The Complete Food Allergy Cookbook: The Foods You've Always Loved Without the Ingredients You Can't Have

I bought this several years ago while breastfeeding our eldest who had severe food allergies. The recipes are good - but the beginning sections, where the author talks about recipe substitutions and how various alternatives will work in modifying recipes, is the very best part of this cookbook! When I was overwhelmed parenting a newborn and dealing with her allergies as well, this book saved me time adjusting my diet to make it safe for my daughter without starving myself.

This book is an excellent one for baking if your child has an allergy to wheat. My child cannot tolerate kamut and spelt, which the author uses often, but the author almost always gives a list of 4 or 5 different flours that will also work with each recipe. And, she will make note, for example, if more or less liquid is called for if you use a different flour. If an egg is called for, she'll also give you a substitute. Very thorough. I've read a bazillion food allergy cookbooks, and this one by far is the most flexible.

Fabulous! This is a book for every beginner like me in dealing with food allergies. I found the substitution charts extremely helpful. The book includes info on different kinds of foods to avoid and what substitutions are safe. The rotation diet was covered as well. This book gave me the encouragement to get started in facing the overwelming problem of my food allergies. I would recommend this book to anyone, who like me, didn't know where to start in conquering this problem.