Fantastic Food and Fun with Jan

Change Your Mind... Change Your Heart... Lose Weight for LIFE! is the mantra of the Healthy Carb Cookbook for Dummies® by health advocate and food writer, Jan McCracken. Tucked between pages filled with Jan's humor, you'll get a mini-course on the glycemic index, glycemic load and why they're so important; why calories "still" count; how to keep your metabolic fires burning for health; and, easy to digest nutritional facts of living a healthy lifestyle. Jan takes you shopping aisle by aisle at the grocery store, guiding you in the right direction for continuing to develop a healthy lifestyle for LIFE! She gives you the no-no's of prepared foods and how to find hidden sugars that you may not be aware are lurking to undermine your weight loss and healthy lifestyle. There is an entire chapter on incorporating "moving more," including taking the first step (and lots more steps) with a pedometer and the fun you can have doing this!

Healthy Carb Cookbook For Dummies® gives you loads of easy to understand nutritional information plus more than 100 outrageously delicious and easy "real food" recipes like Apricot-Cheddar Brunch Toast, Lasagna, Key West Ribs, and to calm the sweet tooth, a whole chapter on desserts that includes delicious Meringue Shells with Berry Filling, Old-Fashioned Blueberry Cobbler and Chocolate Fruit Pizza. This fun and helpful book includes:

• A complete nutritional analysis for each recipe
  
  
• Healthy recipes for great traditional foods, including Southern fried chicken and Philly cheese steak sandwiches
  
  
• Quick and easy recipes for a great Waldorf Salad To Go and terrific Skillet Suppers
• Time saving Slow Cooker recipes so dinner is ready when you come through the door
  
  
• Fun and hearty wraps you're gonna love
  
  
• Great recipes for "hits the spot" desserts, including old-fashioned favorites like Dirt Cake, Chocolate Bread Pudding, Raspberry Ribbon Pie and lots of fun variations with meringue basics
  
  
• Tips on using spices creatively for variety and flavor
  
  
• Guidelines for when you're dining out or brown-bagging it, with lots of encouragement and good reasons for brown-bagging healthy