Karen Carson - Cooking and Recipes: Going Natural the Gluten Free Way featuring Raw Foods and the Paleo Diet

Cooking and Recipes

Going Natural the Gluten Free Way featuring Raw Foods and the Paleo Diet

Karen Carson

Copyright 2013 Karen Carson

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Table of Contents

Gluten Free Cookbook, Paleo Cookbook and Raw Food Cookbook Here This book covers three distinctive and popular diets, the Gluten Free Diet, Paleo Diet, and the Raw Foods Diet. All three diets are helping people to get off the junk foods and into eating whole nutritious foods. The Paleo Diet and Gluten Free Diet are very similar. Each diet does not use wheat products and in particular gluten products. The Paleo Diet goes further not to include any grains in their diets. The raw foods diet is aimed at eating foods in their natural state, uncooked. The thought is that the foods keep all their nutrients that may be lost from cooking.

The first section of this book is about the gluten free diet. People who suffer from gluten intolerances and allergies have all sorts of unpleasant symptoms like digestive issues and skin problems. One way of alleviating these issues is through diet and in particular to avoid gluten products. Gluten comes from wheat and many will simply go on a grain free diet to avoid the gluten. Some grain is good and helpful though like oats and rice. All the recipes in this section are completely gluten free.

Some people choose to go gluten free because it sets them up for a healthier lifestyle. Dieting, whether you are practicing a decent diet or eating all junk food is a lifestyle. Many wish to do all they can to keep healthy and boost their immune systems, eating the gluten free diet serves to do this as well as helping those with gluten issues. The gluten free diet has side benefits such as helping with weight loss, maintaining a healthy weight level and staying healthy.

This book contains enough gluten free recipes to plan meals for a couple of weeks without repeating a meal. There are main dishes and side dishes and even desserts. Check out these delicious gluten free recipes: Hearty Steak and cheese Soup, Cheesy Mexican Chicken, Beef and Broccoli, Curried Chicken and Mango Summer Salad, Chinese Green Beans, Home Made Spicy Salsa, Cranberry Conserve, Heart Healthy Spinach Side Salad, and the Winter Squash in Brown Butter and Parsley.

Did we say we have gluten free desserts? There are almost as many dessert recipes as main course recipes. Try these on for size: Gluten Free Chocolate Cake, Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies, Hot Chocolate Pudding, Fast and Easy Gluten Free Rice Pudding, Chocolate Fondue Dessert, Dark Chocolate Fondue, Baked Apples, and Coffee Chocolate Mousse. There are also tips for restaurant eating and dealing with kids. There is even a section on adapting your recipes for the slow cooker (a great time saver!)

The Paleo Diet section includes recipes on the Paleo diet. The Paleo Diet is the same diet as the Stone Age people ate which included whole vegetables, fruits, and lean meats. They did not eat any grains or legumes. They enjoyed long healthy lives free of the conditions that affect us today. They had no obsesity and perhaps this is why they were a healthier bunch. The idea is that their diet had a lot to do with their state of health and therefore the Paleo diet was devised.

There are enough main entrees to have several weeks' worth of meals without any repeats. Enjoy this sampling of the recipes included: Roasted Turkey with Balsamic Glaze and Apples, Chipolte Lime Salmon, Green Chili Turkey Burgers, Paleo Style Stuffed Peppers, Pork Roast with Dijon Glaze, Fish Tacos, Salmon with Cherry Tomatoes and Roasted Asparagus, Hearty Beef Stew, Paleo Meatloaf, Gluten Free Chicken Piccata, Cobb Salad, Shepherd's Pie, Paleo Style, Coconut Chicken Strips, Gluten Free Chicken Piccata, Hot Dogs, Paleo Style, Shakshouka, Paleo Pizza, Roast Chicken, Spicy Scallop Salad, and Cabbage and Ham Stew.

For the benefit of variety, there is a section that includes side dishes, soups, and snacks. Some of these recipes include: Chicken Soup with Sweet Potatoes and Swiss Chard, Sweet Potato Lime Soup, Red Pepper Dip, Asparagus Salad, Easy Collard Greens, Fennel and Carrots, Tomato and Zucchini with Curry Sauce, Eggplant and Mushroom Curry, Roasted Beet and Walnut Salad, Easy Collard Greens, Fennel and Carrots, Chicken Salad with Fruit, Leek and Sweet Potato Soup and Butternut Squash with Thyme.

The Raw Food Diet is the last section of this book. Eating raw foods helps us to derive all the nutrients in their fullness without cooking or processing diminishing it. A raw food diet helps to cleanse the body of impurities. Eating the raw food diet is highly nutritious and helps to build strong immune system.

Some of the recipes included in the raw food diet are: Brussels Sprout Tarts with Mushrooms, Peppers and Onions, Collard Quinoa Wraps, Spicy Almond Kelp Noodles, Raw Lasagna, Parsnip Risotto with Peas and Basil, Spinach Mushroom Quiche, Tomato Sambar with Spaghetti Squash Rice and Nut Chutney ,Raw California Rolls, Raw BBQ over Zucchini Noodles, Chard Pockets, Zucchini Noodles with Broccoli and Pesto, Raw Tostadas with Guacamole, Raw Mushroom Burgers and Spinach Manicotti.

The side dishes, appetizers, sauces, and breads include a sampling of: Raw Marinara Sauce, Buckwheat Curry Bread, Carrot Tomato Soup, Cauliflower Couscous, Mashed Celery Root with Garlic and Chives, Sunflower Seed Pate, Butter Lettuce and Avocado Salad, Red Pepper Bisque, and BBQ Walnuts.

Lastly the raw food diet sections includes recipes for breakfast and brunch including: Apple Cinnamon Crepes, Banana Splits, Raw Brazil Nut Onion Bagles, Crepes with Berries and Cashew Cream, Chia Pudding with Strawberries, Raw Waffles, Chia Pudding with Bananas, and Cinnamon Citrus Crepes.

The diets within this book are excellent starting points for those who wish to make nutrition a top priority in their life. By foregoing junk food, processed foods, fast foods, and replacing them with fruits, vegetables, lean meats, you give your body the best chance to be healthy and to live a long life free of many physical conditions caused from eating the wrong foods.

Gluten Free diets are typically entered into by necessity, not by chance. That doesn't mean, however, that there are no real benefits to making the choice to go gluten free. In fact, for those who are considering a diet that may help to lower their cholesterol and make other positive, long-term health changes, going gluten free has some potential health benefits that may not have been considered.

Going gluten free has become a fairly popular new trend. You might even consider it to be one of those diet "fads" that hit the magazine and book shelves every few years. The difference is that most fads are not healthy and really don't help a great deal. This fad--which is not really a fad--is being seen to increase the energy and to improve the overall good health of many people who use it.

Celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Chelsea Clinton are finding that gluten free works for them, and it can work for you too. It's quite likely that you're seeing more and more gluten free products hitting the supermarket shelves recently. For those who have no food allergies and aren't concerned with gluten in their diet, going gluten free is something you probably haven't explored very carefully. The reason for the growing number of gluten free foods is that many people have explored gluten free and found that even if they dont' have to utilize the diet, it's much healthier--quite like the paleo diets which are so popular.

Gluten is a kind of protein that is part of grains and cereal products such as wheat. It tends To make bread and foods elastic, or chewy tasting. It keeps food from being "sticky." Gluten is found in flour products of wheat, but more, it is also found in other grains.