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The Italian Diabetes Cookbook

February 15, 2016 By Shelley Zurek 130 Comments

The Italian Diabetes Cookbook

Delicious and Healthful Dishes from Venice to Sicily and Beyond

The Italian Diabetes Cookbook

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

still blondeThe 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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Buy the Italian Diabetes Cookbook at shopDiabetes.org ($17.05)  or on Amazon ($13.41)

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.

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  1. Cynthia Mercado says

    February 28, 2016 at 3:46 am

    I love Italian food! Who would have thought you could eat good Italian food without feeling guilty when you are a diabetic. I am glad to find Italian food with that in mind.

    Reply
  2. Paol Trenny says

    February 28, 2016 at 1:45 am

    I like that it features an array of combination of recipes for diabetics. The usage of “fresh ingredients like fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans, legumes, dairy, seafood, and poultry” is a big plus for me.

    Reply
  3. Judy Metcalf says

    February 27, 2016 at 1:26 am

    My mom and sister in law are diabetic and they could really use this cookbook. And it has 5 star ratings so it should be a good one

    Reply
  4. kelley roach says

    February 26, 2016 at 10:55 pm

    I’m Diabetic so this would be an awesome cookbook to have.

    Reply
  5. Meredith Miller says

    February 25, 2016 at 10:53 pm

    I like that it’s aimed at diabetics. My other half has diabetes so we try to cook very healthy dinners.

    Reply
  6. Sue Hull says

    February 25, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    Im a type 2 diabetic. Everything in this book is appealing to me. I love spaghetti and those meatballs look so good. My mom is an amazing cook so she would love this book. I hate to cook but since its just me I can cook something small. I like pasta more than I should. Lol! Thank you for the great giveaway 🙂

    Reply
  7. Alisha Sienkiel says

    February 25, 2016 at 12:43 pm

    I love that this book is all about authentic but healthy Italian recipes!

    Reply
  8. deana says

    February 25, 2016 at 9:00 am

    I love that this book offers 150 easy-to-prepare, satisfying, and robust Italian dishes that can be enjoyed by my whole family and that they are healthy!

    Reply
  9. Danielle M. says

    February 25, 2016 at 8:57 am

    This cookbook would be great to have!

    Reply
  10. Mary Rutter says

    February 25, 2016 at 2:11 am

    I like to eat Italian food. I also like to eat healthy so this would be great

    Reply
  11. John H. says

    February 25, 2016 at 12:51 am

    I like that it’s Real Italian food, that is, which is healthful, delicious, and the most popular cuisine in the world.

    Reply
  12. alena svetelska says

    February 24, 2016 at 5:36 am

    I really this italian book,very great illustrated,i am eating healthy this book would great gift to me.

    Reply
  13. Daniel M says

    February 24, 2016 at 12:23 am

    would be great for my brother who’s diabetic

    Reply
  14. Sandra Crispo says

    February 23, 2016 at 9:56 pm

    Each recipe includes notes on the history and cultural importance of each dish, and most contain wine pairings – my husband is Italian (father Naples and mother Sicilian) so I know how important the history of cooking is from each area!!

    Reply
  15. Kim O says

    February 23, 2016 at 6:20 pm

    I’m Diabetic so this would be an awesome cookbook to have.

    Reply
  16. Jennifer George says

    February 23, 2016 at 3:45 pm

    I love Italian food and I like to eat healthy. The recipes in this book are both.

    Reply
  17. Marci says

    February 23, 2016 at 3:34 pm

    I like the 150 easy-to-prepare, satisfying, and robust Italian dishes because i love to try new recipes

    Reply
  18. steph m says

    February 23, 2016 at 12:38 am

    I’ve been trying to cut carbs and have really been missing pasta – would love to find more ways to get those same flavors!

    Reply
  19. Barbara Jo Ghiselin says

    February 23, 2016 at 12:12 am

    It looks like a great cookbook

    Reply
  20. Jayne says

    February 22, 2016 at 10:42 pm

    My favorite aspect is that the blurb says these recipes are easy to prepare. A lot of the time, I have found Italian recipes to be overly complicated.

    Reply
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