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Summary: THE best low carb cookbook I've found
Review: This is such an excellent book. Easy to read, light breezy style, well organized and FABULOUS recipes. I've only had it a week but I've made several recipes and they were all simple and tasted great. Highly recommend
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Summary: Yummy!
Review: This is an excellent cookbook and so easy to use. I have had it a short time and have made several recipes from it. It goes along well with the Atkins diet and the recipes are easily adjusted to your specific needs.
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Summary: My Favorite Cookbook
Review: I have a bunch of low-carb cookbooks and will continue to buy more! But, this book is by far the best that I have tried so far. The recipes aren't just tired repeats of ones found in other books or ones you can find on-line. The hot cereal is a life saver in the morning as you make up the mix in bulk and then just add hot water to a serving of the dry mix. I was so tired of eggs and this is great. Also, the recipes aren't swimming in fat like so many low-carb recipes.
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Summary: Low-Carb Monotony, Be Gone!
Review: The hardest thing about going low-carb for me was staying excited about eating from the recipes in my plan's book. Then I ordered Dana's book. First, Dana is not a diet doctor, she's real human like the rest of us, and her book is written in a very refreshing, down-to-earth tone. Second, Dana's book has taken the monotony OUT of my low-carb life. Let's talk fabulous stir-fry served over cauliflower "rice" ... absolutely amazing waffles ... terrific spicy Thai cucumber salad that was eaten up to the very last bite at my office picnic today ... and of course, desserts. The hardest problem I have with this book is not giving away the recipes to my friends and low-carb associates who try the dishes because, quite frankly, like any author Dana is trying to make a living too so I tell them they just have to buy the book so she'll be encouraged to write another one. I promise you that you will not be disappointed with this book!!! And yes, Dana has pretty much attained goddess status in my life ;-)
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Summary: Best Low-Carb Cookbook
Review: I have about 10 low-carb cookbooks, and this is the one I use 95% of the time. The recipes are fantastic! My husband says he has never eaten better, and he isn't even on the diet with me.So far I've tried about 20 different recipes and I've only found one that I wouldn't bother making again. There are several in the book, like the Apple-Glazed Pork Chops, that we will use even when I'm off the diet--It's just that good! Most recipes are very simple to throw together and use common ingredients. All give carb, protein, and fiber counts with each serving. A few recipes are more difficult (mainly the baked goods)and require special flour and I haven't tried any of those yet. One of my favorite recipes is the Peanut Butter Protein Bars. I just can't stomach eggs or meat in the morning, so this was a great one for me. One small bar has 31 grams of protein. It tastes so good, my kids are always stealing them on me. If you are low-carbing, this is the best cookbook out there.
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Summary: Still going strong
Review: I have now had several months with this cookbook and I often plan all of our meals around recipes that I find. I have been rating the recipes. All of the main dish type ones and vegetables always get 5 stars, I have only given a low ranking to one cheesecake recipe, it didn't taste sweet enough, too much aftertaste. My children love everything I have made and so does my husband. Whenever I make mashed cauliflower (Faux Potatoes) my children get so excited and we all fight over the last spoonful. As my husband is now going to embark into the lowcarb way of life with me and my 12 year old is showing signs of carb addiction and my 8 year old has been on controlled carb for 2 years for behavior, I figure this can be a family affair. I don't watch the children's diets as strictly but whatever I can do for them at home has to help. This week I am cooking totally from the book as a reward for my first week off of school and to add variety to our lives. Thanks Dana, I tell everyone about your book. You should have heard me in Sahara Mart the other day with a new low carber.
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Summary: Not very useful for anyone on the go
Review: I found the informaton in this book to be helpful for a low carb diet, but most of it is already covered in the low-carb diet book that got you started. The recipies are best for someone with a lot of time to shop for the specialized ingredients and then to prepare the meal. And if you're expecting that with 500 recipes there must be some winners (which I thought), you need to know that most of the recipes are merely variations on a single recipe. This may be helpful since each provides the actual carb counts, but I could have figured out the difference with any carb counting handbook.
When I add in the value of my time, I found it more cost effective to purchase the prepared low-carb foods in my local health food store. When I cook, I stick to the simple recipes in the diet book.
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Summary: Low Carbing for Everyone
Review: I now have four low-carb cookbooks, but this is the one I use every day. You don't have to be an expert chef to make the recipes in this book, and except for the bread and dessert section, you don't need a whole lot of special ingredients either. (Look folks, making low-carb bread is necessarily complicated--it's not as simple as subbing Splenda for sugar, given the chemistry involved). I especially like her vegetable and salad recipes (I'm always looking for ways to make myself eat more vegetables, since I ate practically none before low-carbing it), and I wouldn't have made it this far without Dana's cracker recipes, using sunflower seeds as the main ingredient. Other favorites are the smoky cauliflower and sausage, polynesian pork, moo shu pork, and the infamous heroin wings. After nearly 4 months of low carbing, I forget to check the other cookbooks for new ideas, but I'm probably close to 100 recipes down from Dana's book already. I wish it came in a spiral binder, so it was a little easier to use, but that would make it more costly, and everyone should have this book!
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Summary: DANA TO THE RESCUE!
Review: This book is my kitchen bible! Gone is the boredom of the typical low-carb diet. My husband and son, who also eat low carb, love the meals I have cooked from this book...some so much, they ask for them again and again (Heroin wings....Bacon, Tomato and Cauliflower Salad). It is true that ingredients to make low-carb breads and desserts are no so easy to get your hands on, but well worth the effort. My first loaf of low-carb bread was lauded by my family, and every cheesecake I make leaves them saying..."are you sure we're on a diet?". No, this is a lifestyle change, and we are NOT suffering. Thanks Dana!
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Summary: Delicious
Review: For Mother's Day, I made four recipes, all of them outstanding. Grilled Tequila Lime Shrimp was so simple and so delicious I will add it to my regular dinner repertoire. Same goes for Orange Salmon Packets, with this creamy, sweet yogurt sauce that would taste good on just about everything. I also made some veggies and a cheesecake. The cheesecake was not as good as the real thing, which is, alas, made with sugar, but it was close enough that I'll never miss the flour-crusted version. I can't wait to make the coconut shrimp and the scallops wrapped in bacon on spinach with walnut sauce. Mouth-watering recipes that are simple, healthy, and delicious? Who could ask for more from a cookbook? There is more. The book is well-written and entertaining, too. Buy it. You won't be disappointed.
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