Full Description
The easy way to live without wheat, barley, oats, rye, and other sources of gluten There's more to living gluten-free than just cutting it out of your diet. This Second Australian Edition of Living Gluten-Free For Dummies helps you embrace a gluten-free lifestyle and make a smooth transition to healthier, tastier living. You'll learn how to decipher food labels, enjoy a balanced diet, cook delicious meals and order at restaurants, deal with the emotional and social aspects of gluten-free living, raise healthy gluten-free kids, and so much more. And best of all, this book includes plenty of great-tasting recipes.
Covers all the newest products and food labelling practices specific to Australia
Includes up-to-date information about the latest research on managing coeliac disease
Features over 75 nutritious and delicious gluten-free recipes
Endorsed by Coeliac Australia
Whether you or a family member have coeliac disease, another kind of gluten intolerance, or want to try living without gluten for other health or nutrition reasons, this Second Australian Edition of Living Gluten-Free For Dummies covers everything you need to know—from great recipes to the latest research and the best ways to manage your health.
Contents
Foreword xxi
Introduction 1
Part I: Going Gluten-Free: Who, What, Why and How 7
Chapter 1: Being Gluten-Free from A to Z 9
Chapter 2: Understanding Why You Need to Go Gluten-Free 29
Chapter 3: Taking a Closer Look at Coeliac Disease 49
Chapter 4: Grasping the Ground Rules of the Gluten-Free Diet 63
Chapter 5: Finding and Using Good Resources 83
Chapter 6: Gluten-Free ... Nutritiously 93
Part II: Planning and Preparing: The Preludes to Cooking 111
Chapter 7: Creating a Gluten-Free-Friendly Kitchen 113
Chapter 8: Shopping Is Easier Than You Think 125
Chapter 9: Cooking: Tips and Techniques 141
Part III: From Menus to Meals: Recipes for the Gluten-Free Gastronome 157
Chapter 10: Beginning with Breakfast 159
Chapter 11: Snacking on Appetisers, Nibbles and Wraps 181
Chapter 12: Souping Up Salads and Vegetable Dishes 199
Chapter 13: Enjoying the Main Event 225
Chapter 14: Pizza, Pasta and Bread: Foods You Thought Were a Thing of the Past 245
Chapter 15: Getting Your Just Desserts 265
Part IV: Living — and Loving — the Gluten-Free Lifestyle 24/7 287
Chapter 16: Getting Out and About: Eating Away from Home 289
Chapter 17: Raising Happy, Healthy, Gluten-Free Kids 313
Chapter 18: Beating the Blues: Overcoming Emotional Obstacles 337
Part V: The Part of Tens 355
Chapter 19: Ten Benefits of Being Gluten-Free 357
Chapter 20: Ten Tips to Help You Love the Gluten-Free Lifestyle 361
Chapter 21: Ten Tips and Traps for New Players 365
Index. 369
