The DIRTY, LAZY, KETO 5-Ingredient Cookbook: 100 Easy-Peasy Recipes Low in Carbs, Big on Flavor
By Stephanie Laska and William Laska
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After losing 140 pounds on the keto diet, bestselling author Stephanie Laska makes the keto diet more accessible and foolproof than ever before with these 100 delicious recipes made with only 5 (or fewer) main ingredients!
The easy-going approach of The DIRTY, LAZY KETO 5-Ingredient Cookbook makes weight loss manageable, sustainable, and even fun. Packed with her trademark sass and practical advice, Stephanie teaches the proven fundamentals of dirty keto cooking in a way that gets you excited and motivated. You’ll find 100 easy, great-tasting classic recipes that the entire family will enjoy—even the pickiest eaters.
Making the keto diet more convenient than ever, this is a flexible, honest, real-world approach to losing weight that anyone can accomplish. In this cookbook, you’ll find no judgment—just plenty of support to help you pursue your own unique path to sustainable healthy weight loss—not perfection. This is lazy keto at its finest!
Stephanie Laska
Stephanie Laska doesn’t just talk the talk; she walks the walk. She is one of the few keto authors who has successfully lost half of her body weight (140 pounds!) and maintained that weight loss for a decade. Her mission is to help as many people as possible fight obesity one carb at a time. Stephanie’s honest sass and fresh approach to the keto diet break all the traditional rules of dieting. You might have caught her cooking debut with Al Roker on NBC’s Today show or seen her on the covers of Woman’s World magazine. Her story has been celebrated in articles or images shared by Parade, Fox News, U.S. News & World Report, New York Post, among many others. Stephanie participated in the USA Today Storytellers Project and has appeared multiple times on CBS’s GoodDay Sacramento. She has run a dozen marathons—most notably the New York City Marathon Not bad for a girl who ran her first mile (as in ever!) at close to age forty.
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The DIRTY, LAZY, KETO 5-Ingredient Cookbook - Stephanie Laska
Delicious Recipes with 10g Net Carbs or Less!
THE DIRTY, LAZY, KETO® 5-Ingredient Cookbook
100 Easy-Peasy Recipes Low in Carbs, Big on Flavor
Stephanie Laska, MEd, and William Laska
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The DIRTY, LAZY, KETO 5-Ingredient Cookbook, by Stephanie Laska and William Laska, Adams MediaCONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
DIRTY, LAZY, KETO SECRETS FOR SUCCESS
1. AN EASIER WAY TO KETO
2. KITCHEN INSPECTION
3. CAREFREE COOKIN’
THE DIRTY, LAZY, KETO RECIPES
To discover what these recipe icons mean, turn to page 19
.
4. BREAKFAST
Chocolate Chip Muffins in a Jiffy |
Just a Bowl of Cereal |
No-Skill Scramble |
Punk Peanut Butter Chaffle |
Goldilocks’s Pancake Syrup |
Homey Honey-Walnut Cream Cheese |
Careless Crepes |
Runner-Up Strawberry Syrup |
Lickety-Split Acai Bowl |
Monkeyed Around Bread |
Townie Avocado Toast |
Creative Cottage Cheese |
5. SOUPS AND SALADS
Naked Tuna Salad |
Ta-da Tomato Bisque |
Drive-Thru Bacon Burger Salad |
Cheesy Easy Cauliflower Soup |
Souper Douper Chicken Soup |
Cioppino Close Encounter |
Unpretentious Pumpkin Soup |
Lying Lobster Chowdah |
Miso Hungry Soup |
Zoomer’s Zucchini Salad |
Downpour Parmesan Dressing |
Scrimpin’ Shrimp Salad |
Pedestrian Mediterranean Salad |
Pickle-Tickled Ranch Dressing |
Cold Noodle-ish Salad |
Cool As a Cucumber Pesto Salad |
6. SNACKS
Wing It! |
Jalapeño Wispy Chips |
Ridiculous Radish Chips |
Catawampus Avocado Chips |
Movie Poppin’ Corn |
Teensy-Weensy Taquitos |
Fake and Bake Kale Chips |
Always Ants on a Log |
Hokey Holiday Cheese Ball |
Pre-Party Poppers |
7. PIZZA AND BREADS
Say Cheese Chaffle Sticks |
Cluck-It Good Pizza Crust |
Minute Bread |
English Muffin Mates |
Sick Day Saltines |
Pioneering Pizza Crust |
Tree Hugger Pizza Crust |
8. SIDE DISHES
Fickle Pickles |
Bamboozling Bacon Brussels Sprouts |
FOMO Fried Green Tomatoes |
Call of Duty Broccoli |
Cabbage Cribbage |
Freedom Asparagus Fries |
Gold Star Sushi
|
Cut-a-Corner Veggie Casserole |
Hot-to-Trot Mushroom Salad |
Canoodling Crab Rangoons |
So Satisfying Stuffed Mushrooms |
Unwed Onion Rings |
Freaky Fry-Day Green Beans |
9. MAIN DISHES
Alfredo Fooled Noodles |
Big Mama Chaffle Burger |
Shortcut Sausage Skillet |
Manly Man Stroganoff |
Crash Course Carnitas |
Complete Cubano Pork Wraps |
Highbrow Hot Diggity Dogs |
Slip ’n’ Slide Queso Burgers |
One Minute Man Enchiladas |
Party Pooper Prawns |
Orange Crush Chicken |
Honey Mustard Damn Ham |
Phony Philly Cheesesteak |
Copycat Chicken and Chaffles |
Surprising Squash Stew |
Buffet Line Butter Chicken |
Simple Salami Skewers |
Yippee Chicken Gyros |
No Trick Tri-Tip |
Dancing Drunken Chicken |
Con Coconut Shrimp |
Talkin’ Turkey Wraps |
Skedaddlin’ Shrimp Scampi |
10. DESSERTS AND DRINKS
Discombobulated Donut Holes |
Personal Pumpkin Pie |
Chilly Cheesecake Bars |
Strawberry Freezy |
Kinda Cannoli |
Stuffed Birthday Cake Surprise |
Best Attempt Rice Pudding |
Skinny Gummy Bears |
Double Chocolate Ahoy Cookies |
Christmas Dessert Salad |
DLK PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte) |
Mommy’s Special Popsicles |
Stunt Double Chocolate Malt |
Bootleg Irish Cream |
Mo Milk |
Glow Stick Margarita |
Sneaky Strawberry Smoothie |
Rebellious Bloody Mary |
Peppermint White Russian |
Tipsy Tiki Mojito |
Additional Resources
Recipe Resources
US/Metric Conversion Charts
About the Authors
Glossary
Index
DEDICATION
The majority of this cookbook was written on a treadmill, not in the kitchen. My excessive taste-testing of DIRTY, LAZY, KETO recipes was starting to catch up with me on the backend (literally), so I decided to do something about it. Sure, it took some finessing (have you ever tried walking and typing simultaneously?) and a few near accidents (flying off the back!), but eventually, I got the hang of it. Now, working at my standing treadmill desk feels like second nature.
I’m no stranger to making excuses. I spent decades of my life convincing myself I was too busy
or too tired
to lose weight. I would fabricate long lists of reasons why I couldn’t change my eating habits, from the ridiculous (I’m big boned) to the simply-not-true (I can’t afford healthy food). Ironically, my excuses never made me feel any better. I still felt lost in the plus-size department without an exit plan.
When I discovered the DIRTY, LAZY, KETO way of eating, all of that changed. Overcoming stumbling blocks became much easier once I changed my perspective. I realized the only thing stopping me, well, was me!
Let’s hold each other accountable. No more excuses. If you don’t know how to meal prep or feel intimidated by the keto diet, I’m dedicating this book to you. I promise to streamline instructions and keep the recipes simple.
I’m here to help you, my friend. Let’s do this together.
—Stephanie
To readers everywhere who are sick of the constant struggle to lose weight and stay healthy. This book is dedicated to you. Thank you for trusting in us and the DIRTY, LAZY, KETO way of eating. Keep an open mind and stick to the basics of this low-carb diet. The results will show themselves in no time.
To my wonderful children Charlotte and Alex. Thank you for your bottomless patience in hearing mom and dad talk endlessly about DIRTY, LAZY, KETO and its benefits. May your lives benefit from witnessing our tireless work and passion to help others.
—William
PREFACE
Weight loss shouldn’t be so complicated. Many of us have been brainwashed to believe that sweeping life changes are required to lose weight. Join a gym, sign up for a boot camp, follow a thirty-day meal plan? That’s the answer! But grand gestures only work in the movies. In reality? Most of us fizzle out before we even get started. The thought of running 26.2 miles, going to the gym every day, and cooking specialty meals forever…is overwhelming. We stop before we even start.
Losing weight doesn’t have to take over your life. I learned this secret while losing 140 pounds (about half of my body weight). My strategy was simple. I focused on making good decisions, tiny little decisions, day in and day out. That’s it. Does my answer surprise you? I’m talking about the snap decisions most of us make about food without giving it a second thought. When I find myself rationalizing just this once
or one bite doesn’t count,
I stop and think again. For me, these seemingly inconsequential decisions are what matter the most. Tiny decisions have a snowball effect. They add up fast! For me, consistency (not boot camp) has been the secret to sustained weight loss.
Tiny decisions about what we eat matter. It’s that simple.
But making healthy choices only becomes easier—and enjoyable—once you know what to eat. My version of the keto diet, DIRTY, LAZY, KETO, is much easier to understand and follow compared to what you may have read about. It’s kinda sorta similar to a traditional keto diet…but not the same! Yes, I eat foods that are higher in fat, moderate in protein, and lower in carbohydrates, but I do so in a less restrictive way. This is why DIRTY, LAZY, KETO is so doable! Let me explain.
I’m not obsessively picky about recording every morsel I eat, nor am I snobby about the ingredients I buy. I don’t purchase organic produce or specialty keto ingredients. Do I look like a Rockefeller? I buy what’s on sale at grocery stores and order off the dollar menu at fast food restaurants. I don’t religiously weigh or measure my food (I’ve never been good at math!). I don’t count calories—only net carbs. I use the very sophisticated eyeball
method when calculating serving sizes. I’m not perfect by any means, and that’s okay with me!
I’m in this for the long haul—convenience and cost matter to me more than following a bunch of arbitrary rules that govern keto. Call my way keto-ish or criticize my philosophy if you want to, but DIRTY, LAZY, KETO has helped hundreds of thousands of men and women from around the world lose weight. If that isn’t evidence of success, I don’t know what is!
My husband and I each have lost almost 100 pounds…DLK has been the best thing that ever happened to our diet. We consider it to be a lifestyle change.
—Michelle R.
Losing weight, feeling good about myself again…more confidence than I have had in twenty years!
—Michelle S.
The day after finishing the book, I started my lifestyle change…. I never looked back. Eighty-two pounds down since the beginning of January.
—Theresa
The idea of not having to be perfect has helped me to embrace keto eating!
—Jennifer
My whole life I have been trying to find something that works for me (oh, the money I have spent). And for once, I am truly excited about losing weight on my own terms!
—Nettie
I want you to have the same weight loss success. I’ll explain what foods to eat, but more importantly, in The DIRTY, LAZY, KETO® 5-Ingredient Cookbook, I’ll explain why. Together, we’ll set up your kitchen for success, quickly review keto cooking principles, and then jump right into making mouthwatering dishes. You’ll finish knowing how to make one hundred keto-friendly recipes using only a handful of ingredients. That sounds doable, right? The plan is to make cooking your way to weight loss as simple as possible. The net carbs and nutrition information for each recipe are even calculated for you. You can do this!
By reviewing the basics and keeping recipes simple, we’ll remove any potential obstacles currently in your way.
You don’t have to be a professional chef or a mathematician to lose weight with DIRTY, LAZY, KETO. There are no fancy-pants ingredients required or complex ratios for you to figure out. My strategy is stripped down to the bare essentials. I promise to explain everything in simple, easy-to-understand terms. You won’t need a calculator or a kitchen scale—just a willingness to consistently make good decisions, one after another.
You can achieve your weight loss goals. Let’s get started!
INTRODUCTION
Losing weight with keto shouldn’t be so complicated or require a boatload of ridiculous ingredients. I was able to lose 140 pounds and keep that weight off for eight years by creating my own rebellious version of the ketogenic diet, which I call DIRTY, LAZY, KETO. Meals are made from normal people
foods, from normal people
stores (often bought with a coupon). I believe in keeping the ingredient list as brief as possible. I can count the number of main ingredients I use on one hand!
In The DIRTY, LAZY, KETO® 5-Ingredient Cookbook, you’ll find one hundred great-tasting, no-fuss recipes—all with 10 grams of net carbs or less—that require only an armful of everyday ingredients. Keeping your ingredients simple not only saves you money and aggravation, but also time. When you can make an entire keto meal from foods you already have on hand with no unnecessary trips to the store, you are winning, people!
Inside this book, you’ll find delicious breakfast, snack, entrée, and dessert ideas that will appeal to the entire family. You’ll also get the advice you need about what you should be eating, why you should be eating it, and how to set yourself up for weight loss success.
It turns out a lot of those keto rules
aren’t really necessary, after all. My way works too!
I’ll explain this whole enchilada in three steps:
1DLK basics—why this works and how to get started.
2Keto cooking