Diabetes: Cookbooks and Meal Planning References

Below is a partial listing of diabetes cookbooks and meal planning references.
This listing does not imply endorsement by The Cleveland Clinic or WebMD.

Better Homes and Gardens New Diabetic Cookbook
Fuller, Kristi M., RD, Editor
Meredith Corporation, 1999. 240p.
Explains nutrition facts and exchange information, and provides the latest information on how to effectively manage diabetes. Includes 150 recipes with 50 color photographs.

Better Meals For You
Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland, 1998. 21p.
Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland (DAGC)
3601 South Green Road, Suite 100
Cleveland, OH 44122
(216) 591-0800
www.dagc.org
Meal planning and weight control information. Provides illustrated nutritional information on large print cards and gives tips on measuring and weighing food.

Carbohydrate Counting Cookbook
Tami Ross, RD, CDE and Patti Geil, RD, CDE
Wiley Trade, 1998. 200p.
This new cookbook makes it easy to count carbohydrates. Complete with sample menus and record keeping forms, this book offers 125 family-tested recipes. Each includes the grams of carbohydrate, taking the guesswork out of portion sizes and carbohydrate amounts. Complete nutrition information and exchange values.

Diabetes Double Quick Cookbook
By Betty Marks. 2002. 200 p.
Over 145 tasty -- low in fat, cholesterol, sodium, and calories -- dishes that can be prepared in 15 minutes or less.

The Diabetic 4 Ingredient Cookbook
Linda Coffee and Emily Cale, Nov. 1999. 128 p.
To order, call 1-800-757-0838
Over 200 recipes in all food categories and requires only four ingredients to prepare each dish. Complete nutritional and exchange information included.

The Diabetic's Innovative Cookbook: A Positive Approach to Living With Diabetes
Joseph Juliano, MD and Dianne Young
Henry Holt and Company, 1995. 432p.
Ven Holtzbrinck Publishing Services
1635 James Madison Highway
Gordonsville, VA 22942
Includes information on how to eat at parties and at restaurants, and what to do when you travel. Sweeteners, desserts and the importance of eating fresh vegetables are also discussed. Over 145 recipes from breakfasts to soups, salsas, vegetables, and side dishes, rice and pasta, entrées and desserts, are included. All recipes have nutrition information for calories, protein, carbohydrate, fat and sodium.

Fast Food Guide
Becton Dickinson and Company, 33 p.
Becton Dickinson and Company
Consumer Products Division
One Becton Drive
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
1-800-237-4554
Tips about eating fast foods, from Arby's, Dairy Queen, Denny's, Hardee's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald's, and Wendy's, are included. Food exchanges, calories, protein, carbohydrates, total fat, cholesterol and sodium contents per serving are given.

Kids, Food and Diabetes: Family Cookbook
Loring, G. 1991. 251 p.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
1-800-223-1138
Provides over 200 recipes designed for children with diabetes.

Meal Planning for People With Diabetes
Migrant and Rural Community Health Association, 1995. 40p.
National Migrant Resource Program
1515 Capitol of Texas Highway, Suite 220
Austin, TX 78746
1-800-531-5120 or (512) 447-0770
An illustrated booklet in both English and Spanish that provides information on meal planning and nutrition. The information is organized into four sections which feature diabetes characteristics and diabetic diets, food exchange lists and nutritional value for each food group, suggestions for using the exchange lists with common Mexican foods, and guidelines for living with diabetes.

Month of Meals: Menu Planning System
American Diabetes Association, May 1998. 70 p.
American Diabetes Association
Order Fulfillment Department
P.O. Box 930850
Atlanta, GA 31193-0850
1-800-ADA-ORDER (1-800-232-6733)
http://store.diabetes.org
Each of the five books helps you add variety and interest to your meal plan with a month of suggested meals and snacks. You can mix and match meals and snacks based on the number of calories you need and what you like to eat. Some of the meals show you how to prepare and fit a recipe into a meal.

What's in the Sugar Bowl for Diabetics
DeShelter, L., 3 p.
Central Ohio Diabetes Association
1580 King Avenue
Columbus, OH 43212
(614) 486-7124
Nutritive and non-nutritive sugar substitutes are described. Suggestions for cooking with alternative sweeteners are outlined, and a table shows sugar equivalents for 10 brand-name sweeteners.