Customer Reviews

Busy People's Low-Carb Cookbook (Busy People Cookbooks)

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Ground meatless (some kind of vegetarian ground meat substitute by Morning Farms) is a staple in this author's recipes. But my biggest gripe is that these recipes are NOT low carb. They lean more toward being low-fat.

Sure, the recipes are lower in carbohydrates than most, but someone following Atkins or similar might be disappointed. Extra-thick Peach Milkshake, which use frozen peaches and fat-free whipped topping (which has sugar in it!) has 26 grams of carbs per serving. That is more than a day's worth of carbs allowed on the Induction plan..

Whole Wheat Muffin Bites: 22 grams per serving; Pork Pastry Squares: 32 grams; Taco Salad: 18 grams...and the list just goes on.

Now, if you aren't following Atkins or some other strict low-carb diet and are just looking to cut back on the carbs and the fat then this book could be a good choice. The recipes look to be simple and the Slow-Roasted Beef & Bell Peppers Stew (10grams) sounds yummy, as does the Zucchini Skillet Dish (6 grams)and Broiled Eggplant Italiano (12 grams).

I am a diabetic and have to follow a diet that closely monitors my carbohydrates. This book has delicious, easy recipes that everyone will enjoy. I love the simplicity - every recipe has less than seven ingredients.

Tina

My husband and I wanted to start eating less carbs, but since I cant' eat eggs many low carb recipes won't work for me. Also I don't have much time to cook. This book is wonderful, we eat at hoem every night. If I am not making something from this book I am making something similar to a recipe in this book. The other great thing is that many of the recipes use similar ingredients, and doesn't require exotic ingredients that I normally don't have on hand. I want to get her other cookbooks.

This is my first review but I had to let people know that this book is so easy, fast and the best tasting food I ever made. We tried all kinds of new foods through this book that I normally wouldn't buy. I'm no cook but even my finicky kids loved these recipes. It's also nice to know we're eating healthier. Great book!!!
Sincerely,
Chris from NH

I've read through the whole book, but haven't actually tried any of the recipes yet. They sound good, but she uses non-fat products frequently. A good low carb diet needs good fats included in it. If I use these recipes I will be using products that still have the fat in them.

I bought this book because my husband and I are having trouble losing weight as we get older and I wanted to try this cookbook out. I had bought the Busy People's Crockpot Cookbook and had success with the recipes.

The recipes really are low carb. They are generally low or no-sucrose, too (after all, carbs break down to sugar; they're really much the same thing). These are genuinely useful recipes for dishes you would really want to serve. They use ordinary ingredients most of the time. When an exotic ingredient is required, there will be a footnote telling you where to locate it. These recipes are not complicated; most use no more than five ingredients, and can be assembled within a few minutes. In general, this is a truly practical cookbook.

I like the idea of this book, but it uses a lot of vegetarian foods that I don't particularly care for. Great for a start up vegetarian, or for a seasoned one, but not really for me. I kept the book, but will edit them more to my liking.

It wasn't as good a book as I thought it was going to be--the price was good and I received it on time and the seller was good--book was in good condition too. Contents of book wasn't that great OK but not great.

I found this cookbook very helpful for diabetic diets that count carbs. The ingredients are easily obtained and usually are in my pantry. Very simple and easy to follow recipes make these dishes easy to prepare. I would highly recommend this cookbook. I have recently ordered three other cookbooks written by this author.