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Keto in an Instant: 100 Ketogenic Recipes for Your Instant Pot
Enjoy 100 simple and delicious keto-friendly recipes with this officially authorized Instant Pot cookbook!
The ketogenic diet, with its emphasis on high-fat and low-carb recipes, has been embraced as a radical new way to eat to lose weight and get healthy, but cooking keto can be challenging and time consuming. The Instant Pot's versatility as a multi-cooker has changed all of that and made cooking keto easier and more convenient. Keto in an Instant features 100 simple, low-carb ketogenic recipes each designed to be made in the Instant Pot. Every recipe includes clear, detailed instructions and essential nutrition information. Readers will gain insight on how the ketogenic diet works and how to benefit from a ketogenic eating plan, as well as tips and tricks for using and maintaining an Instant Pot.Included in Keto in an • 100 easy-to-make recipes for breakfasts, mains, soups and stews, sides, desserts, and more, each with clear, detailed instructions • Essential nutrition information and macros for every recipe, with tips for simple substitutions and for making many recipes dairy-free • Helpful insight for understanding how the keto diet works and how it benefits your body • Simple tips and tricks for getting the most out of your Instant Pot and guidance on stocking your kitchen for cooking keto
160 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 8, 2019
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February 8, 2019
I should preface this by saying that I am not and never will be a keto follower. I've known about the ketogenic diet for years but as a diet for the treatment of severe epilepsy in children, as the Mayo Clinic designed the diet nearly a hundred years ago. It was never designed as a weight loss plan, and I have serious misgivings about its long-term effectiveness and its safety as a permanent way of eating. Even the Mayo doctors advised it as a short term (2 to 3 years) diet for children who were severely disabled by their epilepsy and in those cases there were specially trained nurses who helped plan the diets so the children would get adequate nutrition. It is a wonderful diet for those children, and much safer for most of them then the current anti-seizure medications that often have horrible side effects. Most children who used it were able to eventually return to a normal diet and remain seizure free, which is really remarkable. Most doctors have prescribed anti-seizure medications for children with severe seizure disorders instead of the diet because they say it's too much work for parents to have to adhere to, which I think is really a shame. I have many friends who are currently happily doing the Keto diet for weight loss, though, and I am very familiar with the diet.
All that said...
The good:
This is a great cookbook for people who embrace both the keto lifestyle and Instant Pots. There are gorgeous photographs of some of the dishes, there's good information for each recipe like calorie count, carb count and time to prepare (I found that to be rather misleading at times, though, since IPs take time to come up to pressure and nobody completely preps a recipe in 2 minutes). Many of the recipes looked very tasty, and it was nice to see some vegetables used since a lot of keto and paleo cookbooks act as if vegetables don't even exist and the world is full of nothing but bacon, avocados, cheese and heavy cream (don't worry, this cookbook still features plenty of those).
The bad:
I really wish there had been a photo for every recipe, or at least for more of them. The photos were really well done but I'm like a lot of cooks in that I really like to see what a recipe is going to look like to sell me on it. I'd say there are photos for about 20% of the recipes. It also seemed as if a lot of the recipes were better suited NOT to be cooked in an IP. Many of them required dishes that you'd insert into the pot on a rack and covered with foil, and I don't have a lot of the specialty sizes and types of pans required for those (do they even make silicone cupcake pans that fit in an IP?). Many of the recipes seemed quite fiddly -- use the IP to steam this and then wipe it out and do this and then fit this kind of pan and do this, and then take it all out and slice it and put it under the broiler....
Since this is low carb, that also means that anything sweet relies on weird sweeteners that I can't even begin to pronounce, much less spell. I appreciate that it's not along the lines of saccharine, but it's still heavily processed, weird stuff.
I have not tried any of the recipes. Some appealed to me since we're a gluten free family, but they all seemed like too much trouble and too many calories. In order to lose weight on a keto diet it has to be 100% of what you eat (if you'll even succeed then) because the whole idea is that you can't have any carbs or your body will not enter ketosis. So a lot of these recipes are very high in calories assuming you're following that commitment. Since I'm not, I just don't want to make a soup that clocks in at 400 calories for 3/4 of a cup of it even if it sounds tasty. I started to make the cauliflower cheese "bread" but then saw that it has to be cooked for 2 1/2 hours on slow cooker and then transferred to the oven on broil. My broiler is broken so that one is out too. That's another case of a recipe that seems better suited not to be cooked in the IP at all, for what it's worth.
The book gives good information about the basic premise of the keto diet and what's allowed and not. There are recipes for breakfast, lunch & dinner, appetizers and desserts. The desserts looked gorgeous, although I don't know how good things made with those sweeteners taste.
If you follow the Keto diet and you're one of those people who loves using your Instant Pot, this is likely to make you very happy. If you don't fit both of those niches, it's not likely to be a good fit.
I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.
All that said...
The good:
This is a great cookbook for people who embrace both the keto lifestyle and Instant Pots. There are gorgeous photographs of some of the dishes, there's good information for each recipe like calorie count, carb count and time to prepare (I found that to be rather misleading at times, though, since IPs take time to come up to pressure and nobody completely preps a recipe in 2 minutes). Many of the recipes looked very tasty, and it was nice to see some vegetables used since a lot of keto and paleo cookbooks act as if vegetables don't even exist and the world is full of nothing but bacon, avocados, cheese and heavy cream (don't worry, this cookbook still features plenty of those).
The bad:
I really wish there had been a photo for every recipe, or at least for more of them. The photos were really well done but I'm like a lot of cooks in that I really like to see what a recipe is going to look like to sell me on it. I'd say there are photos for about 20% of the recipes. It also seemed as if a lot of the recipes were better suited NOT to be cooked in an IP. Many of them required dishes that you'd insert into the pot on a rack and covered with foil, and I don't have a lot of the specialty sizes and types of pans required for those (do they even make silicone cupcake pans that fit in an IP?). Many of the recipes seemed quite fiddly -- use the IP to steam this and then wipe it out and do this and then fit this kind of pan and do this, and then take it all out and slice it and put it under the broiler....
Since this is low carb, that also means that anything sweet relies on weird sweeteners that I can't even begin to pronounce, much less spell. I appreciate that it's not along the lines of saccharine, but it's still heavily processed, weird stuff.
I have not tried any of the recipes. Some appealed to me since we're a gluten free family, but they all seemed like too much trouble and too many calories. In order to lose weight on a keto diet it has to be 100% of what you eat (if you'll even succeed then) because the whole idea is that you can't have any carbs or your body will not enter ketosis. So a lot of these recipes are very high in calories assuming you're following that commitment. Since I'm not, I just don't want to make a soup that clocks in at 400 calories for 3/4 of a cup of it even if it sounds tasty. I started to make the cauliflower cheese "bread" but then saw that it has to be cooked for 2 1/2 hours on slow cooker and then transferred to the oven on broil. My broiler is broken so that one is out too. That's another case of a recipe that seems better suited not to be cooked in the IP at all, for what it's worth.
The book gives good information about the basic premise of the keto diet and what's allowed and not. There are recipes for breakfast, lunch & dinner, appetizers and desserts. The desserts looked gorgeous, although I don't know how good things made with those sweeteners taste.
If you follow the Keto diet and you're one of those people who loves using your Instant Pot, this is likely to make you very happy. If you don't fit both of those niches, it's not likely to be a good fit.
I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.
January 31, 2019
Wonderful cookbook! I found many recipes I'd like to try! Does a good job on expansion how to, if your not a fantastic cook like myself. Ingredients, fat, net carbs, protein, calories, prep time, servings it makes, what is a serving, setting, release, pressure, and total time all included for each recipe. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS IS AN INSTA-POT COOKBOOK!!! THANKS tp netgalley and publisher for an EARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
September 9, 2019
I thought this had some solid recipes
January 8, 2019
Keto and Instant Pot (IP) are all the rage now and cooking Keto is easier than you think, once you learn how to substitute carbs and sugars with healthier ingredients. Not to mention the IP speeds up your cooking time. This book is great foundation to give you some recipes to begin with and ideas on how they are substituting things like cauliflower for rice, etc. AND if you're not using that IP you got for the holidays, this is going to help you get started using it...often!
Nothing earth shattering recipe wise in here if you are a seasoned Keto cook, but trust me, that IP is your new best friend! I use my IP often, but never thought about making things like a frittata in the IP, so I got some good ideas as well. I'm planning to make the scotch eggs today!
A great book to get you started on both Keto and using your Instant Pot!
Nothing earth shattering recipe wise in here if you are a seasoned Keto cook, but trust me, that IP is your new best friend! I use my IP often, but never thought about making things like a frittata in the IP, so I got some good ideas as well. I'm planning to make the scotch eggs today!
A great book to get you started on both Keto and using your Instant Pot!
April 21, 2019
I'm not planning to do Keto, but I do enjoy reading about different types of eating. But I am an Instant Pot user and I am always curious about different ways I can use it. I actually found this cookbook to be pretty flexible for anyone who has an IP that would like some tasty recipes. We also have some dairy allergies and intolerances in our family and she made several DF suggestions (instead of me trying to guess).
I did recommend this to my Keto/IP friends and filed away recipes that I will definitely use.
I did recommend this to my Keto/IP friends and filed away recipes that I will definitely use.
January 30, 2019
I got an instant pot for Christmas and I can't wait to try out some of these recipes. The Spicy Chicken Soup recipe is calling my name! The only thing that I was not a fan of was recipes where you just used the saute setting. I wouldn't pull out my instant pot to saute bacon or ground beef. Doesn't mean the recipe is bad...it's just kind of silly to classify as an "instant pot" recipe" But overall a good selection of healthy low carb recipes!
May 4, 2019
Keto in an Instant combines the popular Keto way of eating with the Instant Pot. Love the colorful layout throughout the cookbook and I appreciate that there are no fussy ingredients in the recipes. While I haven't yet tried any of the recipes but noticed several I would like to give a try. I do wish the cookbook included photos of every recipe instead of a select few. Otherwise, the cookbook is a nice addition to one's Keto kitchen. Received a copy for review via NetGalley
January 17, 2019
This book was so easy to follow! I loved all of the colored graphs, diagrams, helpful tips (including one for each recipe)! There was even a helpful picture of describing the control panel of the instant pot and even other items that you can use in it to make certain recipes. I'm eager to try these recipes out.
March 3, 2019
Clear cut and easy to follow recipes for beginner Keto and Instant pot users. Nutritional information is an added bonus. I love how the author breaks down what Keto is, how your body works when in the state of ketosis, and what you can eat. ARC provided by Netgalley & publisher for a honest review.
December 22, 2020
Delicious recipes with nary a carb and the Instant Pot. What’s not to love with a combination like that? Even those who are not keeping keto will love the savory recipes in this book. Quick, healthy and delicious, even on a weeknight. Highly recommended.
June 10, 2020
Some really nice recipes with the ease of the Instapot. Bookmarked several.
August 22, 2020
Interesting meal ideas using the insta pot
April 13, 2022
I found a few recipes that I'll try out.
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