Deliciously G-Free Cookbook Review

With the internet as our arsenal, Jason and I started our journey of gluten free enlightenment with an enormous array of contradicting and confusing information. While many websites offer gluten free recipes by substituting with GF all-purpose flour, many others recommend shunning the stuff whenever possible, since they tend to be largely diluted with inexpensive potato and rice flours. But, if the mixes are so bad, then what kind of flours SHOULD we buy?

The saving grace in this madness came as an housewarming/engagement present: the Deliciously G-Free cookbook. Yes, it was written by a celebrity. No, this doesn't mean you should ignore it. The beginning of the book shares her story of diagnosis, and how she turned it around into an adventure. The preface then turns into a very thorough explanation of common flours, starches, and gums, explaining not only what they are, but how they behave, and what they help do in gluten free cooking and baking.

From this book, we were able to make a list, and scoured every market in the area (and even a few on the internet), and quickly found that nearly every grocery store in the area had a decent selection in stock for a fair price. With tens of flours now in hand, we made.....waffles.

Well....we used the cookbook's pancake recipe, added chocolate chips, and made waffles. We kinda forgot to buy the sour cream and lemon needed for the book's waffle recipe. But they came out fantastic nonetheless. So fantastic that we made them again a week later.

The recipes in the book range the whole breakfast-to-dessert gamut, so we definitely recommend it for beginning gluten-free cookers, or simply anyone who'd like a few more recipes on the shelf. We'll certainly be trying quite a few of the meals out in the future!

Jason here. The book has been fantastic. As Kayleigh mentioned, the introduction discussing all of the gluten alternative flours is really helpful if you want to do any of your own baking.

The waffles did indeed turn out very well. They were crispy on the outside, but still light and fluffy on the inside. My favorite part was of course the added chocolate chips. I will probably add more next time. Maybe toss some sliced banana's on top.