The I Quit Sugar Cookbook: 306 Recipes for a Clean, Healthy Life

If your goal is to find out how to live a sugar-free lifestyle, then this cookbook is for you. With 376 pages of information and recipes, I Quit Sugar is definitely a keeper. The first thing I noticed about the cookbook, besides the sheer size of it, was the quality. The photographs are stunning and the layout is easy to follow. I thought I knew a lot about the low-carb, sugar-free way of life, but this cookbook is chock full of information and most of it was brand new to me.The first recipe I tried was Cheeseburger Wontons (page 102), and it was relatively easy. These little wontons would made a delicious appetizer or lunch, and the flavor is incredible. Some of the ingredients might be off-putting to those who don't have them in their local grocery store, but I was able to find them without much difficulty. The second recipe I made was Cheesecake-Stuffed Peaches with Basil (page 294). I'm all there when it comes to fruit - any fruit - so making this recipe was a no-brainer. The slight tartness of the cream cheese and the sweetness of the peaches made for a delicious treat and it was very filling too. My kids also enjoyed it, and they usually don't care for fruit.There are a couple of things about this cookbook I must point out though, and the most important one being the fact that the nutrition information isn't listed with each recipe. If you've read any of my previous cookbook reviews, then you know how important this is to me, because my son is a diabetic and knowing how much sugar and carbohydrates is in each recipe is crucial. Honestly, I've never understood why so many cookbooks touted as healthy don't provide this information, since many of us die-hard dieters also need it for calorie tracking purposes. The other thing I noticed about this cookbook is that some of the fonts are hard to read. Yes, the "handwritten" bits on each page look cute and give it aesthetic appeal, but I would much rather see a font style that's legible.Overall, I give high marks to Sarah Wilson for her ingenuity, and I'm looking forward to trying more of her recipes. Well done!DISCLAIMER: I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review. All opinions expressed above are entirely my own.

Recipes and tips were all jumbled together. Found it difficult to actually use the book.I tried multiple different recipes and only one turned out. I like veggies and cooking healthy but these just tasted bad. After the third one that didn’t taste good, I gave up.She said sugar is bad and then points to sugar substitutes or loaded down recipes with fruit, which does nothing to help your taste adjust to less sugar. If anything, it can make those cravings worse.It sounds good and looks lovely but as you dig into, there is no real substance.

Many of my concerns about this diet are addressed in other people's reviews for I Quit Sugar 8 week detox book: warnings about most whole fruits, usage of brown rice syrup, not a comprehensive program, etc.A lot of the recipes look great and I love the idea of cutting out processed foods of any kind, but I cannot see this working very well in a family with small children. Kids are notoriously picky eaters for the most part. The reality of getting children to like and eat these foods is so very different than the adorable photo of Wilson's niece and nephew helping make the healthy breakfast pictured in the book. Not only that, but now your food prep is way longer than ever before if you want to make any of the recipes because you need to make your own whey and almond meal and track down hard-to-find items that all of the recipes are built on. And because no one else in your family wants to eat most of this stuff (despite the fact that much of it is yummy) now you have even more food to prepare and cook. This lifestyle works for Wilson because she has no children and if she did, they would start life eating this way...this lifestyle is a full time job if you have a family....not to mention crazy expensive. california doesn't discount your dinged up fruits and veggies.It is a beautiful book and I plan to incorporate changes that are sustainable whenever possible, but as a whole diet overhaul for the fam, it is unrealistic. We all can make healthier choices for our families, but not all of us have time to make 2 of every meal.

There are quite of meals I’m excited to try. I’ve noticed that the book still has sugar or sugar substitute in it like brown rice syrup has 22g, stevia is a substitute, and many more other options she provides. Just letting y’all know if it’s like me just modify or take out whatever it is you don’t want. I’m going for absolutely no sugar other than from Vegetables and Fruit. I love how she has nomato sauce yum! I’m excited to make homemade stocks! She offers substitutions and fixes that are helpful if you already aren’t a healthy eater. She also has a Q and A in the back helpful! I forgot!! It would of been nice to have the calories on eat meal. For those who count their calories.

It’s fun book!! It’s almost therapeutic!I pick it up when I want to just relax for 10 min.It’s not just recipes. Good ideas for all of us to save money, to use up what we have. The author writes cute notes every where, every little note and fine print has ideas, jokes, suggestions.It’s relaxing, fun easy to look through.I am really glad I bought it.Provides different way of cooking, reminds me of how much more I can do with my left overs and food in general!

This book wasn't quite what I expected but I was curious and at the time I read this there were no reviews to check.At 31 pages it's a short book so I didn't expect too much, it consists of a brief introduction, several recipes and a FAQ section it also has a colour picture at the end of each of the recipes which I liked.The recipes are:Hot across BunsChocolate Peanut Butter CracklesLamb Roast for Two with Minted Pea PistouBaked Stuffing Loaf with Shaved Sprouts and Pecorino SaladStuffing 'N' all the Best Bits SaladPickled Festive Red Slaw and Caramelised Ruby GrapefruitBeetroot Red Velvet CheesecakeThe FAQ are:Can I drink alcohol when I quit sugar?Can I eat chocolate?Can I eat fruit?Should I quit carbs when I quit sugar?I agree most people eat too much sugar I know I certainly do which is why I read this book I also agree we waste far too much food although I don't feel quite as strongly that eating leftovers makes 'life flow'.'.....cooking our leftovers, eating the whole food –pith, peel, stalks, stems, leaves, bones, brine, fat, skin and all. This is the future, my dear friends.I soon realised that buying, cooking and eating this way made life better. Because when you learn to eat your scraps and consume less, life begins to flow. Things become simpler, more elegant; everything falls into place and makes sustainable sense.'I realise that it order to quit sugar replacements would be needed and since I've never come across 'rice malt syrup' or 'Activated Groaties' then some research would be needed.Example recipe is below:Chocolate Peanut Butter Crackles.¾ cup (175 g) coconut oil3 tablespoons rice malt syrup4 tablespoons raw cacao powder½ cup (115 g) crunchy natural peanut butter½ cup (40 g) desiccated coconut½ cup (70 g) Activated Groaties1 ½ cups (25 g) puffed quinoa or puffed riceI read this book mainly out of curiosity and while reducing my sugar intake would be good I found nothing here that even tempted me to try, this could be my lack of will power or just my love of sweet things but I didn't really get anything from this but hopefully other people will get more.

The recipes in this Easter guide are all taken from Sarah's latest book 'Simplicious', and I would warn against using this if it's your first foray into sugar-free life! If that is you, it would probably be more helpful to read one of Sarah's full books (I would recommend her second one the most- I Quit Sugar for Life, or her first, I Quit Sugar). They have more info on the science/common sense behind cutting out sugar and a lot of starchy carbs and you'll find that more helpful to get going and get on board. If you want a free intro, there's also her blog.If you know about the benefits of sugar-free and the 'whys and what-for's?' and don't have Simplicious yet, this might tempt you to buy it. I am not totally convinced about all the arrowroot she uses though (to replace flour- as in the hot cross muffins). In the UK arrowroot is very expensive to buy and use in such quantities, and even if you need to go gluten free, you might as well just buy gluten free flour and use very occasionally...

I didn't really learn anything from reading this. Not sure who the target audience of who I would recommend it to.

Aimed at the american audience really, some things I've never heard of. Very few recipes and the only one I would make would be the lamb chops, but I can cook them with accompaniments without any sugar anyway. One to delete I think.

This book is brilliant,some of the recipes I've done are really easy,very tasty and explains why we need to eat the foods Sarah advises and also you don't need to buy loads of food that you will leave in your cupboard for years,she is very frugal and does not like waste which is brill the only criticism I have is that I have bought two books of Sarah's which have exactly the same in them but have different covers so gave the other one to my daughter who suffers from an under active thyroid which Sarah touches on.