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Summary: I wish I had this when the kids were babies!!
Review: This is a fantastic book for the whole family. I wish I had been cooking out of it for the past 25 years so that my kids (teenagers) didn't look at me funny when introducing new ways of making their favorite foods, however so far they have enjoyed every bit of it and they cannot believe that you can actually loose weight on this. I try to stay away from the processed low carb food now that I have this book. It use to be so expensive to eat the processed food but now my grocery bill has gone down since I cook all my foods now using this book. Thanks Dana for putting all your time and effort into such an excellent book for anyone and the family!!
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I enthusastically bought this book after reading the other reviews and I was very disappointed. Unlike most cookbooks, there isn't a single picture in this one, and it is printed on cheap paper. Many of the recipes call for expensive, speciality store ingredients. Perhaps if you make them again and again it becomes economical, but it turns out to be very expensive if you make it once and don't like it. I have used several of the recipes, but haven't found one that I would make a second time.
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Summary: i love this cookbook!
Review: my husband and i have been on the atkins diet for seven months and i've been through many low carb recipes that are tedious, difficult, and call for many ingredients that are hard to find. this cookbook is full of recipes that are easy and practical any night of the week. carpender puts a new spin on many of our favorite foods and makes them acceptable for our new diet. low carb cooking is now much easier thanks to her book!
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Summary: great book
Review: this is easy to follow, understanding that real world cooks are not chefs and don't have all day to make something. Good practical advice and tips.
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Summary: So delicious, it doesn't seem like a "diet"
Review: The name of this book says it all - you get 500 wonderful recipes, all of them low carb, and every one we've tried is quite delicious!The book is a soft cover and flops easily open, which is GREAT when we are using this to work with. Many of our other low carb recipe books are paperback or hard cover, which are nearly impossible to work with The recipes are well organized and all quite easy to read and follow. But the key here is the VARIETY. A lot of people, raised on the Western "tons of french fries and sugary foods" diet, panic when they think about eating low carb food. Really, all low carb means is that you eat lots of fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and fresh meat! And this is a hardship? Dana's book helps you realize that your menu is now far *tastier* than it ever has been. There are of course the staples - lots of tasty omelet recipes, lots of advice for salads and grilled meats. But then you get into dishes that seem pure paradise. The spicy peanut chicken. The New England boiled dinner. The Eggplant Parmesan. There are pizza crust recipes, shrimp and andouille jambalaya, jerk pork, curried lamb. You could feed someone recipes from this book for 2 years straight, a different dish every night, and they would have no IDEA that this was a "healthy diet". This stuff is simply *delicious*. And of course there are tons of desserts too, from pumpkin pie to lemon sherbert to peanut butter bars. Sure, some aren't good for the beginning induction stages of an Atkins diet. But a low carb lifestyle can keep you healthy for years and years - and these treats will help keep some variety in your menu. When you've hit your ideal weight, that 10g serving of blackbottomed mockahlua cheesecake might be the perfect way to celebrate! Highly recommended for anyone who wants to eat more healthily - no matter WHAT diet you choose to follow.
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Summary: An excellent Start
Review: An excellent start to low carb cooking. Great food and great information. It changed the way my entire family eats.
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Summary: Splenda
Review: Readers should know that MANY of the recipes in this book call for the sweetener Splenda. You must be comfortable using this controversial product in order for this book to be of use to you.
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Summary: Delicious, and surprisingly easy!
Review: i started the Curves low carb diet 2 weeks ago (and have lost a total of 10 pounds so far). Two shared secrets for success with this diet were planning and variety. This cookbook gives both! i am very pleased to have purchased it along with the book *Curves*. it makes not having the "old stand-bys" (high carb foods) much easier to live with than i thought it could be. :)
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Summary: Release the Carbs
Review: Quite a find, this book. There are so many recipes to choose from, and I was very appreciative of advice from other reviewers.
I don't have a favorite but am trying them all one by one. This will take me into the next century, but by decreasing my carbs I will lower my cholesterol and live a longer life. This recipe book is a little overwhelming with 500 recipes, and with no pictures of the results a little disappointing, but I will perservere.
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Summary: Hooked me on low-carbing
Review: I am new to low-carb eating, and I'm really glad I found this fabulous cookbook. Ms. Carpender writes in a folksy, enjoyable style, and her recipes are wonderful. The Moroccan chicken instantly became a favorite for me and my husband.
The only recipe I would not recommend is the "vanilla mousse to die for." Ack! But everything else I've tried has been tasty and simple. (Haven't experimented with any of the baked goods yet.)
I also loved her first book, "How I Gave Up my Low-Fat Diet and Lost 40 Pounds." Excellent.
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