Nutrition Information for My Low-Carb Cookbooks
I’m so happy to let you know that I now provide nutrition information for all of the recipes in my books! Go straight to it on the links below:
The Easiest Low-Carb Recipes
If you own my low-carb cookbooks, you’ll have all the macros available to you! If you’re thinking of buying my New York Times Best Seller, there’s a free sneak peek of every recipe here!
Nutrition Information for Website Recipes
Over the years some readers have been concerned that I haven’t provided nutrition information for the recipes here on the website. I was a bit surprised when I received the comment below regarding the 1,000 free low-carb recipes I provide here.
Yes, we know you do not answer nutrition questions, but it would be helpful, useful, and simply kind if you would simply supply this information with the recipes you provide. Organic Valley egg nog has 180 cal. and 10 g fat, while Living Without vegan egg nog has 366 calories, 33g total fat, per serving! And Elana’s recipe? God alone knows. Elana– this seems a bit of a grinch like policy on your part.
Juggling My Way Through Life
I’m not a big corporation. I’m a mom with celiac disease, multiple sclerosis, two children, and a husband. Just like all of you, I’m juggling my way through life every single day.
Free Low-Carb Recipes on Elana’s Pantry
I have a thousand free-recipes here to share with you because it makes me happy. Sitting with spreadsheets and calculators? That does not make me happy. That’s what I used to do that when I owned a big company back in 1995. I was 28 years old. I had lots of employees. I was in Fortune Magazine. I made loads of money. More than I do writing books. But writing books is fun. So I traded in my power suit and now I write low-carb power bar recipes.
Nutrition Information from My Amazing Readers
If you check out My Fitness Pal you will find the nutrition information for the recipes from my website. My fabulous readers have done the work for you using that fantastic nutrition calculator!
Nutrition Information for Paleo Cooking
Click here for nutrition information for the recipes in my New York Times best selling cookbook, Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry. Grab a copy of the low-carb best seller!
Rachel says
great job! I was one of the first people to read that snarky post AND I posted my own comment as a reaction to it. Like I said in the tweet, you cannot satisfy everyone. Hopefully that person will realize that they wrote a pretty nasty comment and owe you an apology. If not, they probably feel embarrassed about it anyway. you cannot do everything for everyone. You have been very generous with your time by just sharing your great recipes. I think I would be very put off if someone made a similar comment for me. So I can certainly understand the upset feelings. Anyway, some people also need to realize that you have a life beyond this blog and try to respect that!
Chantel says
The beauty of eating “this” way is that you don’t have to count calories and obsess over nutritional information. I love your blog, I use your recipes all the time. Your response was perfect!
Gaby says
Elana, you totally rock! x
marc says
I was a bodybuilder for 4 years and I can say that I don’t miss it, its very unhealthy and that’s not the way to live your life. I started looking for a new way to be healthly and I came across this website and several others similar to this. My point is when I was bodybuilding I counted eveything and now I dont, I Eat To Live not the other way around.
Tom the Nutritionist says
Kudos Elana!
I AM a Nutritionist and I totally agree. The calorie/protein/carb/fat story of nutrition is old and moldy. Anyone who reads science and is aware of upcoming trends would see that nature is extremely brilliant and dynamic. The REAL story behind nutrition and health is far more complex and eloquent than looking at just calories and/or macronutrients. So happy to hear you are not wasting your time worrying about such minutia.
Many blessings to you and much gratitude for your life changing recipes!
Tom the Nutritionist
natalie says
Elana, you make me lsugh. I needed that. :)
natalie says
Sorry…meant to say “you make me laugh”.
Sarah @ Celiac in the City says
Well said, Elana. Sadly, this isn’t the first time I’ve read on fellow bloggers’ sites that people are complaining about the numerous free recipes that are provided, either for lack of substitution info or caloric numbers, etc. Enough already.
Thank you for all that you do — it was a pleasure meeting you at the Chicago GF Expo and *LOVE* both of your books and the recipes here on your site. Kudos to you!
Enjoy every moment of your holiday season with your family.
Zoe says
I wholeheartedly agree with you on this, Elana! I don’t count calories either. I get nutrition content/value questions from time to time, too, and I honestly say pretty much the same thing. Eating nutritious food is important, though I think calculating nutritional value is a different field entirely and generally complicates things.
Rebecca@GrainFreeGroupie says
I don’t think it’s fair that readers should ask you to provide nutritional info, and honestly, even if you did it would not be accurate based on how each person prepared it. Maybe their measuring is off, their ingredients slightly different than yours, etc. What’s important are that the ingredients themselves are whole foods and full of nutrients. Keep it up Elana!
Ramona says
Your blog is one of my favorites! I don’t think you’re a grinch at all-quite the opposite! I have similar health issues and I have found so many fun recipes here and I think you are so kind to share! If I needed to know the nutritional content-I’d find it on my own! Heavens, haven’t you done enough for me already! LOL! But, truthfully, when I am eating whole food that is in its natural form, I don’t worry about calories or fat-there is no point. I let my body decide when it has had enough. Thank you again for all you do!