Essential Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: 100 Low-Carb, Heart-Healthy Recipes for Lasting Weight Loss Kindle Edition

The bad: If you are cooking for one, and have a small-mid size fridge/freezer, be advised that you will want to be very careful about the week 1 (and I assume the week 2) shopping list(s).I bought what was on the list w/o checking the recipes first. And though I started eating keto on Monday morning, and it’s presently Wednesday night, I’m still eating food I made for Monday. And have a fridge over-stuffed with perishables that will probably rot before i get to making the meals for the rest of the week! Sorry, but there’s no room in my freezer to put all the extra food cooked for Monday.BTW, all these groceries were ~$350.00, and that’s because I already had most of the recommended pantry items, or they could have easily cost more. So buying all these perishables, in grand abundance, will have been an expensive mistake. And, this review is meant to save you from making the same mistake.I think the assumption the author has is you are cooking for two AND have a lot of freezer space (since some of the recipes are for 8 servings). It would have been nice if this was more explicitly stated at the front of the week 1 grocery list, along with a suggestion to halve the list if you were cooking for one. And/or a suggested dimension of free space necessary in a freezer.The good: The food! All of the recipes for Monday are actually pretty tasty. I was worried I didn’t like avocados enough to eat them so often, or that the food would taste too unctuous for my preferences (copious amounts of olive oil are used). But, so far, so yummy!I also made the marzipan fat bombs because I have a sweet tooth that needs to be satisfied. I was impressed with how outstandingly good they were, especially given how easy they are to make!I considered docking stars for the problematic grocery list(s), but the recipes are just too tasty to do that. However, I hope the author edits any future editions to help folks buy the right amount of food if they’d like to follow the week1 grocery list/meal plan.Now that I’ve learned the lesson the hard way, I’ll put together my own meal plans and grocery lists for these delicious recipes. So, overall, 5 stars because the recipes are surprisingly good.PS. 10 days later I’m still cooking from that first grocery run. And, yes, I had to throw some produce away (even after giving some away). But, I’m happy there are a number of larger recipes that, for me, will serve as ‘make-ahead’ recipes. I just finished preparing the vegetable tagine and it’s another tasty dish. I’m freezing half and the other half will be my veggies through the week.

I have reviewed a lot of KETO BOOKS and this is the best one I have found yet. It has reliable information from a RD. The book has an index which makes it a good reference book. The recipes are tasty and reasonable. It also has features of the Mediterranean diet making it very heart healthy.

I wanted to like the meal plans each week and use the shopping list BUT my daughter isn’t into a few of the meals so I have to figure out which ingredients to remove from the list by checking out each recipe page. No big deal though. We made the Mediterranean frittata and manchego crackers and both were pretty decent for us newbies. The artichokes were a little much lol.

Every one of these recipes is the perfect blend of Keto and Mediterranean Diets. I have about 50 Keto cookbooks and this is by far the best one i have. Good thing i got the spiral edition!

Most recipes were too high in calories for my low cal diet plan.The other thing is, I calorie checked ONE recipe but the calories were off by 100! Maybe that was a fluke - I don’t know, but I don’t want to spend time tracking down every ingredient to double check.The book looks well laid out and the recipes DO look delicious, just doesn’t fit my needs.

I have only been using this for one day and I have noticed two things. Firstly, my pants were slightly loose and second, I did not crave tons of sugar {or I would have snuck a cookie or two from my husbands co-worker snacks). My husband usually buys at least 3 bags of chips, cookies, chocolate covered whatever, and several pints of ice cream when he goes shopping. I do most of the shopping and cooking (which is why I only ask him to go if I am desperate or need something small). I also have to make him at least five extra servings a day for him and sometimes adding pasta or a sandwich is just easy. I was also making a smoothie in the morning for both of us with all of the fruits that are high in sugar and would crave chocolate or something sugary before lunch. I would then have maybe beans or store bought salad dressing with a tortilla with lettuce and be starving before dinner. I was making smoothies with apples, carrots, etc., all the veggies that have tons of sugar, so this book makes sense. There are sugars hidden in everything and it does not have to say sugar. I also noticed soy oil was the first ingredients in the store bought dressings and when i start eating them, I crave more sugar. Let me start by saying I have purchased and read over 15 books by mostly doctors who do not receive dietary training in medical school and they never could explain easily why the body should not consume soy oil and these books always had limited recipes. I also love the formula for the zone/meditteranean diet which I don't remember reading in other books. I know this is too early to tell and it could be the glucose molecules splitting from the water explaining the loose fitting pants, but when i tried the zone diet a few years ago, i noticed a reduction in weight. I will provide an update later.

Looking over this new purchase on kindle there are very few recopes I would not want to make. I'm sure I'll use this several times each week as I embark on my keto mediterranean diet. Excellent, excellent book!

Healthy and easy recipes

Found it complex and slightly elitist, not really recipes you can put together after a long day at work or unless you regularly shop at Waitrose. Not for me I’m afraid, wish I’d returned to be honest.

Good recipes but non clear pictures that are black and white. Shame

I love photos, so I was disappointed that there were none.However, the recipes look amazing and definitely Mediterranean palate. I’m accustomed to foreign cuisine, so I was impressed with these recipes. Lots of combinations that I would never have thought of or even known about.Very glad I purchased this book. Fantastic book to add to my arsenal when trying to think of what to eat.

Only a few photos. I prefer pics when I’m cooking.