"As lives get more hectic and schedules grow busier, people are looking for healthy, economical, easy, "comfort on the go" recipes. It's easy to see why the popularity of slow-cookers has skyrocketed in the past few years. Slow-cooker recipes are the perfect way to prepare delicious, home-cooked meals with less hassle and less time in the kitchen. Unfortunately, many of today's slow-cooker recipes are based on old methods that produce "stewed" results....

"For people with diabetes, especially the 15.8 million people in the United Sates on medication or insulin, eating a consistent amount of carbohydrates at every meal is an essential part of meal planning. Unfortunately, carb-counting requires either a lot of math or reliance on vague meal-planning tools like exchanges and servings that can confuse as much as they clarify. With Diabetes Carb Control Cookbook, best-selling author Nancy S. Hughes makes...