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Cookbook Review: “Latin Comfort Foods Made Healthy” by Ingrid Hoffman

I can’t speak for other parts of the country, but here in California — especially Sothern California — Mexican food, and to some degree other Latin culture foods — is a large part of the area cuisine. It doesn’t matter if your heritage includes cultures from south of the border, you probably have a favorite Hispanic-inspired dish, from rice and beans to guacamole to enchiladas. Cooking personality Ingrid Hoffman has partnered with the American Diabetes Association to create Latin Comfort Foods Made Healthy: More than 100 Diabetes-Friendly Latin Favorites in which she gives these traditionally carb-heavy dishes a more diabetes-friendly makeover.

Cookbook Review: "Latin Comfort Foods Made Healthy" by Ingrid Hoffman

Summary of Latin Comfort Foods Made Healthy

Author Ingrid Hoffman has taken some of her favorite Latin-American comfort foods, such as avocado toast, ceviche, and flautas, and given them a health-minded upgrade.

“Traditionally prepared Latin foods tend to be carb-heavy, deep-fried, and full of salt and fat,” says Hoffman. So she has re-worked these recipes to make them lighter, healthier and easy to prepare.

What Worked for Me

The book is designed for easy use — the book opens up and lays fairly flat so you can actually read the recipe while preparing the dish. It is also lovely to look at. It uses a bold south-western color palette and the type-face is easy to read.

Each recipe includes a “Chica Tip” — a helpful piece of advice that will make the preparation of the recipe easier.

Although I don’t read Spanish myself, I like that every recipe is available in both English and Spanish. It seems appropriate given the content and can be a useful tool for learning the language, as well!

The photography is sparse, giving the content the spotlight it deserves, and of high-quality.

Recipes rarely have more than four steps, so the book delivers on the promise of easy-to-prepare food. Nutritional information, including exchanges for those on special diets, is also included for each recipe.

What Didn’t Work for Me

The different chapters have cutesy titles that sometimes makes it less easy to go to the type of dish you want. For example, instead of simply calling Chapter 1 “Breakfasts,” it is instead called “Pillow Talk and Power Up.”

What I’d Love to See in the Second Edition

This may just be me, but since I have acid reflux I’m acutely aware of how spicy Mexican food is getting. For example, there was a Mexican restaurant that my husband and I loved to go to that we can no longer frequent because they now put hot spices in everything, including the refried beans! Therefore, I’d love to see options for many of these dishes that were on the mild side. Latin foods can be quite tasty without burning your tongue off. 🙂

Recommendation

If you love south-of-the-border foods but are working on eating more healthfully, Latin Comfort Foods Made Healthy is an excellent addition to your cookbook library.

Because the content is provided in both English and Spanish, it is not very comprehensive. However, it does provide an excellent base from which to start your exploration of healthier Mexican and Latin-American cuisine.

Rating for Latin Comfort Foods Made Healthy: 3 out of 5

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Full Title: Latin Comfort Foods Made Healthy: More than 100 Diabetes-Friendly Latin Favorites
Author: Ingrid Hoffman
Format: Paperback
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Language: English and Spanish (Bilingual)
ISBN-10: 1580406815
ISBN-13: 978-1580406819 [/two_third]
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NOTE: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. If you’ve read past book reviews, you’ll know that I don’t pull my punches when I believe they are warranted. I also try to provide balanced information so you can make your own decision to read or not read the book, even if you disagree with my opinion.

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Book Review: “Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy” by Hope Warshaw

More than a third of American adults have prediabetes (I’ve been flirting with it off and on for over a year now) and more than 20 million Americans live with Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes (including my husband). I know several people who have diabetes, a condition in which one’s body doesn’t manage blood sugar very well. Having too much sugar in your blood has some pretty nasty consequences, so managing your blood sugar is pretty darn important. The first line of defense is what you eat. However, planning out your meals so that you remain healthy, manage your weight and blood sugar and enjoy your food all at the same time is a common challenge for folks with diabetes. Therefore, when I saw Hope Warshaw’s book Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy I was intrigued.

Book Review: "Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy" by Hope Warshaw

Summary of Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy

This is the 5th edition of this resource book for people who need to either reverse prediabetes or manage Type 2 diabetes. This edition came out in 2016 and was updated with the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the American Diabetes Association (ADA). It provides a step-by-step guide to slowly and surely make the changes one needs to make in their food choices and eating habits to align with these guidelines.

Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy is broken down into three major sections:

  1. Nutrition and Healthy Eating Basics
    This section gives an overview of Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, the basics of nutrition, and some tips on creating your own meal plan and weight loss and management.
  2. Foods by Group
    This section discusses the various food groups — starches, vegetables, fruits, dairy, protein, fats, sweets, beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and even “free” foods.
  3. Putting Healthy Eating for Diabetes Control Into Action
    This section brings it all together and helps the reader apply the information from the first two chapters. It discusses eating behavior, planning, portion control, eating out, and more.

What Worked for Me

As with so many books published by the ADA, Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy is designed to be easy to read. The font is a good size, the layout has plenty of white space, and the charts are organized well.

Because of how the book is organized, it is easy to find the specific information you’re looking for and go straight to the content you want to learn. It is user-friendly and practical. Also, at 6″x9″ in size, it is small enough that you could conceivably take it with you on the road and use it as a reference while out and about.

The writing is straightforward and easy to understand.

What Didn’t Work for Me

I’m sorry, but I got nothing here. This book is a reference and doesn’t make airs about being anything else.

What I’d Love to See in the Sixth Edition
of Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy

Well, now that it is 2020, I’d like to see a new edition with the new guidelines for 2021 and beyond. I’d also like to see the book use modern technology and provide downloadable versions of all the charts. Perhaps even an app that you could install on your phone with them.

Diabetes meal planning is important and making this book more interactive and available on-the-go would be a wonderful way to engage the readership and achieve successful results for the millions of Americans who are affected by diabetes.

Recommendation

Have you just been diagnosed with prediabetes or Type 2 diabetes? Have you been struggling with Type 2 diabetes for a while now and still challenged with meal planning? Then get this resource! It is an easy read and filled with valuable, practical and easy-to-access information.

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Full Title: Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy
Author: Hope S. Warshaw, RD
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1580405436
ISBN-13: 978-1580405430 [/one_half]
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NOTE: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. If you’ve read past book reviews, you’ll know that I don’t pull my punches when I believe they are warranted. I also try to provide balanced information so you can make your own decision to read or not read the book, even if you disagree with my opinion.

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Cookbook Review: “Diabetes Superfoods Cookbook and Meal Planner” by Cassandra Verdi and Stephanie Dunbar

The growing trend of “superfoods” touches every area of cuisine — including diabetes management. A superfood is a food assumed to confer health benefits resulting from an exceptional nutrient density. In Diabetes Superfoods, Cassandra L. Verdi, MPH, RD, and Stephanie A. Dunbar, MPH, RD, provide an overview of superfoods and how they can be used to improve health and manage diabetes.

Cookbook Review: "Diabetes Superfoods Cookbook and Meal Planner" by Cassandra Verdi and Stephanie Dunbar

Summary of Diabetes Superfoods Cookbook and Meal Planner

The authors define the term “diabetes superfood” as food that is “rich in nutrients that benefit diabetes management or nutrients that are typically lacking in the American diet.” Using this definition as their base point, they provide a primer using a superfoods approach to cooking and meal planning.

What Worked for Me

The book is very easy to read and the recipes are laid out in a way that makes them easy to follow. The book is a soft and floppy trade paperback, which means when you open to a recipe you want to make, the book stays open. I love that.

The photographs are well taken but don’t overpower the book. As a cookbook should be, the recipes are the focus. And, whether you have diabetes or not, a lot of the recipes look really tasty. I’m especially looking forward to trying out the Avocado Cilantro Dressing, Lemonly Pesto Hummus, and Pecan-Crusted Port Tenderloin with Apples and Onions.

What Didn’t Work for Me

I’m not crazy about the color choice for the interior. They are printed in black and orange, which is an odd choice since there is no orange on the cover. I would have brought in the blue or red from the cover inter the interior.

I also would have preferred a listing of the recipes in the Table of Contents. As it is now, you either have to look in the index or go to each section to find a listing of the recipes. It makes it a bit more challenging to find what you’re looking for.

What I’d Love to See in the Second Edition

Frankly, the book is pretty good as it. The only change I’d really recommend is losing the orange in the interior and either keeping everything black or bringing in the blue from the cover to replace the orange.

Recommendation

If you are curious about superfoods and how they can help you manage your diabetes or even pre-diabetes, Diabetes Superfoods Cookbook and Meal Planner is an excellent starter cookbook.

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Full Title: Diabetes Superfoods Cookbook and Meal Planner: Power-Packed Recipes and Meal Plans Designed to Help You Lose Weight and Control Your Blood Glucose
Author: by Cassandra Verdi, MPH, RD and Stephanie Dunbar, MPH, RD
Format: Trade paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1580406793
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NOTE: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. If you’ve read past book reviews, you’ll know that I don’t pull my punches when I believe they are warranted. I also try to provide balanced information so you can make your own decision to read or not read the book, even if you disagree with my opinion.

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Book Review: “The Paleo Diabetes Diet Solution” by Jill Hillhouse

I have a friend with diabetes who swears by the Paleo diet in managing her blood sugar and losing weight. And, given its emphasis on avoiding processed food and focusing on whole foods, it stands to reason that it would be good for managing blood sugar. Jill Hillhouse’s The Paleo Diabetes Diet Solution provides a good primer on the Paleo diet and how it can help you manage your diabetes.

Book Review: “The Paleo Diabetes Diet Solution” by Jill Hillhouse

Summary of The Paleo Diabetes Diet Solution

The Paleo Diabetes Diet Solution is a multi-purpose guide. It provides basic information on the Paleo diet, as well as diabetes. It gives you guidance on making the transition to Paleo, including a 30-day meal plan, and some starter recipes (take up a little more than half the book).

What Worked for Me

I love that it provides an overview of both diabetes and the Paleo diet. This makes it a good resource for newbies to these topics. The chapter on “Getting Ready to Start the Paleo Diet” provides an excellent guide transitioning to this new lifestyle. And, of course, having a 30-day meal plan is also good.

Each recipe comes with a “Nutrition Tip” which educates you on the benefits of that recipe’s key ingredient. The recipes are formatted well, so they should be easy to follow.

Like all good cookbooks, it has an index!

What Didn’t Work for Me

If you’ve read my previous cookbook reviews, you know how I feel about trade paperback cookbooks. Keeping the book open so that you can follow a recipe is a challenge with this book because of this binding method.

The pages of the informative portion of the book are riddled with pull quotes, “Did you know?” tips and other formatting bells and whistles. This makes the pages distracting and can reduce comprehension of what you’re reading unless you are disciplined enough to ignore them (something I often struggle with, having ADD.)

What I’d Love to See in the Second Edition

I would love to see more white space so that the pages feel less claustrophobic. This could easily be accomplished by switching to a binder format and increasing the size of the book. The book is currently 7″ x 10″ and could benefit from moving to either 8 1/2″ x 11″ using the current font size, or by decreasing the font size and keeping with its current size. It could also switch to an 8″ x 9.5″ binder format.

I’d also like to see the formatting for the chapters in Part One simplified. This would make it easier to read and, more than likely, increase comprehension.

Recommendation

This is a great book for someone who has just been diagnosed with diabetes and wants to transition to the Paleo diet. It is also good for anyone who wants to learn the basics of Paleo, with or without a diabetes diagnosis. There is a variety of recipes that will appeal to a diverse pallet.

Rating for The Paleo Diabetes Diet Solution: 4 out of 5 Chefs

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Full Title: The Paleo Diabetes Diet Solution: Manage Your Blood Sugar with 125 Recipes Plus a 30-Day Meal Plan
Author: Jill Hillhouse, CNP, with Lisa Cantkier, CHN
Paperback:: 288 pages
Publisher: Robert Rose
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778805484
ISBN-13: 978-0778805489

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How to Get Started on the Mediterranean Diet

By now you’ve probably heard a lot about the Mediterranean Diet. This eating pattern was named the best overall diet of 2019 and has been linked to preventing diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, and certain cancers, and reducing inflammation. If you’re ready to do what’s right for your health, right now is a great time to adopt the Mediterranean-style eating pattern. And according to Amy Riolo, bestselling author, chef, television personality, and educator, getting started is easier than you might think.

How to Get Started on the Mediterranean Diet

“One of the best things about the Mediterranean-style eating pattern is that there’s no rigid ‘one size fits all’ daily intake list to stick to,” says Riolo, author of the American Diabetes Association’s The Mediterranean Diabetes Cookbook, 2nd Edition: A Flavorful, Heart-Healthy Approach to Cooking (American Diabetes Association, May 2019, ISBN: 978-1-580-40702-1, $22.95). “The guidelines are simple and easy to follow, and you get to eat delicious food without feeling deprived.”

The Mediterranean Diet centers around seasonal produce, fish and seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy, and small amounts of meat and sweets. While choosing from a cornucopia of foods, followers of this lifestyle can decide what they would like to eat and when. But with so many options it can feel overwhelming to get started. Here are some tips from Riolo to help you begin the Mediterranean Diet today.

Rethink your relationship to food.

“Food in the Mediterranean region is more than just fuel,” says Riolo. “Throughout the region, preparing and enjoying food is viewed as one of life’s greatest pleasures, a reason for socializing, a form of art, an act of worship, a means of gift-giving, culinary medicine, and much more. Restaurant dining is less important than sharing meals at home with family and friends. Remember this mindset as you incorporate more Mediterranean-themed meals into your diet. It will help you prioritize and even look forward to preparing healthier homecooked meals.”

Eat plenty of plant-based foods and seafood.

“To start following a Mediterranean-style eating pattern, plan your meals around plant-based foods including seasonal vegetables, fruit, and whole grains,” says Riolo. “Be sure to incorporate fish at least two to three times a week. Cook with olive oil. Enjoy dairy often and consume meats and sweets only sparingly. Try to cook as much of your food as possible and incorporate the freshest, highest quality foods you can find.”

Stock your Mediterranean diet pantry.

Having a well-stocked pantry saves you time, money, and stress when you’re ready to cook, and encourages you to eat healthfully. Begin stocking your pantry today. Don’t worry — you can take your time with this, purchasing a new item or two each time you visit the grocery store. When you’re done, you’ll have the foods and products needed to whip up a healthy Mediterranean meal.

Some essentials to buy first include extra-virgin olive oil; balsamic vinegar; baking goods like whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour; sea salt; canned black beans, cannellini beans, and dried lentils; canned tomatoes; canned tuna; whole wheat pasta; grains like basmati rice, couscous, and bulgur wheat; dried herbs such as basil, oregano, rosemary, and sage; and spices and seeds such as cayenne pepper, coriander, ground ginger, cumin, and sesame, fennel, and caraway seeds. You can find a full list of Mediterranean pantry items here.

Keep fresh foods on hand too.

In addition to your stocked pantry of dry goods, you will need plenty of fresh proteins, veggies, fruits, dairy, and other items to create your meals each week. Plan to make weekly trips to the grocery store to buy fresh ingredients like fish fillets and chicken breasts; lemons; celery, carrots, and onions; assorted lettuces; potatoes and sweet potatoes; eggs; cheeses like parmesan, goat, and feta; and yogurt.

Find some simple and healthy Mediterranean Diet recipes.

You don’t have to be a trained chef to cook delicious homecooked meals, says Riolo. The beauty of Mediterranean cooking is that the ingredients are simple and the preparation methods are easy to execute. Start out with easy recipes. You can save more elaborate meals for holidays and special occasions. The Mediterranean Cookbook, 2nd Edition is a great place to find plenty of recipes that are big on flavor and easy to prepare. The Italian Diabetes Cookbook is another good resource.

Some Mediterranean Recipes to Try Out

Make a meal plan.

Plan your meals on a weekly basis. Start by deciding which dishes you would like to eat in the upcoming week. Take into consideration the time you will have for cooking, which ingredients you already have on hand (and what you’ll need to buy at the grocery store), and whether your meals contain healthy assortments of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Make a grocery list and a schedule of when you will prepare which dishes.

Plan ahead for busy days.

“A busy schedule doesn’t have to prevent you from preparing healthy meals,” says Riolo. “On days when you have an hour to cook, try preparing two quick main dishes, one to eat that day and one to keep for a day when you don’t have time to cook.”

Get the whole family involved.

Getting other people in your household involved in meal prep can prevent any one person from feeling overwhelmed. Post a schedule on the refrigerator and delegate tasks. One person can make the salad, another can chop vegetables, and so on.

Supercharge your health with other Mediterranean lifestyle changes.

The foods you eat greatly impact your health. But people are healthiest when their overall lifestyle is geared toward wellness. So, in addition to adopting the Mediterranean Diet, Riolo recommends embracing the Mediterranean lifestyle as well. This includes getting plenty of exercise and physical activity throughout the day and participating in communal eating. Enjoy regular family dinners, lunch outings with coworkers, and frequent dinner parties with friends. And for optimal health and fitness, aim for 30 to 60 minutes of physical activity each day.

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Orange, Asparagus, and Avocado Salad

This Spanish salad recipe, provided by Amy Riolo comes from The Mediterranean Diabetes Cookbook, 2nd Edition: A Flavorful, Heart-Healthy Approach to Cooking, is both gluten-free and vegan.

Orange, Asparagus and Avocado Salad

Serves: 6 | Serving Size: 1 cup | Prep Time: 5 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch fresh asparagus, trimmed (about 8 oz)
  • 4 oz romaine lettuce, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 1 large orange, trimmed and cut into segments
  • 1 large ripe tomato, cut into 12 equal pieces
  • 1 ripe avocado, pitted, peeled, and diced
  • 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Place asparagus in a pot of boiling water over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer until asparagus is tender, about 10 minutes. Drain asparagus and submerge immediately in a bowl of ice water.
  2. Divide lettuce evenly among six salad bowls or plates.
  3. Combine orange, tomato, and avocado in a medium bowl.
  4. In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper until combined.
  5. Drain asparagus and add to orange mixture. Pour dressing over orange mixture and stir gently to combine. Spoon mixture on top of romaine lettuce on plates and serve.

Notes

Choices/Exchanges
1/2 Starch, 1 Nonstarchy Vegetable, 1 1/2 Fat

[one_third] Calories 110
Calories from fat 70
Total fat 8.0 g
Saturated fat 1.2 g
Trans fat 0.0 g [/one_third]
[one_third] Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 90 mg
Potassium 370 mg
Total carbohydrate 9 g [/one_third]
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Sugars 4 g
Protein 2 g
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A graduate of Cornell University, Amy Riolo is considered a culinary thought leader who enjoys changing the way we think about food and the people who create it. Amy is a food historian, culinary anthropologist, and Mediterranean Diet advocate who makes frequent appearances on numerous television and radio programs both in the United States and abroad, including FOX TV, ABC, CBS, NBC, the Hallmark Channel, Nile TV, the Travel Channel, Martha Stewart Living Radio, and Abu Dhabi Television.

For more information about Amy, please visit www.amyriolo.com.

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Cookbook Review: “Mr. Food Test Kitchen Guilt-Free Comfort Favorites” by Multiple Authors

Comfort foods bring to mind happy memories filled with flavor and contentment. Alas, so many comfort foods are comfort foods because of the high salt, fat, or carb content. So what are you to do if you crave your favorite childhood foods but they are neither healthy nor diabetes-friendly? Open up this cookbook! It is filled with recipes inspired by favorite comfort foods, and they are all healthy and diabetes-friendly.

Mr. Food Test Kitchen Guilt-Free Comfort Favorites

Summary of Guilt-Free Comfort Favorites

This cookbook contains more than 130 recipes for classic comfort foods re-imagined to include all the flavor but minus the excess fat, salt, carbs and calories. These recipes are simple and easy to follow and often include additional notes to help you serve the food, learn about its ingredients or find alternatives. There is also a handy guide to sugar alternatives and other nutritional advice.

What Worked for Me – Yummy, Healthy Comfort Foods

Guilt-Free Comfort Favorites is filled with yummy recipes, has nice large, easy-to-read type and beautiful photography. I especially liked the Granulated Sugar Substitutes Conversion Chart on page xi. The portion control guide is also very helpful.

There are recipes in this cookbook that I wouldn’t think you could make healthy and diabetes-friendly, such as Caramel Poached Apples, Double Chocolate Chippers, Frosted Carrot Cake Cupcakes, Banana Nut Pancakes, Bacon Cheddar Chicken Breasts and so many more. I can’t wait to try these recipes out!

What Didn’t Work for Me

This is my standard complaint with modern, cookbooks: I don’t like them in perfect-bound or hardcover format. If this is a cookbook I’m going to regularly use, I want it to be easy to lay flat on my counter. Three-ring binders or spiral bound cookbooks work great! However you rarely see high-quality cookbooks like this in those formats.

What I’d Love to See in the Second Edition

What would get around this issue would be to provide printable versions of the recipes. They wouldn’t need the photographs and would be much easier to use. I think it would be really cool if cookbooks like this started adding interactive components like this.

Recommendation

Do you have a finicky loved-one who finds it hard to stick to a diabetes-friendly diet? Then this book will help you keep them health AND happy. There are plenty of decadent foods in here that even the die-hard junk eater will love.

Rating for Guilt-Free Comfort Favorites: 4 out of 5

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Full Title: Mr. Food Test Kitchen’s Guilt-Free Comfort Favorites: More than 130 New Healthy and Diabetes-Friendly Recipes
Author: Various
Format: Paperback
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1580406904
ISBN-13: 978-1580406901

Pick up your copy on Amazon.com here.

NOTE: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. If you’ve read past book reviews, you’ll know that I don’t pull my punches when I believe they are warranted. I also try to provide balanced information so you can make your own decision to read or not read the book, even if you disagree with my opinion.

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