( low carb veggies, cooked meat, etc) but were actual recipes of things like (5 carb) orange essence almonds, smoked salmon dip and (10 carb) pumpkin granola and nutty caramel roll ups.
2. Advice - The author discusses the truth about food bars, discusses ketosis and her experiences with both, talks about different types of restaurants and options you have, and gets real about handling cravings. Sure, most of this advice is common sense. However, the author tells it all from her own experiences as she has followed the low carb lifestyle for many years.
3. Set Up - The book is split into sections for breakfast, lunch, main courses and desserts. There are shopping list, smaple menus, sugar conversion tables, susstitution lists and other indexes at the end. I found the book to be very user friendly.
4. Nutritional Info - This is so very important to me in a cookbook. At the end of each recipe there was detailed nutrition info and the substitution to make the recipe low fat with that nutritional breakdown as well.
I think this book is simple and excellent for people who plan meals and do prep work for the week. Recipes are easy to prepare and many can be made in batches for the week. Any specialty items are listed in the back and can be found in most health food stores. While a bit expensive, they are sold in bulk and last for a very long tie after the initial purchase. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Recipes are bland
Comment: I own this book and the recipes are bland. Most have salt and pepper as the main seasoning. This book also lacks continuity. What i mean is that each recipe seems to have a unique ingredient. So i cant just stock up on basics and prepare several meals from that. Each time i go to prepare a meal there is some new ingredient which i dont have and now have to buy.
Also some of the recipes arent "extremely low carb". One recipe was 10 effective carbs (ie. net carbs) per small serving and about 25 carbs total. My normal portion size was like 40 net carbs!
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Summary: Save your money!
Comment: Those who gave this a good review must not have tried any of the recipes.
The book title says extreme lo-carb meals on the go. It is none of these things.
A lot of the recipes contain low carb breads, pastas and tortillas which is fine if you have no weight to lose.
The book promises fast recipes but tells you in the introduction that to the author fast means that the recipes can be cooked in less than an hour. Many of the recipes require that you prep ingredients in advance, the author calls "make ahead".
Many of the recipes call for expensive, hard to find substitutions for sugar, wheat, and syrups.
The only good recipes in the book, which were few and far between, I already had from free, online, low carb sites. (I saw two recipes out of the whole book that I would try and already had seen them online.)
A huge disappointment and I was very excited by the reveiws given so I thought this would be a good resource for me.
Save your money. Search online for the same recipes without the expensive ingredient substitutes.
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