Low Carb Yum Simple Keto Meals For Beginners: 125+ Low Carb Recipes for Two or More

by Lisa Marcaurele

125+ keto-friendly recipes, made with simple ingredients, portioned for two, that can easily be made in 30 minutes or less, from the author of Low Carb Yum 5-Ingredient Keto, Lisa MarcAurele. 

Following a ketogenic diet doesn't have to be complicated with Low Carb Yum Simple Keto Meals for Beginners. This cookbook has more than 125 recipes for all meals of the day--breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and desserts--clearly labeled with macronutrient information, calorie counts, and dietary restrictions, making it easy to find a recipe to suit your needs and tastes. The book even includes a 14-day meal plan for anyone just starting out, and each recipe is portioned for two, to help prevent overindulging. Lisa MarcAurele has been following a keto diet and sharing recipes on her website Low Carb Yum for over a decade, so you can be sure to find experienced tips and tricks on how to best stick to the keto diet and what exactly you should be eating to keep yourself in a state of ketosis. MarcAurele draws on global cuisines for inspiration, to produce recipes that will not only help you stick to your health goals, but also taste delicious. 
 

• ISBN10: 0358572029
• ISBN13: 9780358572022
• Publish Date: 28 December 2021
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Imprint: HarperCollins
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.com.au/9780358572022

Reviews

[annieb123]

Low Carb Yum Simple Keto Meals for Beginners is a how-to keto guide with recipes by Lisa Marcaurele. Due out 28th Dec 2021 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on their Mariner imprint, it's 256 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.

The introduction covers the basics of the keto lifestyle/diet, including a basic primer on ketosis, macronutrients, tips, ingredients, tools, supplies, how-to figure nutritional needs and planning to achieve weight loss.

The following chapters include the recipes arranged roughly by category: breakfast, breads (!!!), appetizers & snacks, soups & salads, side dishes, beef, poultry, pork, seafood, meatless dishes, and desserts. The table of contents lists each recipe by name along with page location.

Ingredient measurements are supplied in American standard measurements only. The prep times, net carbs, servings, and tips and options are listed in well laid out sidebars. The ingredients are listed in a bullet list followed by step by step directions. Special categories (nut-free, paleo friendly, vegetarian, etc) are clearly marked on each recipe. Nutritional information is included in a text box at the end of each recipe and includes: calories, fat, saturated fat, sodium, carbs, fiber, sugar, protein, net carbs, and carbs, protein and fat by percentage weight.

The ingredients will be readily accessible for most readers and can be found at any well stocked grocery store. There are very few exceptions and those can be sourced online or at health food stores (xanthan gum, granular monkfruit sweetener, and a couple others). One thing I noticed is that the recipes tend to be heavy on animal proteins. There *are* vegetarian options, but they're not plentiful. Many of the dishes also seemed a bit high on the calorie count for a book which is ostensibly about keto diet in regards to weight loss.

Four stars. I really like (and use) this cookbook. One codicil, only roughly 20% of the recipes are accompanied by photographs. The dishes and serving suggestions which are pictured are attractive and appropriate, however.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes