Included in these pages are more than 100 great-tasting, easy-to-prepare low-carbohydrate recipes that will add variety to your meals: everything from delicious soups to nut-topped tarts. There are Appetizers like White Pizza, Buffalo Wings, and Hot Artichoke and Spinach Dip. Gourmet Salads and Vegetables like Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Salad; Portobello Slices; and Roasted Asparagus. Sensational Sauces and Dressings like Orange-Rosemary Butter, Russian Dressing, and Sweet and Sour Mustard Sauce. Main Dishes like Philly Cheese Steak, Kung Pao Chicken, and Beef Paprikash. And Dazzling Desserts like Key Lime Pie, Strawberry Mousse, Fruit Pizza with Marzipan Crust, and Coffee Ice Cream--all of which use the great new artificial sweetener SPLENDA. Every recipe includes nutritional data, so you'll know exactly what you're eating.
Ruth Glick is the author or co-author of fifteen cookbooks. Her latest cookbooks are ONE POT MEALS FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES (2nd edition), published in April 2007 by the American Diabetes Association; SNACK ATTACK, published in November 2006 by Small Steps Press; THE DIABETES SNACK MUNCH NIBBLE NOSH BOOK (3rd Edition) by the American Diabetes Association; and FABULOUS LO-CARB CUISINE by Light Street Press. The diabetes snack book was the recipient of the 1999 National Health Information Bronze Award (sponsored by the Health Information Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for consumer health programs and materials). FABULOUS LO-CARB CUISINE was a finalist for the Excellence in Independent Publishing Award of the MidAtlantic Publishers Association.
Ruth's first cookbook, DON'T TELL 'EM IT'S GOOD FOR 'EM (written with Nancy Baggett and Gloria Kaufer Greene), was ahead of its time in implementing low-fat nutritional guidelines and was nominated for a Tastemaker Award. SKINNY SOUPS, also written with Nancy Baggett, was a bestseller for Surrey Books. Ruth's skill in combining delicious recipes with an innovative, health-conscious approach to cooking is showcased in 100% PLEASURE, written with Nancy Baggett (Rodale Press). With almost 150,000 copies in print, it was named as one of the 12 best cookbooks of 1994 by USA Today.
Ruth is the former food editor of the Columbia Flier and was a health/nutrition columnist for Essence Magazine for four years. Her recipes have appeared in Diabetes Forecast, Family Circle, Mademoiselle, Weight Watchers, Shape, Essence Magazine, The Washington Post, and The Baltimore Sun.
In addition to her non-fiction, Ruth has written over 100 novels. Most of her fiction has been written
under the pseudonym Rebecca York, but early in her career she co-authored books using several other
pseudonyms, including Alyssa Howard, Alexis Hill, Alexis Hill Jordan, Tess Marlowe, Samantha Chase, and
Amanda Lee. She also co-authored several juvenile books under her own name.
Ruth has done numerous TV/radio interviews and cooking demonstrations and is profiled in Contemporary Authors, Who's Who of American Women, and Who's Who in America. She holds a B. A. in American Thought and Civilization from The George Washington University and an M. A. in American Studies from the University of Maryland.
