I have celiac disease so maintaining a gluten free diet is a must. There are loads of gluten free prepackaged foods available these days but the problem with them is that most are not healthy. Most store bought gluten free breads have more calories per slice than breads made with wheat. The same is true for store bought gluten free pasta, crackers, cookies, etc. I don't know why so many of those products add extra sugar and fat to make up for the lack of gluten because it is possible to make perfectly delicious gluten free food that is also healthy.
So I am always looking for new recipes for tasty and healthy gluten free dishes. This book delivers those. Though I have only tried a handful of the 28 recipes included, those I have made so far have been both delicious and simple to make.
-The pizza lasagna was a perfect meal to warm up a cold and dreary evening. I used ground turkey instead of ground beef and added fresh basil and garlic. I also used sliced sharp provolone cheese on top because eating dairy does not cause me any problems but I am sure it would also be good without the cheese. Serving this is more like serving a layered chili than either a pizza or a lasagna, and I would not say it tasted much like pizza but it was very tasty. My wife and I had leftovers for several days and the flavor just got better each day.
-The salsa chicken is so easy to make as to be a no brainer. Toss four ingredients in the crock pot before work, come home to the smell of a delicious meal. I think cooking with the salsa all day must have tenderized the chicken because it just fell apart when I shredded it. I halved the recipe and used a smaller crockpot because I was just cooking for two and it turned out perfectly. I combined the shredded chicken with black beans and then scooped the chicken/bean mix into Bibb lettuce leaves with a mild mango salsa on top to make spicy lettuce wraps. Even halving the recipe, there was enough left over for one of us to have lunch the next day.
-I made the lemon garlic chicken with boneless chicken breasts instead of a whole chicken. The chicken breasts were done after 2 hours. At first I balked at including 30-40 cloves of garlic--that is a LOT of garlic--but am glad I followed the recipe because the garlic flavor in the chicken was perfect. Even my wife, who is not a big fan of citrus flavor in cooked foods, said this was good and "not too lemony."
Two concerns to share: although the title says it is a book of slow cooker recipes, only 7 of the 28 included recipes were for use with slow cookers. Also, there were a number of typos/grammatical errors in the book that made it less enjoyable to read. While these issues might warrant a lower rating for a book that was expensive, this book was available for free on kindle so I didn't mind overlooking those shortcomings. I certainly felt reading the book was worth my time and some of the recipes have been added to our regular meal rotation.
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Received this in exchange for a review. This is a wonderful digital cookbook. Has many gluten free recipes that are going to be wonderful to try. Very easy to read and understand.
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I enjoyed it, and the recipes
