The DASH Diet Cookbook: Quick and Delicious Recipes for Losing Weight, Preventing Diabetes, and Lowering Blood Pressure [Paperback]

Mariza Snyder (Author), Lauren Clum (Author), Anna V. Zulaica (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 13, 2012

The DASH Diet Made Delicious
Packed with amazingly tasty recipes, creative meal plans and complete nutritional information, this cookbook makes following the DASH diet a snap. The 140 easy-to-make recipes provide a mouthwatering way to eat great, lose weight, lower blood pressure and prevent diabetes without feeling deprived.
QUICK AND HEARTY BREAKFASTS
• Berry Banana Green Smoothie
• Veggie Frittata with Caramelized Onions
ENERGY-BOOSTING LUNCHES
• Mexican Summer Salad
• Chicken Fajita Wraps
FAST AND FABULOUS SNACKS
• Roasted Zucchini Crostini Dip
• Grilled Sweet Potato Steak Fries
SATISFYINGLY DELICIOUS DINNERS
• Turkey Meatballs in Marinara Sauce
• Ginger-Apricot Chicken Skewers
TASTY AND WHOLESOME DESSERTS
• Grilled Peaches with Ricotta Stuffing and Balsamic Glaze
• Mini Cheesecakes with Vanilla Wafer Almond Crust
Named the number-one diet in terms of weight loss, nutrition and prevention of diabetes and heart disease, DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) is the best diet for a fit lifestyle. Including a 28-day meal plan, easy-to-follow exercise advice and tips for keeping to the diet when on the go, this cookbook is the ultimate guide to living healthy.

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About the Author

Dr. Mariza Snyder and Dr. Lauren Clum run The Specific Chiropractic Center in Oakland, California, where they focus on helping people to realize their own healing capacity. They both graduated from Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, CA and began practicing together in 2009. Anna Zulaica is the owner of Presto! Catering in Berkeley, CA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Press (March 13, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1612430473
• ISBN-13: 978-1612430478
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.9 x 8.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #1 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Low Salt
  • #10 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Diabetic & Sugar-Free
  • #30 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Quick & Easy

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

106 of 114 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars It's a cookbook. June 15, 2012

By A. Merrill

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I am not sure where to start this review, so I will start with the cover. The pictures on the cover are not of recipes contained in this book. Not a good start.

Next look at the overview of the dash diet, pretty much the dash diet, but with extra restrictions. I am suspicious of the extra restrictions like,"Nuts must be eaten raw."

Now on to the recipes, the introduction tells you to eat 6 servings of vegetables, but the recipes don't tell you how many servings they contain. This is a big hole in the usefulness of the book.

The recipes don't follow the dash diet--the recipe on page 141 has 2788mg of sodium per serving!! Way above 1500 mg/day that the dash recommends.

I will end this review where the book ends, with the index. The index is useless--want to look up black beans? you have to know that the book uses "Anna's black beans" as the index entry not "black beans".

Avoid this book.

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic guide! March 6, 2012

By Yeats Fan

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Like many Baby Boomers, I have developed a new-found interest in my health and was searching for recipes that would aid my "project." I am neither an enthusiastic nor a creative cook, and the cookbooks I found were much too complicated and demanded more time than I was willing to give. A former student recommended this book, and am I glad she did.

The recipes are easy and require no special skills, for which I'm especially grateful. No exotic ingredients are required, and, best of all, these dishes can be made in record time. The dishes take me out of my "comfort zone" -- I've discovered kale! Most importantly, these dishes are amazingly delicious even for those, like my husband, who believe only hot dogs should be considered "food."

I heartily recommend this cookbook for everyone, whether or not you have health concerns. Maybe, like I did, you'll discover that eating healthy can also be easy, fun, and tasty!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great recipes but some critical info missing March 7, 2012

By Da Professa

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I love the variety of wonderful recipes and the inclusion of nutrition information, but the authors failed to include two vital pieces of information with each recipe. First, there is no mention of what the quantity of an individual serving of a recipe is. Without that, the cook will have to divide the food into the number of servings the recipe claims to make and measure the serving size herself. That's pretty tedious. Also, it would have been helpful if there had been mention of how many servings of fruit, veggies, grains, proteins, etc. that a single serving of a recipe provides. Many who follow DASH count servings, not calories