Diabetes Comfort Food or Delicious and Dependable Slow Cooker Recipes

Diabetes Comfort Food

Author: Johanna Burkhard

Managing diabetes can include soul-satisfying comfort foods.

Many who are committed to managing diabetes feel deprived of the comfort foods others enjoy regularly. Everyone needs a soul-satisfying dish once in a while.

Diabetes Comfort Food offers 250 recipes that bring to mind the warmth of home and family. Each recipe has been reviewed by a Certified Diabetes Educator and features a data-box of complete nutritional analysis per serving as well as an "Exchanges per Serving box."

Anyone with diabetes can enjoy such comforting dishes as:

• Creamy mushroom soup, honey-garlic chicken wings


• Sunday roast beef with wine gravy, zesty barbecued spareribs


• Best-ever macaroni and cheese, baked penne with Italian sausage and sweet peppers


• Classic scalloped potatoes, creamed spinach and mushroom bake


• Butter tarts, oven French toast, classic chocolate chip cookies.

Also included are recipe tips, meal suggestions and make-ahead ideas that will appeal to both novice and experienced home cooks.

Managing diabetes can include interesting as well as healthful dishes. This book includes a wonderful variety of comfort foods that follow a sensible meal plan.

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Delicious and Dependable Slow Cooker Recipes

Author: Judith Finlayson

Slow cookers have been rediscovered by a whole new generation of busy people. The reason is quite simple: imagine being able to throw some wholesome ingredients into a cooker, close the lid and come home to a hot, satisfying meal at the end of the day. A perfect mealtime solution! However, every memorable meal begins with innovative and creative recipes. In Delicious and Dependable Slow Cooker Recipes, you will discover mouthwatering recipes that allow you to create outstanding meals with a minimum of effort. This extensive collection of over 175 recipes contains a wide range of dishes from starters to soups, beef to seafood, and even desserts. Whether you're serving a weekday meal to your family or entertaining special guests, there's a recipe here to delight and satisfy everyone.

Here are just some of the delicious and dependable recipes you can enjoy: Spicy Artichoke Dip, Peppercorn Pâté, Creamy Corn Chowder, Mulligatawny Soup, Classic Beef Stew, Sauerbraten, Saucy Pork Chops with Cranberries, Chicken in Onion Buttermilk Gravy, Mussels in Lemongrass Tomato Broth, Turkey and Sausage Chili, Tomato Mushroom Lasagna, Cider Baked Beans, Hot Breakfast Cereals, Double Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake, Apricot Almond Pudding.

• over 175 recipes for everything from appetizers to desserts
• more than 50 full color photographs
• helpful pantry notes
• vegetarian recipes
• extensive tips and techniques for foolproof results
• make ahead ideas
• recipes for every occasion

Publishers Weekly

Continuing on from her successful 150 Best Slow Cooker Recipes, Finlayson brings a new range of recipes to the same method of cooking. Starting with clear instructions for using the slow cooker as well as tips for success at doing so, she explains the different applications and benefits from this method of cooking. Despite adding the extra step of prebrowning meats and softening vegetables, she is quick to promote the ease of slow cookers. While many of the recipes have long ingredient lists, the methodology is straightforward, which makes this book perfect for any level of cooking expertise. Ranging from appetizers to desserts, the dishes are not limited to the traditional stews that formed most people's memories of slow cooker dishes when the equipment first hit the market in the 1970s. From the Creamy Beef Curry with its Indian spices to the Lamb Shanks Braised in Guinness with its mouthwatering sauce, several dishes have an international inspiration and flavor; others, as with Mom's Meat Loaf, show the best of America's home cooking. Helpfully, Finlayson includes sidebars and pantry notes as well as tips on how to vary many of the dishes. Clearly laid out and interspersed with mouthwatering color photos, the resulting volume is comprehensive in range and breadth and just may even encourage a new generation of slow cooker users. (Nov.)

Table of Contents:

Introduction
• Using Your Slow Cooker
• Slow Cooker Tips

Dips, Starters and Snacks
• Mushroom and Roasted Garlic Crostini
• Chili con Queso
• Black Bean and Salsa Dip
• Ball Park Bean Dip
• Spicy Artichoke Dip
• Nippy Oyster and Bacon Dip
• Cheese Loaves with Mushroom Tomato Sauce
• Peppercorn Pâté
• Country Terrine with Pistachios
• Crab Supreme
• Hot Roasted Nuts

Soups
• Red Lentil and Carrot Soup with Coconut
• Mediterranean Lentil Soup with Spinach
• Santa Fe Sweet Potato Soup
• Creamy Corn Chowder
• Cumin-Flavored Black Bean Soup with Tomato
• Tortilla Soup with Corn and Chillies
• Mixed Mushroom Soup with Creamy Goat Cheese
• Mulligatawny Soup
• Versatile Garlic Soup
• Kale with Smoked Sausage Soup
• Ribollita
• Mexican Chicken Soup
• Beef and Barley Soup with Mushrooms
• International Split Pea Soup

Beef and Veal
• Best-Ever Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
• Beef and Rigatoni Bake
• Italian-Style Pot Roast with Polenta
• Home-Style Pot Roast
• Sauerbraten
• Classic Beef Stew
• Brisket of Beef in Tomato Onion Gravy
• Brisket of Beef in Horseradish Gravy
• Tamale Pie with Chili Cornmeal Crust
• Creamy Beef Curry
• Cuban-Style Flank Steak
• Sussex-Style Steak with Mushrooms
• Beef and Sausage Chili
• Blue Plate Chili
• Chunky Black Bean Chili
• Polish Beef Stew with Sauerkraut and Sausage
•Mexican Meat Loaf
• Mom's Meat Loaf
• Short Ribs in Chili Sauce
• Short Ribs Braised in Spicy Black Bean Sauce
• Veal Shanks with Lemon Sauce
• Wine-Braised Veal with Rosemary
• Mexican-Style Veal Stew

Pork and Lamb
• Uptown Wieners and Beans
• Pork and Black Bean Chili
• Chili Verde
• Pasta with Sausage and Lentils
• Santa Fe-Style Ribs
• Italian-Style Ribs with Polenta
• Braised Pork with Mushrooms and Turnips
• Saucy Pork Chops with Cranberries
• Hot Pot Pork Chops
• Mom's Smothered Pork Chops
• Southwestern Shepherd's Pie
• Pozole
• Sausage and Barley Jambalaya
• Cassoulet
• Curried Lamb with Apricots
• Irish Stew
• Lamb Shanks Braised in Guinness
• Braised Lamb Shanks with Luscious Legumes

Poultry
• Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic
• Chicken and Barley
• Spanish-Style Chicken with Rice
• The Captain's Curry
• Chicken in Onion Buttermilk Gravy
• Chicken 'n' Dumplings
• Curried Chicken with Spinach
• Chicken and Chickpeas with Spinach
• African-Style Braised Chicken in Peanut Sauce
• Chicken Enchiladas in Tomatillo Sauce
• Cheesy Jalapeño Chicken Loaf
• Spicy Chicken Stew with Cornmeal Dumplings
• Balsamic Braised Chicken with Olives
• Pulled Turkey
• Turkey Sloppy Joes
• Turkey and Sausage Chili
• Turkey in Puff Pastry
• Best-Ever Turkey Breast

Fish and Seafood
• Mussels in Lemongrass Tomato Broth
• Savory Vegetable Stew with Chili-Crusted Halibut
• Portuguese Sausage and Shellfish Stew
• Florida Fish Chowder
• Manhattan Clam Chowder
• Snapper and Okra Curry
• Halibut in Indian-Spiced Tomato Sauce
• Poached Salmon
• Salt Cod Cassoulet

Meatless Mains
• Cannelloni with Tomato Eggplant Sauce
• Tomato Mushroom Lasagna
• Mushroom and Artichoke Lasagna
• Mushrooms and Eggplant Florentine
• Eggplant and Potato Curry
• Cheesy White Chili with Cauliflower
• Three-Bean Chili with Bulgar
• Cider Baked Beans
• Two-Bean Chili with Zucchini
• Rice and Bean Casserole with Cheese and Chilies
• Rigatoni and Cheese
• Meatless Moussaka
• Louisiana Ratatouille

Vegetables and Grains
• Collard Greens in Tomato Sauce
• Leek Loaf
• New Orleans Braised Onions
• Sweet Potato Barley Risotto
• Leek and Barley Risotto
• Hoppin' John
• Grits 'n' Cheddar Cheese
• Pot Likker Greens
• Steamed Brown Bread
• Carrots with Rice
• Slow-Cooked Polenta
• Hot Breakfast Cereals
• Basic Beans
• Red Beans and Rice

Desserts
• Rice Pudding with Cherries and Almonds
• Maple Orange Pudding with Coconut
• Bread Pudding in Caramel Sauce
• Gingery Bread Pudding with Orange
• Cranberry Pear Compote
• Raspberry Custard Cake
• Double Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
• Warm Orange Pudding Cake
• Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
• Pumpkin Chocolate Marble Cheesecake
• Cranberry Baked Apples
• Just Peachy Gingerbread Upside-Down Cake
• Cranberry Apricot Upside-Down Cake
• Blueberry Semolina Cake with Maple Syrup
• Meredith's Molten Blondies
• Italian-Style Cornmeal Cake with Orange
• Chocolate Flan with Toasted Almonds
• Rich Chocolate Cake
• Apricot Almond Pudding
• Cranberry-Red Currant Crumb Pudding
• Apple Cranberry Upside-Down Cobbler

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