Fill with great background information, this cookbook is great if you're looking for low sugar recipes without getting too complicated. From breakfast to drinks and desserts, you can make something for every meal of the day. Another great book to add to any public library attempting to stay up to date with current health trends.

I am definitly a sugar addict, so I found this book to be practical and easy to use. I liked that most of the recipes were contained simple ingredients and/ or were less than a half hour to make.
*Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest *

I selected this book as I have a health condition which may benefit from eating a no sugar diet. The problem I have with my condition, is that there are so many other food groups which I can also not eat (people often joke I am only left with ‘dust and air’ to eat! 😁)
Whilst I soon discovered this wasn’t the perfect book for my condition, I still think it is a great book and was able to take a number of recipes that, with a bit of adapting, I will be able to use.
About one third of the book covers the benefits of following a no sugar diet and the reason why we shouldn’t be eating so much of it. Even though I am already very well read on the subject, I found it very informative and interesting. The other two thirds of the book cover a whole range of no sugar recipes (breakfasts, lunches, snacks, dinners and puddings). All of the dishes appealed to me. The photos were great and instructions easy to follow. If it were not for my dietary restrictions I would be trying a lot more of them! 😋👨🏽‍🍳
My only criticism is that some of the sugar alternatives the author suggests cannot be easily found in regular supermarkets, but I am sure can be sought out at health food stores if not will definitely be able to purchased online.
Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Sugar is such an insidious attacker of health that this cookbook is a great addition to the shelf, whether you are just thinking you'd like to reduce your sugar intake without sacrificing tastiness, or cooking a low-sugar diet because of health reasons for yourself or a family member.

Low sugar, So Simple is a cookery book for those wishing to reduce their sugar intake.

This book has 10 chapters with the first 3 dedicated to The Sugar Crisis, explaining how sugar harms the body; Stealth Sugar shown in its many forms and Cooking with Sugar gives details on alternatives to use-some I had heard of others I had not fome across before. These are enlightening chapters, without too many references to science papers or research, some of the information comes from the authors personal battle with food.

The remaining chapters are broken into mealtimes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Desserts alongside Basics & Pantry Staples, Snacks and Drinks.

Each recipe is easy to follow, with measurements in both imperial and metric, and the nutritional content depending on how many portions as some can be made into 6 or 8 for example. There is some colour photography to accompany a few of the recipes.

I received this book from netgalley in return for a honest review.

I am often looking for ways to eat less sugar (both refined sugar, which immediately springs to mind, and also sugar hidden in foods like bread, pasta, etc). This book is a great help in providing inspirational, uncomplicated recipes to try out. I often cook vegetarian or pescetarian dishes for me and my partner as he is pescetarian, so we obviously wouldn't cook the meat-based recipes together but I might try some on my own, or we'd adapt them with vegetarian replacements.

I really like that this book has low sugar/ low carb versions of old favourites, so you won't feel like you're missing out. I should point out that this does not mean that these are all super healthy recipes, because they're not necessarily classed as that. They are, however, lower in sugar and, in many cases, in carbs in general, so if that fits in your lifestyle then it's a great book to have on hand! It also very handily lists the nutrition info including protein, fats, and carbs (very handy!), not only by servings but in total too - great if you have a big appetite, like me, and usually double the 'recommended' servings because otherwise I'd still be hungry afterwards! This is also really useful if you track your macros, too. I haven't seen a lot of cookbooks provide as useful nutritional info with their recipe as this one, so that's really impressed me and means I will be turning back to this book time after time.

There are plenty of sections with information about cooking without sugar and replacing traditional refined sugar with other, more natural, alternatives; this is interesting but the parts I enjoyed the most were, of course, the recipes! There are sections for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, desserts, and drinks - covers all bases really. I found the lunch and dinner sections most interesting, as they are my most-coveted meals, and I went throufh and noted some recipes to try at a later date. I particularly like the look of the 'savoury ricotta butternut squash tart', the 'cauli-rice seafood paella', and the 'rich no-potato clam chowder' plus some very appealing-looking desserts (easy fudgy brownies or peanut butter cake mug, anyone?). My only criticism is that I wish there was more dinner recipes - it didn't feel like a big enough section in my opinion. I'd have preferred to sacrifice the drinks section for a larger dinner section, but I'm sure other people might feel differently!

Overall this is a really simple to use, well-laid-out recipe book which not only has some clear recipes but lots of useful information too. There are some nice accompanying photos and, as I said, I love the inclusion of the nutritional info. Very impressed.

Even if you can't tell by the title, this book is more than just 100 recipes. Actually, the three first sections of this book were what I found the most interesting. On them, you'll find information about how sugar affects your body and different health conditions linked to high consumption of sugars. Also, there is a very detailed section with different varieties of sucrose (sugar cane) and syrups, their common names and their processing. Complex carbs are also explain, including the controversial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Third section gives alternatives to sugar, starches and unhealthy carbs with details and usage suggestions for each one of them.

When changing your diet, most certainly you will need to change your grocery list. If you are familiar with ingredients such as whey protein, almond and coconut flour, psyllium husk powder and erythritol, you are good to go. Those were the "out of ordinary" ingredients I found that are used extensively. If you are vegan, this is not your book at all. Recipes can include eggs, meat and dairy products. Those on keto diet can benefit from these recipes as well. For all of you who simply want to cut on sugars/carbs without the strictness of a keto diet, this is a great option.

PIZZA FOR BREAKFAST!

Yes, you heard me, there is a "pizza" recipe in the breakfast section and while ingredient-wise it is an omelet, it looks like a cute pizza and I love it. Comforting chicken zoodle (spiralized zucchini) soup was another favorite of mine. However, most of the recipes weren't love at first sight. I expected that "low sugar, so simple" would be more about popular recipes that are naturally low on sugars and carbs without the need of special ingredients. Once you get the right ingredients, it's easy peasy recipes with no fuss but healthy benefits.

The book is divided into basics & pantry staples, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, desserts and drinks which makes it easy for choosing a whole day menu. The three dishes on the front cover are good examples of easy recipes with common ingredients, so you can actually find those as well. Yum!
*I requested an eArc from Fair Winds Press via NetGalley, Thank you! (later on i purchased the ebook version)

Recently someone in my family had a doctor warning. Reduce your sugar intake or face a possible sickness because of it. So of course, being the caring and tender family we are, we all decided to cut sugar from our lifes as much as possible. And let me tell you it's hard.

Most things have sugar in them, and sometimes changing sugar for a sweetener just doesn't work. So what do we do? We find alternatives that will let us enjoy the things we love without the use of sugar.

This book does this in a perfect way. It begins with data and the history of sugar as well as an explanation on why you might want to (or have to) take it out of your diet. Then it gives you recipes that go from things as simple as condiments and as complicated as it can get.

This book was a treat —pun intended!— and I will most definitely go and puchase it once it's out. I'm sure you'll like it very much too.

As a diabetic, any recipe book that provides good dietary advice is always well received. This book has the good advice but I'm not taken with the recipes. My choice entirely, others may love them but there you are.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley for an honest review.

I'm always looking for low carb cookbooks and this one is a nice addition. There are a lot of simple recipes that can be made in a few minutes but nothing too extraordinary.

I reviewed this book as I thought it may be useful with helping me to prepare meals for our family, as my son has food intolerances, but I found it quiet difficult to understand the ingredients in some of the recipes, as they seem specialised. I need ingredients that I can easily purchase from the supermarket with my weekly shopping. There are a lot of lovely recipes inside, and they seem easy enough to follow, with great step by step instructions, but unfortunately these recipes are not for me.

I found this title very tempting, as we all know we need to be reading less refined sugar in our diet. However, I don't agree that sugar alternatives are always a better option, and some recipes required ingredients I don't think are easy to come by.. Good idea for a book, but not really that different from others out there already.

For people on a strict diet, this is an amazing cookbook. Recipes that are appealing to the eye and palate. Some of the ingredients will require a trip to a specialty store here in the Midwest and some I have never heard of. Lemon and vanilla flavored stevia is something I have never seen on a grocery store shelf neither is psyllium husk powder.
While the recipes may require hunting down the proper ingredients the book will be a god send to those on a sugar or gluten restricted diet. Wonderful ideas and tips for every meal of the day.

Low-Sugar, So Simple was a nice book. I am considering really cutting back my sugar intake so I wanted to see what sort of options would be available to me. I liked the look of a lot of the recipes and I know that when I start cutting back, these will be the ones I turn to.

There are two approaches to dealing with the sugar problem right now: find substitutions like Stevia (as with this cookbook) or detox and go clean without any kind of sugar substitutes. Right now, research seems to be indicating that even sugar substitutes can raise glucose or increase sugar cravings without actually being sugar; hence the reason diet sodas contribute so highly to being overweight. I had to keep this in mind, unfortunately, since it seems that keeping sweets (sugar or otherwise) in your diet just makes you crave sweets all the time and most doctors are telling people to go off sweet things completely rather than substituting.

That said, this is a nicely laid out book with a lot of good and friendly advice about cutting out the various sugars that are so harmful to health. It's not intended for vegans, diabetics, etc. - its focus is on substituting sugars so that you can enjoy sweets without the adverse physical side effects. As a result, Stevia is one of the more recommended sweeteners in place of sugar. Grains are also eliminated to reduce gluten issues. I can't say that the recipes in any way taste nearly as good as the bad stuff for you, though, so manage expectations accordingly.

The ingredients can be fairly exotic and have limited use: erythritol, ceylon cinnamon, xanthan gum, glucomannan, grass fed why protein powder, psyllium husk powder, cashew butter, etc. Others, like Tamari, are easier to find but also fairly expensive.

The recipes tend to be the tried and true sweet items we love but with different ingredients - there's nothing exotic here and it is our staples - easy fluffy bread, tortillas, salads with healthier dressings, roasted mackerel, macaroni and cheese, chicken wings, fudge brownies, cookies, etc.

The recipes are nicely presented without roughly half having accompanying photographs. There is a clear main title, small introduction, ingredients listed in right justified format (hard to read, to be honest, that way), and then numbered steps that are rather chunky and often have several things to do within those steps (I know recipe publishers keep the numbers low so that the recipes appear 'easier' but it is also much harder to follow them that way). Nutrition information is given for each in a separate callout. The recipes with images are single page while the others are grouped together, 2 or so per page.

The introduction is excellent and the author does a good job of telling why sugar is so bad for us now and where all the hidden sugars can be found. The breakdown of the various industrial sugars and all their different names was also useful.

I did try several recipes and didn't love any of them but appreciated their health benefit. I'm cutting sugar out completely so they did feel a bit sweet to a changed palette and I adjusted the amount of Stevia or sweetener accordingly. But honestly, at this point, I'd rather just detox from the sugar and bring my system out of the sugar cravings completely. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.

This provides an indepth look at the process of how sugar works and breaks down in the body. For anyone interested in learning more about the subject, this provides an easy to understand description. I had no idea about some of the side effects that sugar can have on a body. The recipes included though fall a bit short of helping with common substitutions. I would probably have to substitute for the substitutions considering the difficulties of getting some of the ingredients. It's an interesting read about sugar, but the recipes fall a bit short for me. For a more dedicated, or experienced person they could easy work well though.

A creative list of recipes with low sugar or no refined sugar. I loved the nutrition info attached to each recipe, this is very helpful when we need to count the calories.

I finally finished trying out all the recipes that I thought I would like from this book. I found it quite hard to find some of the ingredients needed, or else they were quite expensive. As a diabetic, I am used to baking with sugar substitutes but I found some of them desserts and baked goods left a weird after taste. The best part of this book was the information on all the different types of sugars, and how they are named. The recipes themselves were quite....meh.

Lots of recipes. most easy to follow. Not much I hadn't seen before.

Great book full of excellent information on sugar and why it is so bad for us. Gives great substitutes and reasons why they are better. Includes information on what pantry staples you should have to use the book. Recipes are clearly laid out on the page, most with pictures (I would have liked to see pictures on every page), and detailed nutritional information. The recipes are easy to follow and great for the trim healthy mama lifestyle. There is tons of variety and recipes are divided by meal type. I look forward to making more of the recipes in this book.
I received a digital copy of this book from netgalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.