Food Allergy Cookbook: Review & Giveaway.

Ever since our daughter was diagnosed with Celiacs Disease, I have been hoarding collecting gluten free recipes. I look for fresh and new dishes, as well as gluten free versions of some of my favourites.

I recently had a great opportunity to try out a guide and cookbook geared specifically for people with food allergies.

Finally, Food I Can Eat, by Shirley Plant, is book designed specifically for households that have one or more dietary restriction.

Although at it’s core, it is a cookbook, it is so much more than that. Complete with nutritional guides, meal planning and helpful hints, this cookbook doubles as a complete guide for living with health conditions and food intolerance.

Here is a list to sum up some of the great features included;

• A useful introduction and guide to food allergies and intolerances.
• A quick guide to Natural Food Chemicals, Food Additives, Food Families, and Rotation Diets.
• Substitutions and alternatives to common foods that you need to avoid.
• A meal planning guide for specialized health needs such as celiac disease, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, multiple food allergies, food intolerance or any other illness or health condition.
• Recipes that are low in sugar and cholesterol and are great for those following diabetic, candida, allergy-free, or heart-smart diets.
• A quick reference index, sorted by course, to outline each dietary restriction.

Looking at the index, I could very easily locate which recipes were gluten free. I quickly noticed many of the dishes had a check box beside everything; free of wheat, yeast, eggs, dairy, gluten, soy, corn, nuts, and sugar. There are also many vegetarian options.

The cookbook portion is incredibly easy to follow, with clear instructions and a very clean layout. The ingredients are listed in a side bar, providing a very quick reference, and often provides some variations or options to suite your specific tastes.

The first dish I decided to try was Quinoa Soup. My little lady had said she wanted “cheese bread”  – toddler code for grilled cheese – for dinner that night and I thought this soup would be the perfect compliment.

The Quinoa Soup recipe called for all fresh ingredients and was very easy to make. I had it completed in under half an hour. A chunk of that time was spent with the soup simmering, which gave me the perfect opportunity to bust out our sandwich press and multitask!

Quinoa Soup! Recipe + allergy focused cookbook review & giveaway coming on the blog next week! vine.co/v/bw1i2d7WVWq
— Crys Wiltshire (@CrysWiltshire) March 9, 2013

For our gluten free grilled cheese, I used gluten free bread, double cream brie and fresh apple slices, done up panini style. So yummy!

Garnished with a few left over apple slices, the end result was a delicious & fresh tasting meal that was a hit with the whole family. That’s saying something, since I have a toddler.

Want to get your hands on a free copy of this great food allergy cookbook and guide?

General Store Publishing House agreed to give away one copy of Finally, Food I Can Eat. To enter, comment below and let me know what meal accommodations (if any) you deal with in your home. One comment per person. Canada & US residents only. Deadline to enter is Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 11:59 PM EST. Winner will be notified and announced on here on Friday, March 22nd.

Disclaimer – Author Shirley Plant provided me with a complementary copy of Finally, Food I Can Eat and asked me to review it with my honest opinion. The thoughts expressed in this review are genuine and are my own.

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