Gluten-Free Quick & Easy: From Prep to Plate Without the Fuss - 200+ Recipes for People with Food Sensitivities (Paperback)

~ Carol Fenster (Author)
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Wheat-free-cooking expert Carol Fenster reveals her time-saving tips and techniques to help cooks put homemade meals on the table in a flash.

In Carol Fenster's gluten-free cooking classes, the most frequently asked question is "How can I get a meal on the table in the least amount of time?" So often, cooking gluten-free means spending hours in the kitchen-making everything from scratch. But now, Fenster reveals all her shortcuts, tips, and timesaving techniques from nearly twenty years as the gluten-free cooking authority. The Quick & Easy principles in this book will get cooks in and out of the kitchen with less fuss than ever before.

In Gluten-Free Quick & Easy, a hot meal makes it to the table without a complicated ingredient list or a lengthy wait. Fenster emphasizes the necessity of "planned-overs"-not "left-overs"- that creatively use elements of one meal in the preparation of another, whether it becomes an ingredient the next day, the next week, or the next month. Recipes for make-ahead baking mixes and techniques to shorten baking times means cooks stay on track. And her comprehensive menu plans and ideas help pull together a week's worth of meals with ease. Fenster's simple but delicious recipes include favorites like hearty breads, pizzas, and pasta. In less time than ever before, gluten-free cooks can whip up homestyle entrŽes and side dishes, tasty breakfasts, and elegant desserts for every meal of the day, every day of the week.

About the Author

Carol Fenster, Ph.D., is the founder of Savory Palate, Inc., a resource for people with food allergies, celiac disease, autism, and other medical conditions that require a particular diet. She has written five special diet cookbooks and is widely considered to be one of the top wheat-free and gluten-free experts in the country. She serves as a consultant to health professionals, manufacturers of bestselling alternative flour products, natural-food stores, and associations that help those with special diets. She lives in Colorado.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Avery Trade; 1 edition (August 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583332782
• ISBN-13: 978-1583332788
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,504 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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82 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An essential, core, culinary reference, September 1, 2007

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

The numbers of people who, because of allergies and other health considerations, must adhere to a gluten-free diet is numbered in the hundreds of thousands and growing dramatically every year. "Gluten-Free Quick & Easy: From Prep To Plate Without The Fuss -- 200 Recipes For People With Food Sensitivities" by Carol Fenster (author of five especial diet cookbooks and an acclaimed wheat-free and gluten-free culinary expert) is specifically for just such people and their families. In addition to compiling 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes for gluten intolerant people, "Gluten-Free Quick & Easy" offers shortcuts, tips, and time-saving techniques for the preparation of gluten free dishes for all dining occasions including breakfast, lunch, and dinner. From Chicken Pot Pie; Orange Beef Stir-Fry; Monte Cristo Sandwiches; and Pork Carnitas Slow-Cooker Style; to Smoked Salmon Quesadillas; Banana Bread; Baked Eggs in Ham Baskets; Potato-Leek Soup with Kielbasa; and Cranberry-Apple Crisp, "Gluten-Free Quick & Easy" is proof that being gluten-free doesn't mean giving up gourmet quality dining. Beginning with sage advice on living gluten free, to wonderful do-it-yourself recipes, to informed and informative information about gluten-free grains, substitutes for wheat as a thickener, baking with dairy substitutes, associations and resources, even mail order and online sources for gluten-free ingredients and products, "Gluten-Free Quick & Easy" is an essential, core, culinary reference for the kitchen cookbook shelf of everyone and anyone who must maintain a gluten free diet.

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Cookbook to Reach for Time and Time Again!, April 2, 2008

By	T. Romero "suburban mama" (Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been gluten-free for two years now and have come to realize that most gluten free recipes are complex due to having to replace gluten with multiple ingredients to get a satisfactory taste and texture. Because of that, most of the cookbooks I own by Bette Hagman-although they are wonderful, too-just sit on my shelf unused. Who has time for 15 ingredients?

Gluten-Free Quick and Easy may have some recipes that have many ingredients, but the majority of them are common ingredients are fewer ingredients than other cookbooks.

Some of my favorite recipes are: Baja Fish Tacos, Chicken Pot-Pie, Chicken Fajitas, Monte Cristo Sandwiches, Tacos with Chile-Lime Chicken, Rueben Sandwiches (to die for!), Sloppy Joe Wraps, and more.

This is the book I recommended to my sister who is also gluten intolerant but doesn't observe the diet because she thinks it is too hard and too restrictive. This book is proof otherwise.

Bon Apetit!

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Liked the recipes..But........, July 26, 2008

By	Barbara Gault "Cooking Fool" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great book except that unless you are cooking for more than 2 people there are too many flour mixes. Every section had its own flour mix. And the mixes were each about 8 cups of different flours and startches. The Cakes had a huge flour mix then the breads had one and the cookies had one. Being the only one in the family with celiac, I need to know just what small flour mixes go into a recipe. In other words, the other books have one or two basic base flour mixtures and then they add specific ingredients to make the recipe.