The Diabetic Gourmet Cookbook: More Than 200 Healthy Recipes from Homestyle Favorites to Restaurant Classics

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Scrumptious, healthy, crowd-pleasing recipes for people with diabetes and their loved ones

The editors of Diabetic Gourmet Magazine understand that although people with diabetes must carefully monitor their eating habits, they still crave their favorite sweets and savory dishes. Now, with this all-new collection of healthy recipes that are perfect for everyday meals as well as for entertaining, you can enjoy making tasty dishes for yourself, your friends, and your family that are as good for you as they are delicious.

The Diabetic Gourmet Cookbook features more than 200 original gourmet recipes complete with detailed nutritional information and diabetic exchanges for easy meal planning. By featuring healthy versions of traditional favorites-from pot roast to macaroni and cheese to banana cream pie-this mouthwatering collection shows how you can safely and effectively eat well if you have diabetes or special dietary needs and still enjoy wonderful food. You'll find easy-to-prepare recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, breads, desserts, sauces, and more along with a host of healthy cooking techniques-which makes The Diabetic Gourmet Cookbook essential for every health-conscious cook's kitchen.

Pecan Winter Waffles • Huevos Rancheros • Blueberry Blintzes Topped with Lime Crema • Cranberry Apple Muffins • Baked Onion Rings • Brazilian Smoked Black Bean Soup • French Onion Soup • Refreshing Spring Tabbouleh • Spicy Thai Chicken • Crisp Cornmeal-Coated Catfish • Greek Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce • Chicken Francese • Creamy Coleslaw • Ginger-Lime Sugar Snap Peas • Cranberry-Orange Biscotti • Key Lime Cheesecake Squares • Georgia Peach Pie • Baklava • And many more tasty recipes!

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Satisfying, delicious food for family and friends
The editors of Diabetic Gourmet Magazine understand that while people with diabetes must carefully monitor their eating habits, they still crave their favorite sweets and savory dishes. That's why this collection of mouthwatering dishes includes healthy versions of crowd pleasers like potato skins, pot roast, veal piccata, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter cookies, banana cream pie, and pecan waffles. Each of the more than 200 recipes makes meal planning easy by including nutritional information and diabetic exchanges, making this cookbook essential for every health-conscious kitchen.

Diabetic Gourmet Magazine is the premier online magazine dedicated to diabetes-related health issues and diabetic-friendly cooking. Their critically acclaimed publications reach over 2.5 million readers monthly.

Customer Reviews:

Great book to get.......2006-07-11

For me , it was really a very good choice to get this book, and I recommend it to averyone who has to follow a special diet for diabetic, and also anyone who want to learn to eat better.

Great info and recipes made with real food.......2005-09-29

I was impressed with the extent of information about diabetes and cooking that preceeded all of the recipes. What a great resource this has turned out to be for me. I have enjoyed several of the recipes very much and was especially pleased to find that they include more nutritional analysis than other cookbooks I have (including saturated fat, sugars and fibre). Lots of recipes low in fat, sugar, salt and cholesterol and lots of real, whole food instead of processed foods and chemicals. I think this book was worth every cent and recommend it.

Thumbs up from me and my mom.......2005-08-31

My mother loves it and I love it too. I first ordered this book as a gift for my mother who has type 2 diabetes. After enjoying the recipes that she made, I went ahead and picked up a copy for myself at the local store seeing as I can use a good dose of healthy eating. Of the main dishes we tried, I found the servings to be quite filling and the recipes were easy enough to make. I also found the sections about diabetes to be very helpful and easy to understand. Hopefully I'll be able to avoid getting diabetes like my mom by following the advice of cookbooks like this. Definitely gets a thumbs up from us.

Good for elves..........2005-08-13

I think the recipes are fairly good; however, the serving sizes are a joke. FOUR raspberries to split among FOUR people for a dessert with raspberry in the name? ONE olive per person in a salad... gimme a break. Other 'BIG serving' recipes allow one cup of soup, or one half a sandwich. I don't believe in super-sized servings, but I do think more than three bites is appropriate. And, of course, if you eat more than the suggested serving, then the nutritional information isn't really all that useful, is it.

Great Recipes for all........2005-06-21

I bought this book and have made at least 20-30 of the recipes. I have enjoyed all of them. My favorite has to be the "Refreshing Spring Tabbouleh". The Diabetic Gourmet Cookbook has a variety of recipes for all types of food styles: Mexican, Italian, Southwestern, American, Asian. I highly suggest that if you are a diabetic, that you buy this book. You won't regret it. And even if you aren't a diabetic, the food is delicious and healthy!

Healthy Gourmet Cookbook (Healthy Gourmet Series)

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Very well done, nice recipes, excellent photography

Healthy Gourmet Cookbook (Healthy Gourmet Series)
Pamela Sheldon Johns , Mary Abbott Hess , and Jane Grant Tougas
Manufacturer: Collins Pub San Francisco
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Binding: Hardcover

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Tanita BC533 Glass Innerscan Body Composition Monitor

ASIN: 0002553732

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Very well done, nice recipes, excellent photography.......2006-04-25

This is a well written, and beautifully photographed cookbook on healthy gourmet cooking

I love that the book gives the nutritional breakdown on each recipe. So whether you are counting calories, total fat, saturated fat, carbohydrates, protein, cholesterol or sodium, this book gives all the numbers you could want to track.

I like the table that the author included in the front of the book that indicate which herbs and spices pare best with particular foods. I also appreciate the table that shows the herbs and spices that are used by regional cuisine. So if you don't know how to flavor North African food for example, the book tells you to use mint, garlic, sesame seeds, lemon zest or onion.

Most, of the recipes have full color photos in the book. For each recipe the authors tell you which country the recipe is from. This information is handy for planning an international dinner.

Specific recipes that I enjoyed were the Syrian Whole Wheat Pita Bread and the Braid of Salmon and Sea Bass with Red Pepper and Sorrel Sauces. There are also nice Lavash and Whole-Wheat Chapti recipes included that I would recommend.

This book is a large coffee table sized book. The paper is a heavy weight glossy stock. The cover of this book is made from a heavy weight backing.

If you were looking for a healthy gourmet cookbook with an international flair I would recommend this book.

Organic Cooking: Eating Well: "300 Simple Organic Gourmet Recipes for a Healthier Life"

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A culinary cornucopia of good eating
Daunting but Healthy
Important new organic cookbook

Organic Cooking: Eating Well: "300 Simple Organic Gourmet Recipes for a Healthier Life"
A World School Publication
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1425912354

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This book is a healthy lifestyle guide that contains complete, organic meal plans-from breakfast specials to super suppers, from fabulous lunches to vegetarian delights, from amazing drinks to delectable desserts. Organic ingredients, chosen for their health value, have been combined in creative ways to produce incredibly delicious, nutritionally well-balanced, gourmet meals, yet which are very simple to prepare. Serving suggestions are included, as well as valuable nutritional and health information, and an organic source guide.

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A culinary cornucopia of good eating .......2007-10-07

An impressive compendium of 300 recipes and a variety of healthy meal plans that feature all organic ingredients, "Organic Cooking" offers original and delicious drinks, satisfying breakfasts, tasty lunches, succulent side dishes, sumptuous seafood, palate-pleasing vegetarian dinners, and delicious desserts. Of special note is the menu plan for a Thanksgiving Holiday feast that includes an organic turkey! With recipes ranging from a non-alcoholic Detox Cocktail; Calamari-Apple Salad with Herbs & Vinegars; Maple-Baked Sweet Potato with Kale & Beets; and Summer Shrimp & Salad with Coconut Dressing; to Strawberry-Mango Whip on Toasted Genesis Bread; Onion Rings & Sweet Potato with Soy Parmesan Tomatoes, Starfruit, & Salad; Five-Layer Spring Rainbow Fruit Pie; and Hot-Chocolate-Cinnamon Mocha Drink, "Organic Cooking" is a culinary cornucopia of good eating and an enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, professional, and community library cookbook collections.

Daunting but Healthy.......2007-06-13

Was excited to get the cookbook, but wow... those recipes really aren't what I expected. So many ingredients and some hard to find. Seems like it's too much work for a working mom. Recipes look awesome and I wish I had the skill and time to make them! This book just overwhelmed me a bit looking at the ingredients lists. I guess I should have realized what to expect when it said "gourmet cooking".

Important new organic cookbook.......2006-06-03

A great addition to your cookbook shelf. Learn how to be a gourmet chef the easy way, while eating healthy. From simple drinks to spectacular breakfast and lunch dishes, to amazing dinners, side dishes, and desserts, you'll find it all here. Not only are there wonderful recipes, but also serving suggestions and valuable nutrition and health information. The organic source guide will help you locate the organic ingredients that are used in the recipes. For less than ten cents per recipe, it's a great value. Organic eating is the fastest growing segment of the food marketplace. Try these delicious recipes, and see why.

The Simply Gourmet Diabetes Cookbook: Easy, Healthy Recipes and Menus for People with Diabetes and Those Who Love Them

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The Simply Gourmet Diabetes Cookbook
The "Chez Panisse" of Diabetic Cookbooks!
This book contains everything I want my patients to know.

The Simply Gourmet Diabetes Cookbook: Easy, Healthy Recipes and Menus for People with Diabetes and Those Who Love Them
Mary Donkersloot
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0609805142
Release Date: 1999-10-05

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Possibilities, Not Restrictions!

There is good news for people with diabetes. Eating wonderful meals can be a part of a healthy lifestyle, and Mary Donkersloot, R.D., serves up hundreds of tempting recipes that will satisfy everyone in the family. Featuring the new Carbohydrate Counting System, The Simply Gourmet Diabetes Cookbook is filled with easy, irresistible recipes and indispensable information for living a deliciously healthful life.

Following the thorough discussion of living well with diabetes are hundreds of recipes in chapters such as "Breakfast and Brunch," "Appetizers and Small Meals," "Poultry," "Sandwiches and Tortilla Stuffers," and "Desserts." Who can resist Bruschetta with Roasted Red Pepper-Eggplant Spread, Seafood Paella, Roast Loin of Pork with Garlic, or Espresso Angel Food Cake with Chocolate? And each of these tempting recipes is accompanied by a complete nutritional analysis, including exchanges.

Also featuring:
A week's worth of menus
Tips on shopping and reading nutritional labels
Advice on traveling and eating in restaurants
Special information for children with diabetes
Meal-planning guidance
The scoop about fats and cholesterol
Guidelines for exercise and weight management
Information on how different foods affect blood glucose levels

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The Simply Gourmet Diabetes Cookbook.......2001-10-18

If all you can do is buy one book, this is the one! This book is warm, understandable, thorough, educational, and worth every penny. To make things even better, it is full of wonderful recipes! I consider this book a companion, and I am not alone anymore.

I have been diagnosed with diabetes for almost a year. I have struggled through materials from different sources, doctor visits, and nutritionist visits for months and was still confused. With this book in hand, I feel more positive, more grounded, and more capable of managing my disease.

If I could rate this book freely, I would give it more than 5 stars.

The "Chez Panisse" of Diabetic Cookbooks!.......2000-01-22

This book provides me with meals that are as delicious as the resturants I frequent in Beverly Hills. It is different from other cookbooks in that, it is not typical Diabetic "American." You do not feel as if you are preparing or eating a meal for diabetes. This cookbook is romantic, especially when you are planning passionate evenings and breakfasts. Another equally import ingrediant of this gourmet book are the educational guidelines for explaining how to critical think through what your goals are and how to achieve them in a chapter by chapter "diabetes 101" support style. Mary Donkersloot wrote a very savy book for everyone to feel as if they are dinning in Beverly Hills or at the Chez Panisse!

This book contains everything I want my patients to know........1999-11-19

Diabetes is a major part of every family physician's practice. Though the DCCT in Type 1 diabetics and similar evidence in Type 2's mandates better control, the patient must do the bulk of management with our guidance. Unfortunately, the amount of time we have for education and the coverage for diabetes educators may be limited under managed care. I found a solution to this dilemma with The Simply Gourmet Diabetes Cookbook. The first 116 pages of the book contain the best, most concise, patient friendly explanation of diabetes and its management I've read. With nary a wasted word author Mary Donkersloot covers the New Guidelines for diabetic nutrition, the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, carbohydrate counting, weight loss, exercise and cholesterol. In the next 300 pages, she has written a complete cookbook from breakfast to desserts. A very helpful appendix contains the traditional exchange system values for common foods, a guide to reading the new nutrition labels and lists of lean, medium fat and high fat meats along with "free" foods.

Besides clear writing, the formatting is clear with well organized tables. For Type 1 diabetics, the chapter on carbohydrate counting explains how to maintain a consistent caloric intake and match one's insulin requirements for any changes. One big help is advice on compensating for sweets like occasional desserts (for which the author includes a variety of recipes). Also helpful are recipes for various ethnic foods like burritos, quesadillas and enchiladas along with information about eating out at regular restaurants and fast food restaurants. For Type 2 diabetics, chapters on weight loss and exercise essentials are superb.

The recipes are quite varied and well organized. They all contain ten or less ingredients and most have just three steps so they are easy to make. Each recipe lists total calories, percent of fat, sodium, carbohydrate choices and food exchanges for easy calculations.

The cornerstone of good diabetes control is consistent caloric intake and this book tells patients how to accomplish this. It contains everything I want my patients to know. As you all know, after informing patients of their diagnosis, the first question they usually ask is, "What should I eat?" Rather than searching through my files for my diabetic diets, I'm going to be recommending this book to answer their questions, to start them with a good diabetes education, and to save me time.

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The Joslin Diabetes Gourmet Cookbook: Heart-Healthy Everyday Recipes For Family And Friends
Bonnie Sanders Polin , and Frances Towner Giedt
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Cook'n For Diabetics

ASIN: 0553087606
Release Date: 1993-11-01

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quick comment.......2000-02-22

I have not reviewed other cookbooks for diabetics as a caveat. My purpose in reviewing this book was to see if it would be suitable for a friend who is a gourmet cook and reluctant to be relegated to boring food 'just for the sake of her diabetic care'. There are a wide variety of exciting gourmet recipes sure to please the palate. Each recipe also contains complete nutrition information with which to fit these meals into the Joslin exchange program. I recommend the book to every diabetic wishing to put some pzazz into their meal plan.

The Joslin Diabetes Great Chefs Cook Healthy Cookbook

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The Joslin Diabetes Great Chefs Cook Healthy Cookbook
Frances Towner Giedt , Bonnie Sanders Polin , and Joslin Diabetes Center
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0743215869
Release Date: 2002-10-01

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Living with diabetes doesn't mean you can't enjoy five-star food. With The Joslin Diabetes Great Chefs Cook Healthy Cookbook, you can savor sophisticated, restaurant-quality cuisine at home while maintaining your blood glucose levels and healthy lifestyle. Award-winning authors Frances Towner Giedt and Bonnie Sanders Polin, Ph.D., and superstar chefs from all over the world, in conjunction with the world-famous Joslin Diabetes Center, have come together to produce a cookbook of extraordinary food for special occasions, specifically for people with diabetes. Here are more than 135 delicious recipes from acclaimed restaurants, each with a nutritional analysis that includes a list of carbohydrates, calories, and Joslin Choices provided by Joslin's nutrition staff. With sumptuous recipes like Spicy Lobster Gazpacho with Avocado Creme Fraiche, Honeyed Alaskan Black Cod over Portobello Mushrooms and Sautéed Spinach, and Chocolate Grand Marnier Soufflé with Raspberry Coulis, this book will help you plan for an elegant dinner party or an intimate dinner for two. You'll find menus for a Birthday Party, a Dinner on the Patio, Sunday Dinner with the Family, and even one for a Picnic Before the Concert, and each is accompanied by its Joslin Choices.

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There is good news out there for people with diabetes. Eating wonderful meals can be a part of a healthy lifestyle, and Mary Donkersloot, R.D., serves up hundreds of tempting recipes that will satisfy everyone in the family. Featuring the new Carbohydrate Counting System, The Everyday Gourmet Diabetes Cookbook is filled with easy, irresistible recipes and indispensable information for living a deliciously healthful life.

Part One, "New Basics: Smart Moves for Managing Diabetes," provides a thorough explanation of the Carbohydrate Counting System, along with vital information about meal planning, exercise and weight management, raising children with diabetes, and how different foods affect your blood glucose levels.

Part Two, "The Recipes," provides hundreds of recipes for Breakfast and Brunch; Appetizers and Small Meals; Soups; Salads; Salad Dressings, Sauces, and Marinades; Fish; Poultry; Lean Meats; Pasta and Pizza; Sandwiches and Tortilla Stuffers; Main Dishes with Beans; Small Dishes Featuring Vegetables; Small Dishes Featuring Grains and Starchy Vegetables; and Desserts; and every recipe is accompanied by a complete nutritional analysis, including exchanges.

The end of the book has complete exchange lists, tips on reading food labels, mail-order sources, and resources.

For the millions of people with diabetes, The Everyday Gourmet Diabetes Cookbook is the most up to date, appealing, and easy-to-use cookbook available today.

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Clear,comprehensive diabetes/diet management.......1998-08-24

The first section is all about diabetes and I found it to be clear, comprehensive and very up to date. The book is worth its price just for this section. The book is well organized, well formatted and easy to read. The recipes cover most kinds of food and seem simple to make with most having less than 10 ingredients and 3 instructions. As a physician, I found this to be an excellent resource for my patients and I plan to recommend it first for diabetes and diet education.

Can You Trust A Slim Santa Claus? A Winter Holiday Cookbook for the Healthy Gourmet

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Can You Trust A Slim Santa Claus? A Winter Holiday Cookbook for the Healthy Gourmet
Arlyn Hackett
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Day-by-Day Gourmet Cookbook: Recipes and Reflections for Better Living

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Day-by-Day Gourmet Cookbook: Recipes and Reflections for Better Living
Graham Kerr
Manufacturer: B&H Books
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ASIN: 0805444882

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Eat better, live smarter. help others. That’s the powerful message inside
legendary chef Graham Kerr’s Day-by-Day Gourmet Cookbook.
Kerr, formerly known as âThe Galloping Gourmet,â presents more than
one hundred recipes here that show how to use nutrient-dense foods
(fruits and vegetables) to replace calorie-dense foods (fats, salts, carbohydrates).
In addition, he expounds on the benefits of this diet such as
increased restful sleep and overall healing, and increased mobility and
emotional stability.
Throughout, Kerr also shares his popular âdouble benefitâ concept that
applies to mind, body, and soul: replace harmful habits with healthy
ones while reaching out to others in need, and everybody wins.

The HAPI Heart Diet and Cookbook: Gourmet Meals, Common Sense and a Scientific Rationale for a Happy and Heart-Healthy Life

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The HAPI Heart Diet and Cookbook: Gourmet Meals, Common Sense and a Scientific Rationale for a Happy and Heart-Healthy Life
Michael P Varveris
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
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ASIN: 059544461X

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CLASSIC FRENCH CUISINE MEETS HEART-HEALTHY LIVING

The HAPI Heart Diet and Cookbook takes the fundamental principles of classic French culinary art and combines them with the proven health-promoting and disease-preventing powers of the Mediterranean diet. Using expert advice on nutrition and exercise, and more than two hundred fifty pages of gourmet recipes, Michael P. Varveris, MD shows how best to prevent the development of cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. Instead of a quick fix or miracle pill, Varveris provides a daily physical activity plan, focusing on aerobic exercise, stretching and strength training, and offers sound information on caloriecounting, appropriate vitamin and mineral supplements as well as "good" versus "bad" fats and carbohydrates.

Regardless of whether or not other diet plans have worked for you in the past, if you have the right attitude, eat and exercise smarter, and realize you are embracing a new and better way of life rather than simply a way to look good for that upcoming high school reunion, you'll find it impossible not to succeed. Let The HAPI Heart Diet and Cookbook show you how!

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