I love the seasoning and flavors of Mediterranean cooking. I really thought this was going to be a diet plan, but it almost just seems more like a recipe book with low carb dishes. I didn’t get a clear sense of what plan to follow, just recipes. The introduction talks about how often to buy you produce and meats. It’s suggested to buy fresh vegetables, meat, and seafood daily. I don’t have the time or money for that. The recipes are great and delicious, but very time consuming. Sheet pan chickpea and broccoli dinner, took a long time considering it was just a sheet pan meal, but it was excellent. That being said, this diet includes wine! Not many allow it! Also, ‘some sweets’. That’s pretty vague to me of this is a diet plan to follow. I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving a free copy.

The Mediterranean Diet is supposed to be one of the healthiest ways of eating per so many doctors (including mine!).

I’ve looked in to it a few times but the dishes are very different than what I normally cook and some of the recipes look a little complex.

Then Clean Eating Kitchen: The Low-Carb Mediterranean Cookbook comes a long and this way of eating seems a little bit easier. The photography is beautiful and the pictures practically jump off the page on to your plate. There were so many recipes that I would actually cook in this cookbook! There were still a few that were a bit out there for me, but overall, I really like the recipe offerings listed and loved that they were focused on healthy carbs.

Another great Cookbook to add to your kitchen!

I love cooking and eating but am not a gourmet chef. I also like to keep on top of my health and fitness but am not a fanatic. So this cookbook was perfect.

There was plenty of information to get you started and the recipes were simple and easy enough for most people to make and follow.. They were tasty recipes and ordinary, using normal ingredients rather than out of reach and hard to find ingredients.

A great cookbook with great ideas and great information.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Almost immediately, visually stunning images of fantastic food embrace you. Many recipes fill one page with captivating photos on the other page. The layout is clear and clean. There are pages of text; however, excellent spacing break up the pages, so your eyes are not overwhelmed. Pages remain clearly presented.

The book starts with essential tips and meal prep ideas. A few forms of low carb appear without covering keto, which is increasingly mainstream and popular. I found the start of the book to be the weakest section. I've reviewed several cookbooks and was surprised by how short this section is. Types of ingredients such as fruit, nuts, herbs, seafood and others are only quickly mentioned. There's none of the usual advice or help on the elements, e.g. lists of the best and worst types of ingredients.

I've spent a few decades experimenting with paleo, keto, Mediterranean and other types of eating. As a result, I was already familiar with most dishes or variations of them. I tried a few meals I wouldn't usually make and found them all to be equally delicious.

I like how you can look at a meal and in the bottom left corner you can see the time. If the time is 30 minutes or less, you see it highlighted in a circle making the quick meals easy to find. You can see how many portions each meal is making. That's lucky since some recipes are for 16 or 22 people. Since the ingredients are precise, you can downsize how much you use. Many meals are for a traditional family of 4. Couples and individuals will find their mileage varies.

Whilst low carb, this is not a keto cookbook; many meals are over 20 carbs. There is also no diet labelling for dishes. You will need to read ingredients to tell if a meal is pescetarian, vegan, vegetarian or nut-free etc.

Ultimately the book is what it says on the cover, a low carb Mediterranean cookbook. It is a good introduction for new or intermediate cooks. I enjoyed reading the book and experimenting with new flavours. If you're interested in low carb Mediterranean food, it is worth buying.

I requested this book on @netgalley because we've been trying to eat healthy. We had to go get blood tests done earlier this year and found that my brother and I are pre-diabetic and also have high cholesterol along with my mom.

The doctor recommended a Mediterranean diet. We're Italian and usually eat healthy but with covid everything went out of whack.

I found really great recipes in here that I will definitely incorporate into our weekly meals

At the beginning of the pandemic, I switched to the Mediterranean diet. I’ve lost 40 pounds and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything on it! I do find myself struggling to find lower carb recipes though, so I was glad to be approved for this arc! After reading the recipes, I immediately bought a vegetable spiraler!
Thank you to Netgalley for the arc ebook!

Of all the types of healthy eating habits, following a Mediterranean diet is the most sustainable for me. This cookbook has a plethora of healthy, low-carb seafood recipes that I am dying to try. The recipes and ingredient lists aren't too overwhelming and seem easy enough to follow.

5 stars
I was unable to download this book to my Kindle. I am not going to be able to leave a review due to this issue.

this was very useful and I have made a number of these dishes and found them easy to do. The ingredients were easy. all in all I would recommend this book

Mouthwatering! A host of Eastern/Mediterranean infused recipes which have renewed my inspiration for this delicious, healthy style of eating! Some old favourites given unusual twists but many new to me from the author’s repertoire. Tantalising photos accompany simple, clear instructions which have motivated me to take action in the kitchen. The pesto sauce is divine! ( I’ve tweaked mine by adding cottage cheese which works well and keeps the fat content low). Just when I thought I had more than enough cook books.....along came this one!

The Mediterranean diet has been one of the most popular diets all over the world for many years. I wanted to read this cookbook as I am currently on a diet and am trying to cut down on carbs intake. Unfortunately, I am very disappointed with the recipes contained here. This is not the Mediterranean cookbook that i was looking for. What is more, I wouldn't say that these are recipes for dishes with a low carbohydrate content.

There is a lot of photos of the prepared dishes, but to be honest, none of the recipes caught my attention. Many recipes use expensive ingredients such as pine nuts, Italian cheeses and seafood.
A lot of recipes are EXTREMELY SIMPLE eg. "crispy oven-dried orange slices" or "burrata cheese with balsamic marinated strawberries". I wouldn't really call them "recipes" but "ideas" for quick snacks. There are many vegan options and dishes composed mainly of vegetables or fruit. Each of the recipes contains nutrients, which is certainly useful for all people on a diet.

* I was gifted an ARC of this cookbook and this is my honest review #NetGalley *

The perfect cookbook, I have so much envy that this is not on my cooking bookshelf in my kitchen. The book is beautiful and bright, the text is clear and the recipes are simple but yet exciting. The only reason that it is not 5 stars is it doesn't seem perfect for the E-book format.

I absolutely love this cookbook. I have been searching for a low carb Mediterranean cookbook for about a year now with less than stellar results. Usually, I am uninterested in the majority of the recipes, but the opposite was true for this book. I think I practically bookmarked every page because I want to try so many of them. I definitely recommend having this cookbook on your arsenal if you live a low carb or Mediterranean diet lifestyle- it's the best of both worlds.

This was a straightforward cookbook. One you’ve seen plenty times before: themed sections, a handful of full page color photographs, recipes. The recipes have some decent range. Keeping in mind the dietary needs outlined by this particular cookbook’s aims, the recipes seem to overall fit the bill. Overall, a decent collection, albeit lacking anything that excites or sets it apart from others of similar type

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* Sounds like some great low carb recipes, especially the deserts!!

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I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review

A well-presented cook book with a raft of recipes, each with nutritional information. However, looking for a recipe to try first, I landed on Beef Stew with Mushrooms and Red Wine. Not especially Mediterranean, and reference is made in the introduction to the streets of Paris... Still. The recipe is pretty conventional for a beef stew except that the onions aren't fried and the cooking time til tender for stewing beef is given as 25 minutes!. I bailed out.

Clean Eating Kitchen: The Low-Carb Mediterranean Cookbook features healthy recipes for every meal!

I love Mediterranean cuisine, and so it happens that this book came into my life at the right time as I am trying to eat fewer carbs! I love how the author took the time to explain a low-carb diet, its different levels of carb restriction and educate us on the basics of a low-carb Mediterranean diet.

I love Lebanese food, and I was so excited to find a Kibbeh recipe using quinoa instead of Bulgur! I can’t wait to try it and make it for a friend who has just found out she is celiac!

The recipes are delicious and seem easy to replicate. I just wish that there were pictures for each recipe, not just a few scattered throughout the book. This is also not a book for everyday cooking as many ingredients used are either not as easy to find or costly, not making it inclusive for everyone.

Definitely great for entertaining and cooking for special meals!

Disclaimer: I first read it as an ARC. In exchange for an honest review, I am thankful to Michelle Dudash, Quarto Publishing Group, and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of Clean Eating Kitchen: The Low-Carb Mediterranean Cookbook

This is a great recipe book combining the healthy principles of Low Carb and Mediterranean cuisine.

The recipes are clearly laid out and show nutritional content including carbs and net carbs. Sections include: starters, plant based, seafood, meats, vegetable sides, and sweets. Many but not all of the recipes include photographs.

I have enjoyed a low carb diet for many years and for me, many of these recipes did not read low carb. Lower carb maybe, if you ascribe to an American diet. I also didn't feel the recipes were uniquely Mediterranean which seemed a shame.
I would have loved the addition of more photographs because a cookbook without images for many meals means that you regrettably skip what may be interesting offerings. I also would suggest better staging for a few dressed plates which looked a little unappetizing.
As an effort it was still a good one because I did snip a recipe here and there- though I would not use grapes in a low carb diet personally I thought the photo of the blue cheese and walnut pork to be so beautiful that I was influenced immediately. I'll certainly make an altered version of it tomorrow.