Diabetes cookbook

The Everyday Diabetes Cookbook

The Everyday Diabetes Cookbook

Stella Bowling

Key Porter Books Limited, 70 The Esplanade, Toronto, ON M5E 1R2
1997/176 pp

Strengths

Nutritional overview given for each section, good variety of recipes, references to the Good Health Eating Guide and the Canadian Diabetes Association Food Choice Values, symbols for all recipes

Weaknesses

Title is misleading—not an everyday cookbook, no cooking time or preparation time given, food names that might not be well known or might sound unappetizing to the average consumer (eg, Mediterranean Cougere, Lambrhogan, Seafood Paella)

Audience

Those with diabetes who like eating and who have a discerning palate

Yes, there is eating for the gourmet after the diagnosis of diabetes. Stella Bowling provides recipes to satisfy the discerning palate. This book contains recipes for cooks who wish to serve interesting meals for family and guests who are fond of eating but who have diabetes. Courses from starters to desserts are covered. There are recipes for meat, fish, fowl, vegetables, pasta, bread, and cakes. Stella Bowling included a variety of sauces so that the recipes might be used in conjunction with the Good Health Eating Guide. The book contains addresses of the provincial divisional offices of the Canadian Diabetes Association (Association Canadien du Diabète). The book is published in English only.

I was medical officer at a camp for children with diabetes. My family attended the camp, and they so enjoyed the food there they wanted to become diabetic. This book contains recipes that would please all of us. It would help us develop healthy eating habits, with nutritious and interesting food, without having to develop diabetes.

I recommend this book to diabetics who have mastered the basic meal plan.