I can relate to wanting to eat things that are not quite as exotic as found in TSP cookbook (I own one and have tried a few of the more down-to earth recipes - yummy). I'm going to try some of the low carb recipes on meals.com. Many of the recipes seem easy and use ingredients that I can find at my very small town grocery store. Anything that requires somewhat fancier ingredients requires a trip of about 35 miles to a mega-grocery store - of course, on a tight budget, I have to keep things pretty simple. Hope this helps.