500 Low-Carb Recipes: 500 Recipes from Snacks to Dessert, That the Whole Family Will Love |
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| Title: | 500 Low-Carb Recipes: 500 Recipes from Snacks to Dessert, That the Whole Family Will Love |
| Author: | Dana Carpender |
| Publisher: | Fair Winds Press (MA) |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | October, 2002 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1931412065 / 9781931412063 |
| List Price: | $19.95 |
| You Save: | $6.38 |
| Amazon Price: | $13.57 |
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Product Description
Dana Carpender comes to the rescue with 500 Low-Carb recipes. Covering everything from soup to nuts, this comprehensive compendium of recipes offers choices like… Heroin Wings (they’re so good they’re addictive) Mockahlua Cheesecake Meatza (pizza without the crust) …plus dozens of ways to spice up staple dishes such as burgers, omelets, steaks and chicken Readers will also learn: How to make low-carb casseroles that are delicious – without noodles or rice! What to serve instead of mashed potatoes The secret to low-carb stuffing The way to satisfy sugar cravings – decadently – and still stay low-carb The lowdown on low-carb ingredients Recipes have been tested and proven delicious. They are guaranteed to please even the most reluctant bread-lover.
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Customer Reviews:
• Not Crazy About This Book
27 July, 2009
I'm new to the whole low carb thing but I enjoy the food immensely and feel great due to the changes I've made. But this book doesn't make it easy to locate the carb count for recipes, there are no photos of recipes, some ingredients are hard to find and questionable selections.
The author writes about new low carb products early in the book. One such item is breakfast cereal. The author goes on to say they've never tried it but within the book is included at least one recipe that calls for the cereal. Apparently the author didn't bother to eat all foods or recipes in their own book.
The author questions the safety of using soy flour but doesn't offer any info regarding the hesitation. Some articles on the internet claim soy is dangerous, info is provided only after you register for a, b and c. And another states that soy makes you gay. The info is absurd, bizarre and unsubstantiated by any credible organization. The fact that Soy's been used since before the written language, I'll stick with it until I get warnings from legitimate credible organizations.
But the author does suggest using soy powder instead found at various health food stores. Soy powder (many supposed health powders) are not regulated by the FDA and certain brands have been recalled and or warned by the FDA for including other ingredient that have been scientifically identified as dangerous.
The mentioned inconsistencies and others are why I won't be purchasing any more of this author's books. I'd prefer to use as much fresh local foods as possible and not run out to purchase ingredients because they are the latest buzz word on the internet. I was expecting a cook book not someone's unconfirmed interpretation of health foods.
I'll stick with "Stella" books (cookies, cakes, faux pasta, faux potato salad, great protein enriched recipes, etc and delicious).....
- Amazon Customer Review
• Honest Defence From A Former Vegetarian
19 October, 2009
I am not entirely sure I can quantify my love for this book, and most of Dana's cookbooks... You see, when I first went low-carb (2004), I wasn't just coming from a diet full of starch and sugar, I was coming from a vegetarian diet. Not just any vegetarian diet, mind you - this was one I truly thought was healthy! I wasn't a "chips and soda" vegetarian by any means... but being from a family predisposed to blood sugar problems, such reliance on beans, corn, grains and pastas - no matter how natural - made me fat. I went vegetarian in the first place because I was convinced that it was the ONLY way to be healthy and thin... and that's true for some people, but not for me!
So, inspired by my mother's success with it, I decided to go low-carb... but I had been a vegetarian for so long that I had no idea how to make the simplest meat recipes! I've been seeing so many complaints here about how "basic" and "obvious" some of the recipes are, but I will personally step up and say that I actually NEEDED to know the basics of how to boil shrimp, how to correctly pan-fry a steak - not so much the concept, but the details. Sure, anyone can toss a steak in a skillet and turn up the heat, but these recipes are more than that for someone like me. The subtle guidelines for how long to wait, what types of steaks and chops fare well with certain cooking methods, basically, all of the things that "normal" cookbooks teach meat eaters, they were useful to me. I would walk into the meat section and have little clue which cuts were for roasting, which for braising and so on.
I can't forget the flavour combinations offered in some of these "basic" recipes, either! I'd always liked eating meat, but having never really cooked it myself before going low-carb, I didn't have the creativity to come up with winning flavour combinations. Sometimes, it isn't even a matter of confidence or knowledge, it's a matter of needing an idea. I tend to need springboards here and there, and so I appreciate the simple things.
On to my actual review - this book has done so much for me, from teaching me how to cook meat dishes (I love the Lemon-Pepper Chicken and Gravy!) to saving me from low-carb boredom (the Perfect Protein Pancakes don't require any weird specialty items, and they are delicious) to keeping me from cheating on the holidays (the Pumpkin Cheesecake is gorgeous) to appeasing friends and family who don't count carbs (Cauliflower-Olive Salad is a big hit) to eventually building up my kitchen confidence enough to where I don't rely on recipes to shake some seasonings onto a steak or chop.
Dana's tone is very witty, matter-of-fact and down-to-earth. She does her absolute best to explain anything that might be questionable. I never felt lost, even as a total novice in the kitchen, because the instructions were always very clear. This isn't to say I've followed every single recipe to the letter - I have substituted all over the place, and with great results. My one criticism of these recipes is that I tend to use far less Splenda in the non-baking recipes, and wonder what sort of sweet teeth are being catered to, but that's hardly a complaint.
One more "issue" I keep seeing in some of these reviews is the inconsistency in some of the recipes, or admission to not trying a particular ingredient. It states very clearly in the book that many of these recipes were contributed by friends of Dana's, as well as readers of her e-zine. She also states very clearly that she sometimes farmed out the recipe testing. So, maybe that doesn't happen very often in most cookbooks, but it's nothing the author is hiding from us.
So... in conclusion, I have practically lived by the recipes in this book for the last five years (I slightly prefer 15-Minute Low Carb Recipes) and I am healthier, happier, more confident in the kitchen, knowledgeable of all sorts of specialty products and cuts of meat... and not so fat anymore. Thank you, Dana Carpender and friends!
- Amazon Customer Review
• Need A Lot Of Work.
30 December, 2009
while there are tons of recipes some are not real recipes ( like spice mix) but the book is so confusing and unorganized, no colors, more than one recipe on one page, not well categorized. even the instructions are not so clear, some steps she doesn't mention if she already did in another recipe, it is like she is writing for herself..so it is so unattractive and need personal work to know what is in there.. the auther is very knowledgable in low carb , that was very useful, but she uses a lot of unknown materials that are expensive and not available, like diary carb countdown while you can use heavy cream + water or half and half, and the recipe comes out ordinary, if you tell me the result will be fantastic, ok I would buy it..
I bought this book mainly for the bread, they came out better than the bread machine recipes, but still gummy and wet (need to be toasted afterwards) and she uses bread machine only (which I returned, making the low carb bread wasn't worth the hassle) so she does not mention the steps to make it manually ..
I am going to keep this book, because if it is this big, I should get something out of it.. besides not too many cookbooks out there...
try George Stella's cookbooks , though fewer recipes, but very organized, tasty, easy, available simple ingredients, every recipe is out of this world..
- Amazon Customer Review
• This Book Is Awesome!!
09 January, 2010
The recipes in this book are great. Most are very easy to make and they require ingredients that you usually have at home. My husband isn't low carbing but he says every recipie is even better than the last one. I definitely reccomend this one.
- Amazon Customer Review
• The Best Low Carb Recipe Book Ever!
19 March, 2010
I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE this book!! Dana Carpender's writing style is so awesome and entertaining! Her recipes are delicious, easy and healthy. I cannot say enough great things about this book!!! Has everything you need for Low Carb eating, you DO NOT need another Low Carb book if you purchase this one.
- Amazon Customer Review
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