Customer Reviews

The Culinary Couple's Creative Colitis Cookbook

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This book was not worth the money. The pages looked and felt like they were xeroxed, very thin and flimsy. Most of the recipes had ingredients that most with Crohn's or Colitis could never eat! There were a lot of meals that included dairy and too many spices. It seemed to me that these people had limited knowledge of IBD's before they put together this cookbook. If you want IBD friendly recipes, use normal recipes and substitute the necessary ingredients, don't buy this book!

I was a bit disappointed with the presentation of this book. I liked the spiral-bound design, but the pages are printed on paper similar to xerox stock. They could've laminated the pages or at least used card stock. I am afraid that the book will be ruined after a few uses. The recipes are ok, however, I would've liked to see more dairy-free recipes. Many of the recipes use soy milk or soy cheese as a substitute which you could do with any recipe. I didn't need a special book to tell me that.

This is a collection of 100 low fiber, non-dairy recipes compiled by a "chef" couple that are easy to prepare and fit a low residue regimin for people with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Recipes are divided into useful categories: breakfast, bread, soups and sauces, side dishes, pizza recipes, main courses, and dessert. Instructions are clearly written. This cookbook is sure to provide plenty of tasty meal and dessert ideas for people with IBD, and proves that you can eat delicious food and still stay healthy.

This is a tiny little book, I was not at all impressed with the list of recipes. I think you can find IBD-compatible recipes in most magazines and you can substitute dairy products for non-dairy products. This book is really not worth the price I paid for it.

Suffering a severe flareup of ulcerative colitis makes one a desperate person. There's enough conflicting diet information on the internet and from the medical machine to completely confuse anyone. When I encountered this book's promotions, I immediately ordered it from Amazon and waited anxiously for it's arrival. At the same time I began to look at the "low residue diet". Information on low residue diets is very limited and searching the web is the best way to find it. I applied the princicples of this diet to my food intake while awaiting the arrival of my new cookbook. I began to feel better within a day. When my order arrived, I looked through the book, closed it, put it back in the box and returned it.
The book contains no information on any of it's recipes' nutritional or fiber content. Information on fiber content and nutrition are some of the most important things that a sufferer or ulcerative colitis needs. Some of the recipes far excede the recommended fiber content and could make things much worse.
If you are having problems with ulcerative colitis, buy some rice, apple juice, herbal tea and canned chicken or fish. Do your research and go from there.

I just got that book yesterday. When my husband got the book out the box I thought "they gotta be kiddin'". $ 12.50 for a small book like that is ridiculus. I guess some people think they can do that with people like me that are desperate with finding recipes that suit their disease. I haven't tried the recipes so I can't say anything about that. But I guess as in pretty much all cookbooks for colits that I read so far everybody has to adjust the recipes so they won't cause too much trouble. For example onions, garlic, corn, lettuce and spinach give me trouble sometimes. Especially during a flare-up like I have at the moment.

It arrived very promptly. It is very well done. I like the waterproof material it is made out of. Many good choices.

I expected more from two people who claimed they went to a culinary school and one of them had colitis. The recipes seemed like they just substituted rice or soy milk for regular milk.

I will try a few of the recipes but most were so basic that I was sad to have spent the money on the 'little' book.

The recepies were not geared towards a diet good for ulcerative colitis. It was more like a regular cook book.

Item arrived incondition stated. PLeased with transaction as well as content of item.