Dana Carpender - 500 Low-Carb Recipes: 500 Recipes, from Snacks to Dessert, That the Whole Family Will Love

There were a great number of people whose collective efforts have made this cookbook possible in what seemed like an impossibly short time: First, Id like to thank my husband, Eric Schmitz, who has been my unfailing right hand all through this project, grocery shopping, recipe testing, eating my failures without complaint, and accepting the strain on the food budget. He also helped me run the nutritional calculations for these recipes, which is about the only reason this book was done by its deadline. I quite literally couldnt have done it without him. Three cookbook authors have kindly allowed me to reprint recipes from their cookbooks. Theyre great books and great recipes, and you should buy them all. Those cookbooks and their authors are: Baking Low Carb and Bread and Breakfast: Baking Low Carb II, both by my pal Diana Lee.

The best place to get Dis books is through Amazon.com, but you can most likely order them through your local bookstore. These are the only books I know that are solely devoted to low-carb baking. Recipes reprinted with permission from Baking Low Carb, 1999, Diana Lee. Recipes reprinted with permission from Bread and Breakfast: Baking Low Carb II, 2001, Diana Lee. Splendid Low-Carbing, by Jennifer Eloff. Jen is the Splenda Queen, and since she lives in Canada, where Splendas been available far longer than in the United States, Jens had far more experience with it than I.

Jennifer sells her book herself through her Web site, sweety.com, and she has other books on cooking with Splenda, as well. Recipes reprinted with permission from Splendid Low-Carbing, 2001, Jennifer Eloff. Lo-Carb Cooking, by Debra Rowland, is the source, among other things, for recipes for cornbread and cheese popoversand there are many more great-sounding recipes in her book that I didnt have room for. Deb sells Lo-Carb Cooking herself; you can reach her at d_rowland3@hotmail.com. Recipes reprinted with permission from Lo-Carb Cooking, 2001, Debra Rowland. Also contributing greatly to this book is Vicki Cash, who allowed me to use the recipes from her 2002 Low Carb Success Calendar.

If Vicki puts out a calendar again, I strongly suggest you snap it up! Recipes reprinted with permission from The 2002 Low Carb Success Calendar, 2001, Just Ducky Productions. My Lowcarbezine! readers responded to my requests with piles of great low-carb recipes for this book. The ones whose recipes have been used are named with their recipes. I thank them, but I also thank those folks who sent recipes I didnt use. Quite often it was because we already had a similar recipe or because the carb count was judged to be just a bit too high; it was very rarely because we just didnt like a recipe. So whether your recipe is here or not, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

And who knows? We may use your recipe in another book! I also thank all of you who have come up with ideas for recipes you wanted me to develop. My Lowcarbezine! readers are one of the genuine joys of my life. I was far too busy coming up with recipes of my own to test all of the recipes coming in from readers, so I recruited a crack troop of recipe testers. Again, I couldnt have done it without them. My recipe testers were Kim Carpender, Deborah Crites, Jane Duquette, Julie McIntosh, Ray Todd Stevens, Carol Vandiver, Maria Vander Vloedt, and Kay Winefordnernot to mention their families and friends. Thank you, one and all.

Finally, Id like to thank my mom, Jane Carpender, for letting me help her cook from the time I was tiny. Because of her, I knew how to measure accurately, separate an egg, bake cookies, make gravy, knead bread, rice potatoes, and perform dozens of other cooking tasks by the time I was 7 or 8 years old. If I know my way around a kitchen, its because of my mother. Thanks, Mom! All you parents out there, cook with your kids. Not only is it terrific quality time together and a great defense against junk food, but it also teaches kids skills that will serve them well for the rest of their lives.

HOW I GAVE UP MY LOW-FAT DIET AND LOST 40 POUNDS AND HOW YOU CAN TOO!by Dana Carpender ISBN: 1-59233-040-1
$14.95 (9.99)
Paperback; 312 pages Available wherever books are sold Its time to go low carb! Low-carbohydrate diets burn off twice the fat of low-fat or low-calorie diets, and they do it without making you starve.

Heres the lowdown on how and why low-carbohydrate dieting works, not just for weight loss, but for dramatic health improvement. Without using boring, confusing medical jargon, Dana Carpender will show you surprising research proving that carbohydrates, not fat, are the biggest culprit in causing diseases like diabetes, cancer, and coronary artery disease. Then she will explain to you not one, but more than a half-a-dozen different approaches to cutting the carbs, and give you the information you need to mix-and-match these plans to come up with a low-carbohydrate diet you can live with for the rest of your long and healthy life. SO CMON! LET DANA SHOW YOU HOW TO:Lose weightwithout hunger!Have the energy of a kid again!Eat more wonderful, real food than you ever thought possible! All the while improving your cholesterol and triglycerides, lowering your blood pressure, and cutting your risk of diabetes and cancer.

15-MINUTE LOW-CARB RECIPESby Dana Carpender ISBN: 1-59233-041-X
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Paperback; 256 pages Available wherever books are sold Yikes! Its 6:30 p.m., and youve just walked through the door after a long day at work, plus a couple of errands. Youre tired, youre hungryand before you can get your coat off, the family has started asking, Whats for dinner? In the past, you would have started boiling water for some quick mac-and-cheese, or warmed up a frozen pizza.

Hungry and busy though you may be, you really dont want to trade your weight loss, high energy, and improved health for a quick-and-carb-y supper. What, oh what, to do? Relax! No, really, sit down, relax, take a deep breath, and flip through 15-Minute Low-Carb Recipes. Youll find dozens of wonderful family dishes that take no more than fifteen minutes to make, prep time included. Youll even find stuff youd be happy to serve to company, should you be so brave as to invite people over on a weeknight! So grab this book, and simplify your life. Instead of another round of plain steak or bun-less fast food burgers, you could be eating: Rosemary-Ginger Ribs with Apricot Glaze * Cranberry Burgers * Eggs Fu Yong * Cumin Mushrooms * Swordfish Vera Cruz * Chicken Chili Verde * Aladdin Salad * Beef and Bacon Rice with Pine Nuts * Mexican Cabbage Soup * Aegean Chicken * Mushroom Risotto And much, much moreall with the carbohydrate, fiber, and usable carb counts already calculated for you. What could be easier?