Keto Simple: Over 100 Delicious Low-Carb Meals That Are Easy on Time, Budget, and Effort (Volume 14) (Keto for Your Life, 14)

My 5-star review comes with one caveat: these recipes are “simple” if you’re already a pretty good cook in general and a good keto cook in particular. I have several of this author’s other cookbooks, and they are all chock-full of recipes that will convince you the keto diet is not solely bunless cheeseburgers and piles of bacon. (Not that there’d be anything wrong with that, hehheh.) There’s plenty of room for a wide array of colorful vegetables as main dishes or sides, and in salads. Just flipping through can give you some good ideas for flavor combinations to try or different kinds of seasonings to use if even if you don’t actually follow the recipes to the letter.I like that this book is mostly “real food” – savory things for meals, rather than half the book being keto desserts and snacks/finger foods. Being that this is not really for newbies (in my opinion), there are only a few pages dedicated to explaining the keto diet in general, what to eat, what to avoid, etc. This is nice because when you see the book, you’ll know it’s mostly recipes without a lot of unnecessary fluff and information for people who already know how to navigate keto cooking. Another plus is that the author usually suggests substitutions for ingredients to make recipes dairy-free, nut-free, etc., and there’s also an easy-to-follow-guide with icons for every recipe indicating whether the recipe is free of eggs, nuts, dairy, nightshade vegetables, or is suitable for vegetarians.My caveat about these being “simple” recipes: if you’re a beginner cook, some of these recipes might be a little intimidating, and if you’re new to keto, you’ll likely be shopping for ingredients that you’re not accustomed to using, such as coconut butter, almond flour, and sugar substitutes like erythritol. And some recipes have several steps…they’re not all quick & easy. BUT: the section on dinners made on sheet pans or baking trays is dynamite: one pan, meat, vegetables, and seasonings all together, cooked at one time, and your meal is ready. *These* are definitely simple, and once you see how easy this technique is, you can apply it to all kinds of combinations of whatever meats & vegetables you like. *This* is the kind of truly simple keto cooking I encourage my clients to use.The only other issue I have with the book is that the author emphasizes grass-fed meats, wild-caught seafood, pastured pork, fats from grass-fed & pastured animals, etc. I work at a local farm and absolutely support buying this kind of food for those who can afford it. But the reality is, for people on a budget, those foods are not within financial reach. You can be totally successful on a ketogenic diet without sticking solely to this kind of top-quality food. Buying food from your regular grocery store will get you where you want to go. The single most important thing is keeping the total carbohydrates low.I’ll end on a positive note: *All* of Martina’s cookbooks are beautiful. The photographs practically make your moth water, and something I love about all her books is how diverse the recipes are. If you want to broaden your keto culinary horizons beyond zucchini noodles with meatballs, her books have recipes for Mexican dishes, Greek, Indian, Asian, Eastern European, and more. (Often these flavors are just a matter of changing the herbs & spices you use.) And like I said above, if you’re not into a meat-heavy diet, she features some nice vegetable recipes and some really gorgeous looking salads.

Martina Slajerova is an artist and a teacher - she creates simple and creative dishes which are a delight to prepare and a delight to eat. She is also one of the most generous folks out there - offering so much insight and information and advice to the world about Keto ideas and options on her social media platforms. The food stains on my copy of her book are testimony to the regular use I get out of it.

Following a very recent diagnosis of breast cancer, I have recommitted my life to following a keto lifestyle. I was searching for a way to cook clean, low-carb food for my partner and and I, and there are tons of cookbooks out there. I however, need to keep it simple right now and I was delighted to find Martina had published a book for exactly that.Recipes are clearly written and very simple to follow. I love the photography too. She included icons that identify recipes high in electrolytes, vegetarian, nightshade-free, etc. as well as those tagged with “optional ingredients”, and easy substitutions. The whole book is well organized, and I appreciate that recipes often include multiple ways to make the same dish! It’s like a bonus recipe! I can recommend all of Martina’s books, and I’m excited to start cooking these simple dishes.

This cookbook is great because it isn't full of heavy, greasy, meat and cheese filled recipes. So far I've only tried her entrees but they are very well balanced. I think the Shepherd's pie is my favorite. I took away 1 star because the taco meat pie recipe is problematic. It produces double the meat and half the dough necessary to make 8 pies which ended up being a little wasteful. Also the sheet pan porkchops came out very dry. The font is pretty small, which makes it easy to overlook certain details - even when you already looked over the recipe once or twice. Other than that the food is delicious and my husband prefers these dishes to anything in my other keto cookbooks. It just doesn't feel like diet food. Update: I would wholeheartedly recommend deciding when lamb/pork chops and the pork loin is done based on a food thermometer. The meat will be much less dry that way. I don't believe she tested these recipes well enough to to be near perfect but there is certainly a basis in good cooking. I went off keto for personal reasons but I still use the recipes in this book because my husband and I both like the food. I can't say that for the other keto cookbooks I own.

I own many other keto cookbooks that I like but this is the only one I actually use. I'm just too busy to think about every meal and there are plenty of recipes I can just cook from the ingredients I have in my fridge. I often find other cookbooks to be heavy in cream, cheese or bacon. Not that it's wrong to eat them but too much of these and the pounds will pile up like they did in my case. I just feel awesome eating like this!The other thing I like is that I only cook for myself and many recipes like the breakfast bowls make 1 or two servings but if I need more I can just scale them up. I love the lunch box recipes. The fish cakes are amazing and the taco meat pies are unbelievable. My colleagues thought I was kidding when I said they were keto!There are a few desserts too. I've made the Giant Truffles two way the other day and I can honestly say it was the most delicious keto dessert I've had so far. So satisfying and really yummy.

Some recipes were too complicated for beginning cooks, Some were very good. Some not so much. Font was too small and difficult to read. Received this book through NetGalley.

This is not an ordinary cookbook with just recipes in it. Rather, the author explains in detail what the Keto diet is all about. The do's, the don'ts, and great suggestions are given at the beginning of this cookbook. What's also really nice is each recipe is equipped with icons such as: dairy-free, or vegetarian, etc. There are beautiful pictures of the recipes, and the directions are easy to follow. The added Bonus is that the meals are DELICIOUS!

he probado varias recetas...Me falta el toque mediterráneo...Le di unas semanas para probarlo, en cada comida y cena y acabé adaptándolo a la comida que tenia por casa, creando nuevas recetas.No hay nada nuevo que no puedas encontrar por la Red.

Martina smashes it out of the park again! Having followed a keto diet for many years I thought I knew all there was to know about creating great keto recipes but Martina's new Keto Simple cook book has taught me many new things.I'm inspired with every page turn. Simple, effortless, delicious tasting recipes that help me stay on track with my keto lifestyle.The Chicken Satay and Slaw Tray Bake and No-Tella Breakfast Smoothie... OMG must makes.

I bought this recipe book and could immediately use it for a quick dinner that same evening with ingredients I had in my fridge and it was delicious. All the recipes are really simple, yummy and easy to make. Will be using this recipe book for a long time! Keto eating at it's best.

I was expecting better no picture recipe is so so ok

Love this book!! I have several books by the same author and this one didn’t disappoint in any way. I have made many of the recipes and they’ve all gone down well with my family.