Quick and Easy Diabetic Recipes for One

Don't expect any photographs or shopping lists or meal plans and menus in this cookbook. And do expect a ton of leftover apples and other fruits in your fridge. Some of the recipes are really high carb so most diabetics will end up on insulin if they eat them. One will do better by buying a paleo or low carb cookbook. There is a little paragraph about breaking the salt habit but many of the recipes call for high sodium soups or other products!!! And the nutrition panels say nothing about potassium which helps overcome some of the sodium intake. Also no information about vitamins is given. The pantry list contains mostly high carb/high sodium items: sugar free is not the same as low carb!! Also low fat may be high carb!!So this is a mostly impractical cookbook for diabetics that will have your fridge and freezer full of leftovers. It might be helpful if you don't live alone but have some other people around to eat the other 3/4 of an apple and so on. No tips about what to do with the leftovers except to eat tem for lunch the next day or to stick them in the freezer.Some of the recommendations are about setting your table, use paper plates and other such. Really!!! In this day of environmental enlightenment???The publisher claims this book will help with meal planning - no it won't! Also claimed is complete nutritional analysis - nope, not!! Typical recipes have over 40 g carbohydrates per serving - some are way over that. And one of the recipes has a sodium content of almost 2000mg...a day's worth in one small serving at one meal. So beware.This book carries the American Diabetic Assoc seal but, like their other cookbooks, they are mostly useless and conjured up by somebody instructed by MDs with no knowledge of nutrition.My tip for a single person with diabetes is to live near a university with a health food store nearby. Such a market will typically have small servings of everything available (student fridge space is always small) and because most university athletes watch their diet they will have the best selections of low carb, high potassium, low sodium items including meats that have not been injected with salts, sugars and other chemicals.

I had gone to Barnes & Noble to first look for this book. Once I was told that it would have to be ordered, I decided to try online using Amazon.com.Low and behold, there it was. I think the new price was something like $9.00 and change. I also seen where a nice used copay was available for just over $3.00. I placed the order and received the book in 5 business days as promised.Although the book was advertised as used, I was quite surprised at the nearly new condition. I found the book in such good condition, with only two or three pages where the page corners had been folded over. In my opinion, I made an excellent choice in choosing this used copy.Hat's off to the seller. I am totally satisfied with my purchase. Thank You and Kudos to both the seller and to Amazon.com.

I bought this for a patient of mine . I’m not sure if she will use it cause she doesn’t cook . The recipes looked easy so I thought it was worth trying.

This book contains about 50 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert that have low-cal, low-sodium, and low-fat themes. My biggest complaint about the book is the simplicity of some of the recipes--for instance: there is a recipe for a spread that you put on a bagel and the recipe says, take a knife and spread (that's not really a recipe). The dinner options are the best choices with everything from pasta dishes to stuffed peppers--treats I wouldn't have considered all that healthy before I got the book. The recipes are easy to read with the ingredients identified on the left and the exchange rates on the bottom. However, only a few of the recipes are actually for one--many are for two or four. In any case, a good choice for a beginning cook or a new diabetic.

Lots of nice recipe. Most require more time to prepare than what I had expected. All of the recipes require that you buy at least one seasoning that you don't have on your kitchen cabinet. Many require that you buy several seasonings and etc. for your cabinet before you can even begin cooking. I have yet to be able to cook one of the recipes. Also, if you count carbs this book is not for you. Very few recipes have the carb count but use calories or another scale that uses "servings" without idetifying how many carbs are in the serving.

I ordered this book for a friend, who was recently diagnosed with diabetes. She loved it so much that I ordered one for myself (and I'm not diabetic) and she ordered another copy for her brother! Since many older adults deal with diabetes and many of them cook for just one person, this book helps to make a significant life change easier to manage. Older people often have many reasons not to cook for themselves, relying on fast foods when they need to change old habits and eat more healthfully. The recipes are easy and tempting making this guide truly useful for seniors and others who live alone...diabetic or not. Change can be fun and tasty too!

Now that I am accepting the challenge of managing my diabetes properly, this book is a true gem. The fact this recipe book focuses on quick and easy recipes makes it indispensible, but the added bonus of having recipes for one is nothing short of amazing. I'm not crazy about leftovers and space in my refrigerator is at a premium, so this little book will find a permanent place in my kitchen. It is also not often that recipes turn out exactly as portrayed in the book, but that has been the case so far. A big thumbs-up for this one!

Recently diagnosed I immediately went looking for recipes and found this cooking for one. I was raised on meat and potatoes. Lived in foreign countries and Mom baked our bread. Lots of carbs in the diet. Fresh fruits and veggies were not always available for safe consumption. So this is just what I needed. I also found another book with 30 days of meals where the pages were split into three sections where you can mix and match what you are interested in eating. So far so good.

The recipes are all American with ingredients not readily available in UK. If it was stated that it originated from USA I missed it.

Very healthy recipes for a better lifestyle

it is in American mesurements

Arrived on time as usial good book for the money. Informative and relevant

Good simple recipes. Was a gift for a friend. Delivered promptly. He is very happy with it and so am I.