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 enlarge | Author: Dana Carpender
Publisher: Fair Winds Press (MA)
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  208 reviews
Sales Rank: 2694
Media: Paperback
Pages: 500
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 1931412065
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5638
UPC: 080665620652
EAN: 9781931412063
ASIN: 1931412065
Publication Date: October 2002
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 Great cookbook! August 27, 2008
C. Pipher III (Wheeling, Il)
Going back on a low carb diet, I needed some good recipies. This book is full of fantastic tasting dishes. The thing I like best is that they are so easy to follow, and you don't need strange ingredients. This book is a must on a low-carb diet.
Bye bye boring! August 6, 2008
T. Taylor
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I lost 50 lbs (pregnancy weight) doing Atkins several years ago and boy was that boring! I literally ate eggs, cheese, lettuce and meat for a year! The weight fell off but I really hated that way of eating and even though ive kept the weight off, I did switch back to low fat/ low calorie eating which leaves me starving all the time.
I bought Danas book in the hopes of finding "easy and practical" meals to prepare, not just for me, but for my husband and 3 kids who all had adapted a fairly unhealthy way of eating- out of convenience mostly. I am totally shocked at how easy, delicious, filling and satisfing these meals are! I work 40 hours a week, have 3 kids and never seem to stop and every LC book I have found requires soooo much time in the kitchen it just wasnt worth it!
I have prepared full meals, snacks, lunches and breakfasts for all of us for 2 weeks now and havent even come close to getting bored nor scratched the surface of the countless "doable" recipes she provides. I simply sit down every saturday morning with this book, a notebook and a pen and start flipping through, putting together a main course and a side dish (dinner) for the next 5-6 days. I make sure and vary the ingredients from fish to pork to beef and then I work on what we will have with it! I plan out the meals and jot down the required ingredients (saving the more time consuming meals for the weekends) throwing in at least one "leftovers" night during the week and viola. Take off to the store, but it all and post the menu on the fridge. Its really that easy.
Thanks Dana! I havent even gotten to crack the cover of the crockpot cook book yet, but I will!
Noone in my house has even missed the mac and cheese, scalloped potatoes or garlic bread.
(oh and between me, hubby and the kids, we have all lost a few lbs cutting out all those starchy carbs!)
 a bit extreme July 16, 2008
Danielle Paul
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is only for those willing to be pretty extreme in their diet changes - whey protein powders, coconut oil, almond flours, etc. I just don't see myself using many of these recipes on a daily basis unless I wanted to go extremely low carb.
Truly low carb, truly delicious and varied. June 1, 2008
Janet Norris (LaGrange, Ga USA)
Dana Carpender knows what it's like to live a low carb life, she's not a nutritionist just going by the numbers. It's obvious she likes to eat, loves food and likes variety. The ethnic recipes are a taste treat and worth it even if I have difficulty finding some of the ingredients.
Her section on Ingredients You Need To Know About should be in all low carb cookbooks. Finally, I know the secret of what guar and xanthan gums are, and the difference between soy flour and soy powder and soy protein isolate. It's not likely I'll use any of these but now that I know what they are, I know how to substitute for them and I understand what they're doing in any low carb products I buy. This book and her 200 Low Carb Slow Cooker Recipes book are essential for anyone forced to live on a low carb diet.
I checked both books out of the library and kept them until mine arrived from Amazon. Dana Carpender's two books are the best low carb books I have even nudging out George Stella.
Can't live without it! May 19, 2008
P. Booth
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When the low-carb craze was hot, I jumped on the bandwagon. It was easy then...low-carb products filled the store shelves. There were bars, shakes, candy, low-carb meals, and low-carb selections at almost every restaurant! I lost lots of weight and felt better than I had in years! But, suddenly, it all went away and I was forced go it alone! I struggled, going back and forth between low-fat and low-carb. I had almost given up completely when I found this book accidentally online. This book has truly made the low-carb lifestyle easy for me AND kept it interesting. There are enough simple, rich, delightful recipes in this book for one to NEVER go back to low fat. My favorite is Burger Scramble Florentine, a delicious one-skillet meal made with real cream cheese. I use ground chicken, which is even tastier than ground meat! I plan our family's meals out of this book every week. You've GOT to own this one (and "500 More Low Carb Recipes") to stay on low carb. Thanks to Dana Carpender! I can't wait for the next one!
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