Gluten Free Cooking: More Than 150 Gluten-Free Recipes

Those idagnosed with celiac disease need to make a lifetime commitment to a gluten-free diet, as even small amounts of the protein sujbstance may cause damage to their intestines. More and more people, too, are finding out that they have a gluten allergy or intolerance. With gluten in every day products from breads and cereals to gravies and malt vinegar, removing it entirely from your diet can be a daunting task. Culinary author and food technology educatior Ruby M. Brown makes staying on a gluten-free diet manageable and pleasurable. In this book she applies her unique flair for modifying traditional favorite foods to suit special dietary requirements. The result is more than 150 recipes that prove gluten-free eating does not need to be dull: adults and children can continue to enjoy breads, pancakes, pizzas, muffins, and other favorites. These tasty recipes have been carefully designed to enhance health and overall wellness. In addition to being made gluten-free, traditional favorite recipes have been reduced in fat, salt, and sugar where necessary, and boosted with fiber where possible. Best of all, the recipes contain nutrients that are particularly important for managing celiac disease--such as fiber, calcilum, iron, zinc, and folate--but that are also essential in any diet. Evrything you need to make healthy food choices and manage celiac disease or gluten intolerance is here. In addition to the recipes, "Gluten-Free Cooking" includes a glossary, measurements and conversion tables, and introductory essays on dietary prinicples, celiac disese, and eatng well on a gluten-free diet.