Keto in Grublin is a dietary style that steers every recipe. When you set it, each recipe request states that the recipe must satisfy a keto diet, and Grub writes towards very low carbohydrate and high fat from the ingredients you have or the dish you fancy. Unlike allergens, keto is not re-checked by Grublin's own code and no macros are counted; it is steering, not enforcement. Grublin is a free recipe app for iPhone and Android.
Keto is a filter you apply to everything, forever
Eating keto turns every recipe into arithmetic. The sauce has flour. The marinade has honey. The side is rice. You end up with a short list of trusted dishes and a long list of things you no longer bother looking at, and dinner gets repetitive fast.
Grublin applies the filter before the recipe is written. Set keto once and the sauce is thickened with cream or reduced, the marinade has no honey, and the rice is cauliflower, without you steering each one.
What "steered" means here, plainly
Grublin treats two kinds of rule differently, and it matters for keto.
Allergens and the ethical and religious diets are re-checked in the finished recipe by our own code, because a miss there is a danger or a broken promise.
Keto is steered. The request tells Grub the recipe must be keto, and the model is good at that: it knows what carbohydrate is and where it hides. But no code counts the carbs afterwards, and Grublin does not calculate macros, calories or net carbs. If a recipe comes back with an ingredient you'd rather not have, tap Tweak and say so, and it's gone. If you need to track precisely, use a tracker alongside; Grublin is for deciding dinner, not for logging it.
What to expect in the recipes
Grub writes from your fridge or your craving, so there is no fixed list, but keto plus your kit tends to produce: eggs and cheese dishes, meat and fish with buttered or roasted low-carb vegetables, creamy sauces, cauliflower rice and mash, courgette noodles, salads with oil and avocado, stir-fries with tamari and no rice, slow-cooked meats, and fat bombs when you ask for pudding. Say "I fancy something like a curry" and the curry comes back over cauliflower rice with full-fat coconut milk.
Keto and something else
- Keto and dairy-free. Harder, because keto leans on butter and cheese. Set both and Grub leans on coconut, olive oil, avocado and eggs instead.
- Keto with a nut allergy. Almond flour goes. Set tree nuts and the bakes use coconut flour or none.
- Keto and egg-free. The egg rule is enforced; the keto rule is steered. Both apply.
- Keto and vegetarian. Set both. Eggs, cheese, tofu and vegetables do the work, and the vegetarian rule is enforced.
What you'll actually cook, in your kitchen
Tell Grub your kit and the keto dinner is written for it: a slow cooker for cheap cuts, an air fryer for crispy skin and roasted vegetables, no oven for pan dinners. Set who's eating and the portions follow.
Yes. Set keto in Preferences and every recipe request states that the recipe must be keto. Grub steers towards very low carbohydrate and high fat from the ingredients you have. No. Grublin counts nothing: no calories, no macros, no net carbs. Keto is steering, not tracking. Use a tracker alongside if you need numbers. No. Allergens and the vegetarian, vegan, halal and kosher diets are re-checked in the finished recipe by Grublin's own code. Keto is stated in the request and followed by the model, without a second check. If something slips in, tap Tweak and say so. Yes. Set everything that applies. The allergens are enforced and keto is steered, and every recipe is written to all of it. Yes. Photograph a dish you fancy and Grub writes a keto version of it. See photo to recipe.Questions people ask
Does Grublin write keto recipes?
Does it count carbs or macros?
Is keto re-checked like allergens are?
Can I combine keto with allergies?
Does it work from a photo?