Diabetes Cookbook For Canadians For Dummies. Cynthia Payne

      Ian Blumer

      Diabetes Cookbook For Canadians For Dummies®, Updated Edition

      Diabetes Cookbook For Canadians For Dummies®

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      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data

      Blumer, Ian

      Diabetes cookbook for Canadians for dummies / Ian Blumer, Cynthia Payne.

      Also available in electronic formats.

      ISBN 978-1-119-01396-9 (pbk.)

      ISBN 978-1-119-04552-6 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-04566-3 (ebk)

      1. Diabetes – Diet therapy – Recipes.

      I. Payne, Cynthia II. Title.

      RC662.B59 2010 616.4’620654 C2010-903847-9

      Introduction

      If you’re living with diabetes (either because you have diabetes or you have a loved one with diabetes), you likely already know that one of the most important tools to help you keep your diabetes under control is to eat healthfully. Hopefully, you also know that healthy eating with diabetes doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice taste, variety, or the simple, sheer pleasure of eating well.

      We believe passionately that there is no such thing as a “diabetic diet.” A so-called diabetic diet is simply a nutritious, healthy eating program that balances the appropriate amounts of the key nutrients and supplies the right amount of calories for your needs.

      The recipes in Diabetes Cookbook For Canadians For Dummies are suitable for anyone who wants to eat healthfully, whether or not you have diabetes. The recipes are also suitable for low-fat diets and lower sodium diets as well.

      On these pages you will discover a huge variety of recipes that will not only satisfy your hunger, but will do so in a nourishing way. Breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, party foods, treats for kids, and treats for adults – it’s all here.

      And because staying healthy with diabetes is so very dependent on being empowered – the more you know, the more you can master your diabetes – we devote the first few chapters of this book to looking at key aspects of diabetes care, including the roles that nutrition, exercise, and medications can play.

      About This Book

      This book was written with a single overriding purpose: to help people living with diabetes prepare foods that are as tasty and enjoyable to eat as they are nutritious. We’re also hoping that as you create the recipes in this book you’ll find the time to read some (or even all) of Part I, where we examine all sorts of ways that you can use nutrition (and other strategies) to stay healthy with your diabetes.

      The recipes in this book were chosen based on several guiding principles.

      ✔ Feature ingredients that are easy to find. (Cynthia lives in a small community and was able to readily find all the ingredients in stores in her town.)

      ✔ Emphasize healthy eating for a person living with diabetes – therefore, low sugar, lower fat, and lower sodium content were priorities – but they are appealing for everyone. If you don’t have diabetes, no worries: You don’t have to miss out on these recipes; you’re going to love them, too!

      (We do use sugar in a number of this book’s recipes. Sugar is not a “bad word” when it comes to diabetes, although, of course, you need to limit quantities.)

      ✔ Have met with glowing approval (yeah, we were tough on ourselves; good simply wasn’t going to be good enough) by our diverse – and painfully honest – taste-testing panel of friends, neighbours, relatives, kids, and others.

      ✔ Reflect the wonderfully diverse nature of the Canadian population and the increasing desire of Canadians to try non-traditional foods.

      ✔ Are not only enjoyable to eat, but also