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Healthy Carb Cookbook For Dummies® |
| Jan McCracken |
| According to USA Weekend, over a quarter of the adults in the U.S. have tried a low-carb diet. Many people have enjoyed lasting success developing a healthy carb lifestyle. Others have felt mystified or deprived and given up! Change Your Mind… Change Your Heart… Lose Weight for LIFE is the mantra of the NEW Healthy Carb Cookbook for Dummies by health advocate, Jan McCracken. Whether you're a first-timer or a "try, try-againer," this book helps you get back to basics with the skinny of healthy carb living for LIFE! Healthy Carb Cookbook For Dummies gives you loads of easy to understand nutritional information plus more than 100 outrageously delicious and easy "real food" recipes like Apricot-Cheddar Brunch Toast, Lasagna, Key West Ribs and to calm the sweet tooth a whole chapter on desserts that includes delicious Meringue Shells with Berry Filling, Old-Fashioned Blueberry Cobbler and Chocolate Fruit Pizza. Healthy Carb Cookbook For Dummies includes: *A complete nutritional analysis for each recipe *Lots of recipes for dishes with 5 and 10 carbs or less *Recipes for your hankerin’ for Southern fried chicken and Philly cheese steak sandwiches *Quick and easy recipes for a great Waldorf Salad To Go, Skillet Suppers, Crock Pot Recipes so dinner is ready when you come through the door, fun and hearty Wraps like Hot Salami Wraps and Pesto Salmon *Recipes for great desserts, including old-fashioned favorites like Dirt Cake, Chocolate Bread Pudding, Raspberry Ribbon Pie and lots of fun variations with meringue basics. *Terrific wrap recipes *Guidelines when you're dining out or brown-bagging it with lots of encouragement and good reasons for brown-bagging
Author Jan McCracken, a health advocate and low-carber for more than ten years, has written two low-carb cookbooks and is a contributor to numerous low-carb publications. Having fallen off the low-carb wagon several times herself, she alerts you to things that can sabotage your success and clues you in on carb counting and techniques that have worked for her. You'll get started right with: *Mini-courses on the glycemic index and the glycemic load and why they are important, understanding low-carb math, why calories still count, easy to digest nutritional facts of living a healthy lifestyle. *Jan takes you shopping aisle by aisle at the grocery store guiding you in the right direction *The scoop on different kinds of carbs, artificial sweeteners and the no-no’s of prepared foods *Tips on using spices creatively for variety and flavor *Advice on incorporating moving more, including taking the first step (and lots more steps) with a pedometer With this information, you won't be mystified. With the fantastic recipes, you won't feel deprived. You will be inspired to stick to a healthy lifestyle — one that can help you lose weight, feel great and be healthier!
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380 Pages, 7-3/8 x 9-1/4 in.
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0764584766
$19.99 |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |
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