Dana Carpender - 500 Low-Carb Recipes: 500 Recipes from Snacks to Dessert, That the Whole Family Will Love

Pros: "normal person" fare, light writing style, some good tips
Cons: too many similar recipes (like omelets), carb counts not given per ingredient

Dana Carpender's 500 Low-Carb Recipes came into our home as we embarked on the Atkins' ...

Pros: Large Variety of Low-Carb Recipes
Cons: No Pictures, Limited Nutritional Chart Information

One of our favorite low-carb recipe books, so far, is 500 Low-Carb Recipes by Dana Carpender. This cookbook contains numerous recipes that we have successfully introduced into our dietary regimen. The food items are easy to prepare, take ...

Pros: Lots and lots of practical recipes
Cons: No pictures!

Americans are getting fatter and fatter. Over the past decade, despite a heightened awareness of what is supposedly "healthy" for us to eat, the rate of obesity has climbed alarmingly. Why? Advocates of a low-carb diet claim that the reason is that in...

Pros: Many new and interesting recipes to add to your low-carb diet.
Cons: Quite long - many product not on many grocery shelves.

If you are amongst the many people trying to lose weight the Low Carbohydrates way and are growing t ...

Pros: Had lots of decarbed favorites. Used lots of healthy alternatives.
Cons: No pictures, but that might have raised the price.

This is the first low carb cookbook that I bought after our family began low carbing. I thought the wide array of recipes was great. One thing I like about this book is that it has many old favorite recipes that have been decarbed. When I first started, ...

Pros: Good food, lots of recipes.
Cons: No pictures, some use of odd ingredients.

Dana Carpender's 500 Low Carb Recipes is a MUST HAVE for all low-carbers! The cookbook offers all types of food, many utilizing "normal" ingredients. Dana does utilize some low carb oddities, i.e. flax, almond flour, thicken notthin, etc....I tend to avoid the oddball recipes and stick with what I know. Her cheesecakes recipes are all phenomenal!! Some great ideas as well -- maybe not things you needed a recipe for ( i.e. omelets ) but using ingredients you might not have thought of ( crab, for instance ). Buy this if you low carb -- it will save your diet from going stale.