15-Minute Low-Carb Recipes: Instant Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More (Paperback)

by Dana Carpender (Author) "Actually, this is a misnomermost of these egg dishes will take you well under 15 minutes!..." (more)
Key Phrases: main dish salads, usable carbs, other very lean ground beef, Side Dishes, Monterey Jack, Dana's Easy Omelet Method (more...)

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Product Description
Recent studies prove that low-carbohydrate dieting works to take weight off and improve cholesterol. As more and more people switch to the Atkins diet or variations of it, they will need recipes! 15 Minute Low-Carb Recipes offers over 200 recipes that can be made in 15 minutes or less. This book offers all-new quick and easy recipes that will be a godsend to low-carbers everywhere.

About the Author
Dana Carpender is the author of 500 Low Carb Recipes (Fairwinds 2002) and How I Gave Up My Low-Fat Diet and Lost 40 Pounds. She writes a weekly internet newsletter called Lowcarbezine! that goes out ot 12000 subscribers. She lives in Bloomington IN.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159233041X
• ISBN-13: 978-1592330416
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,216 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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159 of 159 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Ever!, October 8, 2003

By	M. Wright (Iowa) - See all my reviews

I was so excited to see that Dana Carpender was coming out with a 15 minute recipe book. I have the 500 low carb recipes book and am tremendously pleased with it, but this new book is so awesome that although I have used my 500 recipes book religiously for months, it has sat on the shelf for the last week. I have made a different recipe every night this week using this 15 minute recipe book and am enthralled. I've made Sour Cream Ham Supper (my husband loved this), Spanish Rice (scrumptuous, I think I found my new favorite), Beef and Artichoke Skillet (fabulous),Ham and Beans Skillet (so easy, and absolutely delicious), and tomorrow I'm making Pepperoncini Beef; I can't wait. I've never enjoyed cooking so much. All the recipes are so fast and easy. So far, they've all been extremely tasty, too. Dana, keep up the good work.

146 of 147 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Weight Loss With Quick, Delicious Meals!, October 27, 2003

By	Jana L. Perskie "ceruleana" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

In a motivated mood, I asked my doctor recently to give me a good diet plan so I could take off many unwanted pounds. He didn't skip a beat. He just said "try the Atkins' Diet." So, I did...and it is excellent! What a great way to lose weight, in a healthy manner, with a minimal amount of suffering. I am dropping pounds, not feeling hungry, and ready to experiment with low carbohydrate food recipes, as I have grown a little bored with broiled meats, fish, omelettes and plain salad.

I bought an Atkins' recipe book, and wanting more variety, I also picked up a copy of Dana Carpender's "15 Minute Low Carb Recipes: Instant Recipes For Dinners, Desserts and More." This book is wonderful - great meals, lunches and snacks in a jiffy. Many of the recipes call for inexpensive ingredients, which is great considering the expense of a high protein diet. Meat, fish and shellfish aren't cheap. Her skillet dinners are excellent. I have tried nine of the recipes so far and the results have been delicious. The meals have been easy to prepare and Ms. Carpender's tips and shortcuts cut down preparation time considerably.

I find that I am using this cookbook more than my Atkins book. There is so much variety that meals have become less boring. While losing weight is difficult, variety and food that tastes good make the process less painful. I highly recommend this compilation of creative, effortless low carbohydrate recipes.
JANA

79 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My new favorite cookbook, October 24, 2003

By	Rho "rho1640" (NY USA) - See all my reviews

So far we have tried 6 of the recipes from the new 15 Minute Low-Carb Recipe Cookbook and I have 3 more to try this week -- and as all of them have been "keepers" so far, I know that the others will be also.

It is great to have quick and easy recipes that have fantastic flavor that the whole family can enjoy. And having almost all of the ingredients in my pantry or freezer already is a real bonus.

This is my third book of Dana's and I know I will be buying any new one she comes out with as well.