Half the Sugar, All the Love: 100 Easy, Low-Sugar Recipes for Every Meal of the Day Paperback – Illustrated, December 24, 2019

I'm pretty picky about my cookbooks. I have three kids and no free time, so I keep a short stack of favorites handy. This cookbook is now in my top three favs. My criteria: (1) the recipes are reliably good, (2) not too complicated, and (3) healthy. This cookbook checks all the boxes.My kids and I started experimenting with the desserts. OMG! The Pecan Pie Bars are my favorite. I could eat the entire pan by myself. And perhaps I have, but I'm not telling. My son makes the Apple Crisp recipe every week for breakfast. The crumb topping works for any fruit, so we mix it up with berries and cherries too. The banana bread is A-MAZING. I normally don't love banana bread, but this recipe has made me a fan. The dessert recipes are easy enough that my 11 year old makes all of them my himself now.I'm gluten free, and I didn't have a problem adapting the recipes when needed. I either use GF flour or nut flour, and all the recipes have turned out well.The dessert recipes were so solid that I've been branching out to meals. The Shrimp Pad Thai and Chinese Lettuce Cups are my current favorite, but they've all been delicious. Honestly, I'm impressed.

I got this book when I decided it was time to cut back on sugar. What I like is it doesn’t give you recipes that call for artificial sweeteners. They use natural sweeteners like dates, sweet potatoes, maple syrup or honey. This has been my go-to for several recipes since cutting back on sugar.

I liked the recipes they were easy some a little more complex. But it gives insight into lowering your sugar and how to do it

I have type 2 diabetes. Probably all my life my body has produced way too much insulin, even when I was very underweight (<= 26 years old) and at the approximate proper weight (27 to 40 years old). That is the way my pancreas works and will probably always work. It is a genetic anomaly identified in my 30s, 20 years before I became a type 2 diabetic.One thing I wish is that all type 2 diabetics could attend, free of charge, Certified Diabetic Education classes. The free of charge part is not available to anyone in the US.What does this have to do with this book? The first part of this book contains the vital information taught in the first Certified Diabetes Education class (my health insurance cut me off after I attended two classes, they would not pay, the CDE org I was attending did not want me to pay myself because the classes are very expensive).This book contains vital information that anyone with T2 diabetes or anyone with family members with T2 diabetes needs to know. Just for that alone, buy this book and read all the first part. It will not take long too read the first part, but the information is vital. Just that part of the book alone is absolutely worth the cost of the book.Lastly, everyone should have their insulin levels checked. It should be a standard part of an annual check up. Glucose is checked but not insulin. If you are in your 20s have your insulin checked; insist on it. It will tell you if you need to change your eating habits immediately to live a long healthy life.This is a book that everyone should pay attention to, even if you are not a T2 diabetic. Most books on T2 diabetes are just too long and too wordy. This book is short in comparison, quite pithy. Highly recommended.

Great cookbook. I made a banana bread recipe from this cookbook that was hosted in Columbus Dispatch, our local paper, a while ago. It's the absolute best!! I made muffins instead, and have made them multiple times. When I ordered this cookbook, I see that is contains a lot of genuinely delicious and quality recipes. Great quality book as well.I really admire the clever way the author uses sugar, being mindful of the amount of sugar as well, which is very rare in USA where I live.The sugar sources in my banana bread (the very ripe bananas and dates) actually enhance the taste of other ingredients without overpowering them. You taste everything! Fantastic work by the author. Very well done.

I love this cookbook. I am mostly using it for breakfast and desserts, as I have an easier time preparing low sugar lunches and dinners. Breakfast is a challenge as I can't get the kids to eat eggs often - so this book is a gift! It's so hard to find low sugar breakfast cereals so the options in here have been extremely helpful. Also, so far all the desserts we've tried have been delicious and no one has complained or noticed the lack of sugar. I just bought another copy to give as a gift and will likely buy more. Really worth the purchase!

All this book does is teach you how to make recipes using pureed dates instead of sugar or how to not put as much sugar into your recipes. There are no real cooking insights or recipes that are worth it. Plus, everything has so much butter! I was looking for an all around healthier cook book, but this isn't it.

This healthy-eating focused cookbook has a great layout, with easy to follow directions, ingredients lists and nutritional information. The photos are mouth-watering AND helpful to me as I prepare the dishes. So far, I recommend the BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad, Pineapple Teriyaki Short Ribs and Pecan Pie Bars. I have already ordered this for my daughters.