I haven’t tried out any the recipes yet, but I will be doing. As someone that has cut sugar completely I was interested in this book for its claim of low sugar recipes! The book and recipes are both extremely easy to read and no doubt follow. Defo recommend

Title is misleading saying low-sugar recipes - many have little free sugar full stop. As the sub-title says 'low carb' recipes is far more appropriate as the majority seek to remove starches. Yes sugar is a carb but one sort of carb. There is far too much addition of things like erythritol, pysillium husk powder, various whey proteins, egg white protein powder. Why not simply use whole, unprocessed food especially for fibre. Sorry, but the easy fluffy bread just sounds nothing like bread. The author obviously has a thing about aluminium free baking powder. Oh well.
Five ingredient avocado etc salad is, apparently, 'ridiculously low in sugar' - I fail to see any useful info in that, most salads are pretty low in sugar anyway and do not need added sugar! Sugar-free ketchup - I make mine with about 20g sugar for her quantity of tomatoes, far less than the 40g erythritol based sugar substitute - another example of go back to basics. There are several instances of using grass-fed butter - this may be an American thing but just a hoot to me envisioning butter pats galloping around a field (just put this down to British humour). At least I agree with her about the foolproof one minute mayo which is something I suppose. Some of the recipes are useful, basic and tasty. I'm sorry that the author had dietary problems as a child for which she seems to blames sugar largely. There are also high levels of fat in her recipes and I suspect that they cause as much overweight issues as sugar. Fat per se is no more friend or enemy than sugar taken wisely. A balanced diet of fresh fruit, veg and meat/fish is much the best and I'm afraid that this book will just not sort most problems of obesity or fetish about food. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy.

Good book with some great recipes, easy to use, easy to follow and great information. The recipes are healthy but still full of flavour and would be great for anyone really. I love the low sugar theme and the No Sugar Hot Chocolate is something I will enjoy.

I will be trying most of the recipes in this book and I am sure my partner and I will be eating quite well while I cook up a feast using this cookbook.

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC, all opinions expressed are my own!

I really easy to follow recipes and some exciting combinations. Loved the images and can’t wait to make them.

Would definitely recommend

So, the recipes in this book seem fine. They are structured well and look simple to follow. The pictures and formatting are clean and I would probably even try some of them out!

That being said, this book IMMEDIATELY opens with talk about binge eating, eating disorders, and bullying/self esteem issues due to being overweight.

This book talks about “clean” foods vs “toxic” foods. As someone with a tumultuous relationship with food and a history of disordered eating, I can’t respect a cookbook that demonizes any kind of food or eating.

A HUGE pass for me.

The book is well structured with the chapters divided into breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and so on, the instructions seem easy to follow, each recipe is provided with its nutritional information and the pictures included make the book visually pleasing.

However, what didn’t sit right with me was the tone of the introduction, which included negative (and perhaps triggering) diet talk and in my opinion toxic „clean“ food talk, labelling certain foods as „destructive“ and saying that doctors and dietitians still stick to certain principles „like parrots“ which actually makes people sick. Being a Nutrition & Food Science Student myself, I don‘t agree with that. Every human body is different and has different needs, what works for one person might not work for another but that‘s not how the author thinks, at least nothing along those lines is mentioned in the introduction.
On top of that, in most recipes sugar is substituted by erythritol which is also an artificial sweetener and not necessarily „clean“ or „healthy“ and a lot of the recipes use ingredients which in most countries are either difficult to find and/or quite expensive, e.g. psyllium husk powder, cashew butter or coconut flour.

Overall, I found this book a bit disappointing and personally I wouldn‘t make any of these.
However, if you don‘t mind sugar-substitutes like stevia or erythritol and you have easy access to many different ingredients, you might like the recipes.

Lots of interesting recipies. Really stunning photos. While they all looked great, I probably wouldn’t make many of them.

*Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this audiobook ARC in exchange for an honest review. Pub date: March 12, 2024

Right off the bat this starts with negative diet language, talk of eating disorders, “clean” food, toxic spices, and how cutting out sugar cured this woman of all her ailments. This cookbook comes from someone who started a blog, so I hope readers don’t take any of this as medically sound advice—every body is different and one persons solution may not be yours.

While these are technically low sugar recipes, many of them use other sweeteners. Yes these are technically low sugar but SO many of them are sweetened unnecessarily. Not sure this will help with sugar cravings in the long run.

While this may work for some, many ingredients used are high-end and pricey, with an emphasis on organic and free range/grass-fed items, yet chemicals like erythritol are used in endless recipes. This is very conflicting. I found this cookbook to be very misleading and inaccessible to those who don’t cook often and use many of these ingredients. Not sure there is one thing I could make from this book with ingredients from my fully stocked pantry—and I won’t be shopping for any of the ingredients to do so.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and author for providing this cookbook for my honest review. I like how the contents are broken up by breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and drinks. I also appreciated the kitchen staple section that included some recipes for basic sauces and bread. Many of the recipes in this book look delicious and I can’t wait to try them. I am a bit concerned that it will be difficult or expensive to find some of the ingredients suggested. I also am not a big fan of sugar replacements. I am not a fan of sugar either, but I was hoping this cookbook would not have sugar alternatives in the majority of the recipes. I feel clean eating is truly eliminating sugar and sugar substitutes as much as possible and the description made me think that was what I would be getting in this cookbook. If you don’t mind sugar substitutes then you will enjoy this cookbook. There are many recipes that do not include sugar or substitutes that are primarily in the savory categories and these look delicious. I can’t wait to try them. Thank you again for allowing me to review this book.

My sweet tooth is my downfall! So many easy to make recipes to help curve that craving. I can’t wait to give so many of these a try!

This is such a good cook book. The recipes are very simple with clear instructions. I appreciate the macros breakdown for each recipe. I especially appreciate the recipes for sauces and drinks because the ones from the store are packed full of sugar. As a household with recently diagnosed diabetes, this cookbook will really come in handy. The No-Sugar Hot Chocolate is an instant favorite. And the Cauli Rise Mushroom and Parmesean Risotto is going to be a new regular dish in our family's rotation. I am also dying to try the Sun-Dried Tomato, Basil, and Pine Nut Muffins- I've never seen savory muffins like this. Some of the ingredients are things that I have never heard of but I appreciate that the recipe lists tips for what you can use if you cant find the more less common ingredients.

This cookbook is full of simple, healthy, and unique recipes. I highly recommend it for anyone hoping to eat healthier or who needs to cut back on sugar (which is most of us).

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Fair Winds, New Shoe Press for providing an eARC of this book.