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Can Anyone Recommend Some Cookbooks?

Mia H

By Mia H
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Mia H Explorer
Mia H
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Can anyone recommend some books to help me expand my limited gluten-free diet?

I eat the same things for breakfast every day (eggs, bacon, yogurt, gluten-free cereal, tea)

Lunch is usually potato with ham, broccoli, cheese, sour cream, or chili or left over dinner

Dinner: meat and potatoes or rice and a frozen veggie.

Snack: apples and peanut butter, peanuts, tostitos natural, popcorn.

Help, my stomach is bored but I'm terrified to try different things for fear of getting glutened!

Thanks,

Mia

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dog lover Newbie
dog lover
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I like one for kids, i like the recipes for myself.

It's called "the Kid-Friendly Food Allergy Cookbook"

Published by Fair Winds. I can't remember for sure but i think I

ordered it from amazon .com

I also get very tired of the same old thing. augh!!!

Just tried some new product that is very good,

Namaste is the name of the company I think.

sleepingbean Newbie
sleepingbean
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I love this cook book www.thegardenofeatingdiet.com

it's full of wonderfully healthy foods :) (and it's gluten free, of course)

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
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I love the Incredible Edible Gluten Free Food for Kids cookbook. It has fabulous biscuit, pancake, cookie, and cake recipes that taste like the real thing.

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
Posted

The one that I use the most, honestly, is my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, and then make substitutions :)

jennyj Collaborator
jennyj
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My personal library includes:

Wheat Free--Worry Free Danna Korn

Living Well Without Wheat The Gluten Free Gourmet Bette Hagman

The Gluten Free Gourmet Cooks Comfort Foods Bette Hagman

The Gluten Free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy Bette Hagman

The Best Ever Wheat and Gluten Free Baking Book Mary Ann Wenniger with Mace Wenniger

The Everything Gluten-Free Cookbook Rick Marx & Nancy T. Maar

Gluten-Free Baking Rebecca Riley

Lots of good ideas, recipes, and pictures. Good luck :P

Mia H Explorer
Mia H
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Thank you everyone for the ideas. That helps!

There are a couple of cookbooks on the Living Without website. Wondering if anyone has checked those out? They look good too.

Mia

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flagbabyds
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In every cookbook I have tried I have had at least 1 or 2 recipies that i reall like, and that is worth the cost of the cookbook!

Mango04 Enthusiast
Mango04
Posted
Thank you everyone for the ideas. That helps!

There are a couple of cookbooks on the Living Without website. Wondering if anyone has checked those out? They look good too.

Mia

There are great recipes in Living Without magazine.

Daxin Explorer
Daxin
Posted

I have 3 of the Gluten Free Gormet books, and they are ALL womderful. Especially the bread one.

Guest Robbin
Guest Robbin
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:) Hi Mia, If you can tolerate cornstarch, The Gluten Free Kitchen by Roben Ryberg is good and easy, uncomplicated recipes.
ms-sillyak-screwed Enthusiast
ms-sillyak-screwed
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Can anyone recommend some books to help me expand my limited gluten-free diet?

The only cookbook for us CELIAC's (many of us have secondary food intolerence/allergies) I would trust is "Open Original Shared Link"

Another link here... Open Original Shared Link

queenofhearts Explorer
queenofhearts
Posted
Can anyone recommend some books to help me expand my limited gluten-free diet?

I eat the same things for breakfast every day (eggs, bacon, yogurt, gluten-free cereal, tea)

Lunch is usually potato with ham, broccoli, cheese, sour cream, or chili or left over dinner

Dinner: meat and potatoes or rice and a frozen veggie.

Snack: apples and peanut butter, peanuts, tostitos natural, popcorn.

Help, my stomach is bored but I'm terrified to try different things for fear of getting glutened!

Thanks,

Mia

Did you see the link to Epicurious? Using the advanced search you can get hundreds of gluten-free recipes, many from Gourmet or Bon Appetit.

Open Original Shared Link

And be careful of those frozen veggies if they have any sauce or flavoring.

Eat well & be well!

Leah

Mia H Explorer
Mia H
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Did you see the link to Epicurious? Using the advanced search you can get hundreds of gluten-free recipes, many from Gourmet or Bon Appetit.

Open Original Shared Link

And be careful of those frozen veggies if they have any sauce or flavoring.

Eat well & be well!

Leah

Thank you all for the tips. I will check out this website, Gourmet and Bon Appetit sound good to me. I have the Gluten Free Gourmet cooks comfort foods, but I really prefer food that happens not to have gluten in it as opposed to food that is adjusted with gluten-free flours. They never taste the same to me. I have yet to find an edible bread.

I've been gluten-free again for over a month (after my 3 week challenge) and am feeling better but still having headaches and feeling tired. I am thinking of giving up dairy for 2 weeks to see if it makes a difference, but I am scared because I will really feel like I am starving!

Mia

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mac3
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My all-time favorite cookbook (and I've bought SEVERAL in the past 3 months) is "The Best Gluten-Free Family Cookbook" by Donna Washburn and Heather Butt. It seems that most gluten-free cookbooks have their own flour mixes and I've discovered that I end up storing 12 different flour mixtures and have to use them according to whichever cookbook I'm using. This cookbook that I've recommended just uses individual flours and doesn't base their recipes solely on their own mix. Personally, I like that much better...I know that everyone is different though. Out of all the recipes that I've tried, the recipes that I've used from this cookbook have gotten far better reviews from my gluten-free company and non-gluten-free company than any of the others. So, I highly recommend adding it to your library!

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lfij Newbie
lfij
Posted
I love the Incredible Edible Gluten Free Food for Kids cookbook. It has fabulous biscuit, pancake, cookie, and cake recipes that taste like the real thing.

i have this one, it's an easy one to start out with before you dive into the "adult" ones which can be quite complicated and have a zillion odd ingredients. (they add up to be quite expensive)

Karen B. Explorer
Karen B.
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If you want some cookboks that aren't the usual gluten-free cookbooks, these are the latest ones I've found these helpful for ideas...

  • Cooking Gluten Free by Karen Robertson
  • Healthy Cooking Gluten Free by Paul Morgan
  • Terrific Pacific Cookbook by Anya Von Bremzen
  • Madhur Jaffrey's World of the East Vegetarian Cookbook
  • EatSmart by Jean Carper

As several previously mentioned, I find ideas in cookbooks even if the recipes aren't gluten-free because I can usually convert the recipe. But I look at recipes more as suggestions anyway. :-)

Remember that if you aren't a vegetarian, the recipes are still helpful because all you have to do is toss in some chunks of chicken or such.

And I love Glutenfreeda.com for recipes, tips and ideas.

cruelshoes Enthusiast
cruelshoes
Posted

My current favorite gluten-free cookbooks are Easy Gluten Free Baking by Elizabeth Barbone and Gluten Free Baking Classics by Annalise G. Roberts. With all due respect to Bette Hagman, I have a few of her cookbooks, and never make anything out of them. They are more for reference, IMO. Her "bakes bread" book is good, though. I had nothing but failures from the Roben Ryberg book mentioned above, but I know other people who swear by it.

Whenever I see a new gluten-free cookbook I want to try, I always check it out from the library first and make a few recipes out of it. That way I can see if it is to my taste and not buy a cookbook I will never use.

HTH.

swittenauer Enthusiast
swittenauer
Posted

I usually just use "regular" cookbooks & substitute. Now a days there are so many alternates that can be used.

Joni63 Collaborator
Joni63
Posted

Just curious, do any of the books mentioned list nutrition information like caloric content, fat content, fiber content for their recipes and portion sizes.

I have the Cooks Fast And Healthy by Bette Hagman and although it seems like a great cookbook, there is no reference to portion size or nutrition content.

Buttercup Rookie
Buttercup
Posted

I only have one gluten free cookbook right now, but I plan to look into a few that have been mentioned in this thread.

Mine is called Wheat-Free Recipes & Menus by Carol Fenster. It has some very tasty baked goods like banana bread, gingerbread, blueberry muffins, baking powder biscuts ect. There are several catagories, Breads, Pasta, Grains & Beans, Soups, Suaces & Salad Dressings, Vegetables, Main Dishes, Desserts and Breakfast Dishes. Only one recipe so far has been one I would not repeat.

I like how she has a baking mix recipe (maybe the others do too?) that is used throughout the book. You can mix up a big batch and then just measure and use as needed so you don't have to deal with all the various bags of starches and flours every time.

And it does list all the nutritional info for each recipe: calories, fat, protein, carbs, sodium, cholesterol and fiber.

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