Healthy eating expert Ellen Haas's new book Diabetes Fit Food is a wonderful gift not only for diabetics, but for anyone trying to eat healthier. In its pages are over 200 recipes from America's top celebrity chefs including Alice Waters, Todd English Norman Van Aken, Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken, Lidia Bastianich and many more.

With such a pedigree, you might think the recipe would be difficult to prepare, but not so. All are simple and straightforward, using easy to find wholesome ingredients, simple techniques and a short amount of time to produce finished dishes that tastes as good as they are good for you.

Diabetes Fit Food offers the latest information on nutrition and diabetes, as well as shopping tips and the best uses for each food. Chapters are organized by their star ingredients, giving readers an "at-a-glance" list of healthiest foods to eat.

For anyone who ever thought eating a healthy diabetic diet would be boring, this book will shatter those notions. Haas and her contributors prove beyond a shadow of doubt that eating healthy can be creative, inspiring and, most of all, flavorful.

Chapters include:

Part I: Fit Foods for a healthy Lifestyle -- Eating Well for Health; Nutrition Basics.

Part II: Vegetables -- Broccoli, Cauliflower and Cabbage; Spinach and Leafy Green Vegetables; Asparagus and Flowering Green and Yellow Vegetables; Tomatoes, Peppers and Eggplants; Garlic, Onions and Muchrooms; Sweet Potatoes and Root Vegetables; Acorn and Other Winter Squashes.

Part III: Fruit -- Pears, Apples and Avocados; Peaches and Stone Fruit; Oranges and Citrus Fruit; Blueberries and Other Berries; Cantaloupes and Other Melons; Mangoes and Tropical Fruits.

Part IV: Grains, Beans, Nuts and Seeds -- Whole Wheat and Whole Grains; Brown and Other Types of Rice; Soy and Other Beans; Walnuts and Other Nuts and Seeds.

Part V: Poultry, Fish, Meat and Dairy -- Turkey and Poultry; Salmon and Seafood; Lean Beef and Other Meat; Yogurt, Dairy and Eggs.

Sample Recipes:
See the Related Recipes section below for free sample diabetic friendly recipes from this book.