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(More customer reviews)When I read the title of this book: Dinner a Day for People with Diabetes: Creative and Healthy Recipes for Every Night of the Year, I expected something similar to other books promising a dinner a day. I was looking for a book that offered dinner menu plans and the recipes to match them. This is now a common format in recipe books, following the style of the classic A Dinner a Day: Complete Meals in Minutes for Every Weeknight of the Year by Sally Sondheim. You'll notice a similarity in the titles.
That is not what you will get in this book. This is simply a recipe book with a rather small number of Entrees, and no menus of any kind.
I was surprised at how few recipes this cookbook provided. Of the 18 recipes in the Main Dishes and Casseroles chapter, fully half of them (9) are recipes for home made condensed "cream of mushroom"-type soup. Another 4 are of the single-serving variety, useful if you are cooking for one. This leaves room for 5 actual Main Dish recipes to feed your family.
With the limited number of actual meals possible from this book, less than a hundred, it seemed odd to waste a whole chapter on lamb and multiple recipes for venison. Watch out for numerous pheasant, quail, and "duck breast" recipes in the poultry chapter as well. These aren't items that even my local boutique grocer stocks. The result is a cookbook that diminishes in usefulness as an everyday reference, something it claims to be.
This may be a good diabetic cookbook. Reading through it, there are some recipes I might try, like "Slow Cooker Pork with Plum Sauce," some recipes that are completely obvious - "Slow Roasted Salmon" (sprinkle chives and oil over salmon before baking), and some that are definite adventures - "Kovbasa (Ukrainian Kielbasa)" (calling for peperivka whiskey).
There are no diabetic exchanges reported or approximated in this book. Some "Stats" are given with each recipe, but these are not all that they could be. For example, Carbohydrates are reported without separating out Fiber.
My overall assessment is that this is an interesting but slightly unfocused cookbook that is attempting to capitalize on the Dinner a Day trend. Ultimately, I'm disappointed with the deceptive marketing. Instead, choose The New Family Cookbook for People with Diabetes
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Today, more than ever, families are sitting down to eat dinner together and share the events of their days. But when one or more family members has diabetes, it?s hard to find a fun and creative meal that everyone can enjoy - until now! With this cookbook, family cooks no longer have to struggle to create delicious and healthy meals for all to enjoy. With a dinner recipe for every night of the year, this one-of-a-kind cookbook offers everything from well-balanced family favorites to cultural treats. This book features recipes like: Sweet Potato Flour Crepes; Honey and Cider Glaze for Baked Chicken; Crunchy ?Fried? Catfish Fillets; Pasta and Smoked Trout with Lemon Pesto; Cinnamon Grilled Pork Tenderloin; Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta; and other tasty, low sugar treats! Finally, diabetes-friendly dishes don?t have to be boring - and they?re easier than ever to fix!
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