Eating gluten-free can be expensive. Notice I said “can be”, but it doesn’t have to be. Nicole Hunn, author of Gluten-Free on a Shoestring, tackles gluten-free cooking and baking without breaking the bank in her first book, Gluten-Free on a Shoestring. The latest installment, Gluten-Free on a Shoestring Quick & Easy, shows us how to do the same, but quickly and easily. We are all busy, but that is no excuse to spend a fortune on gluten-free pre-packaged food and baked goods or get take-out on a regular basis. Check out how many recipes I marked to make in this book!
More about the new cookbook:
The new book shows you how eating gluten-free can be enjoyable, affordable—and fast. Each of these 100 original recipes can be on the table in 40 minutes flat—all on a shoestring budget.
Recipes include:
• Glazed Chocolate Doughnuts, Yeast-Free
• Twinkie-Style Cupcakes
• Egg Fried Rice
• Boule Bread
• Pancetta Meatball Soup and more!
Praise for Gluten-Free on a Shoestring:
“Hunn successfully tackles a chief complaint voiced by special-diet newbies: sticker shock. Her practical tips for shopping and cooking to save time and money are a gift to all of us who are paying too much for too little.”—Living Without
For more information about the book and its author, visit GlutenFreeOnaShoestring.com and join the conversation at Twitter.com/GFShoestring and Facebook.com/GFShoestring.
This book is full of wonderful ideas from yeast-free, gluten-free bread (WHAT?! – Yes, really!) and English muffins to yeast-free pizza dough to a dairy-free, egg-free “Crazy Cake” that can be put together in 10 minutes and baked for 25. Hunn includes a list of Convenience Pantry Items to Buy, A Note About Gluten-Free Flours and Make-It-Snappy Kitchen Tools and Equipment in the front of the book to help ensure you are ready to go.
I truly enjoyed reading and cooking/baking from this book. My favorite, though, has to be the No-Bake Cheesecake. The recipe suggests using Schar Shortbread Cookies or Vanilla Wafer Bars, but I didn’t have either on hand. I ended up using Lucy’s Chocolate Merry Mint Cookies. I know, right? AH.MAZ.ING! I did omit the lemon juice since I was using mint cookies and added mini-chocolate chips on top. I may have hidden some of this away from Jon the food monster that lives in my house.
How would you like to win a copy of Gluten-Free on a Shoestring Quick & Easy? All you have to do is follow the directions in the Rafflecopter box below. Giveaway is open to US residents only.
*The giveaway cookbook will be mailed to the winner straight from the PR company at their expense. The thoughts and opinions shared here are mine and have not been influenced by anyone or anything.
My son and me, November 2000. This is before we were gluten-free/diagnosed Celiac.
this cookbook really intrigues me, I would love to win a copy. although I am doing well at converting dinner recipes I am excited to see in this book breads and more.
I would love to get my hands on this book. Always looking for less expensive ways to make gluten free foods.
Quick and Easy? Who wouldn't love to win this cookbook!!!
I wouldn't mind reading it… I'm trying to have less gluten in my life and the recipes you listed seem like they might be options my husband would enjoy too!
Guess I should have looked at the prompt in the Rafflecopter giveaway first… I just saw that I was supposed to comment! My biggest challenge is finding things my hubby would like. He's a bread, bread, bread and meat guy!
My challenge is figuring out what to make that my son will eat!
My biggest challenge is finding the energy to cook something healthy. This book sounds like it has some quick, easy and healthy meals. Thanks for the giveaway.
My biggest weeknight challenge is just coming up with a plan. Once I have a menu plan, I am pretty good about following it, but I don't like all the work of figuring out what to cook.
I love cookbooks and this one sounds like a winner.
My biggest challenge is coming up with a dinner that works for my middle daughter who has celiac disease and the rest of us (2 other daughters and my husband and myself) who are not gluten free. It's a lot of people to keep happy!!
My biggest challenge is coming up with a quick and exciting meal. We frequently get stuck in chicken, veg, and starch ruts.
This sounds like a great cookbook – would love to be a winner as I definitely need “quick and easy”
I actually don't do the cooking…I make the meal plans and my boyfriend makes dinner. But I think his biggest challenge is dealing with being o tired after a day of work.
This isn't exclusive to gluten free eating, but I just have no time to sit and make a nice meal during the week. I work from 8-5 then it's school work and bible study till bedtime!
The hardest part is cooking almost every meal in a crazy busy schedule!
I would love to win this cookbook!
I would love this book, you can never have to many gluten free cookbooks, especially ones that have quick recipes.
This cookbook has been on my wishlist for a while now, I just finished nursing school and need something that's quick after a 12 hours shift at the hospital.
Planning ahead. Last minute meals usually involve convenience foods and those usually aren’t gluten free
Time. I tend to forget about supper until about 4:30. :/ That doesn't leave a lot of time to decide and then prepare!!
I have been gluten free since July 1st and love looking and finding new recipes that make it easier to plan and prepare. Both my husband and I are gluten free, dairy free, sugar free…and this book has been on my wishlist!!
My biggest weeknight challenge in GENERAL is that I don't get home until 5 and my daughter needs to be in bed less than 3 hours later! More planning would definitely help us have less boring GF meals
Would love this cookbook! I feel like we definitely get stuck in a rut with meals.
I LOVE the other book, I would love to win this one!!!
Would love to have this book! I'm the only one in the family not gluten free but I'm the one doing the cooking so this book would be a great help!
I would love to win a copy of Quick & Easy! The hardest GF dinner challenge is that I’d like to bake homemade rolls, popovers, or bread to complement the meal. Seems like an arduous task and never enough time! I’d like recipes that are “Quick & Easy”!!
Since I have been diagnosed with celiacs I have been making many of my meals separate from the rest of the family. I would love to try these meals and desserts with my family!!
My biggest challenge is that I take classes and work at night, so I need to have easy, pre-made things for my husband to feed my 3 year old twins, one of whom has Celiac and the other reflux from gluten intolerance.
Finding something quick and nutritious after a long day of working and I am EXTREMELY hungry!!
Thursdays are the hardest nights for me because I have class at 7am and then I don't get home until around 10pm so eating is rather difficult. The other nights it is just trying to balance our busy schedules while making a quick yet nutritious meal.
I would love to win this…with my kids' sports and activities, it always seems like we're on the run! Anything that is quick, easy and gf would be a livesaver!!!
Finding different things to make that my daughters will actually eat so we don't have to eat the same things all the time.
I love her other cookbook. This would be a great addition to my kitchen!
trying to put together a tasty yet healthy meal
I've been gluten-free for nearly 4 years, but my 6 year old daughter is newly gluten-free, and she would LOVE it if I made her those doughnuts from the cover of the book!
No challenges as far as dinner but many when it comes to making dessert. this book looks really good.
My biggest challenge is eating with family that doesn't understand that, "yes, a crumb from your wonderful french bread and chicken curry soup, can make me sick for 2 weeks!"
Hardest GF dinner challenge? Dinner rolls or some sort of bread- of ANY kind to complement the meal and put a gigantic smile on my husband's face! I'd LOVE some quick and easy recipes!
i would truly love this book as i am still learning as i go and its very challenging
i'd love to win a copy. The recipes sound amazing.
I have the first cookbook and I love it and recommend it to newbies and I would love to have this one too:)
oh gosh would love to win this! I'm actually on disability because I've had lupus and fibromyalgia since I was little, so monthly funds are aways very limited. It's hard to know the best items to buy for the money and my second problem is Idon't have the energy always to mke elaborate meals from scratch. Would just love to actually learn how to make gluten free easier at all.
My biggest challenge for weeknight meals is getting something that is quick, delicious, and healthy. I stay at home but have a 9-month-old. Cooking with a baby can be tricky.
This sounds like a great book. I would love to add it to my cookbook library. My biggest weeknight challenge is finding something everyone will eat at the same time. Someone doesn’t like this and someone doesn’t like that. Too many opinions in the kitchen sometimes and not eveyone is always happy. I love them all inspite of themselves.
Good luck everyone!
Biggest challenge is to come up with recipes that everyone will like in my family of 5.
I love the other book and have made many recipes that my family although not gluten free enjoy as well.
My biggest weeknight challenge are the nights we have activities at 5:30. It’s so hard to get dinner made and kids fed and out the door by 5:10!
I’d love to get my hands on this special cookbook. I have been wanting it for a while!
My sister has raved about this book — I can't wait to try some of the recipes!
I like quick and easy things because my life is so hectic at times and my health depends on me being able to make my own foods. Thanks for creating these books!