I needed a book to give me some ideas
for new foods that I wasn't getting after
I was diagnosed with food allergies.
For that reason, I am very pleased with
the number of alternatives for each
recipe. It expanded my mind for what i
could eat. It also inspired me to take
all the food on my table (I arranged all
the foods in the house that I could eat
(with the exception of perishables, of
course) on my kitchen table and arranged
them by food group. That way I could look
at all the ingredients and put together a
healthful meal by making sure I get
something from each of the food groups.)
This book has so many suggestions, it
just opened up my mind to new dishes.
I plan to get one for my mother and my
sister-in-law. They often cook when my
husband and I come visit. They have been
very concerned that I would have to bring
all my food because they would have
nothing I could eat.
While I do plan to take some of my own
stuff, I think the ideas in this book
will give them both ways to make minor
modifications in what they already cook.
Don't worry about us - Thanksgiving and
Christmas will still feature eating a lot
of food! :)
Shari
5 of 5
people found the following review
helpful:
This book has been my
bible ever since I bought it!, March
11, 2003
Reviewer:
Melissa Cheok from
Fremont, CA United States
My review pertains to the version of
the book that has 350 recipes. But I
would assume that this version is a
similar quality.
This book has really been a great
resource for me. My son (who is 3) has
multiple food allergies (wheat, rye,
corn, eggs, soy, dairy, chicken, foods in
the night-shade family like potatoes,
tomatoes, bell pepper....the list
continues). It has been quite a nightmare
to know what to get for him. And he also
started developing sensitivities to the
food that he ate all the time (oats,
pork).
When I got this book, I learnt about
the rotation diet, about how one could
get sensitive to foods if exposed to them
for an extended period of time. It
provided me with alternative foods,
information about food groups (which is
essential when planning a rotation diet),
lots of alternative things to use instead
of sugar (agave nectar, maple or date
sugar), how to use alternative flours
(amaranth, quinoa, buckwheat, teff) which
have all been so much help.
I have been using the breakfast and
better breads section extensively, and
also the snack and dessert sections. With
the range of allergies that my son has,
those have been the hardest types of food
to prepare. The main course sections have
some good suggestions as well.
I would highly recommend this book if
you need to deal with multiple allergies
and are at a loss as to where to start. I
found the recipes in this book much
better to use than the recipes from the
Food Allergy Network, which is rather
strange. The recipes from the FAN mostly
had wheat flour in them, and provided no
information on rotation diets, food
groups or alternative flours. Some of the
other books that I have bought are also
not very strong in these areas. This book
is particularly good if you have the type
of allergies that I listed earlier. If
you only have one or two of these
allergies, perhaps you might find the
recipes too esoteric and it might be
unnecessary to go to such lengths as I
have had to, to find the right food.
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I'm going to pass it
along, September 29, 2003