Customer Reviews

The New Soul Food Cookbook for People with Diabetes

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"Authors Gaines and Weaver show the reader how much of the hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes plaguing the African-American population can be avoided by making easy changes to traditional soul food recipes without losing too much of the flavor. The basics of healthy food preparation and menu planning are incorporated with suggestions for cooking with traditional herbs and spices, along with advice for reducing fat, calories and sodium. Portion sizes are given to aid in blood sugar control and weight loss, as well as complete nutritional information and official ADA exchanges.
Now you can experience palate-pleasing soul food recipes such as Barbecue Pulled Pork, Hoppin' John, Hoe Cake, Soul Slaw, Collards with Smoked Turkey, Chicken and Dumplings, Key Lime Pie, Rice Pudding, Sweet Potato Pound Cake and more in The New Soul Food Cookbook." (review from the National Federation of the Blind website, Marilyn Helton reviewer)

This book is a great resource book for those with diabetes and for those who want to make a change toward healthier cooking and eating. The review of diabetes is clear and concise while offering interesting cooking options for preparing healthy meals. The recipes make delicious down home meals!

Since I have purchased the book I have seen the interest soar in many who thought they had to give up tradition in their diet. I thank God for those two authors.... they have given me something back that I missed. Thanks Roniece and Fabiola .

There are some great recipes here but the one thing I found annoying was that to cut the fat and keep the taste they added lots of extracts to desserts; things I had never used before in cooking.

On the other hand, I figure 5 new extracts is a small price to pay to be able to eat the foods we love while keeping a diabetic diet.

This book is very helpful, because it teaches a person to cook with flavor. Most times the foods that we (diabetics) eat are so bland. This is a well written book. The exchanges are a plus.

I love to cook and eat. It's wonderful that I can now prepare healthy and traditional fare for my family without worry over fat and salt. Thanks ladies!

I have tried several recipes from this book and was pleasantly surprised that the dishes were delicious.

The recipes in this book are a help to me in trying to maintain a healthier eating lifestyle even though I am not a diabetic. The tips and stories were interesting and very informative.

I had checked this book out from my local library but liked so many of the recipes that I decided to buy it. I have tried the Turkey Sloppy Joes & the Chicken Spaghetti, and when I go off my vegan detox diet (after I return from my overseas vacation), I plan to make one of the crab dishes as well as the Sweet Potato Pound Cake, Key Lime Pie (yes, I do have a sweet tooth), and some other poultry dishes (I don't do pork at all and very rarely eat beef, seafood, or game meats). I was very pleased with the recipes I've tried already - though they do take a great deal of preparation - as they were flavorful, filling, and relatively easy to make. I recommend this cookbook for anyone with diabetes who grew up on Soul Food and feel that they might be missing out when given their diagnosis. My mother was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes several years ago, and I'm trying to get her to re-learn how to cook Soul Food faves, as well as re-train her taste buds to accept new dishes - like the recipes in this book.

This book is great, especially for people that just found out that they have sugar. As a newbe I have a difficult time trying to find something to eat the resemble anything I might want. This book has common recipes in it that are redone for my diet.