Barbara Seelig-Brown - The Healthy Home Cookbook: Diabetes-friendly Recipes for Holidays, Parties, and Everyday Celebrations

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DOI: 10.2337/9781580405157

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Seelig-Brown, Barbara.
The healthy home cookbook : diabetes-friendly recipes for holidays, parties, and everyday celebrations / Barbara Seelig-Brown.
pages cm
Summary: "Whether it's a holiday celebration, an after-church family get-together, or just a small dinner party among friends, food is central to almost any gathering of family and friends. Designed around the notion that everyone should enjoy hearty family favorites or adventurous party bites, Barbara Seelig-Brown has pulled together a collection of healthy dishes and festive recipes that everyone in a group can enjoy. Each recipe is designed to be flavorful and satisfying yet healthy. The days of separate foods for partygoers are a thing of the past. Now anyone looking to entertain can feature a full spread with dishes that everyone can enjoy guilt-free. From small bites to get-togethers, full courses for a dinner party, to satisfying favorites for a Sunday football marathon, The Healthy Home Cookbook is packed with recipes and meal-planning tips that will have everyone wanting more"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-58040-515-7 (pbk.)
1. Diabetes--Diet therapy--Recipes. 2. Diabetics--Nutrition. 3. Holiday cooking. 4. Parties. I. Title.
RC662.S446 2013
641.5'6314--dc23
2013022196
eISBN: 978-1-58040-550-8

Contents

Dedication

For Adam and Dave: with love, gratitude, and appreciation for you and all that you have given me, including your wonderful families.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to my friends and family who consistently serve as my recipe testers. You are all full of great ideas and have allowed me the joy of cooking for you. To my dream friends, Laurie and Val Burzynski, many thanks for sharing your favorite Italian family recipes. To Barone: without whose support I would not have been on this journey. Thanks to my sister, brother, and their families for their support, especially the last few years. And thanks to my mom and dad for the wonderful family table we always enjoyed.

To the staff at the American Diabetes Association: Rebekah Renshaw, for her generous editing and patience; Abe Ogden for considering the idea for this book; and to Carrie Engle and Heschel Falek for marketing The Diabetes Seafood Cookbook and The Stress Free Diabetes Kitchen in a way that made this book possible. Additional thanks to Renee Comet, Lisa Cherkasky, and Carolyn Schimley for the beautiful photography and food styling, and to pixiedesign, llc, for the beautiful design of this book.

Thank you all with love and appreciation.

Introduction

I love to have family and friends at my table. I love to entertain! But I think that entertaining can be a scary word for many and we dont want anyone to feel overwhelmed, so I present this book to you. Cooking for friends and family is a gift. When you spend time in the kitchen you show your love for those whom you are
cooking for.

People eat out or get takeout so frequently these days that entertaining at home is truly a treat. Visits with friends and family are more relaxed and more meaningful when you're at home. We are currently seeing a marked trend in a return to cooking at home. Our kitchens are now the new living rooms, making entertaining more casual and less daunting. I try to make my home welcoming by creating a help yourself atmosphere. You can set up areas of your kitchen, family room, living room, dining room, or any space that are inviting with simple touches like glasses near the wine bar or coffee cups near the coffee maker. I want my guests to be comfortable and relaxed, so as a hostess, I also need to be relaxed. While there are books that have been published on entertaining, they do not always include recipes that meet the American Diabetes Association standards. Make your experience be a healthy one!

My mission is to get the home cook to realize that cooking is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle and can offer the added bonus of being more economical. When you cook, you are more in control of your food intake. Why not take this beyond your everyday meals into entertaining as well? You can eat better-quality food because it is more economical than prepared food. I provide a healthy pantry list as well as quick, delicious recipes that focus on the importance of fresh, quality ingredients. If you use quality ingredients, you have to do less to the dish and you save time. Also, cooking at home is more enjoyable than standing in a takeout line. I would much rather be relaxed at home in my bunny slippers, cooking for my family, than fighting the crowds at the takeout window. I encourage people to think of cooking as a pleasant experience. Relax, keep a well-stocked , and use my delicious, quick, and easy recipes that focus on quality of ingredients rather than lots of ingredients.

How to Read a Recipe

Are you sometimes confused or intimidated by the way a recipe is written? Do things come out differently than you expected? As a professional recipe developer, I follow certain guidelines, the gold standards, if you will, for writing recipes. My goal is to make my recipes as clear as possible so that you will enjoy cooking at home and do it more often.