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In 2011, Becky Selengut released Good Fish: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the Pacific Coast, a cookbook of recipes celebrating locally sourced Pacific Coast seafood. Now, in 2018, she has updated and expanded her book with a brand new edition, Good Fish: 100 Sustainable Seafood Recipes …
Mainly a memoir, partly a cookbook, Eating with Peter: A Gastronomic Journey is the story of Susan and Peter Buckley’s life together, traveling the world, enjoying each other’s company, and savoring every meal they ate together. It’s a wonderful story, full of family, friends, exotic …
In its never-ending quest to help people with diabetes live full lives while minimizing the associated complications, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has released a new cookbook, The 12-Week Diabetes Cookbook by Linda Gassenheimer. This innovative book concentrates on dinners, featuring twelve full weeks of recipes for dinners for four, including weekly shopping lists, hints, tips, and per-serving costs and nutritional information.
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The full title of this book is The 12-Week Diabetes Cookbook: Your Super Simple Plan for Organizing, Budgeting, and Cooking Amazing Dinners. That about says it all! If you struggle to get a variety of delicious meals on the table with minimum fuss, you’ll find help and inspiration here, for sure.
The 12-Week Diabetes Cookbook takes the hassle out of the process of planning family dinners that are both diabetes- and budget-friendly. The weekly shopping lists include everything you’ll need to make that week’s dinners, right down to the spices and condiments. But it goes even further than that, helpfully detailing the exact amount of each ingredient needed for that week’s recipes. For example, if the week’s shopping list includes 4 tablespoons of reduced-fat mayonnaise but you’ve already got a jar in your refrigerator, you can skip the mayo when you’re out shopping. And to make your shopping trip even easier, the lists are broken down by department to streamline your time at the store. Easy-peasy.
Like all good cookbooks, The 12-Week Diabetes Cookbook has, at its heart, a great collection of recipes. The recipes are thoughtfully organized into weekly menus that take into account weeknight time constraints, but still provide a diverse assortment of flavors and styles. The variety will keep your family coming back for more, with meat, poultry, seafood, and vegetarian meals from many different cuisines. Here’s a sampling:
• Five-Spice Chicken with Chinese Noodles
• Onion, Pepper, and Mushroom Pizza
• Pan-Seared Scallops with Vegetable Medley Rice
• Chicken Tacos with Pinto Bean Salad
• Pasta Primavera
• Mexican Fiesta Bowl
• Meat Loaf with Mashed Sweet Potatoes
• Teriyaki Turkey with Quick Cashew Rice
• Shrimp Scampi with Basil Linguine
• Beef Fajitas with Corn Salad
Not all of the recipes have accompanying photographs. Instead, there are two separate sections of full-color pictures of a few of the completed meals, which is more than enough to let you know that you can indeed make mouthwatering diabetes-friendly meals that fit your budget.
The 12-Week Diabetes Cookbook is available for purchase at the ADA’s online store. For more information about living with diabetes, visit the ADA’s website.
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Giveaway: One lucky winner is going to win a copy of The 12-Week Diabetes Cookbook for themselves!
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Readers of The Classy Chics well know of Shelly’s talent for baking, as well as the good use she makes of Nielsen-Massey products; for example, just look at her Lemon and Berry Waffles and Mom’s Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies. Today, I’m the lucky one to …
Ernest Hemingway was a major figure of the 20th Century, a larger-than-life man with a lasting global impact. Much has been written about Hemingway, but Robert Wheeler has taken a fresh look at the iconic writer in his new book, Hemingway’s Havana: A Reflection of …
Adult coloring books are very popular lately, but what if you want to turn simple coloring into a more realistic art form? Vivian Wong is here to help, with her new interactive book called Love Colored Pencils from Quarto Publishing.
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Starting with descriptions of tools and materials then moving into techniques, Wong’s lessons are suitable for beginners who want to learn to use colored pencils, but even people with some experience will benefit, too. She describes a technique and then illustrates it, and the student can try the technique on the provided exercise pages. The tutorials progress from basic skills such as pressure, crosshatching, and blending, up to more advanced skills such as coloring different skin tones, feathers, fur, and flowers.
To me, though, the most helpful lessons are the ones about color, color mixing, and tone. Here, Wong’s clear, descriptive writing, paired with her illustrations, give me both the verbal and visual teaching I need to fully understand what I’m working on. Having a dedicated place to do the lessons right in the book is the perfect way for me to experiment for myself and see how it really works.
It has been years (well, decades, really, if I’m being perfectly honest) since I’ve had a set of colored pencils, and going through the exercises in Love Colored Pencils has made me feel like a kid again. It’s such fun! It’s not always easy and does take some practice, but it’s very satisfying to find my skills improving. And as anyone who has jumped on the adult coloring bandwagon knows, it’s a great way to relax and unwind while letting your creative juices flow.
Love Colored Pencils is educational, inspirational, and fun, all rolled into one book. Even before I broke out my colored pencils, I enjoyed flipping through the book, reading tips on how to use color to make a drawing more realistic, and looking at the progression of a picture from outline to completion.
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Giveaway: One lucky winner is going to win their own copy of Love Colored Pencils! This giveaway is open to both the USA and Canada. Thanks Quarto Publishing!
Giveaway Details: This giveaway is open to residents of the US & Canada ONLY age 18 and over. Please read our Terms of Service & Disclaimer Policy before entering. This giveaway will close on April 2nd, 2018 at 11:59 pm EST time. No purchase necessary to enter or win.
Disclaimer: A. Bailey received a complimentary product for review purposes & feature on The Classy Chics blog. No monetary compensation was received. A. Bailey’s thoughts, opinions and words are 100% her own. Your thoughts may differ. Please read the blog’s terms of service policy before entering any giveaways. The Classy Chics are NOT responsible for prize fulfillment or shipping of any items won from this blog.
Too often, the word “diet” conjures up negative feelings associated with restrictive rules and deprivation. Not so with The Mamma Mia! Diet: The Secret Italian Way to Good Health, a new book by Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn and Paola Palestini. The Mamma Mia! Diet (MMD) turns …
If you’re a fan of the cooking shows on PBS, you’re probably familiar with the program Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking. I’ve enjoyed this show for years, with its beautiful locations and sumptuous feasts. Season 5 premiered in September 2017, and the DVD and digital …