This book is terrific. I am cooking for a diabetic so we are on low carbs as a way of life. This book really opened up our variety. I found most dinner recipes to be very flexible and give me a great base on which to work from. I do make modifications at times to adhere to even lower carbs necessary for a diabetic trying to control blood sugar.I have had not trouble finding ingredients even way down here in Cornwall. Since dessert, cake and cookie recipes are not an option, neither is strict measurement but the book is not metric which I prefer.
Use this as an inspiration if you are committed to cooking low carb.;
[Rating: 4 Stars]
I thought this book would give me plenty of ideas to break the monotony of my low carb diet. I was disappointed.
This book just doesn't work in the UK. There are too many ingredients I can't find or have never heard of. A lot of the measurements are in cups but I don't know what size cup to use. And the one thing I really wanted to try was the bread machine recipes but so many of the ingredients are impossible to find here that I haven't found a single one I can make.
If you're in the UK don't bother with this one.;
[Rating: 2 Stars]
The updated version for the UK market isn't as well updated as it could be, for example not all the "american" type foods have been updated to an UK version, and the odd receipe reads "1 cup of, chopped and boiled" Which is slightly frustrating..but I've only noticed this on two receipes.
In the main this is a good book with a wide variety of different foods, most of the unusual ingredients can be bought from well establish and well known health food stores, and the better supermarkets are stocking items like chocolate extract. However, I think the most value for UK low carbers is to use this book as a starting point for developing their own receipes based on ingredients they buy!
A good all round book, especially for newcomers to low carb.;
[Rating: 4 Stars]