Gluten-free, Sugar-free Cooking: Over 200 Delicious Recipes to Help You Live a Healthier, Allergy-Free Life (Paperback)

~ Susan O'Brien (Author) "EACH DAY, MORE people become aware of the connection between the way they feel and the food they eat..." (more)
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Product Description

With millions of people suffering from food allergies, obesity, and generally less-than-perfect health, the connection between how we feel and the food we eat has never been more apparent.

Now, in Gluten-free, Sugar-free Cooking, gourmet chef Susan O’Brien offers more than 200 great-tasting recipes — covering everything from breakfast to dessert — that are perfect for people with food allergies as well as for those who simply want to adopt a more healthy way of eating. Free of gluten, sugar, and usually dairy, these tasty dishes are also invaluable for people living with medical conditions such as candida, fibromyalgia, Crohn’s disease, diabetes, autism, and ADHD, who must avoid certain foods to better control their symptoms.

Complete with product sourcing information, substitute ingredients, dining out advice, and online resources, Gluten-free, Sugar-free Cooking makes eating healthfully and avoiding problematic foods easy and delicious.

About the Author

Susan O'Brien is a gourmet cook, baker, cooking instructor, food-management consultant, and owner of two businesses, O'Brien's Kitchen and O'Brien Consulting. She lives in Gig Harbor, Washington.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; 1 edition (April 24, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569242933
• ISBN-13: 978-1569242933
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,909 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply great, August 31, 2006

By	HealthNut (NYC) - See all my reviews

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This is the first BOTH gluten-free AND sugar-free cookbook I managed to find and I absolutely LOVE it!
There's hardly a recipe I don't like, and all of the ones I tried are absolutely delicious and quite simple. (e.g. one of my favorites is the crepes recipe)

It's perfect not only for people with celiac disease and other food intolerances, but also for health-conscious gourmets who while trying eating healthy, are not willing to give up the taste.

Oh, and the ingredients are NOT hard to find, provided you've heard of sth called heath food store.

If there's one thing I'd improve, it would be more recipes using stevia, which is hardly present in the book. Agave's great but stevia's way better. I also hope that the author will discover coconut flour and maybe utilize it in her future recipes.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of All!, October 19, 2006

By	Barbara Schiltz "nutrbarb" (Gig Harbor, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a nutritionist, one of my biggest frustrations has been helping gluten-free patients with HEALTHY recipes that are free of refined sugars...... Bingo! Sue O'Brien has done it and done it well. The ingredients are all easy to find in a health food store. Her descriptions of the alternative ingredients are very helpful.I have tried and tasted many recipes and have found then all delicious and healthy too. All other Gluten-free cookbooks use an abundance of refined sugars. I recommend this book as a first line to my gluten-free patients and have used it as gifts for my family and friends! Please write another, Sue!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best tasting healthy recipes I ever made, October 29, 2006

By	Po' Man (Tacoma, WA) - See all my reviews

This book has some of the best tasting healthy recipes I ever made... no compromises on ingredients, all of which I was able to find at the local health food store. I 've gotten tired of healthy but "cardboard" cooking, and this book helped me, particulary with snacks and desserts I could enjoy.