Quick Easy Ketogenic Cooking Recipes Reviews Summary

Recipe Quality

Pros:

• "Even my young kids love making her recipes."
• "I love the recipes for all the sauces and dressings, along with breakfasts and dinner food."
• "The recipes are delicious and so easy to make."
• "Absolutely the best book for easy keto recipes."
• "The recipes are easy to make and delicious."
• "These recipes are fun and easy! And quick!"
• "The recipes in this book are not only easy but so so good."

Cons:

• "Like other cookbooks in that some recipes will never be used."
• "Agree with others that few recipes seem quick."
• "Only found 2 recipes I might do."
• "The recipes aren't really as simple as you'd think, an often refer to other recipes in the book."
• "In this book recipes look good but some are lacking paletteability and many are high in cholesterol."
• "The first three recipes I tried looked nothing like the picture and tasted awful."
• "The recipes are lacking in flavor and overly complicated with specialty ingredients."

Nutritional Information & Keto Education

Pros:

• "Maria’s knowledge of Keto and the encouragement toward a lifestyle of Keto adaptation is so much better than a dieting fad."
• "Maria gives you information about nutrients and supplements as well as explanations about fats, oils and sweeteners."
• "Maria Emmerich also writes a very informative introduction to the Keto way of life."
• "Maria offers the education around Keto that is essential for understanding WHY and HOW it works."
• "A wealth of knowledge regarding the health benefits of the keto lifestyle without being overwhelming."
• "This book is thorough, easy to figure out, and has recipes with ingredients that are easier to get than other Keto books."
• "It also helps you understand the specifics of the diet that can be confusing and it clears up some of the misinformation that one might find out on the web."

Cons:

• "Relying on specialty ingredients like guar gum, xantham gum and monk is great if you want to go on a shopping adventure and turn your kitchen into a science lab."
• "The meal plans also are not practical at all if you have a job and work during the day."
• "Every time you come up with a new ingredient that means I have to order it, where I live is beautiful, but I can't just go to the grocery store and find what you have in your recipe's..."
• "The Lifestyle Actions of treating our body as a temple are Utterly Essential whether we are maintaining our look, losing weight, or gaining muscle!"
• "There is so much misinformation on the ketogenic diet."
• "Many of the recipes call for odd ingredients that I've never seen in a regular grocery store."
• "I have an egg allergy and there are way too many recipes with eggs."

Visual Appeal & Layout

Pros:

• "The pictures are stunning and Maria knows we eat with our eyes and you won’t be disappointed."
• "I really admire the vibrant photos of the every single dish."
• "Her recipes are displayed in one page with stunning pictures."
• "This is an excellent cookbook with beautiful images, clear easy to follow directions and plenty of references and resources — my absolute favorite Keto cookbook."
• "The printing and photographs of the food are very nice."
• "The book is well planned and the photos on the recipes are well designed."
• "The pictures and layout are so clear and the education pieces so helpful."

Cons:

• "The alfredo sauce was not creamy like the picture. It had so much butter that separated that its just taste like butter and looked terrible."
• "I loved the photos, But for some reason the recipes I tried out of this cook book, never came out."
• "Just opened and the book has horrible water damage on the top right corner of the book."
• "This is a beautiful book, however, when it says very good condition it should not be falling apart in the middle of the book."
• "The section on salads and soups is extremely small and lacking basics for a Keto or paleo diet."
• "The recipes are not that appealing (like roasted bone marrow) and there is a section on recipes using a smoker which I don't have."
• "I though the book was going to, I can’t explain it. I mean I wanted the book to make it easier for me to find out how to prepare the meals."

Author Interaction & Support

Pros:

• "Had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Emmerich at a local bookstore. She is just as friendly and as personable as she is on social media!"
• "Maria & Craig are approachable. They are always there for you to answer questions through any social channel."
• "She and her husband are extremely supportive and quick to respond."
• "Her and her husband’s knowledge and willingness to share what they know is second to none."
• "She’s my go to if ever I’m questioning any part on keto plan, she’s so smart and shares her knowledge in her books."
• "She even provides a cheat sheet on how to order keto at a restaurant!"
• "Maria has so much helpful info in addition to amazing recipes."

Cons:

• "I was pretty disappointed in this cookbook."
• "I wasted my money. I'm buying my friends book. Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen."
• "Glad I only got the Kindle version. Already wasted money on 2 of her other books."
• "Honestly, many recipes look great, but I'm just so put off that the book is not as the TITLE implies."
• "However, the recipes call for items that I will never be able to find anywhere near me."
• "The closest urban area is at least 4 hrs away."
• "Very underwhelmed by this cookbook."