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4.5
I bought Dr. Agatston's South Beach Diet Gluten Solution book a while ago and it taught me a lot about gluten sensitivity. In fact, I feel so much better now that I've become gluten aware--less brain fog and more energy for starters! So I've been excitedly waiting for The South Beach Diet Gluten Solution Cookbook, which I received recently and can highly recommend. If you want eat to great--and lose weight--while eliminating or cutting back on gluten, this is the cookbook for you. Not only are the 175 recipes, from breakfasts to desserts, all gluten-free and delicious, they are also designed to be diet-friendly, something a lot of other gluten-free cookbooks, which use butter and white rice flour for example, don't pay attention to.I particularly love the fact that more than half of the recipes in the book can be made in 30 minutes or less and that there's a useful glossary of gluten-free foods that includes information on some gluten-free flours, like teff flour and sorghum flour, which I wasn't familiar with. I also love that many of the recipes have "variations," which let you make easy changes to achieve different recipes. An example is the Slow-Cooker Pulled Beef recipe (page 186), which can be engineered into Beef Tostadas; Quick Beef Soup; Beefy Pasta; or Sloppy Joes. This is a great way for busy cooks like me to get lots mileage out of our cooking efforts.I also made the Tofu-Mushroom Lasagna, which actually uses extra-firm tofu to replace the usual wheat pasta. When I served this dish to guests, they had no idea they were eating tofu.So whether you are sensitive to gluten, planning a "wheatless Wednesday," or simply want another wonderful cookbook for your collection, I think this book is a great choice. It certainly will help when you invite someone over for dinner and they say, "Yes, I'd love to come to dinner, but I can't eat wheat."
