Learn How To Cook Soul Food The New Soul Food Way!
American Diabetes Association Targets Churches and Community Organizations During Holiday Season with Family Style Soul Food Cookbook
Thanksgiving celebrations, holiday gatherings, Pastors’ Anniversaries, Women’s and Men’s Day Celebrations, Sorority and Fraternity meetings, National Community Conventions and family reunions are all well-known community gatherings that take place during the holidays that have food as its centerpiece. So often “menus” for such gatherings feature soul food mainstays like fried chicken, catfish, macaroni and cheese, potato salad and collard greens. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has created a new tool to assist in planning healthy meals without sacrificing flavor for the next church, community or holiday gathering.
This
month, the ADA will publish “The Family Style Soul Food Diabetes
Cookbook”, its fourth cookbook by well-known dietitians Fabiola D.
Gaines and Roniece A. Weaver. The popular authors are joined this time
by Dietitian Rojean L. Williams and Executive Chef Shawn Fralin to
serve up healthy varieties of traditional soul food dishes the entire
family will love.
“As the holidays
approach, we feel our new Family Style Soul Food Cookbook makes an
excellent resource in bringing the family together with delicious and
nutritious meals,” states Ms. Lee Romano Sequeira, Director – Book
Promotions, Rights Special Sales for the American Diabetes Association.
“While being a beneficial tool for families, churches and community
organizations, the Family Style Soul Food Diabetes Cookbook also shows
how to prepare the traditional soul food favorites, but in a new,
exciting and healthy way.”
Today’s African
Americans have new health concerns not shared by their ancestors. With
3.2 million Africans Americans suffering from medical conditions such
as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and obesity and children
showing risks of diabetes at a younger age due to excessive amounts of
high-fat and high-sugar foods, “it has become apparent to us that there
is a need to evaluate the nutritional content of soul food and to find
exciting ways to improve its nutritional value while maintaining
culture and tradition,” say the cookbook authors.
Using the “New
Soul Food Way” detailed in “The Family Style Soul Food Diabetes
Cookbook”, the authors show how a few simple ingredient substitutions
or changes will not alter the flavorful, robust taste of many soul food
favorites and make them healthier at the same time. For example, they
suggest using sugar-free jams and jellies in place of butter, jam or
cane syrup commonly served with biscuits; grilling or smoking catfish
instead of dredging it in seasoned corn bread and frying; and using
low-sodium bouillon or smoked turkey necks in place of meat to prepare
fatback, ham hocks and hog maws. (See attached for sample recipes.)
“The Family Style Soul Food Diabetes Cookbook” also offers other basic hints for modifying one’s diet such as:
• Using the Soul Food Pyramid to know what and how much to eat.
• How smart
shopping, such as walking along the perimeter of the store where the
healthier, fresher foods are stored before heading down the aisles,
leads to healthy eating.
• How to get the most from reading food labels by distinguishing the difference between a portion and serving size.
• How keeping a food diary can help you better understand your eating style.
• How to introduce exercise at home, work and play to increase energy and stop weight gain.
• Customized
soul food recipes for kids to enable parents the ability to prepare
fun, healthy and quick meals kids will enjoy.
With healthy
recipes that are family-friendly, easy on the budget, and simply
delicious, “The Family Style Soul Food Diabetes Cookbook” is a
must-have for families seeking traditional African American cuisine but
wanting to ensure a healthier lifestyle for many generations to come.
“The Family Style
Soul Food Diabetes Cookbook”
by Fabiola Demps Gaines, Roniece A. Weaver, Rojean L. Williams, Shawn Fralin
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Publication Date: December 2006
Price: $16.95 US//trade paperback
Pages: 238 + index
ISBN: 978-1-58040-239-2
