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About Fix-It and Forget-It Diabetic CookbookThe recipes in this collection are for everyone! No more isolating persons with diabetes at mealtime. In fact, these delicious recipes offer both great taste and nutritional value--and easy preparation--the Fix-It and Forget-It trademark. The American Diabetes Association joined us in this cookbook, using their know-how to adapt the recipes and analyze them so they fit into meal plans. Each recipe is followed by its Exchange List Values and its Basic Nutritional Values. Persons with diabetes need this information so they can manage their calories, and their carb, fat, and sodium counts.Do you wish you knew more about diabetes? Don't miss the basic information given in our introduction, "A Few Thoughts About Eating and Cooking When You Have Diabetes" (pages 5-6) and, after the recipes, --10 Most Asked Questions About Diabetes-- (pages 270-271). If you want to learn more, see the "Recommended Reading List" on page 272. Would you like a little more help to manage your own or your loved one's eating? The American Diabetes Association provides a Week of Menus on pages 255-269, using one or two recipes from this cookbook each day.Calculating the Nutritional Analyses If the number of servings is given as a range, we used the higher number to do the nutritional analyses calculations. The nutritional analysis for each recipe includes all ingredients except those labeled "optional," those listed as "to taste," or those calling for a "dash." If an ingredient is listed with a second choice, the first choice was used in the analysis. If a range is given for the amount of an ingredient, the first number was used. Foods listed as "serve with" at the end of a recipe, or accompanying foods listed without an amount, were not included in the recipe's analysis. In recipes calling for cooked rice, pasta, or other grains, the analysis is based on the starch being prepared without added salt or fat, unless indicated otherwise in the recipe. The analyses were done assuming that meats were trimmed of all visible fat, and that skin was removed from poultry, before being placed in the slow cooker.Relax and enjoy these recipes! Mealtimes should be refreshing. Now you can relax and enjoy these recipes because you know the content of what you're preparing and how that will affect a meal plan. These easy-to-prepare recipes take so little time and attention, they'll help you stick to your food goals. Diabetes need not keep us from all gathering around the table together, eating tasty, wholesome food. After all, a diet that's healthy for persons with diabetes is healthy for everyone. And everyone can eat and enjoy it when you use recipes from Fix-It and Forget-It Diabetic Cookbook: Slow-Cooker Favorites--to Include Everyone!- Phyllis Pellman Good Excerpted from Fix-It and Forget-It Diabetic Cookbook: Slow Cooker Favorites - To Include Everyone! by Phyllis Pellman Good, American Diabetic Association Staff, Phyllis Good All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.