Gluten-Free Girl: How I Found the Food That Loves Me Back...& How You Can, Too

"Give yourself a treat! Gluten-Free Girl offers delectable tips on living and dining with zest-gluten-free. This is a story for anyone who is interested in changing his or her life from the inside out!"

—Alice Bast, Executive Director of the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness

"A breakthrough first look book by a gifted writer-Shauna James Ahern's writing and compelling recipes made me want to dash first to the farmers' market and then to the stove and cook-not at all what I expected from a story about living with celiac disease. Foodies everywhere will love this book. Celiacs will make it their bible."

—Linda Carucci, author of Cooking School Secrets for Real World Cooks and IACP Cooking Teacher of the Year, 2002

"What's been missing in 'healthy' is 'delicious,' and Shauna's food explodes with flavor-proof positive that people who choose to eat gluten-free can do it with passion and power."

—John La Puma, MD, New York Times bestselling coauthor of the RealAge Diet and Cooking the RealAge Way

"This is not just a book about living gluten-free, it is a book about a brave and generous woman who turns obstacles into blessings through the magic of her smile and written word."

—Clotilde Dusoulier, author of Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen

"The theme of Shauna's writing isn't gluten-free, it's gluten freedom. She focuses much more on the delicious world of what she can have rather than fixating on what she can't. Her enthusiasms for exploring the world of gluten-free cooking is infectious and her knack for communicating her experiences to the reader is heartfelt, inspiring, and informational."

—Heidi Swanson, author of Super Natural Cooking: Five Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Ingredients into Your Cooking

"Finally, someone as bond and passionate as Shauna James Ahern has been able to demystify celiac disease with a message that a life gluten-free is a life of abundance. In Gluten-Free Girl, she shares inspired recipes that are simple to create and simply bring out the best of each ingredient. this book is a fantastic addition to any food lover's collection."

—Seis Kamimura, former Executive Sous Chef to Wolfgang Puck

In Gluten-Free Girl, Shauna James Ahern shares the journey that changed her from a typical Gen-X processed-food junkie to a fun-loving foodie who enjoys cooking and living gluten-free-naturally. Readers from around the world have followed her stories and insights on her award-winning blog, glutenfreegirl.com. Now she shows you how to say yes to a gluten-free lifestyle, too, and embrace a whole new world of fresh foods and flavors.

Even if you never learned to cook, Shauna shows you how to feel comfortable in the kitchen. You'll discover (or rediscover) the kick of ginger, the irresistible crunch of fresh greens, and other delicious delights. She gives you dozens of terrific recipes that every9one will love, such as Curried Carrot Soup, Chicken Thighs Braised in Pomegranate Molasses, Crusty Sorghum Bread, and Fig Cookies. Her dishes focus on ingredients that are naturally gluten-free. She has not simply reworked recipes and plugged in gluten-free substitutes-these are original recipes. You'll also find important guidance on navigating everyday life without being "glutenized," from reading between the lines of food labels to traveling and eating out safely and successfully.

Enlivened with funny accounts of Shauna's experiences, this book is as entertaining to read as it is to prop up in the kitchen. Whether she's reminiscing about the Wonder bread and Fried-bologna sandwiches of her childhood or misusing on the pork-chop -shaped mouse pad she won at a professional cooking conference, her stories are lively and interesting.

Part memoir, part best friend giving advice, part cookbook-and all inspiring-Gluten-Free Girl will put the spring back in your step and your diet, one delicious meal at a time.

—Newsweek magazine

"Give yourself a treat! Gluten-Free Girl offers delectable tips on dining and living with zest–gluten-free. This is a story for anyone who is interested in changing his or her life from the inside out!"

—Alice Bast, executive director National Foundation for Celiac Awareness

"Shauna's food, the ignition of healthy with delicious, explodes with flavor—proof positive that people who choose to eat gluten-free can do it with passion, perfection, and power."

—John La Puma, MD, New York Times bestselling co-author of The RealAge Diet and Cooking the RealAge Way

"A breakthrough first book by a gifted writer not at all what I expected from a story about living with celiac disease. Foodies everywhere will love this book. Celiacs will make it their bible."

—Linda Carucci, author of Cooking School Secrets for Real World Cooks and IACP Cooking Teacher of the Year, 2002

An entire generation was raised to believe that cooking meant opening a box, ripping off the plastic wrap, adding water, or popping it in the microwave. Gluten-Free Girl, with its gluten-free healthful approach, seeks to bring a love of eating back to our diets. Living gluten-free means having to give up traditional bread, beer, pasta, as well as the foods where gluten likes to hide—such as store-bought ice cream, chocolate bars, even nuts that might have been dusted with flour. However, Gluten-Free Girl shows readers how to say yes to the foods they can eat. Written by award-winning blogger Shauna James, who became a interested in food once she was diagnosed with celiac disease and went gluten-free, Gluten-Free Girl is filled with funny accounts of the author’s own life including wholesome, delicious recipes, this book will guide readers to the simple pleasures of real, healthful food. Includes dozens of recipes like salmon with blackberry sauce, sorghum bread, and lemon olive oil cookies as well as resources for those living gluten-free.

1 A Brand-Name Childhood.

2 On My Own.

3 The Ten Noble Tastes.

4 Free to Be You and Me, Gluten-Free.

5 Vegetarians, Please Avert Your Eyes.

6 Going Against the Grain.

7 The Pleasure of Vegetables.

8 Luscious and Sumptuous Fruit.

9 Truly Tasting My Life.

10 Guilty Pleasures.

11 Feeling Comfortable in the Kitchen.

12 Life, Gluten-Free.

Epilogue Yes.

What Is Gluten and Where Does It Hide?

Resources.

Index.