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Gluten Free Cookbook

Over 60 simply
delicious recipes from
the Smart Kitchen

by
Kathy Smart

FIRST EDITION 2011

Smart Kitchen, Ottawa, Canada

Published in 2011 by

Live the Smart Way Ottawa

www.livethesmartway.com

Copyright 2011 Kathy Smart

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Recipe photos Copyright 2011 James Park

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Cover photo of Kathy Copyright 2011 Answermen Ltd.

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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from Smart Kitchen.

Printed in CanadaFirst Printing 2011

ISBN 978-0-9877003-0-8

I have had multiple food allergies from the time I was 4 years old. Eating was more about what could I eat? as opposed to what tasted good. I wanted to change that.

As I grew older I discovered that there were many people just like me with multiple food allergies and limited choices when it came to food. I decided to make a difference, to become part of the solution. I became a nutritionist so I could help others experience the improved quality of life that comes from eating foods that are good for you. Then I became a certified holistic chef so that I could create recipes with those wholesome foods that also TASTED GOOD!

Food is now all about tasting good. It isnt just about whether I can eat it or not; now, its the best of both worlds. Please love and savour every bitenot only can you eat these recipesthey taste good and are good for you!

From my kitchen to yours, join meLive The Smart Way!

*Photo Credit: Jean Marc Carisse

Food. Sharing it is the one thing that is common across all cultures.

We use it to celebrate the milestones of our lives, to give us sustenance and comfort, to energize and revitalize us each day. In its simplest form, it is fuel, but shared with friends it is the vehicle through which those friendships grow, around the supper table food is a tool through which we love our family and finally it is the parenthesis around which we begin and end each day.

The love of food is a love of life and it is a passion I am grateful to share with my wonderful friend Kathy. I have always been an advocate of the healing qualities of good food, but through our friendship have learned to appreciate that food can be both good and good for you without sacrificing taste and texture. Kathys gentle-fierce nature has also taught me that you can change your life if you change the way you live, and so now I live a little Smarter.

This cookbook is full of recipes through which you too can love your family and friends, providing them with sustenance for both body and soul, and helping them to live a little Smarter too.

Sandra MacInnis has spent most of her adult life working in the hospitality sector, and her experience runs the gamut from fast food to fine dining. A 12 year progressive career path with Le Cordon Bleu developed her love for food into a passionate belief that the dinner table is central to everything truly important in the world. Sandra currently works as a Foodservice Consultant for Designed Food Systems Inc. in Ottawa, Canada.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

Abraham Lincoln

I dedicate this cookbook to my mother. Words could never describe how much this woman has done to make this world a better place. She taught me gentleness, kindness, and above all else to love unconditionally and without judgement. I dedicate this book to her as it was she who first taught me to cook, who never tired of finding answers to my health problems, and who cooked to find recipes that I could eat.

Always add love to whatever you are cooking, honey, was her gentle advice.

I always do, Mom. I love you!

Kathy learning to cook - 3 years of age

I didnt even know where to start for this acknowledgment page. I feel like I am at the Academy Awards! I would like to thank the heavens above for giving me a dream at a young age to make a difference in peoples health. For my familyMom, Dad, and Steven and the girlsfor always knowing and telling me I was a miracle and I would achieve great things. For my grandmamma for teaching me how to cook pancakes before I could even speak full sentences. For my Uncle Larry who was a chef for 25 years who showed me that food could be beautiful! For Dr. Don Warren for seeing the potential in a little girl at 12 years of age and teaching her she could be whole again with proper nutrition. For Jennifer Steers for asking me 5 years ago if I ever thought of writing a cookbook. For my best friend Kelly who has been loving me and eating my food since we were 4! For my best friend and first client ever, Anne and her husband Alec, and Camille and Marie for not only giving me the best, honest food advice, but for also being the kindest, most wonderful friends ever. For Sandra MacInnis, for being such an instrumental part of this book, and the food worldstaying up late editing, cooking and being my yoga girl. To Chef Katie Richard for editing on her weekends off, for Sabha whose constant support and friendship means so much. Thank you to Answermen for knowing what to do and being the creative geniuses that they are. To Ryan and Susan Latrielle for their support and attention to detail to help create a book we are all proud of! Last but not least to Bradwho is the love of my life and the best decision I have ever made. I love you sweetheart! We have come a long way baby!

For I know the plans I have for you to give you a future and a hope

Jeremiah 29:11

Kathy Smart, PTS, RSNA, RNC, Holistic Chef

Kathy is a registered nutritional consultant with the Canadian Examining Board of Health Care Practitioners, a Registered Sports Nutrition Advisor, a Holistic Teaching Chef with the Holistic Cooking Academy of Canada and a Registered Personal Fitness Trainer with the Canadian Association of Fitness Professionals.

With over 14 years experience in the health and fitness sectors, Kathy provides nutritional consultation and fitness instruction to clients. She is a nutritional consultant with Designed Food Systems Inc. developing specialty menus and recipe testing for commercial clients. Kathy is also an instructor for the Ottawa Carleton District School Board, where she teaches cooking classes focused on specialty diets and healthy living.