{"id":4734,"date":"2012-03-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=4734"},"modified":"2012-03-27T07:15:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T11:15:11","slug":"giveaway-review-the-complete-allergy-free-comfort-foods-cookbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=4734","title":{"rendered":"Giveaway &amp; Review: The Complete Allergy-Free Comfort Foods Cookbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love cookbooks.\u00a0 I love to browse through them and of course cook &amp; bake from them.\u00a0 I remember being a little girl and sitting down on many occasions with my mother\u2019s old Betty Crocker cookbook, which she still has in pieces, and paging through to make sure that I knew all of the recipes in the book.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t ever come close to making them all, but I wanted to be sure that I knew about them.\u00a0 I remember cooking my first meal with my mom \u2013 fried chicken, mashed potatoes &amp; some sort of vegetable.\u00a0 It was quite the adventurous recipe for a beginning cook, but it was also one of my favorites.\u00a0 After that experience I stuck to baking for several years, as I could make many of those recipes on my own.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_0960.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IMG_0960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_0960_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0960\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My favorite part of browsing through cookbooks is looking at the amazing pictures.\u00a0 The Complete Allergy-Free Comfort Foods Cookbook has no shortage of pictures.\u00a0 I like to mark the pages of the recipes that I want to make with Post-It notes and my copy of this new cookbook may just have an entire pad yellow notes sticking out of the top of the book.\u00a0 While Jon and I only need to eat gluten-free, every recipe in this cookbook is free of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>gluten<\/li>\n<li>dairy<\/li>\n<li>soy<\/li>\n<li>nuts<\/li>\n<li>eggs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elizabeth Gordon, diagnosed with multiple food allergies, experimented with different ingredients until she found the perfect substitutions for her favorite foods.\u00a0 More about Gordon:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Elizabeth Gordon is the author of <em>Allergy-Free Desserts<\/em> and the owner of the online gluten, dairy, soy, nut and egg-free bakery, Betsy &amp; Claude Baking Co. A full-time mother and formerly an eating disorder therapist, Elizabeth has appeared on <em>The Doctors<\/em> and her work has been featured in many national media outlets, such as <em>SELF<\/em> magazine. Visit her at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myallergyfreelifestyle.com\">www.myallergyfreelifestyle.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:c491de09-a36c-48ce-96a1-e07a848eac33\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XAimyBj2gBE?hl=en&amp;hd=1\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The book begins with an allergy-free dictionary of ingredients.\u00a0 I love how Gordon explains the ingredient &amp; the purpose for each one in certain recipes.\u00a0 Next up is a section full of substitutions.\u00a0 This section is great if you are missing an ingredient that one of the recipes in the book may call for.<\/p>\n<p>Sections with recipes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Breakfast Goodies<\/strong> \u2013 Do you miss Jelly Donuts, Biscuits or Funnel Cakes?\u00a0 Recipes for those plus many more goodies are included.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starters<\/strong> \u2013 Pigs in a Blanket, Pot Stickers &amp; Italian Wedding Soup are included in this section.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Salads<\/strong> \u2013 Avocado Salad, Tabbouleh (made with quinoa!) and Charoset (looks &amp; sounds amazing!) all caught my eye!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Condiments, Dressings, and Basics<\/strong> \u2013 Love the Dijon Vinaigrette!\u00a0 I am also looking forward to the Tomatillo Salsa &amp; homemade Ranch Dressing!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Courses<\/strong> \u2013 Shepard\u2019s Pie, Tamale Pie, Stuffed Peppers, Black Bean Burgers &amp; Individual Chicken Pot Pies are all on my list of foods to make from this section.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sides <\/strong>\u2013 Hush Puppies.\u00a0 Enough said.\u00a0 Okay, seriously, there are many great looking dishes in this section \u2013 Potato Latkes, Irish Soda Bread, Rosemary Smashed Potatoes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Desserts<\/strong> \u2013 Mint Thin Wafers, Golden Sponge Cakes w\/ Cream Filling (aka Twinkies*), Smores Cookies, Whoopie Pies and Pumpkin Pie Bars w\/ Oatmeal Raisin Crust.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The end of the book has a section on where to shop for specific ingredients that are used throughout the book, which is very useful.\u00a0 Nothing like finding a recipe that you want to make and not being able to find a key ingredient.\u00a0 Kudos to Gordon for including this!<\/p>\n<p>*<em>My personal opinion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, how would you like to win a copy of this new cookbook?\u00a0 Just follow the simple instructions below to enter to win!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><script id=\"raflin-b3bd5b22\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\/*{literal}< ![CDATA[*\/\n    window.RAFLIN = window.RAFLIN || {};\n    window.RAFLIN['b3bd5b22'] = {id: 'MGI1MzViMWRjZGIzMmFlMWUzNTVmYjQxZDI0OTg5OjIy'};\n    var url='\/\/d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net\/static\/js\/raflcptr\/build\/raflcptr.min.js', head=(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]);\n    (function(d,n,h){if(!!d.getElementById(n))return;var j=d.createElement('script');j.id=n;j.type='text\/javascript';j.async=true;j.src=url;h.appendChild(j);}(document,'rsoijs',head));\n\/*]]>{\/literal}*\/<\/script><br \/>\n<a class=\"rafl-powered\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font:10px sans-serif;color:#999;width:100%;text-align:center;display:block;\" id=\"rpow-b3bd5b22\">a <i>Rafflecopter<\/i> giveaway<\/a><br \/>\n<noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/rafl.es\/enable-js\">You need javascript enabled to see this giveaway<\/a>.<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">The book reviewed in this post &amp; 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