The Bottom Line
This wonderful cookbook, written as collaboration between two oncologists and a dietician does more than present good recipes. “Living With Cancer Cookbook” is most useful because of the tips it offers for 4 major side effects: nausea, mouth sores, diarrhea, and constipation. Many of the recipes are from cancer survivors, and additional nutritional information accompanies each one.
Pros
- Organized by meal type and treatment side effect
- Recipes are easy to prepare
- Lists of tested advice about appetite and nutrition
- Color photos of the food are very attractive
- Many encouraging tips from survivors
Cons
- You may want to eat only the desserts, because they are so good!
Description
- Advice on eating and cooking during treatment and after
- Help with common side effects
- Recipes may be prepared and frozen in portions
- Balanced nutrition that prepares you for survival
- Sample menus, glossary terms for nutrition and medical terms, and a metric conversion guide
- Authors: Kris Ghosh, M.D., Linda Carson, M.D., Elyse Cohen, M.S., L.N.
Guide Review - Betty Crocker's Living with Cancer Cookbook
Cooking and eating a balanced diet during treatment for breast cancer can not only aid your recovery, but it can provide a good coping skill which can go with you into survival. The “Living with Cancer Cookbook” gives you more than gorgeous food photography and easy recipes; it is packed with advice from survivors who found ways to counteract the side effects of treatment with nutrition, meditation, humor, supportive people, and self-care.Organized into chapters by meals, snacks, and desserts, the recipes are subdivided by side effect and color-keyed, to give you a quick way to sort through the information. Each recipe is clearly formatted and instructions are written in a step-by-step order, which is easy to follow. Among the recipes are many pages of advice on living and eating: mini-meals, flavor boosters, comfort foods, and positive attitude builders.
The authors have included sample menus, glossary terms for nutrition and medical terms, and a metric conversion guide. Full-color photos of the prepared dishes are appetite stimulating!
My husband and I found this book useful during, and after, my treatment, and I've also used these recipes to make dishes to send to friends who are in treatment. Men, take note: my husband can make anything in this book, and make it look good, too!
This book would be a great gift to any patient who is recovering from surgery or going through treatment.
My favorite recipe from this book: Baked French Toast with Strawberry Sauce
