Bacon & Butter: The Ultimate Ketogenic Diet

One of the selling points of a ketogenic diet is the fact that you get to keep eating a lot of your favorite foods. And of course, one of our favorite foods is bacon! This cookbook aims to make a keto diet as delicious as possible. And that is the real key to any weight loss program–including good food so that it doesn’t feel impossible to stick with it. 

I would have thought with a title like Bacon & Butter that all the recipes would be highlighting bacon and butter. But it turns out that this cookbook is more expansive than that. I’m not sure whether I should be delighted or disappointed. But the point of the book is that, “fat is your best friend,” and all of the recipes capitalize on this concept. 

A nice touch to this cookbook is the discussion about what it means to change your diet, including how your family and friends might react, how to handle social pressure to eat differently, and ways to get the most out of food-related activities without giving up the social interactions you love and need. 

The recipes are great and include keto-friendly versions of lots of classics such as beef stroganoff, meatballs, chicken tenders, mac and cheese, pizza, and chicken parmesan. Plus, learn about the hidden sugars in sauces, with recipes for homemade versions that are healthier for you. 

All in all, this is a solid cookbook with a lot of variety. But we’d be remiss to mention that if you are looking for a bacon-heavy cookbook, this misses the mark just a bit. Bacon doesn’t seem to be the stand-out star in most of the recipes that have it as an ingredient. But there are still a handful of great bacon-inspired dishes to try out. We’ve listed the bacon recipes from the book below.