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Diabetic Diet Cookbook Question

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#1 ·
After doing limited preliminary research, I’ve found there are scads of diabetic diet recipes available here as well as from countless other internet sources. In addition to that, there are also countless different diabetic diet cookbooks--of which some sound good and others don’t.

My question... Is it even worth investing in diabetic diet cookbooks or will getting recipes from internet research probably be adequate?
 
#2 ·
Great question! I think it depends on what you can afford. Before I invest, I like having a reference from someone I trust. You're right, there are so many resources on the internet to be copied and printed or put in your tablet, (a personal preference) I want that cookbook to be loaded with recipes that I'm going to like. I don't buy too many cook books but when I do, I put them on my ipad and use that in the kitchen.

Maybe some of the good folks here have some favorites they can point us to. Blogs are a good source also.
 
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I have a couple Low Carb cookbooks that have some things I like. I personally would not buy a Diabetic Diet cookbook because it is most likely based on ADA info. You can google low carb recipes for practically any dish you would want to make. Our recipes sub-forum is loaded with great recipes too!

Dana Carpender has several good lc cookbooks and Jimmy Moore just released one with Maria Emmerich that is lc and keto. It is great!!
 
#4 ·
I'd say, "Save your money." If it's something published "for diabetics", then it'll be loaded with carby foods. There are actually a few low-carb cookbooks in my local library and I checked them all out. I have bought a couple low-carb cookbooks as well. But, truth be told, when I want something I usually just go on the internet and search for low-carb ____whatever___ and lots of options come up.

And I have made good use of the recipe section here.
 
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There are so many great low-carb recipes online, but Linda's Low Carb is a sentimental favorite of mine, maybe because it was the first one I hit, the recipes are very easy and quite decent.

The best cookbook I've ever had is self-created. I print out the recipe I'm going to try, and if I like it, it (usually - this is the weak-link step) makes it into a binder. The great advantage to this, is you can put so many of the recipes from this forum in it :D
 
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The best cookbook I've ever had is self-created. I print out the recipe I'm going to try, and if I like it, it (usually - this is the weak-link step) makes it into a binder. The great advantage to this, is you can put so many of the recipes from this forum in it :D
I really like this idea of printing out recipes that I like and adding them to a binder.

I find most of my recipe ideas on Pinterest when I am looking for dinner ideas. I just do a search for LCHF recipes there and then check the ingredients carefully.

Tonight, I found this one there that I can't wait to try.
Whole30 Grilled Salmon with Avocado Salsa Recipe - The Cookie Rookie
 
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Offering a member a link as a resource for something like this is never an issue, unless you are sending them to another diabetes forum. :vs_smile:
 
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I always caution people to carefully check the ingredients of any recipe, even if the recipe says it is low carb. As an example, tonight I found a recipe for peanut butter cookies that claimed to be ZERO carbs but of course peanut butter has carbs. It's just a matter of making sure you know how many carbs are in each ingredient which you can find just by doing a quick search on Google.
 
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Dr. Richard K. Bernstein's book, The Diabetic Diet, is a true low-carb cookbook based on his 6-12-12 recommendations, with recipes developed by the mother of one of his T1 patients. She was also a chef. Many of the recipes are included in his more comprehensive book addressing the management of diabetes generally, The Diabetes Solution. (If you were to get only one, I'd suggest this second one, which has a wealth of information.)
 
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If you like recipe books instead of finding them on people's blogs, I recommend the Low Carbing Among Friends series. It is a compilation of many low-carb bloggers, and most are gluten-free as well.

Lots of the recipes are ketogenic too. When I had more time on my hands I went through vol 2 and calculated the ketogenic ratio for everything and listed the good ones and linked to their pictures.
 
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