The Kick Diabetes Cookbook - By Brenda Davis, RD and Vesanto Mel

If you or someone you know has diabetes and wants to follow a vegan diet, this book is for you. The first section includes information on foods that help regulate blood glucose levels along with several helpful charts indicating which nutrients decrease diabetes risk and which increase the risk. Next, the reader is provided with useful tips on cooking vegan cuisine including 100 quick-and-easy vegan recipes.

For breakfast, you might want to prepare Wholly Granola, Banana-Walnut Pancakes, or Carrot Spice Muffins. Move on to soups and try Green-Gold Cauliflower Soup, Kale and Avocado Soup, or Navy Bean and Mushroom Soup. You can serve one of these salads with your soup choice: Classic Broccoli Salad, Kale Salad with Orange-Ginger Dressing, or Mango and Black Bean Salad. You will also find a very useful section on dressings, marinades, dips, gravies, and sauces.

The Vegetables and Side Dishes chapter offers Asian Green Beans, Spicy Bok Choy, Red Cabbage with Apples, and more. Main dish options include African Chickpea Stew, Stuffed Winter Squash, Tamale Pie, Nori Rolls with Cauliflower Rice, and Black Beans with Greens. And of course, you can end your meal with one of these terrific desserts: Apple Crisp, Vanilla Chai Pudding, Lime Bliss Balls, or Black Bean Brownies.

Nutritional analyses and beautiful photos appear throughout the cookbook. The Kick Diabetes Cookbook /(ISBN 978-1-57067-359-7) is a 192-page book. It is published by Book Publishing Company.