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With the recipes, we want you to develop an instinctive relationship with
the ingredients and the flavors. This helps you keep creative and eat with
the seasons. Low-carb eating makes this style even more important since
you are working with a determined range of ingredients. When shopping,
you will learn to buy the foods that are healthy for you and often decide
what to make with them when you get home.
Some will plan a week's meals in advance and shop accordingly. Some
will do a big weekend cook-up and eat off of that for the whole week.
Flexibility and knowledge, mixed with a little creativity and adventurous
spirit to try new things, makes this fun. Involve your family in the cooking
and have a willingness to fail every now and then.
The approach of this book is like a starter instruction manual. We provide
some easy basic meals, simple and available ingredients, as well as being
budget-friendly. The recipes allow for variability in tastes and liking. Be
resourceful and try different things with different amounts and varieties
of spices. You can make swaps with the low-carb veggies and mains
(meats/fish/eggs). This way of eating can be adopted to vegetarian
patterns also.
Enjoy!
—Mark
A NOTE ON THE RECIPES AND COOKING
We are here to give you hope and joy, not despair.
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.
The second best time is right now."
—Chinese Proverb
