Synopses & Reviews
An ingenious and revolutionary low-carb cookbook that allows you to satisfy all your comfort food cravings while staying thin and healthy!
Low-carb and comfort food are words seldom seen together in the same sentence, much less the same cookbook. While low-carb dieting has taken North America by storm and has helped more than 25 million people lose weight and normalize their insulin levels, low-carb living has usually meant lots of meat and little to no bread, pasta, pizza, desserts, and so on. Low-carbers have been craving comfort foods for years!Now, with the revolutionary The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook, dieters can eat such delicious foods as bread, fried chicken, pasta, Mexican foods, pizza, and a wide variety of desserts while simultaneously restricting their carb intake, thereby helping maintain insulin levels for optimum health. Bestselling authors Dr. Michael Eades and Dr. Mary Dan Eades, authors of the phenomenal bestseller Protein Power, in concert with the creative genius of chef Ursula Solom, use unique, easy, and practical cooking techniques and ingenious lower-carb ingredients like ground nuts, bran, and soy in order to create yummy and comforting treats that help readers keep their weight down and look and feel great. This amazing book covers everything readers would want, from low-carb breads, breakfasts, lunches and light entrees, soups, salads, and veggies to comforting meat and fish entrees, Italian and Mexican favorites, and irresistible desserts. With more than 300 scrumptious recipes for such delights as Southern fried chicken (with gravy!), breaded scallops, old-fashioned macaroni and cheese, cinnamon buns, fettuccine alfredo, enchiladas, zucchini fritters, eggplant parmigiana, chocolate chip cookies, cheesecake, chocolate truffles, several flavors of ice cream, and much, much more, this comprehensive, easy-to-follow cookbook will have even the finickiest eater on a low-carb meal plan in no time.
Michael R. Eades, MD, and Mary Dan Eades, MD (Santa Fe, NM), are the authors of The New York Times bestselling book Protein Power, which has sold more than 3 million copies. The Eades have made many appearances on national television shows. They have a special knack for good old-fashioned American comfort food recipes, with an accent on Southern and Tex-Mex specialties that we all can enjoy.
Ursula Solom (Spokane, WA) is a chef and one of the patients on the low-carb regime of the Eades. Her ingenious and yet easy methods of making baked goods and breaded favorites are revolutionizing the low-carb world.
Synopsis
The revolutionary cookbook that satisfies all your comfort food cravings-from the New York Times bestselling authors of Protein Power
When you think about low-carb diets, do you picture complicated meal plans and bland foods that leave you with cravings? Do the words comfort food make you long for scrumptious delights like pancakes, ice cream, chocolate chip cookies, or fettucine alfredo-foods you thought you could never have on a low-carb diet?
If your answers to the above were yes and yes, you're in for a huge surprise! You can have these foods and many more, thanks to The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook. Drs. Michael and Mary Dan Eades and chef Ursula Solom give you unique, easy cooking tips and more than 300 yummy low-carb recipes for foods that help you keep your weight down and fulfill your cravings. In no time at all, you'll be on an easy-to-follow low-carb plan that will allow you to stay thin and healthy-and feel great!
Southern fried chicken with pan gravy * Elegant biscuits Melt-in-your-mouth pancakes * Deluxe low-carb macaroni and cheese * Beef and mushroom crepes * Spicy corn chips Soft crust pizza * Low-carb beef stroganoff * Raisin rolls Breaded sole * Fettucine alfredo * Low-carb lasagna * Super banana bread * Low-carb tacos * Bean and cheese burritos * Best garlic bread * Eggplant parmigiana * Rich low-carb pound cake * Scrumptious low-carb cheesecake * Apple brown betty * Cheddar cheese waffles * Chocolate ice cream * Key lime pie * Sublime truffles
Synopsis
Low-carb and comfort food are phrases you probably dont associate with each other. If you, like 30 million other people, have ever been on a low-carb dietor if youre thinking of starting one because youve heard all the impressive new evidence showing how low-carb eating can turn your health around by keeping your insulin levels down and helping you lose weightyou probably know that low-carb foods arent usually described as "yummy." Whats been missing from low-carb diets are the comfort foods you cravethe breads, cakes, pastas, and pies that no low-carb plan ever allowed you to haveuntil now!
Now, with The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook, you can eat such delicious foods as fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, waffles, Mexican favorites, pizza, and a wide variety of dessertsall while restricting your carb intake and getting thin and healthy. Bestselling authors Drs. Michael and Mary Dan Eades, authors of the phenomenal bestseller Protein Power, in concert with the creative genius of chef Ursula Solom, have revolutionized the low-carb diet, offering you easy-to-follow cooking techniques that use everyday ingredients in extraordinary, simple, and delicious new ways.
This one-of-a-kind cookbook features more than 300 fabulous recipes for scrumptious
low-carb breads, breakfasts, and light meals; satisfying soups, spreads, and gravies; incredibly comforting entrées; formerly forbidden Italian and Mexican favorites; and much more. Just imagine waking up to the smell of Nutty Cinnamon Buns and Waffles, munching on Almond Thins with Crab Dip, dining on Southern Fried Chicken with Pan Gravy or Breaded Pork Chops with Biscuits, enjoying a slice of Key Lime Pie or some Strawberry Shortcake . . . then finishing with a Chocolate Truffle. All while staying thin and looking terrific! This book is truly amazing.
The authors provide all the nutrition information you need to make your cooking and eating decisions, including protein and carbohydrate grams for each dish. So what are you waiting for? Get cooking with The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook and see how easyand yummya low-carb diet can be!
About the Author
URSULA SOLOM is a chef who succeeded in regaining her health and losing weight based on the diet recommendations in the Drs. Eades' bestselling books. Her ingenious and easy methods of making low-carb comfort foods-including baked goods, desserts, and breaded favorites-are revolutionizing the low-carb world.MARY DAN EADES, M.D. is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling book Protein Power, which has sold more than 4 million copies, as well as The Low-Carb CookwoRx Cookbook, the companion book to the PBS-TV series, The 30-Day Low-Carb Diet Solution, Staying Power, and The Protein Power Life Plan.MICHAEL R. EADES, M.D. is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling book Protein Power, which has sold more than 4 million copies, as well as The Low-Carb CookwoRx Cookbook, the companion book to the PBS-TV series, The 30-Day Low-Carb Diet Solution, Staying Power, and The Protein Power Life Plan.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Low-Carb Comfort Food Guidelines.
Bread and Other Delicious Low-Carb Baked Goods.
Low-Carb Comfort Food Breakfasts, Brunches, and Light Meals.
Low-Carb Comfort Food Appetizers, Soups, Salads, and Light Lunches.
Comfort Food Poultry, Meat, Game, and Seafood Entrees.
Pasta, Pizza, Tortillas, and More: Delicious Low-Carb Italian and Mexican Recipes.
Comfort Food Veggies and Side Dishes.
Low-Carb Comfort Food Sauces and Salad Dressings.
Low-Carb Comfort Food Desserts.
Mail-Order Sources.
Index.