My husband walked in the front door with this wonderful piece of happy mail last week. I dropped what I was doing to ogle over Carolyn Ketchum’s gorgeous new cookbook, The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen.
Carolyn blogs at All Day I Dream About Food. She became one of my blogging heroes after the very first recipe I tried from her site: Trim Healthy Mama-friendly, Easy No Bake Peanut Butter Bars. These bars are incredible; they are nearly identical in flavor and texture to the ones I grew up eating, but they’re low carb, sugar-free, gluten-free THM S. I don’t make them too often though because they’re addictive, and I can’t stop after just one!
Anyway. Back to The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen Review.
I love The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen most of all because it works with Trim Healthy Mama. It’s considered a low-carb, ketogenic cookbook, which means it only offers dishes that fit into the Satisfying and Fuel Pull categories of Trim Healthy Mama. You won’t find any E recipes, S Helpers, or Crossover dishes in this cookbook, but it’s a great supplement to the plan and a wonderful resource if you’re looking for great tasting S meals with almost no special ingredients.
Carolyn got it right when she named her cookbook, The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen. It’s full of normal, everyday food; the SAD diet made happy and healthy. Things like hamburger buns, pancakes, muffins, crackers, Shepherd’s Pie, soups, salads, fish nuggets, brownies, cookies, cheesecakes, and pies – those are the kind of on-plan foods you’ll find in this cookbook.
I love the indexes in the back The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen. There are 3 of them; one is a graph highlighting all the recipes are compatible with different dietary restrictions (dairy, nuts, eggs, meat, etc.), one is a full-color photo recipe index of every single dish (my favorite!), and the general index shows you where to find everything alphabetically.
One of the most valuable parts in The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen are chapters 1-3. Carolyn explains keto (or “S,” for Trim Healthy Mamas) ingredients at length. In addition to listing the benefits of everyday healthy fats and oils, proteins, vegetables, fruit (berries, lemons, and limes), nuts and seeds, she also features less common ingredients like grass-fed collagen and gelatin, xanthum gum, extracts and flavorings, almond flour, coconut flour, protein powders, leavening agents, and low-carb sweeteners.
Carolyn tells you what to stock your pantry with, which kitchen tools are they most valuable to have, which substitutions you can use in place of other ingredients, and dedicates an entire chapter to sharing her best tricks and tips for low-carb baking. If you’re struggling in the Trim Healthy Mama baking department, trying figure out how to make low-glycemic treats beautiful and delicious, you will benefit immensely from reading chapter 3.
One more thing.
There are mouth-watering photos for every single recipe in The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen. I don’t know about you, but the only Trim Healthy Mama-friendly recipes I make are the ones that have photos to show me how it’s supposed to look when I’m done. At a glance, I want to know if the dish I’m about to prepare is worth the time and ingredients to prepare, and whether it fits with my family’s palate.
We’re not big fish fans, so apart from that chapter, every other recipe in Carolyn’s cookbook is something I know our family would enjoy. In fact, as soon as I saw her Nacho chip recipe on page 148, I squealed at the prospect of having a crunchy Trim Healthy Mama-friendly chip that would work with an S meal! It did not disappoint!
Carolyn graciously gave me permission to share her Nacho chip recipe with you. They taste quite similar to Doritos. Served with a little guacamole, they make an amazing S snack! THMs, here’s the crunchy S chip you’ve been searching for!
A truly crispy, very low-carb alternative to tortilla chips that stands up to dipping in salsa or guacamole. You can crush pork rinds in several ways, and you can even purchase precrushed "pork dust." To crush them at home, place them in a thick plastic bag and pound them with a rolling pin or kitchen mallet. You can also process them in a food processor. Be sure to crush them as finely as you can and measure them after crushing for accurate results. Nacho Chips | THM: S
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Oh my! Stop Jacinda! Can I eat all 50 chips? Just kidding but…kind of! Thank you and Carolyn for the recipe. I’m def going to make it this week and I love guacamole too!
50-60 chips are supposed to be shared between 6 people, but wowzers! That’s hard to do!! I find they taste even better the next day!
Six people? Awww man! Well, I better make a half recipe since my hubby is out of town. Lol!
I just tried to buy the book and it says I have to wait until tomorrow. Dog gone it.
The actual release date is tomorrow, but you can pre-order today! So worth it!!
Hi, whats best substitute for pork rinds?
Thanks
I’m not sure if there’s a good sub, Maya! Pork rinds are pretty easy to find though…often by the chip section.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=substitute+for+pork+rinds&view=detail&mid=039798914908B65858F7039798914908B65858F7&FORM=VIRE
What size do we roll the dough out to in order to achieve 50 to 60 chips??? Thankyou
Hi Jo-Anne,
I rolled mine out to the size of my baking sheet, and that seemed about right!
Thankyou.
I’m confused about step #3. What is the purpose of putying the 2d sheet of parchment paper on top of the pated out square? Do you leave on to bake it? Myold brain is somehow not getting this? Help.
Hi Donna, the top piece of parchment paper is just to keep your rolling pin from sticking to the chip mixture.
Ahh thank you. When I read the recipe originally, it did not say to roll it out, just pat it into a rectangle. I read it 3 times. Something must have gotten jumbled in the great internet jungle.
Hi Jacinta! I love your recipes AND Carolyn’s. I can’t wait to get her book. I just wanted to mention there isn’t a direction to roll out the dough after you put top sheet of parchment on and transfer to pan. I think thats why the previous poster was confused.
Oh, thank you so much for pointing that out! I missed a line in her instructions! Just corrected the recipe. 🙂
Thank YOU for all you do to make this THM journey so great! Xoxo
For someone who is brand new to your website, is there some other place besides page 63 that I could find your taco seasoning recipe to follow for this recipe?
Thanks!
Hi Kristy, You can use 1 Tbsp of this taco seasoning instead (or any sugar-free store-bought one). http://gwens-nest.com/taco-seasoning-recipe/
Where does one find pork rinds?
I found them in the chip section in our grocery store. They’re often in the International cuisine aisle, too.
Thank you, I’ll look
Here in Canada you can find pork rinds at the Bulk Barn.
Do you have the nutritional value?
It’s in the book. Less than 1 gram of carbs and 9grams of fat per serving.
I too am interested in a taco seasoning recipe. (P 63 does not help 🙂 )
Hi Sandy, You can use 1 Tbsp of this taco seasoning instead (or any sugar-free store-bought one). http://gwens-nest.com/taco-seasoning-recipe/
I would also like the nutritional info and the taco seasoning recipe! Thank you!
Hi Debbie,
There is less than a gram of carbs and 9 grams of fat per serving. You can use 1 Tbsp of this taco seasoning instead (or any sugar-free store-bought one). http://gwens-nest.com/taco-seasoning-recipe/
Is 1 1/2 cup of pork rinds before or after being crushed?
After crushing. 🙂
Would it work to use carton egg whites for this recipe? And if so, how much would equal 2 large egg whites?
I use the carton ones! 4 Tablespoons equal 2 large egg whites.
Thanks!
Ok Jacinda, I’ve been encouraged to try the Healthy Fit Mama lifestyle! I’m just in the baby beginner stage….are pork rinds not terrible for your body? I’ve read a couple of blogs that help beginners with the program but my hardest part is the food prep. Any advice or tips at this stage are appreciated! Thanks!
I’m a bit confused over the comment about being able to preorder this book. It looks like it came out in 2017. Is there an new, updated copy?