Low Carb Is Lekker Three, Inè Reynierse

In Low Carb Is Lekker Three, Inè Reynierse has moved her philosophy from low carb high fat to low carb high nutrition. This allows someone to eat ‘smart carbs’. She also introduces micronutrients into the equation.

Low Carb is Lekker Three  continues the journey begun by Inè Reynierse in 2015, when her award winning cookbook,  Low Carb is Lekker,  took the country by storm.

Building on the demand for carb-conscious, sugar-free and grain-free meals, Inè’s recipes put the emphasis on nutritionally upgraded, healthy eating. Her dishes don’t require speciality ingredients or expensive food substitutes.

Living in a small Boland town, she has learnt to be creative with what she has to hand: good quality meat and dairy, and the freshest vegetables and herbs. Her dressings, dips, sauces and gluten-free flour mixes form the basis of a superb selection of recipes that will take you from breakfast to dinner and from weekday family meals to weekend entertaining.

With her focus on improving general health and wellbeing, Inè’s recipes will appeal to anyone who wants to put good food on the table every day of the week.

Chapters are divided into:

• Low-Carb Essentials
• Light Meals, Sides & Sauces
• Main Meals
• Breads, Bakes & Treats

Recipes that caught my eye:

• Everyday Pesto With Sunflower Seeds (p30)
• Olive Pesto Yoghurt Dressing (p35)
• Falafel Cauli Bites (p67)
• Mediterranean Broccoli Salad (p101)
• Hearty Slow-Braised Beef Stew (p125)
• Greek Chicken With Roasted Vegetables (p134)
• Moroccan Fish Cakes With Smoked Paprika Tomato Sauce (p147)
• Olive Oil, Lemon & Rosemary Cake With Lemon Curd Icing (p190)
• Peanut Butter Choc-Chip Cookies (p202)

What I made:

I made the pesto as I have an abundance of herbs in my salad garden. I liked using sunflower seeds as opposed to the more expensive pine nuts. The felafel cauli bites were amazing, and something I will make again. I made quite a bit of the felafel spice blend (p100) for these, and used it over the course of a few days. Despite my previous bad results using erythritol, I went ahead and bought a bag to make the cookies on page 202. Only because Inè claims that this sweetener is the only one to harden as it cools. First off the recipe did not work, and secondly the cookies had a weird taste. Carli told me it is the erythritol that gives off that taste, but I will test another recipe using it.

My impressions:

I found her thought progression from the first book to this one interesting, even if I cannot follow this regime. There is an avoid list for carbohydrates in the recipe book which includes quinoa, raw honey and papayas, yet some of the recipes contain these ingredients. This could be very confusing to first time followers of this way of eating. It is well known that increasing fibre intake has great health benefits, including weight loss. The dietary information may be overwhelming for a lot of people. There are very few photographs which reduced my visual choice of recipes.

Publishing information:

Penguin Random House South Africa sent me Low Carb Is Lekker Three to review.

View the previous posts on April 27:

• • 2022: De Camdeboo Restaurant
  • 2020: Lemon And Lime Salad Dressing
  • 2018: Cheesy Polenta
  • 2016: Two
  • 2015: Sourdough Focaccia
  • 2012: Lemon Verbena

Today is a public holiday in South Africa and on Sunday Dave and I leave for Italy. I won’t be replying to comments or reading blog posts until the 16th of May. You can follow our trip by taking a look at our holiday blog.

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