I received a copy of this book from Netgalley for an honest review.

I read the author's other book "500 Ketogenic Recipes" and I thought that one was better. "The New 500 Low-Carb Recipes" has good things in it too but she omits a lot of the recipes I liked in the "500 Ketogenic Recipes".
Also, she still feels it is not necessary to include pictures in her cookbooks and still likes to lecture readers on dessert.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy from Fair Winds Press and Netgalley for my unbiased opinion of the book. I really loved this book!!! I loved the simple easy to follow recipes and all the helpful insights and the caloric breakdown for each recipe. I just wish there were more pictures. Anyone looking a good way to cut carbs in their diet this is the book to do it. I am cooking my way through this book and enjoying every minute of it!

Quite a comprehensive collection of low-carb recipes. The only negative comment I can make is that there were no photographs. Otherwise, all of the recipes looked delicious and full of flavor. There was a wide variety of recipes and certainly something to suit all tastes!

Thank you, Fair Winds Press and NetGalley!

You are looking at over 300 pages. With the font size, there are at least two recipes per page - so that can be good or bad depending on the reader. A varying mix of 2 to 5 steps and a few ingredients to a lot. Does give icons of whether it is keto, gluten free, grain free, and/or dairy-free, which can be helpful.

Some new recipes. A lot of old tried and trues. This would probably be super helpful for someone new to the low-carb scene. While there are a few new options, I'm not sure I would recommend it to someone who has been doing this type of diet for a while.

Just as advertised, this book offers new and delicious recipes for those like me who are on low-carb lifestyle plans. This helps you think of it as a lifestyle and not diet with the delicious recipes. I also loved the gorgeous pictures that make your mouth water and have you hurrying to find the ingredients. This is a must have addition to a low-carb kitchen.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for the opportunity to review.

I've been wanting to try low carb recipes for awhile but just haven't started this book has helped with so many ideas of what to cook. Watching my carbs may be easier than I think with these great recipes.

This would be my favorite cookbook even if I wasn’t trying to watch carbs!

I love the recipes in this book. They contain only a few ingredients, many that are already kept at home.

It is easy to read. The beginning tells us why we should care about carbs and how not to be taken in by “low carb” labels. Then it is simply jam-packed with great recipes to try. The author suggests trying at least one new recipe per week but it is easy to have more variety with the vast array of recipes contained here.

It also shows keto, grain-free, gluten-free, and dairy-free symbols on every recipe so that you never have to guess if your family or friends are able to eat it.

Don’t wait one more day. Go get this recipe book now. It could save your life.



I received an ARC from Quarto Publishing through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. That in no way affects my opinion or rating of this book.

Especially the recipes with bread were the ones I was interested. This section did not disappoint. So many interesting and varied recipes for low carb bread, waffles and pancakes!

To be honest, the recipes that would normally contain a lot of carbs were the ones I was looking forward to, since they are hardest to alter. Making a salad, or broiling some chicken is easy, but low carb waffles that actually taste good that's like magic.

Lots of interesting recipes, easy to find dairy free or gluten free recipes thanks to pictographs. I might not have needed all of the salad recipes, but other people might find those helpful.

An excellent, well set out and beautifully illustrated cookbook. It offers exactly what it says on the cover. Everything looks amazing and there’s some good explanation about the effects of Low-Carbing on your health.
Highly recommend.
I was given an ARC by NetGalley, all opinions are my own.

An excellent and useful guide that will help me adapt my father’s diet to help reduce carbs and help with his COPD symptoms. It's well set out and explained clearly, I just would have liked a few photo graphs for some of the main meals.

So many people start a restricted diet then fail to maintain because they do not how to fit the diet into their lifestyle. They limit themselves to bland diets that feel restrictive so "treat" themselves right back into their old habits. This book gives you so many different types of recipes with clear guidance on how to make low carb your new lifestyle. For everyone who wants to make the change and stick with it...this is the book for you.
My husband's doctor told him a low carb diet would benefit his health. My husband's idea of low carb is...eat no bread. When he read this book and saw the changes he could make that would let him live longer and better, he was impressed too. So, if you are the cook, consider letting everyone you cook for pick some recipes to try and see the difference it can make. With 500 choices, everyone will find something they like.

Great variety of recipes in this book. There has to be something for everyone. I can’t wait to try them out as part of my new low carb lifestyle.

This cookbook is amazing and by far one of the best cookbooks I've read! I really loved the that it has a whole section dedicated to eggs. My husband and daughter could live off of boring bland scrambled eggs, which drives me insane. With these recipes I can now make egg dishes that I can enjoy also.

My only disappointment is that there weren't any pictures. I enjoy having a picture to look at so I can judge if I've cooked a recipe correctly. Nonetheless, there are so many recipes that it does help make up for the lack of photos.

A lovely, brightly coloured and inviting cover is a tempting start for this book of 500 low carb recipes. There is a good introduction and then fourteen chapters. Chapter one is 'Ingredients you need to know about' which explains the main ingredients of a low carb diet and alternatives. The remaining thirteen chapters are all recipes ranging from 'Hors D'oeuvres, Snacks and Party Nibbles' all the way through to 'Cookies, Cakes and Other Sweets'. It is a vast array of recipes and all have icons for keto, gluten-free, grain-free and dairy-free where appropriate. Each recipe has a Yield section listing the number of servings as well as calories, fat, protein, carbs, dietary fibre and net carbs. I wish there were photos of the completed recipes as this would make it so much more attractive. Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for an ARC.

Being new to the low carb attempt, in our family we love our carbs, I was grateful to get a copy of this book. I have tried a few recipes so far and I was really surprised at how satisfying they were.
I am definitely looking forward to trying more with my family!
I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book provided by NetGalley.

This is a real treasure trove of recipes. I'll admit, I was skeptical at first and expected a lot of filler (excuse the pun) recipes to bump up the numbers, but there are so many good suggestions to choose from in here. I don't particularly follow a low-carb diet myself, and I've seen other low carb recipe books that ask for lots of weird and wonderful ingredients, which are quite off putting. This book mainly uses fairly regular ingredients, but where it does call for something a bit specialised there are usually multiple recipes you can use it for. My only grumble about this book - about any recipe book missing this element - is that there are no images. A book about food needs full colour, mouth watering pictures to help inspire your next dinner decision, and I really wish this book had that.

The author, Dana Carpenter, has written a very thorough book explaining the low-carb diet, ingredient usage, and nutritional analysis using Mastercook software. You will also find plenty of recipes that support the Low-Carb lifestyle. Some of the recipes include;

Wicked wings
Asparagus with Lemon Butter
Picnic Chicken
Scampi
Country Sausage Skillet Supper
Classic Egg Salad
Peanut Butter Cookies

Review written after downloading a galley from NetGalley.

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.