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| The Carbohydrate Addict's No-Cravings Cookbook | 
 enlarge | Authors: Rachael F. Heller, Richard F. Heller
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Category: Book
List Price: $23.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 622042
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0525948554
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.56383
EAN: 9780525948551
ASIN: 0525948554
Publication Date: December 29, 2004
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Product Description
Low-carb diets have transformed the way America eats, but staying on them presents two common challengescravings and boredom. Drs. Rachael and Richard Heller, known for over twenty years as the Carbohydrate Addicts doctors, have helped millions of people achieve weight-loss success in their low-carb diets. Now, developing two hundred exciting, all-new recipes, they present a one-of-a-kind cookbook that asks readers specifically what theyre hungry for. Organized by thorough lists of longings, from hot and spicy to cool and refreshing, The Carbohydrate Addict's No Cravings Cookbook emphasizes on-the-spot satisfaction that will reinvigorate every low-carb dieter on any program. Each of these selections is truly low-carb, with six grams of carbohydrates or less per serving, and none of the recipes require special low-carb brand food, obscure ingredients, or sugar substitutes. Desperate for a real Italian dinner? Try Chicken Parmesan Romana. Hankering for heat? Flaming Shrimp Portobello is fiery and delicious. Craving crunch? Crisp and Crackly Cheese Crackers provide the right snap. Keeping readers motivated, the recipes in The Carbohydrate Addict's No Cravings Cookbook address individual palates in an energizing new way. This is the ultimate cookbook for winning the fight against carbohydrate temptation, reaching and maintaining your ideal weight, and reviving the pure pleasure of eating.
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 Best Ultra Low-Carb Recipes Yet! September 2, 2008
After reading all Drs. Heller's Carb Addicts books and having great success with their diet plans, I was hesitant to buy this cookbook because I'd not been too impressed with the recipes included in their previous books. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the No Cravings Cookbook...these recipes seem to have more variety and offer several international variations (whole sections of Japanese, Chinese & Italian dishes, plus individual recipes like Chicken Vindaloo and 7-Mile Beach Jerk Pork). They've branched out quite a bit from their first cookbook which had lots of repetitive ingredients & not much for adventurous palates, and I was thrilled to see that they've largely abandoned their prior obsession with teriyaki sauce! Recipes for more familiar comfort foods are here too, such as 60's Shepherds Pie and Smooth & Cheesy Crabmeat Casserole.
The first recipe I tried was "Chicken with Green Cheese"...sounds a bit odd from the title, but makes a delicious dish. Some have unusual ingredient combinations, but you have to get creative to keep things ultra low-carb, and if you try them with an open mind, you'll find they often work...case in point, Waldorf Lamb Salad which calls for lime juice! There are a few odd-sounding recipes which will be the last ones I'll try (for example, Vanilla Clouds - unsweetened egg whites beaten stiff with vanilla extract & fried in olive oil??). But by and large most sound tasty and should "hit the spot" for what you're craving. The best part: all the recipes are truly low-carb, with 6 grams TOTAL carbs per serving or less (NOT net/usable carbs, which subtracts fiber grams). So this book is perfect for those on non-"Carb Addict's" diets too, especially the induction phases, or for those who need to stick to a very low daily carb intake.
Another plus: no "fake" or hard-to-find low carb ingredients like Atkins bake mix, rice protein, or artificial sweeteners...these are all-natural, grocery store whole-foods, mostly glutamate-free, healthy recipes. (Therefore, really no dessert recipes to speak of - the closest thing is an unsweetened almond smoothie). Some recipes (maybe half) are high in fat, so if you're watching fat as well as carbs like I do, you may need to cut back on some amounts of oil, sour cream & cheese. All in all, a great ultra-low carb cookbook!
 ok, but not great August 23, 2006
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I recently started the South Beach diet so I was looking for some low/no card recipes. I wasn't too excited by the recipes in this book. Some offbeat stuff and stuff I would never eat. True, no sugar substitutes, but I like other low card recipe books I've gotten better. But heck, it was real cheap.
Fantastic! September 27, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I was a little reluctant to purchase yet another low carb cookbook when I happened upon this one while browsing. I picked it up, looked through it, put it back, moved on and came back to it later. Am I ever glad I did! This book is the best low carb cookbook that I've ever owned, bar none, and I own quite a selection. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the recipes are "new" (you won't find a single cheesecake recipe), and that the ingredients could be purchased in any local grocery store. The format is enjoyable to simply read, for those cookbook lovers like myself who can spend an evening reading recipes! All recipes I have tried thus far have been very good; I wouldn't think twice about making them for guests as well.
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