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Buying A G/f Cook Book

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happy4dolphins Enthusiast
happy4dolphins
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I have one gluten-free cook book, but I am at the point of wondering if it's worth buying another one?!?! I need some main meal recipees and are "normal" and not fancy :).

Nicole

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I have one gluten-free cook book, but I am at the point of wondering if it's worth buying another one?!?! I need some main meal recipees and are "normal" and not fancy :).

Nicole

I like to borrow them from the library. If I really like it (like Bette Hagman's Fast & Healthy) then I'll buy it.

angel-jd1 Community Regular
angel-jd1
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I find that we use our gluten free cookbooks more for the desserts section. For main dishes, I use all the things I cooked pre gluten-free days and substitute ingredients that are safe. I also LOVE online recipe sites. They are so fun and FREE :) Gotta love that.

-Jessica :rolleyes:

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penguin
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My cookbook method is usually I'll look for one on amazon .com, then I'll search the book for a recipe. I'll try the recipe, then I'll buy the book based on whether I thought the recipe was good. I also try for the library, but they don't always have the ones I'm looking for.

I'm also a huge fan of allrecipes.com

And almost any dinner recipe can be modified to gluten-free pretty easily :)

Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
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Save you money for gluten free food. Go over to delphi and visit the "Best of Mirielle". She owns her own gluten free restaurant and she posts all her recipes over there. There are thousands. And they're awesome!

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Karen

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Save you money for gluten free food. Go over to delphi and visit the "Best of Mirielle". She owns her own gluten free restaurant and she posts all her recipes over there. There are thousands. And they're awesome!

Hugs.

Karen

Karen, you're my hero :)

Thanks for posting that!!!!!! I'm so psyched!!! :D

happy4dolphins Enthusiast
happy4dolphins
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OH! I've not been to delphi before. THanks :)

Nicole

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call me old fashioned, but i use cookbooks all the time. my recommends:

1) the essential seafood cookbook

2) wheat free, gluten free cookbook for kids and busy adults

3) the gluten free gourmet makes dessert

4) the gluten free gourmet cooks comfort foods

books i bought, but wouldn't recommend:

1) the gluten, wheat & dairy free cookbook

2) the gluten free gourmet bakes bread (sooo much easier just to buy a loaf!)

3) dr. bbq's big time barbecue cookbook

and there are a lot of recipes online over at www.cooks.com as well if you don't want to buy any books

--matt

Carriefaith Enthusiast
Carriefaith
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You could use the cookbooks that you already have and modify them to be gluten-free.

You could also try some of my recipes:

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Green12 Enthusiast
Green12
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I have one gluten-free cook book, but I am at the point of wondering if it's worth buying another one?!?! I need some main meal recipees and are "normal" and not fancy :).

Nicole

I personally haven't found the gluten-free cookbooks to be useful, but that's just me. I cook a lot and I have found that I can modify quite a few "main stream" recipes into safe gluten free ones, and I get creative and make up a lot of my own.

My cookbook method is usually I'll look for one on amazon .com, then I'll search the book for a recipe. I'll try the recipe, then I'll buy the book based on whether I thought the recipe was good. I also try for the library, but they don't always have the ones I'm looking for.

I'm also a huge fan of allrecipes.com

And almost any dinner recipe can be modified to gluten-free pretty easily :)

May I ask what or where is "delphi" and how do I find it?!?!

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doggoneit28
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I've found that "The Gluten-Free Bible: The Thoroughly Indispensable Guide to Negotiating Life without Wheat" by Jax Peters Lowell is all I need. It provides recipes for general flour mixes, pastry mixes, baking mixes, etc. along with a wealth of knowledge on Celiacs. I no longer have all-purpose or w/w flour, Bisquik, Krustez, oats, etc. in my home. I use my new mixes in all my old recipes.

elonwy Enthusiast
elonwy
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I bought Bette Hagman' Comfort Food book, cooked one thing and haven't touched it since. Several posts on here talk about using the South Beach Diet cookbooks to find easy entree recipes that are either already gluten free or really easily convertible, its simple to cook stuff that makes you look like a gourmet chef.

I do not do the South Beach Diet, I just love thier recipes. Where it calls for sugar free or low fat items I just use the items I normally use and stuff comes out great. Everything Phase 1 is going to be Gluten free, and I'll just add a fun side dish and I have a great meal. I especially recommend the South Beach Diet 30 minutes or less cookbook. Fantastic stuff. Also, don't buy the south Beach Diet book ( the green one) because that one just explians the diet, where as the other two are just cookbooks ( orange and yellow)

HTH

Elonwy

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jenvan
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I'd say its up to what fits you 'as a cook.' Personally, I haven't used my gluten-free cookbooks so much. I prefer to use the original recipes and alter them to be gluten-free. Oftentimes the recipes and food just seem better. I have also been able to use my old non-gluten-free baking books w/a gluten-free flour mix. My biggest frustration with different gluten-free cookbooks is that they all use different flour mixtures etc...and it go to be annoying. However, I will hang onto mine still and use them from time to time... Not to say I still won't buy another gluten-free cook book--anything to help with bread, my biggest gluten-free cooking frustration!

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