Baking Low Carb

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Summary: Excellent cookie recipes
Review: This is a must-have for your low-carb cookbook collection, especially if you are on maintenance, or not on the severe part of the low carb diet. I have been on a low-carb diet for almost two years, losing 25 pounds in five months, then simply staying on maintenance. I started craving baked goods, and realized I was starting to slip back into a high-carb eating pattern. When I got this book, I immediately made the chocolate chip cookie recipe, and it is so good I couldn't believe it. They are crumbly, however if you put them in the freezer they taste as good as Toll-house cookies to me, and are only 2 carbs each. (Watch that you don't eat the whole batch!) The cheesecake recipes are great. I haven't tried the bread, because every low-carb bread I've made has a strange texture, no matter whose recipe I've followed. I intend to continue exploring the recipes in this book. I have learned a lot about how to bake things without the carbs, following the suggestions in this book.

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Summary: I LOVE THIS COOKBOOK!!! A MUST FOR LOW CARBERS!
Review: This is one of the BEST low carb cookbooks I have come across! The recipes are absoultely fabulous! Ms. Lee's Bread recipe is the best I have ever tried! Bread is one thing we low carbers tend to miss, but not any more!! The whole book is super and a bargain at this price!! The recipes are easy, simple to understand and follow, and turn out mouth watering! There is no excuse to cheat, when these options are at your disposal! I especially appreciated the "Before You Begin" section and how she took the time to explain how low carb baking would differ slightly in baking time, storing ect. She also gives ingrediants to have before hand, which are featured in her recipes. Where you can find them, online or off!! Complete with url's and phone numbers! I also love the fact that whey powder is used in the recipes as I have never like the flavor of soy protein powders. Could explain why I have not found one recipe that was not devoured by my whole family, low carbers and non low carbers! All the carb counts and protein counts are listed with each recipe making this book excellant for any low carb program follower. This book has got it all! A MUST for any low carber, diabetic, or just plain anyone in my opinion!! I just LOVE IT!

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Summary: One of two great Diana Lee books!!
Review: This recipe book has made it possible for me to live the Low Carb way of life. The desserts are great and are quite a treat compared to the Keto brand snacks or other pre-made...REALLY expensive...treats sold on websites. The texture of the cakes and brownies is heavier than you would expect if you had whipped together a Betty Crocker mix but then if you'd done that, you'd be eating a ton of carbs. The protein keeps you satisfied and a little goes a long way. The cookies are lighter and quite delicate but are equally as good. They're not Mrs. Fields big goopy over-powering cookies but have an airy, almost european taste to them. Again, since she adds a lot of protein to her recipes, you will feel satisfied with less. I just bought her new book and it's even better...the bread recipes are to die for!!

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Summary: Not at all what I expected
Review: Unfortunately, I have to agree with the one other reviewer here who is dissatisfied with this cookbook. After reading the excellent reviews on this board I decided to purchase this book, and I must say that I was quite disappointed. Simply put, the few recipes that I tried in this book were awful. I am very good cook and have no trouble making good recipes come out well, but these recipes simply were not good. The chocolate cake tasted nothing like cake. I'm not even sure how to describe it. The easy cheesecake was not what I'd consider a "cheesecake". It was more like slightly sweetened cream cheese whipped, spread in pie plate and chilled. I can in no way recommend this book to anyone who wants good food. Perhaps only to someone who wants low-carb desserts and doesn't care much about taste.

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Summary: Fabulous!!!
Review: When I began my low-carb diet a few weeks ago, I thought I would have to give up desserts and a lot of the other foods I really like. After two weeks, meat & eggs were getting very old! Not only does Baking Low Carb provide variety, but the recipes are absolutely delicious!! Thank you Diana Lee for all the helpful suggestions and the time & effort you put into testing the recipes and putting this book together. I am one content dieter now!!!

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Summary: Baking Low Carb
Review: While there are some good recipes in this book, I find that too many are too many carbs and use ingredients that are not allowed on my low carb diet, Atkins. I also found some of the carb counts not accurate.