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Graham Kerr's Simply Splenda Cookbook: Recipes for Everything from Jam and Pickles to Cakes and Pies

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Kerr is leading chef with the knowhow to keep it healthly and not sacrifice taste and scrumptuous dishes.

Here with his wife and food editor he takes on empty calories of sugars and salt and fat and white flour, replacing with especially the sugar substitute Splenda.

There is over 75 recipes for many food types, including Drinks, jellies, pickles, cookies, main dishes, desserts, etc.

Sampled so far with good results:Orange Mango Cocktail; Apple Walnut Muffins; Chocolate Roll with Raspberries; Pear, Cherry and Almond Strudel; Oatmeal Almond Crunch Cookies; Blackberries in Warm Custard. No photos don't distract too much from this helpful cookbook.

Excellent for those with diabetes or looking to trim waistline.

I bought this cookbook with the expectation that I would make desserts sweetened only with Splenda. To my surprise, the recipes use Splenda to reduce sugar, but include other ingredients such as corn syrup, brown sugar, honey, fruit juice, raisins, sweetened yogurt, candied ginger and canned fruit. On the plus side, it does give you exchanges and a nutritional breakdown for every recipe; but I will have to keep looking for a Splenda-only cookbook.

I have watched Graham Kerr on television since I was a preteen, so I am well aware of his cooking talents, as well as the fact that he changed his lifestyle a complete 180 degrees since his wife had a heart attack; but I was not overly impressed with the cookbook. His recipes are not exciting, just plain simple fare, and absolutely not low carb.

Or should I say not sweet! Kerr's book, though small in size, is a great mini-lesson to the virtues of cooking with splenda. What I appreciated was his education on diabetes and practical approach to the sugar/splenda debate. While some would just cut all sugar out and use splenda only, for most generally this isn't necessary. He gives a great example of monitoring his wife's blood sugar and adjusting the size of the portion rather than cutting out all the sugar. He includes relevant updated information on diabetes as well as how to incorporate splenda into one's diet. What I liked most is his unique approach to the introduction of anything new and "healthy." Americans seem to have an aversion to eating healthy. Kerr, slowly introduces us to a healthy change little by little. Teaching us how to bring health to ourselves as well as the ones we love. The book only has 70 recipes but for me it was a perfect size. I was looking for a book with recipes I could serve my diabetic friends. It's nice to be able to serve them something they can eat without compromise or guilt.

Not really happy with this item. No pictures. Recipes are okay, but I like to see what I am cooking. Will probably sell it down the road.

Cook book looks good with interesting recipes, however I have not had it long enough to actually review it (which Amazon has asked me to do at this time).

Being a diabetic, I found Graham's suggestions helpful. I wasn't always crazy about the resulting product's taste but I use it to help me adjust my carbs and sugar in other recipes and I have worked on some of his to make it more palatable for me personally. I think it is a great resource and many of the recipes are quite good. It was a matter of experimentation for me.

I was disappointed in the small number of recipes in this book. The recipes were very plain.