***Thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review***

It's rare to have a cookbook that has so many recipes; I was shocked. There was a wide variety of meals that cater to everyone from the keto beginner with recipes feature household staples to the more experienced chef with recipes that require more difficult to find ingredients.

I always feel like I am going to run out of new things to try doing Keto but books like this one are constantly proving me wrong. There are a lot of staple meals for many of us ketoers- omelets, salads, burgers, sweet treats- and what I absolutely love about 500 Ketogenic Recipes is that there are countless variations on each of these staple meals allowing for variance instead of repetition for when we get tired of eating the same old thing. I know that many people on the Keto groups I am a member of on Facebook are worried that they can't have a drink every now and again and I absolutely love that there is a section on keto friendly alcoholic beverages so you can still have a drink! I even found a new strawberry tea recipe for my morning tea fix! 500 Ketogenic Recipes should be a book on every ketoers book shelf, so I recommend this book to anyone trying to follow a Keto lifestyle. These recipes will keep you busy for quite some time!

**This is a book with recipes for a particular type of diet (ketogenic diet: low-carb and high-fat). Even if Dana explains what keto is, I would strongly recommend getting familiar and researching first if you are not on this diet yet. This is about recipes, not about how to implement this type of diet into your lifestyle. Also, expect to encounter ingredients that you might be unfamiliar with.**

OMG, So many recipes and they all sound so delicious!. At first I was disappointed that it didn't include pictures. It is always nice to have some idea of how the recipes look on a plate, but I can forgive that because there was no need for eye candy to make me have food cravings.

The recipes are divided in categories, starting with snacks and then grain substitute recipes, egg recipes, salads and vinagrettes, hot side-dishes, poultry, fish and seafood, beef, pork and lamb, main dish salads, soups, sauces, condiments and seasonings, beverages and desserts. Most of them are very simple to prepare, it includes keto adaptations to many classic dishes and from her previous books. It includes recipes inspired from other parts of the world, specially Mexican food but you can also find Middle Eastern and Asian cuisine flavors.

Other good points:

It is a friendly book: Dana's commentary at the beginning of each recipe makes me think that I'm reading someone's food blog about their homemade recipes.

Good design: I liked how the ingredients and nutritional information are on the left and the recipe on the center and right, it reminds me of recipe cards and feels more organized.

Nutritional Information: each recipe includes amount of carbs, fat, %calories from fat, protein, dietary fiber and net carbs.

Great intro: as with previous books, Dana explains in detail most of the ingredients she uses; their different presentations, alternatives, brands, etc. Don't skip the first two chapters if you are a beginner, it is truly important to get to know and choose the right ingredients.

I got my eArc from Fair Winds Press via NetGalley

Love this book! There are so many great recipes in there. I have been on the Keto diet for just over a month and this has been very helpful!

A lot of great recipes! I loved trying out new dishes.

Loved this cookbook. Amazing variety, fairly easy to follow. Nutritional breakdown was very appreciated. I plan to purchase this for my own use.

As recipes books go for me, the most important things are fundamentally two: the easiest explanations and the pictures. This book has no photos inside, so for me is a big problem.

Per quanto riguarda i libri di ricette, le cose fondamentali per come la vedo io sono due: le spiegazioni che devono essere il piú semplici possibili ed il fatto che ogni ricetta debba avere la sua foto. In questo libro non ci sono foto, quindi per il me il problema é insormontabile.

THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE DRC!

Would have loved more pictures, but I am enjoying trying all the recipes. Most are simple and easy to do yet offer a lot of variety!

I was very impressed by this cookbook. Dana Carpender did a great job coming up with such a complete list of recipes in every category. There are so many that I can't wait to try! My only complaint is her use of soy sauce, which is not true Keto. But hey, with 500 recipes, it is easy to choose another recipe or substitute it!

Thanks to Netgalley for my copy.

This is a great book for newcomers like me to the Ketogenic way of eating. Easy to follow recipes that are not full of obscure and difficult ingredients. Delicious and simple recipes.

The book contains a great collections of recipes easy to do with low carbs. The recipes are original and diversified: from desserts & snacks to main course. Also, the author takes the time to explain a large list of food ingredients like artificial sweeteners or natural fats.

I really enjoyed reading this book by Dana Carpender. Her recipes are all down-to-earth, nothing too sophisticated but everyday recipes that any home cook can replicate easily. I love that every recipe is accompanied by a little anecdote. With that, I feel like Dana is talking directly to me and is passing her recipes to me in person. With all those recipes at hand, ketogenic cooking will never be boring. What is really interesting about her is that Dana is not jumping on a new fad diet, but has been writing about low-carb eating for years. She had figured out that keto works long before the keto diet became widely known. I can only recommend buying this cookbook.

A fabulous resource for keto recipes, there are so many to choose from. The recipes are laid out in an easy to follow format and there really is something for everyone in this book.

I apologize but I won't be reviewing this netgalley copy as I cannot open it on my device. I'm sorry to have bothered you. (I do plan on buying the book as it sounds so good!)

While there is a great variety of keto-friendly recipes there are no accompanying pictures. For patrons this will be an issue and they will likely pass this up for similar titles that include stunning food photography.