200 Best Lactose-Free Recipes: From Appetizers and Soups to Main Courses and Desserts [Paperback]

Jan Main (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 2006

Tasty, healthy food those who suffer from lactose-intolerance.

For the lactose-intolerant, it can be a rare event to enjoy a delicious meal without the telltale symptoms of gastrointestinal upset soon following. Sufferers quickly learn to avoid many foods and give up their favorite dishes.

200 Best Lactose-Free Recipes is a collection of tasty recipes for alternatives to dishes that usually contain substantial amounts of milk, butter, and cheese. Just as tasty and delicious as the originals, all the dishes use substitutions that eliminate or substantially reduce lactose levels while also providing additional health benefits.

The recipes include "cream" soups, salmon "mousse," "cheesecake" and even "ice cream," to name just a few of the delights waiting to be rediscovered and enjoyed again. The book features tempting dishes such as:

Cream of Butternut Squash Soup

Caesar Salad with Creamy Garlic Dressing

Florentine Lasagna

Lemon Cheesecake

Fudge Pudding

Each recipe has a full nutrient analysis as well as tips on non-dairy sources of calcium to help maintain dietary balance.

Editorial Reviews

Review

I believe this cookbook would be a good addition if needing to cook without using dairy. (Irene Watson Reader Views )

About the Author

Jan Main is a professional home economist and caterer who has taught cooking and writing about food for 20 years.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 285 pages
• Publisher: Robert Rose (March 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0778801357
• ISBN-13: 978-0778801351
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,541,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rotten Book, July 28, 2007

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Mary loves Murder (Indianapolis, Indiana USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 200 Best Lactose-Free Recipes: From Appetizers and Soups to Main Courses and Desserts (Paperback)

The title of this book is entirely misleading. There are only a few recipes which have been adapted for people who are completely lactose intolerant like myself. Many contain cheese, with the excuse that it raises the calcium level of the food! That's hardly helpful. And there are a number of recipes for foods which never did contain lactose, such as broth. That recipe is in any cookbook you care to name and shouldn't be given space here. Such weaseling does bring her count to 200 recipes but if she were diligent she would have searched out or created recipes to substitute for ordinary foods containing lactose, such as fake cottage cheese. (That would be wonderful - it's an item I miss!) It's what an honest author would have done. But there is nothing diligent or creative about this book - it's a mishmash thrown together to make a quick and lazy buck. Only a few recipes are helpful to someone who knows how to cook, and beginners will find that too many of Main's recipes are going to give them symptoms, which will be frustrating. There's just too much trickery here - it's a complete waste of money. I have used the slightly older lactose-free cookbooks by Zukin and by Kidder and while I have minor quibbles with them, I still learned a lot about lactose intolerane and gained many recipes which continue to be useful. Don't be fooled by this newcomer - buy Zukin or Kidder!

4.0 out of 5 stars Good milk-free recipes, January 14, 2008

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Larissa Ekonoja (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 200 Best Lactose-Free Recipes: From Appetizers and Soups to Main Courses and Desserts (Paperback)

In general, the recipes in this book have been fantastic. I've had particularly good luck with the breads/muffins and main dish recipes, and when I'm looking for a good recipe I find myself often looking here first. The author has used various calcium-rich foods including sesame seeds, green vegetables and calcium-enriched orange juice to offset the lack of dairy. A few recipes include lactose-free sour cream or aged cheese, but they are generally marked 'if tolerated' and 'optional'.

I bought this book when I was breastfeeding my son who had a milk protein allergy and it was a sanity saver - real (quick) recipes for real families.