Phase 1 Low-Carb Recipes [Plastic Comb]

Better Homes and Gardens Books (Author), Stephanie Karpinske (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2005

Recipes with 5 grams or fewer net carbs; perfect for Phase 1 of the Atkins or South Beach diets.

Introductory chapter features basics about Phase 1 of low-carb eating plans, menus, meat-cooking charts, carb charts of allowable foods, and a two-week food journal to track carbs.

Advice and tips reveal how to be successful during Phase 1 of a low carb diet.

Recipes include nutrition information plus preparation and cook times.

All recipes are tested and approved by the Better Homes and Gardens® Test Kitchen.

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 416 pages
• Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens (February 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0696222558
• ISBN-13: 978-0696222559
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #263,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephanie Karpinske, MBA, MS, RD is passionate about helping people achieve better health in a simple and practical way. As a registered dietitian with a masters in Nutrition Communications from Tufts University, Stephanie has the unique ability to teach people about health and nutrition in a way that is interesting and easy to understand.

Stephanie spent several years as Senior Health Editor at a major publishing company, creating diet and fitness books and healthy cookbooks. She also interned at the ABC News Medical Unit, researching health stories for Good Morning America and ABC World News.

As owner of SK Health Communications, LLC, Stephanie writes for a variety of health publications, including Better Homes and Gardens and My Weight Loss. She's also studying to be a personal trainer. Her latest book, Read Before Dieting, shows readers how to finally make diets work for them rather than against them. It's the must-have book for any dieter!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Easy to Use, July 8, 2005

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Cindermomma (Washington) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Phase 1 Low-Carb Recipes (Plastic Comb)

I'm new to the Low Carb lifestyle and this book really helped me with creative EASY recipes that fit into any budget and helps keep you on track.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good diet recipes, July 23, 2005

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Sharon L. Strickland (Byron, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Phase 1 Low-Carb Recipes (Plastic Comb)

I found this book to be very helpful for my husbands diet. He is watching calories, fat and carbs. The breakdown for each recipe was very helpful and the recipes are very appetizing. I would recommend this book even if you are not watching your weight.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best LC recipe book I've found yet!, July 22, 2008

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Elysianine - See all my reviews

This review is from: Phase 1 Low-Carb Recipes (Paperback)

After over 3 and a half years of following a low-carb WOE (way of eating), one thing I have noticed is that low carb cookbooks, on the whole, suck, especially if you're doing Atkins. Recipes regularly contain hard-to-find ingredients (sometimes you have to order them off the Internet), ingredients that are NOT good for a low-carb lifestyle (especially in Induction/the first phase) such as grains, honey, molasses, or specific brand-name low-carb products that 1) are infamous for stalling weight loss in LC dieters and 2) may not even be produced anymore due to the crash of the low-carb craze (it's the companies' own faults if you ask me, but I digress).

Now,about this book...it's awesome. The recipes are simple, with REAL FOOD ingredients that you can find at your local grocery store, there is no dessert section (on Induction/Phase 1, you're better off without sweets), and the author really seems to understand the concept of low-carb as it should be done. Veggies (sooooooo important even on Atkins, contrary to popular legend!) are featured prominently.

The book does seem to have an Atkins slant and some of the recipes as-is are probably not suitable for South Beachers in the later phases, although I don't see why the recipes couldn't be adapted...there are a TON of grilled meat recipes in the book. Sub out low-fat or nonfat cheese and dairy where you see it, and use olive oil or smart balance or something instead of butter (actually many of the recipes call for olive oil), add a side of wholegrain something or the other, and there's South Beach's later phases.