I am still searching for my go to diabetes reciepe book

[Taffyboyslim]

Not too many words and just the basics would help

They all seem to try and ramble on about their philosophy and why their way is the best but I just want the info to cook quick , healthy food

Why is this made so difficult ?

 

[Martin.A]

Personally I've never found it necessary to have a diabetes recipe book as things like a Bolognese, Chilli Con Carne, Tuna Pasta Bake, Roast Dinner, Chicken Chasseur, Cottage or Shepherds Pie, Hunter's Chicken, Chicken Parmigiana, to name but a few, are all OK for me as long as I swap the rice, pasta and potatoes for riced cauliflower, red lentil pasta, celeriac chips and cauli mash. In other words I eat the same meals as the rest of the family and none of the dishes I've mentioned give me a post-prandial reading outside of the recommended range.

 

[Leadinglights]

Not too many words and just the basics would help

They all seem to try and ramble on about their philosophy and why their way is the best but I just want the info to cook quick , healthy food

Why is this made so difficult ?

The Pinch of Nom Quick and Easy books might suit you. There is also an archive of some of their recipes on line.

 

[harbottle]

Try the 30 minute diabetes cook book by Caldesi. There’s an intro by Dr Unwin, but the recipes themselves are quick and easy and no rambling!

 

[Taffyboyslim]

The Pinch of Nom Quick and Easy books might suit you. There is also an archive of some of their recipes on line.

Are these diabetes specific ? I can't find a title

 

[Leadinglights]

Are these diabetes specific ? I can't find a title

If you look on Amazon and search for cook books for diabetics there are lots listed.

 

[Taffyboyslim]

If you look on Amazon and search for cook books for diabetics there are lots listed.

I am referring to the one recommended by you ?

 

[harbottle]

Pinch of Nom is a series, might be worth finding a bookshop and browsing the recipes.

I have a very good book by Emma Porter (T1) and Dr David Cavan. Some nice and easy recipes, including some very easy meals with things like whole chicken and fish. (I particularly like her recipe for peanut butter and banana pancakes!).

I bought one by another famous chef who was jumping on the bandwagon, can't remember who, but most of the recipes were high in carbs.

 

[MikeyBikey]

I find the former Poldark, Robin Ellis, very good. He is an accomplished chef and Type 2 diabetic ,and has done a few books featuring Mediterranean cooking for diabetics.

By comparison I brought one of Antony Worrall Thompson 's books featuring diabetic cookery and donated it to charity a week later. Too many celebrity chefs jump on the bandwagon with seemingly little clue! ;(

 

[Leadinglights]

The trouble with people recommending books is that everybody has different tastes and what recipes seem complicated to some will be simple to others. So it is often best to look on the internet for low carb recipe with whatever food you want so and see what you fancy. You can scan lots of recipes without paying money for books.

 

[Taffyboyslim]

The trouble with people recommending books is that everybody has different tastes and what recipes seem complicated to some will be simple to others. So it is often best to look on the internet for low carb recipe with whatever food you want so and see what you fancy. You can scan lots of recipes without paying money for books.

I like books

 

[ColinUK]

Pinch of Nom is a series, might be worth finding a bookshop and browsing the recipes.

I have a very good book by Emma Porter (T1) and Dr David Cavan. Some nice and easy recipes, including some very easy meals with things like whole chicken and fish. (I particularly like her recipe for peanut butter and banana pancakes!).

I bought one by another famous chef who was jumping on the bandwagon, can't remember who, but most of the recipes were high in carbs.

Was the famous chef Tom Kerridge perhaps?

 

[Nayshiftin]

I would look online for good recipes and if good print out save and make yer own book .

 

[harbottle]

Was the famous chef Tom Kerridge perhaps?

No, it was by Phil Vickery. Some of the recipes are OK, but a lot of them are 30g+ of carbs which probably wouldn't have been very good for me with a hba1c of 83!

I got it cheap in a bargain bookshop and didn't make any of the recipes.

 

[SB2015]

We have quite a few recipe books. None of them are specifically for diabetes, but the ones that we use regularly are now annotated with the carb content, and we have reduced the portions where we felt we needed to in order to match our target carbs for a meal.

Our favourite is Nigel Slater’s 30 minute cookbook. I like the way he writeswith “add a glut of wine - No I don’t know how much just a glug” or “a few words about using skinless chicken - Don’t “ the meals really do take 30 minutes or less, and they use what we will have in the kitchen for regular use, rather than expensive extras. We have others of his but keep going back to this one, and I think we have done all the recipes now, but then we have had the book for over twenty years.

My other source is BBC Good Food online. I google recipes with ……. whatever we have in the fridge and then check the carbs, and adapt as necessary, avoiding things like pies and pastry.

 

[Sarahp]

The pinch of nom website used to let you search by dietary type when you click on the main page and they had a low carb search option last time I looked, love the recipes as they are easy and not too complicated.

 

[PattiEvans]

I find the former Poldark, Robin Ellis, very good. He is an accomplished chef and Type 2 diabetic ,and has done a few books featuring Mediterranean cooking for diabetics.

By comparison I brought one of Antony Worrall Thompson 's books featuring diabetic cookery and donated it to charity a week later. Too many celebrity chefs jump on the bandwagon with seemingly little clue! ;(

I told Squirrel Thompson (politely) to his face how awful his book was when I met him at Porthleven food festival.

 

[Sarahp]

I told Squirrel Thompson (politely) to his face how awful his book was when I met him at Porthleven food festival.

Glad you did, wasn’t he supposed to be a sufferer at the time? Met him
At a festival in Ireland and he was so rude, not good given he was there promoting his tv show.

 

[PattiEvans]

Well, to be honest I was spouting off to my hubby and a friend whilst looking through his book and suddenly realised he was standing behind me, so I turned to him and said it was dire and far too many carbs and if that's what HE was eating then it wouldn't do him any good, so perhaps he might reconsider his diet. He didn't respond.

 

[Sarahp]

Well, to be honest I was spouting off to my hubby and a friend whilst looking through his book and suddenly realised he was standing behind me, so I turned to him and said it was dire and far too many carbs and if that's what HE was eating then it wouldn't do him any good, so perhaps he might reconsider his diet. He didn't respond.

Think it was well deserved criticism especially as he spoke on tv a fair bit about his health issues when one of his books came out but then there’s still a lot of confusion now over our diet recommendations for type 2, I follow low GI and has helped me but now I am living with complications I am trying to bring in more low carb and think it’s definitely got benefits and not being promoted enough.
I know since then he’s lost some of his business and been in trouble for some issues so hope he has learned if he is still working.