Fix-It and Forget-It Diabetic Cookbook

by Phyllis Pellman Good, The American Diabetes Association

Packed with delicious recipes for everyone--including those who have to keep track of food exchanges, carbohydrates, sugars, calories and fats

Genres: Cookbooks, Reference, Cooking, Nonfiction

284 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2004

Reviews

[ABookAddictHere · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was a little disappointed with this cookbook. I had hoped to get more low carb friendly recipes but it was limited. I liked only SIX! Some are not even low carb... glad l did not spend money on this or l would have been disappointed or taking it back...

[Catherine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh god. I tried 3 recipes and all were terrible. Alot of the chicken recipes rely on using canned soup as the flavoring - which gave me very salty but not well flavored dinners. Epic fail.

[Sandy Champagne · Rating 3 out of 5]

WHile I appreciate the scope of this book, I walked away with only a few recipes that are feasible for my home life. I also think the organization of the recipes might need a little work. Other than that, great ideas.

[Caroline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy directions for most recipes. Good recipes with regular ingredients.
Only drawback is that there are no pictures.

[Meg McGregor · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has 150 recipes for the slow cooker! I found, 4, I thought my husband and I, would enjoy!

I gave the book five stars it contained lots of helpful diabetes information!

My favorite recipe was for Tricia's Cranberry Turkey Meatballs! (MMMM!) I have included the recipe below.

INGREDIENTS:
16-oz. can jelled cranberry sauce
1/2 cup ketchup or barbecue sauce
1 lb. ground turkey
1 egg
half a small onion, chopped
1 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. grated orange peel, optional

PREPARATION:
1. Combine cranberry sauce and ketchup in slow cooker.
2. Cover. Cook on high until sauce is mixed.
3. Combine remaining ingredients. Shape into 24 meatballs.
4. Cook over medium heat in skillet for 8-10 minutes, or just until browned. Add to sauce in the slow cooker.
5. Cover. Cook on LOW 3 hours.

Serve with rice and a steamed vegetable.

[Randall · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this book disappointing. Recipes follow the strategy of eliminating fats and salts—but some recipes then add sugar to make up for the missing flavors! Based on my reading, more recent dietary advice is to have some fats and not to add sugar.

Also, many of the recipes rely on canned ingredients. Canned foods are often higher in sodium, so this seems counter productive.
On the other hand, for some folks this makes the recipes easier and thus more practical.

A definite positive is that at the end of each recipe there is nutritional data and exchanges listed.

[EMP · Rating 1 out of 5]

The carb/sugar counts in the book were crazy high for anyone with diabetes!

[JoAnn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

[Tina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing better than coming home after a full day's work and smelling that wonderful aroma of food ready to be eaten! And even if you're only feeding one or two people, the leftovers can be refrigerated or frozen for future meals. I just wish there were pictures of all the dishes, because I'm all about the pictures! :)

[BookMouse · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this book before reading many of Ms. Good's other Fix It cookbooks. Had I done so, I wouldn't have bought this one, but her Big Cookbook, because most of the recipes in this book are also in the big one.

[Jamie Mae · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it but the ratio of good recipes to Mmnnh recipes is 1:15. A lot of the recipes listed are similar to each other. Especially in the meat sections, for roast they have several but they'll only be 1 or 2 ingredients different that the one before. Not worth buying.

[Pepper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this cook book except for the simple fact of all the recipes are for a lot of servings each. Usually 8 or more servings per recipe! Lots of great things in it & you don't need to be diabetic to enjoy them either. Enjoy!

[February Four · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unfortunately, a lot of these recipes are almost exactly the same, making this book less useful than it seemed at first glance.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed this cookbook, there are recipes I look forward to making.

[Kristine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of repeat recipes but overall a good resource for slow cooker cooking for diabetics.

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great recipes love the baked potatoes and cherry delight.

[Dana Lowe · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best recipes, that Charles has loved have come out of this book. Mom and dad liking them too! It's a winner!

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of repeats