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 love that the recipes look like the full dish nut better for you
My mom has diabetes and I never know easy but yummy things to make her. This would help alot.
The Italian style of cooking is about so much more than pasta. I love how this book shows that!
Contrary to popular belief, Italian food is the perfect cuisine for those looking for heart healthy and diabetes-friendly dishes. Real Italian food, that is, which 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. In the Italian Diabetes Cookbook, award-winning author Amy Riolo looks to honor this tradition with 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.
I like how delicious the food looks! I have family members who are diabetic. It would be nice to have a cookbook specifically for their diets, so I don’t have to worry about cooking the wrong thing when they come over.
Just being Italian food is enough for me as it is my favorite but also being heart healthy is a big plus. Thanks!
What really appeals to me about this book is that it will help me help my husband control his diabetes.
I like all of the recipes and all of the history behind each dish.
I like that they are recipes the entire family can enjoy even though it is geared for diabetics. I am a Diabetic so I always look for new recipes to try.
I love cooking healthy meals from scratch, and having a lot of variety!
I like that there is 150 dishes in this book because I will never run out of new ideas for dinner with this book.
I love Italian food and I love how the book adapts to the diabetic diets.
It appeals to me because I love cooking new recipes that is healthy.
What really appeals to me in this book is all the fresh ingredients that make up these recipes. Also, I really like that they are very authentically inspired.
I like that it has recipes with legumes, because I’ve been wanting to cook more with legumes in general, but I don’t really have many good recipes with them, especially lentils!
This appeals to me because I’m diabetic and always looking for good ways to improve my diet.
I love that this book has 150 easy-to-prepare, satisfying, and robust Italian dishes that can be enjoyed by the whole family
I like that it includes Sicilian dishes as I’m Sicilian and miss my mothers cooking
Its always nice to find recipes they taste good and are good for you. I know I wont eat food just because its healthy.
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