You ladies are smart, can you help me out?

[tacocat]

My SIL (B's sis) just found out she is a type 1 diabetic. She is really upset about it because she has always been a gourmet cook/foodie type. I was thinking about sending a gourmet diabetic cookbook. Is this silly? Does anyone know if there is such a thing?

[tacocat]

Do any of these look good?

[Deleted]

Poor sis, that's hard. (pssst, there weren't any links in your second post)

[tacocat]

haha whoops! I always do that...

www.shopdiabetes.org/Categories/11-Diabetes-Cookbooks-And-Recipes.aspx/1

[FrozenSunshine]

I think that's a great idea.

[MrsH2010]

Not silly at all. I think that is really sweet and thoughtful and it sounds like she'd love it! I'm not sure if it exists but I'm sure it does.

[bettylou79]

I think it's an awesome idea! I have a few diabetic friends. Two of them wear insulin pumps so they can monitor it easier and do better.

[emyinpink]

honestly, I think it depends how big of a foodie she is. DH is not a big fan of "gluten free" cookbooks, because they're usually too simplistic, he would prefer to just pick recipes that are already gluten free or do his own adaptations. most regular more foodie cookbooks would actually already be diabetic friendly.

[jennlin]

May 31, 2012 0:20:08 GMT -5 @emyinpink said:

honestly, I think it depends how big of a foodie she is. DH is not a big fan of "gluten free" cookbooks, because they're usually too simplistic, he would prefer to just pick recipes that are already gluten free or do his own adaptations. most regular more foodie cookbooks would actually already be diabetic friendly.

i agree with this--however i think the thought of getting the diabetic cookbooks is really sweet. maybe if there's such thing, you can get her a substitutions book?