I got this one - https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Easy-Ketogenic-Cooking-Recipes/dp/1628601000/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482943942&sr=8-1&keywords=keto+cookbook
It's really great as the first twenty pages or so talk about the keto lifestyle and all sorts of different things from sweetners, to proteins. And fantastic recipes!
I'm pretty new to this diet so I've been living out of the Quick and Easy Ketogenic Cooking book (Link)
Author has a chocolate shake for breakfast that I love! I can drink one serving about 6AM for breakfast, and not be hungry until about 1PM.
3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp coconut oil or unsalted butter
1/4 cup MCT oil
2 cups water
4 whole large eggs plus 4 large egg yolks
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup Swerve confectioners style sweetener or equivalent amount of liquid or powdered sweetener
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
Throw it all in a blender and blend until smooth. Refrigerate overnight to thicken. Pour over 2-4 cups ice, if desired (I don't).
Yield 4 servings (about 1 cup each)
Macros:
664 calories
70g fat
8g protein
1g carbs
0g fiber
Side Note If you don't want chocolate, take out the cocoa powder and vanilla extract. Use any flavor extract you'd like instead.
I meal prep breakfast and work-snack items. I get up really early to go to work and I'm not a morning person so I'll never cook in the mornings. On Sunday (I work m-f) I cook a quiche, and then eat a slice for breakfast on the way to work. I also pick a snack to have at work for the week so I'm not tempted by the vending machine on my break. Last week I made keto egg muffins; this week it's hard boiled eggs. I'm getting tired of eggs haha.
For the other meals, I cook. Lunch is fish because it's fast, and then dinner is usually a protein plus veggies. But I only work part time; if I were still working full time I'd have to figure out something different for lunch.
I also make sure I have some stuff in the fridge that I can grab and eat quick if need be. Cheese, hot dogs (I love Nathan's hot dogs, only 1g of carbs a piece I think), lunch meat, stuff like that, because there are definitely times I don't feel like cooking. So I think for me, I cook when I can because fresh stuff always tastes better but I do meal prep for the meals I know I'm not going to have time for. I think it works pretty well :)
There is a keto recipe subreddit /r/ketorecipes and tons of blogs/sites/etc online for more resources. This is the book I bought and so far it seems really nice. Most of the meals are pretty easy and she has a lot of great information about keto in there as well. There is also a section at the beginning where she makes a 7 day meal plan with a corresponding shopping list which is nice, though too expensive looking for me haha.
edit: I also really like pickles for snacks. Mostly because of the salt and crunchiness
There is a great doc (imo) that helped kick me into action. It’s called The Magic Pill. Maria Emmerich also explains why being a fat burner is better for your organs in her first cookbook. Once you know, you know… you can feel better. Bad habits are not impossible to break! You can do it !
>I did Keto last year on a budget and I just used Pinterest a lot and non specialty items and still stayed well within/below my carb allowance.
You don't need any special ingredients to eat keto. You can easily get everything you need at Superstore and Costco.
I don't trust any recipe that doesn't list the macro nutrients in the dishes. There are a lot of keto cookbooks out there that do.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=keto+cookbook
This one is really good.
https://www.amazon.ca/Quick-Easy-Ketogenic-Cooking-Recipes/dp/1628601000
I got this keto cookbook for Christmas from a friend ($20 on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1628601000/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ngQsAbHKBTGCD )
Here's some pictures of the inside. It has a picture and nutrition breakdown of literally every recipe and meal plans with nutrition breakdown for 7 or 30 days.
I almost never use cookbooks, but this one seems pretty solid, and gave me some cool ideas for meal planning.