A solid, revamped low-carb offering for folks seeking variety in their under 50g of carbs a day diet.

Did I love this book? Unfortunately, no. I wanted to - being an avid keto (low carb, high fat) person. I could tell they wrote it at the 'forefront' of low-carb living, and perhaps that was the biggest turn off. I didn't feel anything fresh, or new, from this cookbook.

As well, no photos. Boo...

In the author's defense, I found the introduction and explanations thorough and full of personality. Having a conversation with your readers about using microwaves, and to cook using the top of the stove if you'd prefer (and not to send hate mail about it), rung true. In my former life, I wrote for About.com / The New York Times, and I'd get these kinds of conversational complaints, often.

Can I recommend this book? Definitely, if you're new to low-carb eating and don't have a cookbook dedicated to the art, yet. But for those of us eating low-carb as long as the author (23 years in their case), this is probably a pass.

If I were a librarian, I'd add this to my collection if I didn't already have the original.

The New 500 Low-Carb Recipes cookbook has a wonderful selection of recipes. The layout is a letdown as it’s a bit messy. Overall the book is a good one.

I think this recipe book is just what I need in my life! There are so many recipes I’m looking forward to trying! I also love that they included some alcoholic beverages. I’ll be waiting to gift this book to my healthy friends!

I wasn't able to read it because I have to use a kindle to download my books so I couldn't open the acsm file... I have finally learned to not download books that cannot just be sent to my kindle. I wish I could have read it via hard copy but maybe I will find it in a book store eventually!

I have spent the last two years living a ketogenic lifestyle off and on. When I am off I still try to do low carb meals for the most part. What I love about "The New 500 Low-Carb Recipes" is that I could utilize a good majority of the recipes will doing my keto thing. I was impressed with the wide variety of food options available in the book. I especially was impressed with the extensive amount of salad recipes because salads can tend to get boring but are so good for you, so it is nice to be able to vary things when you can. I also really enjoyed the dessert section and saw several things I would love to eat. I think this would be a great book for someone who is new to a low carb lifestyle or who doesn't want to have several cookbooks because there are so many recipes in here I think that you could have this one cookbook and not get bored. I recommend "The New 500 Low-Carb Recipes" to anyone who partakes in a low carb lifestyle or would like to move into healthier eating habits.

This book is packed full of recipes! I have only tried a few, but just from those, I am excited to try out more! The recipes were easy to follow with ingredients that I had. As I am still in college and cooking only for myself, these recipes did not leave me with so much food that I had to eat, they made just the right amount of leftovers. I also really appreciate that each recipe has a servings yielded and has nutrition facts. This makes counting calories so convenient. (This is probably the feature that I first look for in cookbooks!)
The one thing I wish this book had more of is pictures. Just a person preference of being able to see what the end produce should look like once I make it.
Overall this is a great recipe book that is easy to follow and has recipes that are simple with easy to find ingredients.

This has some new and different recipes that I’m looking forward to trying. Although more low-carb than keto, which I follow to combat my migraines, there are still plenty of options in here!

I really enjoy how the beginning of the cookbook and how it goes over the ingredients you need to be familiar with as well as what you should use and avoid. I'm excited to try these recipes.

I enjoyed reading this cookbook! I had gestational diabetes last pregnancy and love to increase my low carb recipes since there is a good chance I will have it with any other pregnancies.

There were a number of recipes in here that sounded good, however, there were no pictures so nothing was too enticing. I really don't care for cookbooks without pictures. I'm sure this book would have been fantastic with pictures. There were diverse recipe choices as well as nutritional facts, which was a huge plus. Each recipe identifies whether it is kept and if it is gluten, grain and/or dairy free. Seriously, pictures of any kind would have bumped it to 4 stars and for all or most recipes it would have been a 5.

For those of us who are watching carbs and even for those of us who aren't this is an outstanding cookbook. After a few lengthy, but helpful introductory chapters, Carpender gets down to business. The chapters are divided similarly to most cookbooks, by type of ingredients/course. Here, though, the emphasis is on main dishes. I liked that because this seems to be a big sticking point in many cookbooks these days.

The recipes look tasty and easy to cook.

Helpfully there is nutrition info for every recipe plus icons at the top to let you know the recipes that fit if you have various allergies or dietary restrictions.

I do have one small quibble, I'm unhappy that so many of the recipes that don't need to be sweet have a bit of sweetener added. But that's my taste. If it's yours swell, I think often this can be left out.

This is an excellent, well laid out cookbook from appetizers to desserts and everything in between. Too many carbs make me feel unwell, and while I’m not following any specific diet, I will gladly include some of these in my meal planning from now on.

My only complaint, as others have stated.... no photos!

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and publisher for an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Easy to follow recipes that actually turn out as good as they look. I found myself utilizing this book more than once when planning menus for the week.

Low-carb cooking has evolved. A decade ago, low-carb menus relied on ingredients like artificial sweeteners, unhealthy vegetable oils, protein additives, and processed foods from grocery store shelves, like low-carb branded snack bars and packaged meals.

Today’s low-carb cooking is influenced by larger food movements, such as clean eating; farm-to-table ingredients; higher fat ratios, thanks to the popularity of ketogenic diets; and less stigmatization of foods that have substantial inclusion in a low-carb diet, namely animal foods and saturated fat due to the growth of the Paleo and traditional foods movements.

This book came out at a great time, with the keto diet becoming as popular and trendy as it is today. There are an ample amount of keto recipes in this book that are easy to follow. I've been curious about the keto diet but didn't know what kind of food to cook and look for, now that I have this one I'll be able to make all kinds of different meals to start this diet.

Thanks to #NetGalley for this ARC of #TheNew500LowCarbRecipes
Pub Date: 08 Jan 2019

I missed the photos, they could have made a good book of recipes in a superb one, but ok. Easy ingredients and explanations are supposed to be enough, even for me.

Mi mancano le foto, che avrebbero trasformato questo da un buon libro di ricette ad un superbo libro di cucina, ma ok, mi devo accontentare di ingredienti facili e spiegazioni comprensibili....

THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!