Review: Absolutely delicious!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 9, 2013
My father has had diabetes for as long as I can remember. For those who have diabetes, you know how strict your diet must be. One small change and your risk your sugar levels fluctuating. Not only that, but as you get older, they fluctuate as well. My father's sugar levels have definitely been off for the past year, even with medication adjustments. His Dr. recommended that he try to low glycemic index diet. He did it for a few months but it was such a drastic change in what he was used to eating that he couldn't stick with it. It was a very complex program with margin for error and unfortunately he usually found that margin. Being diabetic is hard enough since your lifestyle has to change but to have to change your entire food lifestyle as well? It was just too much for him, understandably. After seeing his Dr. again, he recommended that he try and lose some weight as that too would help with his sugar levels. Being a nurse and a health freak, I knew exactly what to do. I immediately set up an appointment with a Dietician to find out the caloric intake my father would need to lose weight. Once we had all of his macros figured out, I went onto the hunt to find the most delicious 'healthy' recipes I could find. I knew that I would need to cook for him everyday and being as this was for his health, I knew it was something I wanted to do. I figured, if I could find healthy recipes, we could eat them together. I ultimately was going to modify any healthy recipes I could find with the help of the Dietician to make them suitable for a diabetic until I found this book.Thank God! Richard Terry put together so many delicious recipes and best of all, every single one is completely healthy and made for diabetics! One of my favorite things about this book (besides the yummy pictures) is that every recipe is quick! For someone like me who works 12 hour shifts, I oftentimes come home absolutely exhausted from work. To know that I have several options in the book that are 20 minutes or less makes me extremely happy. I also love that each recipe has all the nutrition information for each recipe. In doing this, it makes the book suitable for anyone following any kind of diet! And then there is the food.... oh my goodness. You do not know good food until you have tried some of these recipes. My absolute favorites are the baked apple filet of salmon and the teriyaki shrimp stir fry. My father absolutely loves the creole chicken drumsticks. My father has already lost 6 lbs and I myself have lost 4! If you are diabetic or just looking for some delicious healthy recipes, then you MUST buy this book!!!! You WILL NOT regret it! It is absolutely amazing!