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100+ Keto Chaffle Recipes*
Some Pretty Inventive Ideas
I used to run a specialty food store in northern California, so I am always attracted to any cookbook that I see at my favorite book review site. I also have friends who follow the keto diet, so I like to review those books for them. When I first read this title, I will admit that I had no idea what a chaffle was; I actually had to look it up on the ‘net! For those of you who don’t know, a chaffle is a waffle made with eggs and cheese as a base instead of the typical carbohydrate ingredients.
I thought the organization of the book was a little bizarre. He called the first section of recipes simply “keto chaffle recipes.” Aren’t these all keto chaffle recipes? The first couple of the section were basic ones, but the rest in this chapter were actually more of the “sweet” variety of chaffle, even if the sweet was not accomplished with carbohydrates. Sections followed with chicken chaffles, cake chaffles, savory chaffles, and finished with pizza chaffles. I was surprised to find that one of the basic recipes was for a vegan version, made with vegan cheeses and a flax meal egg substitute; vegans don’t get enough love in most keto books.
Unfortunately, the book didn’t follow some of the standard ways of writing a cookbook, which could make it confusing to some cooks. The list of ingredients should follow the order of their use in a recipe. This rarely happened in this collection. The recipes themselves sounded fine; in fact, some sounded quite tasty. There are also some issues with the introductory section of the book. For instance, a section labeled “About Keto chaffles,” more talked about the keto diet rather than the chaffles. While the author did include some hints and tips—which I think are good—I found it curious that he didn’t address why all of these recipes require a mini waffle maker instead of a regular-sized one. I imagine it would become rather tedious if you were making these for a family. However, if you have a hankering for waffles and you’re on the keto diet, you may very well enjoy this diverse set of chaffle recipes.
Good to see that I am not the only one that thought the organization of this book was odd and the recipes were poorly written. The printing leaves much to be desired too. For the first hundred pages the words on the left side by the inside margin are not complete. By that I mean only the first letter of the word is printed, it becomes quite a guessing game when you are trying to locate the page a recipe is on when you only have the first digit of a three digit page. Then there is the recipes themselves. This book was a gift so I will not be returning it however I will be rewriting most of the recipes, just too many things are left out or in a strange order.
Oh, my, that sounds like a rather unpleasant reading experience with those missing letters or numbers! At least I didn’t have that in my digital version. Yes, the recipes are problematic, with much room for improvement. There are some good sounding ideas, though. I wish you success, with these or others you may try!
Jamie