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What to Eat During Cancer Treatment: 100 Great-Tasting, Family-Friendly Recipes to Help You Cope
Winner: 2010 National Health Information Award, Gold; 2010 AM&P Snap/EXCEL Award, Silver
2010 Mom's Choice Award, Gold, Adult Books - Cooking, Food & Wine; 2009 Association TRENDS All Media Contest, Silver; Finalist: 2010 National Indie Excellent Award, Cookbooks; 2009 USA Best Book Award, Cookbooks - General ——— This cookbook contains 100 fast, flavorful recipes to help both patient and caregiver prepare satisfying meals to combat some of the side effects of treatment. Recipes are organized by side effects and include Brie and Apple Grilled Cheese to deal with nausea, Lemon Egg-Drop Soup for diarrhea, Blueberry-Peach Crisp for constipation, a Sherbet Shake for sore mouth, and Honey-Teriyaki Salmon for taste alterations.
2010 Mom's Choice Award, Gold, Adult Books - Cooking, Food & Wine; 2009 Association TRENDS All Media Contest, Silver; Finalist: 2010 National Indie Excellent Award, Cookbooks; 2009 USA Best Book Award, Cookbooks - General ——— This cookbook contains 100 fast, flavorful recipes to help both patient and caregiver prepare satisfying meals to combat some of the side effects of treatment. Recipes are organized by side effects and include Brie and Apple Grilled Cheese to deal with nausea, Lemon Egg-Drop Soup for diarrhea, Blueberry-Peach Crisp for constipation, a Sherbet Shake for sore mouth, and Honey-Teriyaki Salmon for taste alterations.
158 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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June 19, 2014
This has been an incredibly helpful resource.
Most cookbooks are broken down by meal, i.e. breakfast, snacks, salads, lunches, dinners, sauces, desserts, etc. This one is broken down by chemo reaction, i.e. constipation, mouth sores, taste alteration (meaning everything tastes weird or has no flavor at all), diarrhea, etc. The recipes in each section are also keyed for other sections so the fruit smoothie is good for relieving constipation but it is also helpful for tight throats and flavorlessness.
All the foods we've made from this book, so far, have been easy, low on ingredients, and can be tweaked for different dietary needs. Also, the recipes are all for 4-6 people which is great because we are able to keep half of each dish and give the other half to my parents and since Mom eats like a bird right now (meaning she eats very little, not that she's pecking at millet or worms), there's enough for her for two or three days and enough for Dad for one meal and then he can eat all the other leftovers in the fridge, brought by kindhearted people who make giant batches of stuff.
Of all the cancer cookbooks I've checked-out, this is my favorite. I'm going to keep it checked-out, too, for as long as I can. I don't want to buy it, though...it's not something I want to keep because I don't think I'll be able to eat these foods again after this is all said and done. Thank god for libraries.
Most cookbooks are broken down by meal, i.e. breakfast, snacks, salads, lunches, dinners, sauces, desserts, etc. This one is broken down by chemo reaction, i.e. constipation, mouth sores, taste alteration (meaning everything tastes weird or has no flavor at all), diarrhea, etc. The recipes in each section are also keyed for other sections so the fruit smoothie is good for relieving constipation but it is also helpful for tight throats and flavorlessness.
All the foods we've made from this book, so far, have been easy, low on ingredients, and can be tweaked for different dietary needs. Also, the recipes are all for 4-6 people which is great because we are able to keep half of each dish and give the other half to my parents and since Mom eats like a bird right now (meaning she eats very little, not that she's pecking at millet or worms), there's enough for her for two or three days and enough for Dad for one meal and then he can eat all the other leftovers in the fridge, brought by kindhearted people who make giant batches of stuff.
Of all the cancer cookbooks I've checked-out, this is my favorite. I'm going to keep it checked-out, too, for as long as I can. I don't want to buy it, though...it's not something I want to keep because I don't think I'll be able to eat these foods again after this is all said and done. Thank god for libraries.
March 22, 2015
This cookbook is very helpful because it lists the recipes by side effects. It can be difficult to help yourself or a loved one maintain good nutrition during chemo with the various side effects encountered, but I find that some of these recipes will help in most situations.
October 2, 2023
This book had some good advice for meals. I am hoping the tabs are accurate. Haven't cooked any yet.
July 19, 2014
Personally I was more partial to the very similar Cancer fighting Kitchen but this book was really good. It was very helpful how The recipes were broke up into what helps what Symptoms.
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