The Italian Diabetes Cookbook
Delicious and Healthful Dishes from Venice to Sicily and Beyond
by Amy Riolo
January 2016
Italian food has a reputation of being fattening, high in carbohydrates and generally heart-horrible. Americans have taken Italian food, and added a ton of cheese to everything, plus frying things, and turning the food into artery-clogging nightmares. Real Italian food is healthful, delicious, and the most popular cuisine in the world. At its core, classic Italian cuisine is all about preparing fresh ingredients like fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans, legumes, dairy, seafood, and poultry in time-honored techniques that preserve both tradition and flavor.
With THE ITALIAN DIABETES COOKBOOK[January 2016, $18.95 US / $23.50 CAN] award-winning author and Mediterranean expert Amy Riolo brings together a wonderful collection of authentic and naturally healthy recipes from her Italian homeland. The book includes 150 recipes for all occasions, while helping fine food lovers everywhere achieve their health goals, including pescatarian and vegetarian options. Highlights include:
- Ricotta, Grilled Eggplant, and Fresh Mint Bruschetta
- Cracker Rings with Black Pepper and Fennel Seeds
- Roman-Style Rice and Herb-Stuffed Tomatoes
- Whole-Wheat Ziti with Goat Ragu
- Swordfish with Olives, Capers, Herbs, and Tomatoes
- Red Pepper, Yellow Tomato, and Artichoke Salad
- Espresso Panna Cotta
- Tuscan Seafood Stew
The Chief Blonde Remarks: So many great things about this book! I love how each dish is captioned in it’s Italian name so I can brush up on my “Reading Italian”. Of course, essential with a medical related cookbook are good nutrition facts and The Italian Diabetes Cookbook has those clearly marked for each recipe. I am also loving how many recipes have wine suggestions and lovely notes about this dish in relation to Italian Living Tradition.
This cookbook does over 2 dozen photos of the recipes. The gorgeous one for spaghetti squash “pasta” with shrimp, tomatoes and basil had me including this recipe into my meal plan for this week!. The recipe descriptions are so vivid and the ingredients so fresh and vibrant, that you will be dreaming of ways to serve each selection on the veranda. Sigh…
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UPDATE: This blog post originally contained a giveaway for three cookbooks valued at $57. The rafflecopter entry device has been removed and had 2535 entries. See Giveaway Winners.
The aspect of the book that inspires me is the ability to create healhty, Italian food for my family. Diabetes runs in my family, but we all love Italian food.
I like the variety of the recipes! This would be amazing to gift to my mom
I love that it’s heart healthy and diabetic friendly because I have type 1 diabetes!
I like that it has 150 dishes. I cant get enough of Italian food,
What appeals to me is that while the Italian food is the perfect cuisine for for diabetics they are also heart healthy.
I am trying to cook with less sugar and carbs. This book gives favorite Italian recipes that have been lightened up a bit!
I love that it has 150 easy-to-prepare recipes..Easy is my main attraction and I like a variety of foods
Aside from the recipes and helpful explanations, I like that the book includes a “Where To Buy Guide” to help with some of the less common ingredients. Nice touch.
I think that italian food tends to be heavier, so it’s nice to have some healthier Italian options.
I like the pasta recipes and the seafood recipes.
I LOVE this! Low Carb is what I am on and this would be perfect.
I like the premise of whole grains
This cookbook would be awesome. I like that you can still get that full Italian flavor and have a diabetic diet.
i would say 150 easy-to-prepare, satisfying, and robust Italian dishes thanks
I love that it features recipe’s using fresh, wholesome ingredients! Thanks so much for the giveaway <3
Blessings,
Edye // Gracefulcoffee
I like how easy and healthy the recipes are.
I love how many dishes it has!! Being Italian and not having many older relatives left or recipes written down this would be amazing to have
This would be a great gift to get for my grandma.
Venice and Sicily are my two favorite regions of Italy. We all know by now that Mediterranean diet is heart healthy. I would love to see how age old Italian recipes have been adapted for diabetes. Lord knows we all have to adapt to healthy cuisine.
Great reviews for this book! I really like how one of the reviews talks about the tips and fun facts for each recipes. I like reading little extras like that.
It has a ton of colorful pictures for each meal to go with the recipe, I like that. I also like that it has an Italian flair. I think the best meals are Italian inspired.