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Where do you find your low carb recipes ?

Celeriac

Celeriac

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There was an article in the Guardian recently, which said that although people buy cookbooks in ever increasing numbers, they tend to use recipes off the Internet. Now that may be fine for people eating low fat, but when I look at recipes on supermarket websites, for example, not many are low carb.

One of the things that I find really useful, is Kindle Unlimited. For 7.99 a month, I can access thousands of recipe books on Amazon, including low carb, paleo and those for diabetics. Even if I only get one recipe per book, I'm saving ££ on cookbooks.

I wondered where you get your recipes from ? Did you go through your cookbooks as I did and mark anything low carb ? Did you go out and buy new low carb cookbooks ? Have you used many of the recipes on this website ?
 
Most of my recipies are just adaptations of what I used to make and ideas from here ,e.g. I use celeriac and swede instead of potatoes for roasties ,use celeriac or courgette for pasta
CAROL
 
I have a few low carb diet books (Atkins, South Beach diet, Dukan, etc) and they all come with recipes and menus (plenty enough to keep me entertained for years).

I only have bought a low carb recipe book in my live, I took a few principles from it, like keep changing toppings on meat for example, flavoring butters, and dips for vegs, and varying seasoning, I believe in the power of seasoning as it adds variety with very little additional carbs (or fat for that matter if someone is concerned with their fat intake or calories).

Both my husband I enjoy cooking (and eating needless to say) when we have time and a proper kitchen (two things we don't have at the mo) so we have tons of cooking books. I find that all of them have recipes that are low carb or things that can be adapted to low carb. It isn't difficult at all. But I enjoy just reading them and looking at ideas so I can remind myself of adding variety when needed.

In the past I used to experiment more with baking, and cooking elaborate meals and treats. I don't do that anymore as one can overeat treats even when they are low carb. But found lots of very nice ones.

Bloggers in general are good at free recipes, and there are tons of low carb, paleo and atkins bloggers, you tube has also lots of videos.

I like vegan and vegetarian bloggers because they tend to be more creative with salads, I just skip the ingredients that are no no for me.

I don't see the point of buying any low carb diet book... nowadays I stick to fast, easy and simple... boring I guess for some but it keeps me accountable and I don't have to be calculating anything, I know what to eat that works for me and stick to that.
 
Pinterest! It's full of keto and LCHF recipes. I often just google for low carb recipes I have in mind (for example "stuffed peppers low carb").

Edit: BTW, I stopped buying cookbooks, even though they look nice, some years ago when I realised that I always googled for recipes anyway! Since then I decluttered most of the ones I had.
 
I also adapt existing recipes, but many of my meals are still the same as I used to eat (and my husband still eats!) but minus any carby stuff for me, with maybe celeriac chips courgettes, or cauliflower instead.

I've used a few low carb baking recipes from the forum and the web to start to start with, and now use my own variations of these.

Robbity
 
I have a few low carb recipe books.
Paleo Cooking from Elana's Pantry
Against all Grain, Danielle Walker.
Primal Cravings, Keatley
Downloaded some recipes from ibreatheimhungry.com
Fermented Vegetables, Shockey
Smoothies for Diabetics, Don Orwell (Some are questionable in content for spiking)

The only flour I use is Almond, Coconut and Flax meal. Some recipes use Tapioca flour, I bought some - it soon went in the bin :D to thicken gravy etc I use Arrowroot. Sweetener - natural SweetLeaf stevia drops in baking and I clarify butter for cooking (Ghee)

The best food related book I own is The Worlds Healthiest Foods, George Mateljan. This book gives you the nutrient values of food, incl carb content which is worth its weight in gold. He has a web site where the information is also available.

I have a host of recipe books pre-diabetes and hack them to accommodate my new lifestyle. example: Jamie Oliver has a great Mountain Meat Ball recipe http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/beef-recipes/mountain-meatballs/#y146l0qHD5XGI8MT.97 I swap the breadcrumbs for Flax seed and the molasses for 3 x tablespoons of honey, the recipe is for 8 people so the honey spike is not so aggressive.

Happy Baking :)
 
Pinterest for me too!!

I tend to also google when I fancy anything low carb.

I have a couple Prue Leith books and a
war time recipe book but that is basically it.. Every book I have bought has gone.. Boy in my 52 years I've had a few!!
 
I don't own any low carb cookery books. If I fancy something, I just Google, "low car x, y or z", or just adapt a "normal" recipe.
 
I like to look at the foodgawker site for ideas. It is a good way of shopping with your eyes and finding recipe blogs that are maybe less prominent on the google rankings.
 
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