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Review:The verdict is in: those simple carbs we've been living on are killing us. For good health, we've got to get our blood sugar under control and stop the incessant cravings. Or so says Dr. Arthur Agatston, author of The South Beach Diet. The first half of the book details the science behind the diet. Most of the explanations revolve around why things you thought were healthy-orange juice, wheat toast, carrots-are actually evil. To avoid blood sugar surges, Agatston created a modified carbohydrate plan, recommending plenty of high-fiber foods, lean proteins, and healthy fats, while cutting bread, rice, pastas, and fruits. Major differences from other diets include a lack of concern over portion size and a serious indifference to ex...
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Book descriptionAn 128 page manual designed to prepare the average citizen to cope with any kind of catastrophe, whether it's Y2K or a natural disaster. Practical and detailed information on food and water storage, waste disposal, lighting and heating without electricity, what tools and equipment to have on hand, first aid and emergency medical kits, buying and growing food and more. It's important to have nourishing and comforting food during difficult times. Included is an array of recipes that do not use refrigerated items and are easy to prepare. Also meal suggestions and tips for cooking without a kitchen stove using either a fireplace, wood stove, campfires or a chafing dish. A full listing of mail order and web sources provided.
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Book descriptionThe doctor's back, and now she's curing dinner woes! Anne Byrn, the award-winning food writer and author of The Cake Mix Doctor and Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor does for dinner what she did for dessert-shows how to take common, convenient supermarket ingredients and turn them into meals that taste like they're made from scratch. Making excellent use of the Crock-Pot and other labor-saving appliances, incorporating hundreds of shortcuts and tips, and cooking from a pantry of prepared foods-whether canned, frozen, jarred, dried, or fresh from the salad bar-the Dinner Doctor shows how to make over 200 fast and kid-friendly appetizers, salads, soups, sides, and main courses. Take, for example, a can of tuna, and think outside the sandwich...
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Book descriptionWhen most Westerners hear the word "sushi", they think of nigiri-zushi, or "finger sushi", the super-fresh strips of raw filleted fish on top of a smal mound of vinegared rice. But finger sushi is just one of many kinds of sushi found in Japan, and Vegetarian Sushi Made Easy introduces over 40 recipes for delicious, safe, easy-to-prepare sushi made with vegetables instead of raw fish. the authors have grouped the recipes into finger shushi with vegetable toppings, sushi rolls, sushi balls, stuffed sushi pockets, tossed sushi, and sushi cakes. Many of these are made with sushi rice in several colors - white, pink, yellow, and even green - so they are not only delicious to eat but decorative additions to the dining table. The recipes use a wi...
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