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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I think that this book sounds like it has great ideas for pasta and who doesn’t like pasta and the meatballs on the front cover look yummy too! Who doesn’t love a good meatball!
I like the fact that it’s heart healthy because heart disease runs in my fammily
I like that the recipes contain real food, with fresh ingredients that give it an authentic, traditional flavor.
I like that the book has recipes from all over Italy. They have such a diverse cuisine.
Italian cuisine is all about preparing fresh ingredients like fruits and vegetables and my biggest challenge in my diet is to eat more vegetables. I think the recipes would help me be more creative in my approach.
I am married to an Italian and my elderly father is diabetic so this book would be perfect for me! I am looking for easy and fast recipes.
I want to try the Lemon Scented Shrimp.
Thanks for the contest.
I think it is great that the book not only has wonderful recipes but also wine pairings and notes about the history of the dish.
I like that the cookbook has recipes that are easy to make and good for you. The recipes are ones my family would enjoy.
Never thought about being able to cook Italian with all its flavors! The dishes also look easy to prepare. And here I’ve been eating boring, plain foods for 6 months!
I like that this cookbook features real fresh food prepared in healthy and time-honored Italian cuisine techniques.
I love that these dishes are easy to prepare and both heart healthy and diabetic firendly
I like this because it features Real Italian food, that is very delicious.
I’m not diabetic but it runs on my dads side of the family. I’ve also been really trying to focus on the amount of carbs I eat. I need recipe ideas.
I really like that each recipe includes notes on the history and cultural importance of each dish, and most contain wine pairings — an essential part of any authentic Italian meal! This sounds like a great book! 🙂
I like that they include nutritional information on each recipe. I also would think this book contains Italian recipes that include a lot of food that is on the Mediterranean diet that is so popular and enhances weight loss. It sounds like a great cookbook to own.
I love Italian food and I like that these are healthy recipes. I don’t have diabetes to my knowledge but that could always change.
I like that although it’s based on some restrictions, the dishes still look delicious and like something everyone could enjoy (not just the diabetic person)
I like that its diabetic, as I am a diabetic and the cookbook focuses on fresh ingredients especially Veggies & Fruits, and who does not like Italian, Mediterran food.
What appeals to me is the 150 easy-to-prepare, satisfying, and robust Italian dishes that can be enjoyed by the whole family — while helping fine food lovers everywhere achieve their health goals.