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If you've cooked (and eaten) your way through our keto plan, not to mention the countless other amazing keto recipes on our site, it's possible you're going to need some more keto content to work through. Don't worry—we know a good place or two to start.
Unsure if the keto diet is right for you? The diet, which is low in carbs and high in fats, has become popular in recent years, especially as some of your favorite celebrities have hopped on the bandwagon. Folks like Halle Berry and Vinny Guadagnino from Jersey Shore have changed their eating habits to be in line with keto, so you can take their word as a first-hand perspective of the diets pros and cons. Keto can be intimidating, especially if you're a fan of pastas and bread—and who isn't! But rest assured that there are so many ways to adjust recipes to fit your lifestyle without skimping on taste. In order to make the most of ketogenic eating, you need a trusty cookbook to give you all the pointers.
Here's a round-up of all the best keto cookbooks out there—as well as the best ones to come over the course of the year.
The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners
This book is exactly as advertised: a thorough walk-through of the keto diet and how to best adhere to it while keeping your dishes healthy and fresh. 12/10 recommend.
Victory Belt Publishing Southern Keto: 100+ Traditional Food Favorites for a Low-Carb Lifestyle
Victory Belt Publishing Southern Keto: 100+ Traditional Food Favorites for a Low-Carb Lifestyle
A keto diet where you don't have to give up on breading, cheesecake, pan-fried chicken, or biscuits? It exists! In this cookbook, author Natasha Newton will show you how to enjoy all the rich, indulgent flavors of southern cooking, keto-style.
A more personal cookbook than most, Stephanie Laska walks readers through her 140-pound weight loss, as well as how she maintains it through the keto diet to this day.
Keto for Carb Lovers
Keto for Carb Lovers
We're partial to this pick, but it really, truly is chock-full of recipes for the new-to-keto bread lover. You can do it. We can help!
The Easy 5-Ingredient Ketogenic Diet Cookbook
The idea here is that you can stick to keto while only making dishes that require five ingredients or less. You in?
Unknown Craveable Keto
Craveable Keto is full of delicious, high-fat recipes you will, well, crave. Just because you're dieting doesn't mean you don't get to have fun, ya know?
Similarly to the first book on this list, The Keto Diet is a comprehensive deep dive into why a high-fat diet might work for you, and how to execute it in a way that won't drive you nuts. Plus, it comes with five meal plans to get you started and remove some guesswork.
The Keto Reset Diet Cookbook
Not only is this cookbook for those who are looking to really change their lives, but it also offers so many easy recipes! So many!
Did she have you at "sweet and savory fat bombs" on the cover? Seriously, you don't have to drop your most delicious snacks just because you've gone keto, and this collection proves it.
A refreshingly vegetable-forward, clear-headed delve into this diet, this book is perfect for those who are a bit concerned about the high-fat aspect of keto.
Tess Koman covers breaking (food) news, opinion pieces, and features on larger happenings in the food world. She oversees editorial content on Delish. Her work has appeared on Cosmopolitan.com, Elle.com, and Esquire.com.
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