Diabetes Low-Fat and No-Fat Meals in Minutes: More Than 250 Delicious, Easy, and Healthy Recipes & Menus for People with Diabetes, Their Families, and Their Friends [Paperback]

M. J. Smith (Author)

Book Description

Series: Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Library | Publication Date: April 6, 1998

Quick and Easy Diabetic Cooking Is Now a Delicious Reality. With Diabetic Low-Fat & No-Fat Meals in Minutes, it's easy to create healthy meals for people with diabetes that are practical, fast, and enticing enough for their families and friends. It's a collection of more than 250 tantalizing recipes from bestselling cookbook author M.J. Smith, R.D., and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International--the world's leading private health agency funding diabetes research. From breakfasts to desserts, this essential guide shows you how to prepare dishes that are low in calories, fat, sugar, sodium, and cholesterol--in 30 minutes or less. Delectable creations include:
* Blue Cheese Seafood Dip
* Skinny Quiche Lorraine
* Maple Date Pecan Bread in the Machine
* Salmon Pasta Salad with Cucumber and Dill
* Chicken and Broccoli Pot Pie
* Lime and Ginger Shrimp Kabobs
* Grilled Pork Chops with Fruit Salsa
* Asparagus Almond Casserole
* Cheesecake with Strawberry Topping
Diabetic Low-Fat & No-Fat Meals in Minutes includes diabetic menu plans for six weeks and expert advice on choosing a plan for managing blood glucose, replacing sugar and fat with herbs, spices, and seasonings, and using fiber to aid blood glucose control. Each recipe features a complete nutrition analysis, including diabetic exchanges. * Books to Fund a Cure * A portion of this book's proceeds will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, a not-for-profit voluntary health agency, whose primary objective is to support and fund research to find a cure for diabetes and its complications. Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Library

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

This cookbook is aimed at helping "stop heart trouble before it starts" in people with diabetes. That translates to a diet low in saturated fat (less than 10 percent of total calories). In addition, people with diabetes have other dietary challenges to manage, such as restricting sugar intake. If you know you need to make changes, but you're not ready to switch from ham to tofu, Diabetic Low-Fat and No-Fat Meals in Minutes presents more than 250 modified recipes that fit the lower-saturated-fat requirements, avoid sugar, don't require major taste changes, and are quick to prepare. Most of these recipes are lower-fat substitutes for familiar, fatty favorites, such as Blender Egg Nog (no fat, made with nonfat milk and egg substitute), Chicken Pot Pie, Cheese Nachos (made with reduced-fat cheese), Low-Fat Pancakes, Bean and Bacon Casserole, Chicken Chow Mein, and even Chewy Double Chocolate Cookies. Each recipe includes preparation and cooking time, and the nutritional breakdown includes calories, fat, protein, carbohydrate, cholesterol, and sodium. Additional sections, such as "Top 10 Ways to Cope with Picky Eaters" and "50 Ways to Do Without Sugar and Fat with Herbs, Spices, and Seasonings" make this cookbook even more useful. Author M.J. Smith is a registered dietician who specializes in working with people with diabetes and has written seven other cookbooks. --Joan Price

From the Back Cover

Quick and Easy Diabetic Cooking Is Now a Delicious Reality. With Diabetic Low-Fat & No-Fat Meals in Minutes, it’s easy to create healthy meals for people with diabetes that are practical, fast, and enticing enough for their families and friends. It’s a collection of more than 250 tantalizing recipes from bestselling cookbook author M.J. Smith, R.D., and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International—the world’s leading private health agency funding diabetes research. From breakfasts to desserts, this essential guide shows you how to prepare dishes that are low in calories, fat, sugar, sodium, and cholesterol—in 30 minutes or less. Delectable creations include:

• Blue Cheese Seafood Dip
• Skinny Quiche Lorraine
• Maple Date Pecan Bread in the Machine
• Salmon Pasta Salad with Cucumber and Dill
• Chicken and Broccoli Pot Pie
• Lime and Ginger Shrimp Kabobs
• Grilled Pork Chops with Fruit Salsa
• Asparagus Almond Casserole
• Cheesecake with Strawberry Topping

Diabetic Low-Fat & No-Fat Meals in Minutes includes diabetic menu plans for six weeks and expert advice on choosing a plan for managing blood glucose, replacing sugar and fat with herbs, spices, and seasonings, and using fiber to aid blood glucose control. Each recipe features a complete nutrition analysis, including diabetic exchanges. • Books to Fund a Cure • A portion of this book’s proceeds will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, a not-for-profit voluntary health agency, whose primary objective is to support and fund research to find a cure for diabetes and its complications. Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Library

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (April 6, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471346780
• ISBN-13: 978-0471346784
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #529,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Tasty & Easy Recipes for the Diabetic, October 21, 1998

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A great source of everyday recipes for the diabetic. Recipes are easy to follow, simple to prepare, and surprisingly good. Each recipe includes exchange and nutritional information. I've tried three diabetic cookbooks and I find this is the only one I actually use. The rest of my family even enjoys it.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best "usable" cookbook for the noncooker, September 28, 2002

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This review is from: Diabetes Low-Fat and No-Fat Meals in Minutes: More Than 250 Delicious, Easy, and Healthy Recipes & Menus for People with Diabetes, Their Families, and Their Friends (Paperback)

I bought this cookbook for my mother to use (father is diabetic and had heart bypass surgery). It has so many great recipes and lets you know what to do in order to make it have less sodium, etc. It has red meat recipes (he can't eat that) but we just substitute fish, chicken, or turkey. It uses ingredients she actually had in the kitchen and would use again (not just for one recipe). I made the "No fat fried chicken" (a baked recipe to taste like fried) and my dad said it was the best chicken he has ever had. These recipes will dress up the same few meats so that one doesn't get tired of the same thing and give up on a new way of life. The recipes are so, so, easy. My mother hates to cook and loves this book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really Tasty!, July 12, 2007

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This review is from: Diabetes Low-Fat and No-Fat Meals in Minutes: More Than 250 Delicious, Easy, and Healthy Recipes & Menus for People with Diabetes, Their Families, and Their Friends (Paperback)

I have tried two recipes from this book and will be trying more soon. What I really love is that these recipes are not too flashy-they don't have a million ingredients and are pretty quick to put together. For a July 4th party, I made the "Kitchen Quarterback Salsa and Bean Dip" and the "Diet Mountain Dew Salad" simultaneously while my six month old was screaming at me. I think that says a LOT about the simplicity/ease of preparation that these recipes entail.

The best part is that some of my guests were the type to gripe about low-fat/diet food and they RAVED about these dishes and asked me for the book info. That says a lot about the taste factor.

I would highly recommend this book for people that want quick diet food that actually TASTES good.