Keto Comfort Foods

by Maria Emmerich

The ketogenic diet is all about nourishing and healing your body with nutrient-dense whole foods, as international bestselling author Maria Emmerich has demonstrated in her previous books, including The Ketogenic Cookbook (with Jimmy Moore) and The 30-Day Ketogenic Cleanse . But food is more than just nourishment; food is tradition, food is love, and most importantly, food is a celebration. The mere thought of eating a particular meal or the smell of a favorite childhood dish can evoke positive memories, whether it’s a simple Sunday dinner with family or a major life event.

When you begin following the ketogenic diet, whether your goal is to promote weight loss, improve blood markers, or just enhance overall health and well-being, it’s easy to forget to enjoy food. Some people fall into a drab routine of consuming the same dishes over and over, which can lead to boredom and frustration—and ultimately to the desire to fall back into old, poor eating habits. With Keto Comfort Foods , Maria Emmerich reassures everyone on the keto diet that it isn’t difficult at all to recreate those favorite foods and meals in healthy ways—you just need to use a little creativity. By using clever low- or no-calorie substitutions for sugar and scrubbing all recipes clean of gluten-containing additives, Maria has created an incredible resource for comforting home-cooked meals that are safe enough for everyone in the family and delicious enough for the most discerning eaters. These recipes are sure to become new family favorites!

In Keto Comfort Foods , Maria Emmerich has compiled her most soul-warming, happiness-invoking recipes. The book’s more than 170 tantilizing, hearty comfort food recipes include everything from cinnamon rolls to steak fries, and from chicken cordon bleu to tiramisu cheesecake. Maria has covered all the bases, giving you the recipes and tips you need to make delicious and healthy versions of your favorite dishes.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Health, Nonfiction, Reference, Adult

678 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2017

About the author

Maria Emmerich is a wellness expert in nutrition and exercise physiology. She shares a passion for helping others reach their goals of optimal health. She struggled with her weight throughout childhood and decided enough was enough. She decided to study health and wellness so she could help others stop wasting their time being discouraged with their outward appearance and not feeling their best mentally. Maria understands the connection between food and how it makes us all feel on the inside and out. Her specialty is brain chemical neurotransmitters and how they are affected by the foods we eat. She has authored 8 books and co-authored one book with Dr. Briffa, Dr. Steve Parker, Dr. Eenfeldt and Dr. Robert Su. She has authored several cookbooks and 3 nutritional guide books including “Secrets to a Healthy Metabolism” which includes a forward by New York Time #1 bestselling author of “Wheat Belly” Dr. William Davis. Her latest book “Keto-Adapted” includes a forward by Dr. William Davis and excerpts from Dr. David Perlmutter author of the New York Times best seller “Grain Brain”.

Her blog includes a unique combination of innovative recipes using alternative ingredients (and bacon) to less healthy options and easy to understand explanations of why these options are better for our health. She includes with each recipe a snip-it of information about different ailments and problems with our health that can be healed with proper nutrition. She has a passion for helping people start a healthier lifestyle. Weight loss is often a side effect of helping treat any number of problems including diabetes, cholesterol issues, alopecia, hashimoto’s, autoimmune diseases and much more.

Reviews

[Lesley · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is not a fair review for the author, but I write these so I remember not to get the book again from library! Actually I love to collect cookbooks but prefer to get at library first to read, sample recipes and decide worth buying.
This book is not for me! Not for one recipe. This is unfortunate because I want more low carb dinners in my diet! Will look into other books.
NEGATIVE
I only found one recipe that I WANTED to make!
POSITIVE
but that one recipe The Buffalo Chicken Casserole is delish!
Also the book is beautifully photographed!

[Rita (RitaReadsTrash) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a keto follower, but still many simple and yummy looking recipes

[Carol · Rating 2 out of 5]

Our library has an exceptional collection of keto cookbooks. I've been slowly but steadily checking them out and reviewing them by reading them, then trying several of the recipes within. I acquired this one most recently. And it's going back very soon.

These recipes sound quite delicious but they are waaaay too much work for me. The ingredients are a bit too "fancy" as well. I'm not even up to trying one of these to see if they're any good. I feel overwhelmed by the whole book - I'm too busy and my three year old wouldn't touch most of what's found here. After sitting for a half hour flipping pages with a post it pad in hand, not one of them intrigued me enough to flag and try. I'm not a shy cook... I just came up empty. This is a hefty book and full of lots of great photos but I'm going to pass on this one and move on.

[Jacqie Wheeler · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just received this book a few days ago, and right away started making the cheddar biscuits and gravy. These biscuits were extremely easy to make, and tasted JUST LIKE the ones from Red Lobster! I was so thrilled, as I have tried other Keto biscuits and had to throw them away. I own Maria's Keto Restaurant Favorites book and enjoy that one as well (my favorite keto cookbook), and my husband loves all the recipes I make!
If you are starting eating Keto, and bored of alot of recipes, definitely look into this book to recreate some of you favorite recipes.

[MrsMJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like that Maria Emmerich focuses on eating whole, unprocessed foods as much as possible and includes sweeteners for the occasional meals rather than in the day-to-day recipes. I really like that she offers alternatives for dairy free, nut free, and egg free options. There are a lot of delicious looking recipes in this book! I love the colorful pictures!

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many of these recipes are fairly complicated. And some of them have a bit of a learning curve where you can do some thing wrong and waste expensive ingredients. I also dislike recipes that have dependencies on other recipes in the book. I found a few good ones and will probably try them out but overall I can’t rate it very high for the number of dependent recipes and odd ingredients.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A couple good recipes so far and at least 2 game-changing cooking tips so for me this is a good one to have on hand. I do think a person would want to be comfortable with low-carb and sugar free cooking since it does taste a bit different. The Chipotle Lime Steak soup was pretty good and the Pulled Pork was excellent.

[Jeanette Melton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely love Maria and the way she helps people. I was really hoping to find simpler recipes as it is targeting those new to this way of eating. I found that most were time consuming or different foods than I'm familiar with.

[Christine Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

All the food in this book looked awesome, but with the specific ingredients for some of the recipes it might be a little much to try to make these yourself unless you are really getting into the Keto diet. But a great cook book with a nice array of recipes and pictures.

[Rebecca J. Gibson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great recipes!

Can't wait to try some of these comfort foods! My husband is a type 2 diabetic and hopefully these recipes will help him to jump on the hero bandwagon! Also pleasantly surprised to find the author is a fellow Wisconsinite! Go Pack Go!

[Shelly Samselski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing

What a beautifully done cookbook. I can’t say enough on how well organized and clearly presented this book is. Thank you for all the hard work that clearly went into each and every page.

[Rebecca Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have so many earmarked to try and made my first recipe today. And actually, the one I made was a combo of 2...the red-eye gravy and ham with keto grits. So yummy! Can’t wait to try all the other recipes!

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

The desserts looked good? Good use of various indexes and strong description of specialty aspects of keto cooking. But. I picked zero recipes to record/try from it. (I would have done desserts, but I don't need those ) Would definitely recommend to someone not as picky as I am though.

[Will · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't have a sweet tooth so a lot of the recipes weren't really for me. That said, there is enough savoury here to keep me occupied for a while. And there is no denying that the photos are gorgeous.

[Sharon Dube · Rating 1 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures, and the recipes sounded wonderful, but this book was one big advertisement for Swerve. I am trying to break my addition to chemical sweeteners (Good Bye Diet Pepsi) and have no interest in using products made with erythritol as they cause gastric upset.

[Rebecca (booksandbreggs) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Currently making all the recipes. They are outstanding!

[Leisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is by far my FAVORITE keto cookbook yet! Oh my gosh! The recipes in this are fantastic! I have made and remade so many recipes and they are so good.

[Shannon Binegar-Foster · Rating 5 out of 5]

So glad I got this

I am just starting out on my keto journey. This book is loaded with so many great sounding recipes. I can’t wait to get started.

[Miranda · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot more recipes I would actually cook and eat. Good ideas for meal changes.

[Mimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Use this cookbook at least 5 times a week! It has made following the keto diet easy and delicious.

[Asparagoose · Rating 1 out of 5]

Most recipes here were still too high carb for me to safely eat.

[Elizabeth Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoying this one with all of the info and recipes! It’s explains a lot and it is really helpful in planning meals!

[Lexine · Rating 4 out of 5]

A helpful book to understand the Keto diet and good recipes

[Lyla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best Keto recipes

[Julie Gondar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great recipes but a bit more complicated than other beginner keto books. This would appeal to 'foodies' trying keto. Well worth a peak!

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a beautiful cookbook. In have tried many of the recipes and most were very good. The only thing I didn’t like were some of the ingredients are hard to find in my area.

[Heydi Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like the simplicity of these recipes and the gorgeous photographs.

[Tikri /Letitia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good recipes.

[Yvonne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good recipes in this book

[Michele · Rating 4 out of 5]

awesome ;looking recipes and photos definitely look comforting which is a nice thought when starting a new diet and being leery of it.