ISO Cookbook with higher fiber recipes

[little_bopeep]

My doc recommends that I add more fiber to my and my family's diets, and I figured that this would be the place to start. Does anyone have a fav cookbook that deals with higher fiber recipes?

[memartha]

Susan,

We're trying to add more fiber as well, so I'll be interested to see what people recommend.

In the meantime, I've been trying to use the list of foods the doctor gave us and keep an eye out for recipes that use those foods (oats, fruit, whole grains, bran.... can't remember the rest!).

[eas11]

not a cookbook, but HERE'S (http://www.mealsforyou.com/cgi-bin/recipeCategory?category.fiberDietary+orderBy.fiber Dietary_o+dir.DESC+loHi.high) a link to a bunch of high fiber recipes. I think many recipe sites have high fiber catagories.
Any legume cookbook will be higher fiber. Hope you like beans :D

[Alleycat]

I don't have a cookbook recommendation either, but wanted to suggest tweaking recipes you already have by making substitutions.

We only eat whole wheat pasta and brown rice now. I check fiber counts for the highest fiber products.

Thomas 100% Whole Wheat bagels have 10 grams per bagel. The mini bagels offer 4 grams.

I eat a bowl of Fiber One every night. 1/2 cup has 14 grams of fiber. I mix it with a different cereal, as the Fiber One doesn't have much flavor. Tossing in some Kashi Go Lean or Kashi Good Friends gives me about 20 grams of fiber in one bowl!!

[blazedog]

I'm with the other poster -- you don't need a cookbook to start as the best way is to incorporate whole grains and more veggies and fruit into your diet.

I almost never use anything but brown rice, whole wheat pasta, whole wheat couscous as a grain.

I always up the ratio of veggies to meat in stir fries for example and try to have cooked veggies around as a convenient snack -- caponata, home made veggie soup, ratatouille, roasted veggies etc. -- celery and carrot sticks get boring.

Beans are an amazing source of fiber - just do a search in CL for various kinds of beans and there is a ton of recipes. I bring lunch to work when possible so I often prepare a dish with beans or other high fiber source as my lunch meal (yes I do use Beano :p ). Some of the dishes from CL that I've prepared which work well for lunch

Chicken Salad with Beans
Garlicky Bean Stew with Red Peppers
Couscous with CHicken & Sauted Chopped Veggies (upped the veggies and used whole wheat couscous).

[bobmark226]

Jane Brody's GOOD FOOD BOOK, something for a bible for me as well as several others here. The massive introductory section will tell you everything about fiber you need to know, followed by tons of good recipes, many of which I've made year after year after year.

The book is somewhat dated, but it did an super job of getting me hooked on grains like bulgur and barley, etc., which I knew little or nothing about, long before the rest of the world caught up to whole grains and fiber. There should be a ton of cheap used copies available at amazon.com.

The follow-up, GOOD FOOD GOURMET, is also excellent, but I recommend beginning at the beginning.

Bob

[cangoss]

"The New American Plate" is really good for adding vegetables and whole grains to your diet.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0520242343/qid=1128967018/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9877139-4513400?v=glance&s=books&n=507846