Somersize Desserts

This Way of Eating Saved my life.. I just found out I'm a type II Diabetic and thought my party was over... Then I found Suzanne's Somersizing Plan and my blood suger dropped over 50 points in one week! Suzanne is presenting not just a diet book.. She's setting an example of a wonderful lifestyle.. Imagine getting up in the morning and preparing a delicious Eggs Benedict using a grilled Portobello Mushroom instead of english muffin.. Add some Bacon sprinkles ( I like turkey bacon ) and you have a gourmet start to your day.. head out for a trip to the farmers market where you can walk out in the warm sunshine and choose more wonderful goodies to bring home to prepare lunch.. how about a BLT in Crunchy Iceburg Lettuce instead of bread.. then a organic Steak and mashed Celery root instead of mashed potatoes.. last but not least.. end your meal with a fabulous desert made with somersweet and you're not only keeping your blood sugar low.. you're loosing that spare tire as well.. Now. if that's not a party.. I don't know what is.. You've got to try this.. My one request is for the Food Network to invite Suzanne to have her own show! Talk about inspiration..

I've tried most of the desserts in this book and none were dissappointing.

You do not have to use Somersweet for these desserts, they work well without it, but Somersweet IS A GOOD THING! I've used it well, and everyone else has enjoyed the desserts I've made, too. I love the ones I've tried, the cappuccino cheesecake, the lemon-scented ricotta (works great with lime, I always add more, though), the lemon zablagione. . .this is a really good dessert book.

Somers' diet plan is very much in keeping with all the various low-carb and sugar-free programs out there such as the Zone, Protein Power, Atkins and Sugarbusters. I myself follow Atkins and very much enjoy sweets, so this dessert cookbook is a happy find for me. The recipes in this book are almost gourmet, calling for fancy, often expensive ingredients and special cooking pans, but the recipes are all relatively simple, without a huge list of ingredients or elaborate preparation requirements, and the results are extremely tasty. Examples of the recipes include: decaf coffee granta, creme brulee, orange souffle, raspberry sorbet, New York-style cheesecake, caramel cheesecake, steamed chocolate pudding. All of the recipes call for Somers' expensive new sweetener, Somersweet, which is sold on her website. However, since her cookbook indicates substitutions for it, you don't have to use it. She doesn't list Splenda as a substitute for Somersweet, but it works well in recipes like pudding, sorbet and cheesecake. (I don't recommend it in cakes and cookies--they get really dry.) In addition to the excellent contents, this 75-page book is gorgeous, with beautiful photos, glossy paper and a lovely layout design. As such, it would make a great gift.

I have been yo-yoing on low fat diets for years. I just recently been daring enough to try the Somersize from Eat, Cheat and Melt Away Fat and read it cover to cover. I immediately bought the other two in the series for the great recipes and picked up the desserts one as well (my downfall). I've not had a chance to try any yet but am planning on it this weekend. But as my experience with Somersize recipes, they are terrific. I can't wait to try the many variations of the cheesecakes as well as the chocolate cake with butter cream that is almost level 1. I'm so excited. I've only been following Somersize for a week or so and I don't feel like I have to cheat since I can have all these incredible deserts. Try it out, you won't be dissapointed.