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Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group โ€“ Fair Winds Press for an early copy of Everyday Keto Baking by Erica Kerwien. This book is by the blogger at comfybelly.com. I am not keto and not really a baker, but I found many great recipes in this book. The introduction is very helpful, it provides detailed information on various sweeteners, flours, milks, and egg substitutes.

Some of my favorite recipes are:
- Cauliflower Pizza Crust
- Cheddar Biscuits
- Cinnamon Bun Muffins
- Chocolate Chip Favorites
- Crepes
- Cheesecake Brownies
- Cowboy Quiche
- Chicken Piccata
- Scallion Chicken Pancakes

All the recipes in this book were easy to follow, even for a non-baker, and turned out delicious. The detailed index was very helpful to find recipes by ingredients. Also, at the end of the book was a resource list to help you find ingredients, low carb sweeteners, and equipment. This was an excellent resource for keto-friendly baking recipes and lots of helpful information on keto-friendly ingredients.

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I'm always looking for good ๐Ÿ…š๐Ÿ…”๐Ÿ…ฃ๐Ÿ…ž cookbooks. ๐Ÿ— Especially ones that feature ะฒฮฑะบฮนะธg. ๐Ÿž Needless To Say when I saw this one up for โ‚ฒโฑคโ‚ณเธฟโ‚ด from NetGalley I knew I had to get my "๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ซ๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฎ" hands on it. ๐Ÿ‘

This 81 page ๐Ÿ…ฒ๐Ÿ…พ๐Ÿ…พ๐Ÿ…บ๐Ÿ…ฑ๐Ÿ…พ๐Ÿ…พ๐Ÿ…บ is broken up into the following ฤŒฤคฤ‚ะ ลคฤ”ล”ลš...GETTING STARTED WITH KETO BAKING, BREADS, BISCUITS, AND PIZZA, WAFFLES, PANCAKES, MUFFINS, AND DONUTS, CAKES AND CUPCAKES, BROWNIES, COOKIES, AND BARS, PIES AND TARTS, SOUPS AND SMOOTHIES, and SAVORY BITES AND MEALS. ๐Ÿด

It is a well laid out and ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  cookbook. ๐Ÿ‘ The recipes are easy to follow with a little extra bit of ๐Ÿ…˜๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…•๐Ÿ…ž๐Ÿ…ก๐Ÿ…œ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…ฃ๐Ÿ…˜๐Ÿ…ž๐Ÿ… before each one. ๐Ÿ™Œ The ingredients for each recipe should be ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ผ๐”‚ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ฏ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ญ for most people as well. ๐Ÿ›

Some ะŽว—ฯปฯปะŽ ล˜แบธฤŒฤฎฦคแบธลœ you will find inside are...
-- Parmesan-Thyme Popovers ๐Ÿฎ
-- Cauliflower Pizza Crust ๐Ÿ•
-- Everyday Flatbread ๐Ÿž
-- No-Corn Cornbread ๐Ÿšซ
-- Chocolate Zucchini Bread ๐Ÿซ
-- Fluffy Pancakes ๐Ÿฅž
-- Sandwich Rolls ๐Ÿž
-- Berry Yogurt Crรชpes ๐Ÿ“
-- Chocolate Layer Cake ๐Ÿฐ
-- Espresso Brownies โ˜•
-- Snickerdoodles ๐Ÿช
-- Pastry Crust ๐Ÿฅง
-- Cowboy Quiche ๐Ÿณ
-- Sweet and Sour Meatballs ๐Ÿ–
-- Scallion chicken pancakes ๐Ÿ—
-- Sloppy Joes ๐Ÿ”

This cookbook would be ๐Ÿ…Ÿ๐Ÿ…”๐Ÿ…ก๐Ÿ…•๐Ÿ…”๐Ÿ…’๐Ÿ…ฃ for anyone who lives the KETO lifestyle and gets two ๐Ÿ…ท๐Ÿ†„๐Ÿ…ถ๐Ÿ…ด thumbs up from yours truly. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

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The author explains everything about me to in the beginning of the book. She lists what substitutes you can make for ingredients, and why she uses certain ingredients. The first section is my favorite, because I have to be able to eat some breads and be able to follow the keto diet. This book makes it easy to follow the keto diet and still be able to eat the foods and snacks you love.

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An easy to understand recipe book with lots of tips on baking with various types of flour and sweeteners to get your every day favorites in a Keto friendly way. Whether it's pizza, bread, pancakes, waffles, smoothies or cakes your craving this is the book for you! I enjoyed the Fluffy Pancakes for breakfast this am. Can't wait to try more recipes. Thank you to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group โ€“ Fair Winds Press for an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

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I don't think I have ever flipped through a cookbook and want to make almost all the recipes! But this book โ€œEveryday Keto Bakingโ€ by Erica Kerwien has done that for me.

As a really lazy cook, I like the โ€œeveryday cookbookโ€ concept that is presented so nicely in this book. No hard-to-find or strange sounding ingredients. Simple cooking methods with no special equipment needed. Delicious looking dishes presented beautifully throughout the pages that tell me how the food should look like at the end of the cooking process.

I was so excited to try out the recipes that the day I got my copy, I went into the kitchen and made Garlic-Cauliflower Breadsticks. Yummy from Page 31. So good - I definitely will make it again!

Each recipe has a heading declaring Nut-free, Dairy-Free Option, Grain-free, or Gluten-Free as appropriate.

There is also a good mix of sweet and savory dishes.

There are some non-baking recipes at the back of the book for smoothies and soups. I hope the author writes another book with more non-baking everyday dishes very very soon!

Going low carb has put my diabetes into remission, and cookbooks such as this one really makes my life a whole lot easier when it comes to preparing the type of food that helps me to stay healthy and off all diabetic meds!

Thank you Netgalley and the Publisher for this ARC. This is my honest review.

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Fabulously useful book! I have been wanting to get to grips with low carb baking for some considerable time and this is the best book I have found. The explanations of different flours are great - not too detailed but telling me all I need to know. The recipes are exactly the kind I was looking for - not too expensive/complex/fetishistic. I am really really looking forward to using this!

This is an american book - but for once the recipes feel very easy to pull together in the UK too. Nothing I haven't heard of/can't get easily here.

I'm very pleased. I really wasn't expecting this to be so good.

Thankyou!

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As someone who is constantly trying to make up recipes and find great snack recipes too, this has been really helpful!

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I love how in the beginning, Erica breaks down the flours and there are also easy charts and colored boxes with helpful hints. There are quite a few recipes in this book that I'm for sure going to try soon!
Even though I have my own waffle recipe that I just found out about this month, I am curious to try the Savory Waffle to see how that ones tastes. I also love at the end she gives a page of actual resources she uses with brand names. My only downside to this cook book, I just wished there were more pictures.

I received this book at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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This is an awesome all-round cook book. While I wouldnโ€™t go so far to say that itโ€™s the only book youโ€™ll need, itโ€™s certainly the saviour book that will keep cravings and bad days away.
Not only does it give you the guide on what to get it give alternatives and tips to ensure you succeed. With its step by step guide and photos for most recipes, thereโ€™s very little that could go wrong.

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So einfach kann gesund sein: einfache und raffinierte Backrezepte in Sachen ketogene Ernรคhrung mit Fotos, Tipps und Tricks. Fรผr Einsteiger geeignet.
Besonders รผbersichtlich gestaltet, denn รผber jedem Rezept steht nochmal genau, was nicht drin ist (Gluten etc).

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I found this book on Netgalley and thought I would give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised. I have no intention of going keto but thought lowering our carbs would be beneficial to our health.

I liked this book. It explains different alternative flours, oils and sweetener and why just substituting these ingredients into your other non-keto recipes can lead to disaster. You can't blindly substitute and expect great results.

The author provides conversion charts and notes on the different ingredients. Imagine learning there are substitutes for eggs in baking. I was unaware of this. As I try to lower carbs in our diet, I plan to keep the information at hand while experimenting. I don't plan on using erythritol or xylitol as sweeteners due to their side effects.
I would recommend this book if you are looking for alternative ways to lower carbs in your day to day cooking. This book does not just discuss baking for instance the chicken strips are not baked.

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Thank you Net Galley for the free ARC.
I was very excited to have found this cookbook. I am diabetic and have been trying hard to get my blood sugar in control. As it turns out, some of the sugar free cookies and baked things you can buy still have tons of carbs. The secret really is knowing which flour and which sweetener combination works and tastes right. I loved the biscuits, the pumpkin muffins, the parmesan pop-overs and omg - tiramisu. It' s much easier to give up the real stuff when there is a healthy and tasty replacement. Thanks.

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She starts by explaining briefly what a Ketogenic diet means and introduces the core ingredients and tools used in her recipes.

Pros:
+ It has a content page, not every cooking book has one and it's a shame really, because it shows what I can expect and where I have to look for something.
+ I love the introduction at the start of every recipe.
+ Love the included metric measurements, weighing your ingredients is a key to succes for baking!
+ Like the indication of how many each recipes yields and macros per serving.
+ Nice balance between sweet and savoury recipes. The book includes bread, pizza, cakes, cookies, quiche, soups and smoothies.

Cons:
- I wish there was a picture for each recipe, now it's 50/50.
- I'd go for better pictures, for example the crรชpes is not very appealing.
- Love the introduction, but it needs a more personal touch in my opinion.
- The sections "about the author" and "acknowledgments" should be in the front. That's where you'll attract readers and in this case bakers.
- Mushroom feta spinach crรชpes without seasoning in the ingredients? Are you sure about that?
- Hopefully the pages with "repro: extend background in bottom of photo" gets removed.

Overall I'd recommend the book if you want some baking inspiration during your Ketogenic diet. If the cons are removed or improved, I'd give it 5 stars.

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Baking...one of the things I've missed most since living this Keto lifestyle. Well, not anymore! Thanks to this amazing book I can bake all kinds of treats for my family and not feel guilty about eating one or two afterward. With easy to follow directions and delicious imagery, this cookbook is a must for anyone who loves baked goods but wants to stay healthy. This will be a go-to in my kitchen, especially with kids!

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So I went through the cookbook and really enjoyed all the baked goods. I am hoping to add these recipes to my arsenal and try them out when I get the chance. Overall, I recommend this cookbook for anyone with a sweet tooth! :)

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The book is well organized and has a great variety of baked goods and the photos are lovely. However, nearly every single recipe requires coconut flour and/or coconut milk which makes everything taste like coconut. I'm not a fan of coconut and I'm especially not a fan of my savory goods tasting like coconut - flatbreads, breadsticks, tortillas, biscuits, bagels... seriously, every recipe asks for it which to me is not the true mark of a successful alternative. Overall,, a disappointment since I won't be able to use hardly any of the recipes. But for someone who enjoys coconut and isn't a stickler for accurate translation from non-keto foods - this will be a great resource.

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OMG...LOVE this book! Can't wait until it comes out and I can get a hard copy! I was a bit skeptical at first because the author uses a lot of coconut flour which I, personally, have not had great success with but thanks to her recipes I feel much better and more confident working with it. Have tried about 13 recipes out of the book and have enjoyed them all and so has my non-Keto hubby. Great book!

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Everyday Keto Baking is an essential cookbook geared towards anyone looking to bake using keto-friendly ingredients. This book includes more than 80 recipes that use low-carb baking flours, such as almond flour (and other nut flours), and coconut flours, as well as low-carb sweeteners (Erythritol)

The first section covers ingredients such as flourโ€”coconut flour which is gluten-free and grain-free, low-carb sweetness which is divided into two categories: those that have โ€œbulkโ€ (stevia and monk fruit) and those that donโ€™t.

It also covers milk and creams (diary-based, and diary-free milk such as coconut, hazelnut, and almond milk.

The recipes include biscuits (Cheddar Biscuits, Drop Biscuits), Cheesy Bagel, Pumpkin bread, Fluffy pancakes, Muffins, Waffles Yellow Cake, Chocolate Layer Cake, Coconut Cake and Brownies.
You will find more recipes on soups and smoothies

At the end of this book, is a list of ingredients, low-carb sweeteners, and equipment.

Thank you to Erica Kerwien, NetGalley, and Quarto Publishing Group โ€“ Fair Winds Press for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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With a number of recipes that use mostly coconut and almond flours, this book is a good choice for those looking for kept baking options. Besides emphasizing gluten-free baking, it also uses & discusses sugar substitutes and dairy-free options.

Inexplicably though, this book on baking includes two rather long chapters on soups and non-baked savory dishes. While some of the recipes look good, I can't figure out why they are there except that the author writes a cooking blog.

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This was a complimentary copy from net galley - many thanks

As someone recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, I am always on the lookout for anything that could help me.

What I have learned is that baked goods, pastry - all the tasty stuff is about the worst thing for a diabetic so I was particularly interested when I saw this on the site and thrilled to be gifted it from the publishers.

This is easy to read and follow. Great recipes that are easy to recreate (I've already started) - health tips, dietary advice - not preachy at all

I feel I now have a much better understanding about keto - which I confess have found a little confusing.

The book itself is really well set out, great pictures

The only thing that would have made it perfect would have been to have had it in kindle format - would have liked to be able to have it on my kindle for portability

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