1,001 Low-Carb Recipes: Hundreds of Delicious Recipes from Dinner to Dessert That Let You Live Your Low-Carb Lifestyle and Never Look Back

As someone attempting a ketogenic diet, my first time around I quickly grew bored with a diet of meat, cheese, eggs and more eggs, so I searched Amazon for low-carb cookbooks and decided on this one. This is the only low-carb cookbook I own and I find it extremely comprehensive. There are no pictures in the cookbook, which I would normally find to be a drawback, but it didn't hinder or hamper my perusal of the book and subsequent cooking in the least. The descriptions are succinct and descriptive, the directions are clear and the ingredients are common, plus the discussion of low-carb ingredients at the start of the book is quite helpful for newbies. The cookbook has a variety of recipes with different carb counts, which works well since low-carbers often have different daily carb count goals. A huge bonus of this book is that I had a question about a recipe and I emailed the author and she wrote me right back! (I didn't want to use soy powder in a recipe, so she gave me an alternative.)As far as the book design itself goes, since it's so thick, the cookbook stays open without the need to put anything on it or use a holder. Anyone who uses cookbooks regularly knows how big of a deal this is, and I usually look for spiral bound cookbooks, but this one works just fine as a paperback.The only revision I'd make to this book is adding information on the fat in each recipe (each recipe has a listing of protein, fiber, carb and usable carb info). I'm trying to balance my fat and protein intake, and that would be super helpful so I don't have to make the calculations by hand. I think I understand why the author didn't include that info-Americans are all together too fat-phobic.In summary, this is probably the only cookbook I'm going to need for a long time-what a fantastic investment!

So many recipes and ideas to eat low carb and delicious meals. My doctor recommended it to me and I'm so glad I listened.

Actually I'd like to give this book 4.5 stars but that's not allowed in this review. We got this book on a recommendation from others on Amazon. I'm a fairly "plain joe" type of guy when it comes to food, but my wife needs a bit more zest in her food. It has some great recipes and since I'm doing all the cooking and I haven't cooked much other than plain baked chicken, scrambled eggs and bacon, or a straight roast with only salt and pepper, this book allows me to "spice up" the meats and other things so that our new way of eating isn't so "ho hum". It unfortunately does need a small bit of updating as food science progresses. Never-the-less it is a great help and the small negativity depends on what you think of some of the newer sweeteners that have had more research behind them since this book was written. One or two of the products suggested, we've been unable to locate, but I just "experiment" with other things. Over all this book is very good and I would recommend it to others working at the low carb style diets.

The one thing I missed the most when I switched to a low-carb diet was cooking exciting, fun meals. Almost every recipe I knew was loaded with carbs, and every cook book I owned didn't offer much better, so for a long time the fanciest I got when cooking was just switching up the seasonings on my meat for dinner. I saw there were Atkins brand cook books, so I bought those right away, but was pretty disappointed. The meals were bland, many of them called for ingredients I had to go WAY out of my way to make, like homemade bread, and overall lacked variety. Also worth mentioning is how they were chalk full of eyebrow raising nutritional information, like one that stated that studies have shown saturated fat actually "unclogs" arteries... yeah right! Missing cooking so bad, I decided to try out one more book before I gave up, and I'm glad I did. Out of all the cook books I own (over a couple dozen!) this has got to be my favorite.I've tried over a dozen of the recipes so far and having so much fun! There is such a large variety of meals to choose from that are well explained and easy to prepare. One week I'm making all kinds of Indian and Middle Eastern style foods, the next I'm making exciting salad dressings (like Orange Bacon Vinaigrette!) and soups from scratch (love the Swiss Broccoli), and this week I flambeed steak for the very first time! I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes to cook, but I can't recommend it enough to those who are on a low-carb diet as well! I'm so glad I can continue to lose weight without giving up my favorite hobby!

When I switched to low-carb eating a few years ago I learned a lot of substitutions, but the number of crazy ingredients in this book is off the charts. If you are determined to recreate your high-carb eating lifestyle no matter the effort, then this is the book for you. It has lots of recipes to replace the ones you have to give up when you go low-carb. (I find it interesting that she says in her intro that you should not be doing that, then she gives you all the tools you need to do it)That being said, there are also some good recipes in here with normal ingredients, you just have to sort through all the other ones to get them.I would say that this is a good cookbook for people who've been on low-carb eating for awhile and want to shake things up and expand their horizons. It's a little too intimidating for a newbie.If you are a newbie, I recommend George Stella's cookbooks. They have simpler ingredients and recipes.

Excellent recipes

It has no pictures and it is printed on cheap paper, but the recipes are amazing! Everything I have made from it tastes great and is low carb. Not to mention simple to put together. Spagetthi squash carbonara, a delicious shrimp and coconut casserole, slow cooker chicken thighs in coconut milk - if I had the book in front of me I would list even more. Recipes are easy, tasty, varied and low carb. If you have only one low carb cookbook on your shelf, make it this one!

Good book, but would have been better with pictures

Excellent recipes! Well worth it!

Great recipes and advise on how to swap out high carb for low carb options. It’s perfect for anyone looking to cut back on carbs.