Have you ever run across a cookbook that you absolutely love and use it almost all of the time?

I have. Actually, there are about three that I’ve found and use quite frequently. One of these favorites is The Allergen-Free Baker’s Handbook by Cybele Pascal.

When I realized the severity of food allergies that my children and I have, I had to make some fast and significant changes with some of the foods we ate – mostly baked goods.

Drastic Changes

I’d known about some of our allergies from observation and would try to avoid them. But, once we were tested and it was revealed just how many allergies we actually had and their severity – gluten, peanuts and soy being the most severe – we had to change our eating habits drastically.

These changes included almost no eating out and cooking everything from scratch. It’s quite difficult to find restaurants and fast food chains that offer items on their menu that we can eat. And prepared foods that are available for purchase at our local grocers are heavily laden with ingredients that we must avoid.

But, even though cooking everything from scratch gave me the control over what was included in our meals, it wasn’t easy finding allergen-free recipes that actually tasted good.

Allergen-Free and Great Tasting

Then, I found Cybele Pascal’s cookbook. It is chocked full of wonderful, great tasting recipes that are free of the top 8 allergens: dairy, soy, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, fish, shellfish, and eggs. They are also vegan and gluten free.

You can find the book here.

Do you have a favorite allergen-free cookbook? If so, leave a comment and share.