Allergy-Free and Easy Cooking: 30-Minute Meals without Gluten, Wheat, Dairy, Eggs, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Fish, Shellfish, and Sesame [A Cookbook]

I feel like that should be the default title for my Amazon reviews. So often, I end up reviewing something simply to make up for unwarranted bad reviews by people who didn't understand the purpose of the product or book. Know what you're buying, and don't dock an item if it doesn't magically do something outside of its stated purpose. Examples:1. "My reasons for cooking allergen fee include HEALTH. These recipes use processed ingredients such as margarine, canola oil, soy cheese..." This was the review that prompted my counter-review because it's uninformed, incorrect, and lacks thought all around. Margarine is used because butter is DAIRY. Non-dairy "butter" is called margarine. It's really that simple. Not all margarines are created equal, so a savvy chef should be able to find one that fits his or her needs. You could also use coconut oil or sustainably-harvested palm oil instead. That's what I do. Canola oil is probably specified because "vegetable" oil is often made from soy, and this is a soy free cookbook. If you don't like canola oil, use a different oil. And the supposed soy cheese? Where? Daiya cheese is soy free. You find an unprocessed, allergen free cheese, and you'll be a millionaire. Possibly even richer, because an unprocessed cheese would be a miraculous new discovery. All cheese is necessarily processed. It has to be, because milk doesn't turn into cheese by itself. Minimally processed (old fashioned) cheese is nice, but when you have multiple food allergies, you don't have much of a choice.2. "Relies heavily on Daiya cheese, which I find disgusting." That's because Daiya is so low allergen. Most dairy free cheeses use soy. This book is meant to be soy free. If you don't like Daiya cheese and don't have a soy allergy... use another cheese! While you're enjoying your diary free, non-Daiya cheese, you can also thank your lucky stars you have a choice. Not everyone does. Docking this book for including a cheese that fits the stated purpose (free of the top 8 allergens) is ridiculous.3. "It's not for the Autoimmune Paleo protocol." This one makes me want to give my face some keyboard. Of course this book isn't for the AIP. It also isn't for the low histamine protocol, but you don't see me docking the book for that. Why? Because that's not what the book was made for. It's for people with multiple food allergies. It says that clearly on the cover. If you want a cookbook for the AIP, find one that is for the AIP. Don't give this book a negative view because it didn't do what it never said it was going to do.If I sound a little frustrated, I am. Trying to find and make food with multiple food allergies and intolerances is incredibly difficult, and I deeply appreciate what Cybele Pascal did in writing this cookbook. Criticizing this book for not being something else - when it is already reaching for an extraordinarily challenging goal - is just absurd. I will update my review later when I have had time to test try a few recipes.I can say that, so far, the recipes I have seen look like any substitutions will be easy (eg lite tasting olive oil for canola oil). And, although the one review had me concerned that this book was full of processed junk, I am happy to say that isn't the case. The processed foods in the book are there for a reason (ie allergen-free cheese is necessarily processed). Of all the fast and easy recipe books I've seen, this one uses the most whole foods.

"Allery-Free and Easy Cooking" has been exactly what I needed. My husband and daughter have celiac disease and my daughter is allergic to peanuts, eggs, soy, and sesame. Needless to say, it can be very difficult to find meals to make that are safe but that our whole family will enjoy. I have been dedicated to not making two meals each night for my family and also to making my allergic daughter feel included as much as possible with the whole family. Lately that has meant being stuck in a dinner rut cooking the same few meals. I had been anticipating Cybele Pascal's new cookbook for a long time because I use her "Allergen-Free Baker's Handbook" all the time. This cookbook has opened up a whole new world of eating once again for my family. The night I received it, I made the Chili Mac featured on the front cover. It was easy, quick and really delicious. Everyone in my family liked it, which is something that is hard to find.Also, since my husband's and daughter's diagnosis, I've learned to cook more and more things from scratch, which often takes a long time. It seemed that more time in the kitchen was just the way it was. It's thrilling for me to have a cookbook free of all my daughter's allergens, tastes great, and only takes 30 minutes to make! I'm very excited to learn about coconut aminos since my daughter is allergic to soy and we'd entirely given up Asian food, which we used to love. I'm now looking forward to making Chicken Lettuce Cups with Hoisin Sauce, Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry, Chicken Fried Rice and more, all without soy. I can't believe how many recipes are in this book and it's such a relief to not have to worry about what I might have to substitute in a "normal" recipe. I also like that Cybele included instructions on how to add back in ingredients that your family may not be allergic to. So if you can eat dairy or wheat or one of the other allergens, you will still find this cookbook incredibly useful. If you are cooking for people with multiple food allergies, I would highly recommend "Allergy-Free and Easy Cooking."

I'm g free lactose and egg free, this book is a must to get your health back. Invest in yourself and get all your favorites in one book! Click and buy, what are you waiting for?! ❤️ from the W Coast/Canada

Do many recipes! Just what I needed

Excellent cookbook! Recipes are ever so good

This is a really great cookbook with tons of allergy free recipes from an author who has professionally cooked and has a family and herself coping with food allergies. I have tried several recipes from the book and my family and I really enjoyed each one we have tried so far. The recipes don't take long to make and they are packed with flavour. There is no gluten, wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish or sesame in any of the recipes. I have tried the Salisbury Steak with Mashed Potatoes, Tomato Soup, Penne with Hemp Seed Pesto and Roasted Cherry Tomatoes, Sunbutter Dan Dan noodles, Teriyaki Chicken Thighs, Thai Turkey Larb, Thai Chile Sauce, Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry, Beef Stroganoff with Buttery Noodles, Center-Cut Pork Chops with Apricot Glaze, Garam Masala Lamb Chops with Cumin Quinoa, and my family enjoyed them all. There are many more recipes to try such as Pot Pie, Pizza, Lamb Kofta Kebabs, Twice Baked Potatoes, salads, stews, chile, etc. that we are looking forward to tasting. I will definitely be looking out for more cookbooks and recipes by Cybele Pascal, especially since many other allergy cookbooks I have tried have not had the same quality of recipes nor the number off allergens removed that I have needed, forcing me to either abandon half the recipes as being unsuitable or else the taste just wasn't there. This cookbook is a winner and it is nice to finally be able to eat most of the recipes in a cookbook!

It has been helpful in the different options for salty foods. Would be great to have a couple of sweet recipes. I bought because my husband has been diagnosed with EoE and the road for the last three months has been bumpy and very difficult.