Notes about Recipes in this book

• Greek lemon, chicken and rice soup

  • sosayi on October 03, 2019

    A quick and easy, but still flavorful, soup for a weeknight. The lemon really comes through nicely. Cut in half, the recipe served two adults and a child perfectly. Even using just a boneless, skinless chicken breast (what I had to hand), the flavor was good (although I did use homemade stock). Didn't have quite enough parsley, but supplemented with some dill, and used pink rice instead of white. Both changes worked well.

  • Coolleen on May 06, 2020

    This was SO GOOD. I omitted the parsley. The lemon flavor really elevated the soup.

• Carrot salad with chile-sesame vinaigrette

  • sosayi on July 15, 2019

    Delicious and easy carrot salad. Didn't take the time to add the optional toasted sesame seeds or chives and we still loved it. Used honey instead of agave (listed as an option), and kept all measurements the same. Definite repeat! Served with stir-fried green beans (from Slanted Door) and Curried Fish (from Pok-Pok).

• Pesto roasted chicken

  • Hannaha100 on June 19, 2017

    Made just the pesto (minus garlic). Pumpkin seeds made quite a good nut replacement. Needed a little water to loosen from blender.

• Slow-braised pork ragù

  • danalshep.62 on May 20, 2026

    I made it on an Instant Pot the day before I served it. Cooked 55 minutes with 20 minute slow release. The next day I simmered for 2 hours on the stove top to thicken the ragu. It's delicious!! The whole family loved it.

• Grilled skirt steak with chimichurri

  • sosayi on July 09, 2018

    A really delicious way to serve skirt steak. While I normally don't find that marinades add all that much to a final product, this one definitely did. Chimichurri is always delicious and I enjoyed the addition of a tomato and red onion salad (I used shallots) to the side. I'd make it again, for sure.

• Beef stew

  • Summerlandsky on December 22, 2020

    This was an excellent stew. I don’t have coconut cream so I used 1/2 cup regular heavy cream. It was just right. Total cooking time was closer to 3 hours, and I only had 2 pounds of the beef.

• Vanilla-vanilla layer cake

  • sosayi on November 27, 2018

    I made a half-recipe of this cake and felt that it was fine for what I needed it for: a child's birthday party that needed to accommodate many allergies. The texture of the cake was a little too dense, but nothing that 4 yo children cared about when accompanied by great frosting and loads of sprinkles.

  • Hannaha100 on November 26, 2020

    Made as cupcakes - quartered recipe for 6 but they were huge so may have overfilled the cases slightly. I used caster sugar for beet sugar. First attempt at 160c took forever to bake and rose but then collapsed so tried again at 175c. These rose beautifully but I didn't love the flavour - not sure if it was the baking powder, xanthan, chickpea flour or a combination of all. Probably could have done with more vanilla. Made with maple frosting from same book.

• Pumpkin layer cake with maple frosting and salted caramel drizzle

  • Hannaha100 on November 26, 2020

    Made maple frosting with vanilla cupcakes - the maple taste isn't strong. Made a good straightforward sweet buttercream though.

• Pumpkin pancakes with coconut maple syrup

  • sosayi on November 23, 2017

    While I didn’t love the pancakes (a little too chewy for me and dense), they were a hit with the GF madre. The coconut cream maple syrup, however, was fabulous and I would repeat in an instant. Just mix 2-1 heated maple syrup to coconut cream for a decadent pancake topper.

• What's Gaby Cooking

  ...is your new bible if you have any food allergies! Heather and her 2 adorable girls are changing the game when it comes to allergy free cooking.

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• RecipeGirl

  The recipes...do not include gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish or cane sugar. If you have allergies to these ingredients, this will be a book you’ll want...to keep on hand.

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• Thought for Food

  I love this book for so many reasons, but, mainly, because of its approach to allergy-free recipes...This book is the perfect reference for those who have dietary restrictions

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• What's Gaby Cooking

  Know someone with a food allergy?? This book will change their life. And speaking from experience, I can promise you that each and every recipe is FREAKING incredible.

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