Gluten Free Goes Gourmet

Mar 122014

GLUTEN-FREE GOES GOURMET

By Vicky Pearl

September 2013

Hardcover/$35.99

ISBN: 978-1-885220-77-6

I have been wanting to try to be a bit more healthy this year ~ so when I read that the recipes in Gluten Free Goes Gourmet are gluten free, dairy free, low glycemic, corn free, and kosher I wanted to try some of them. I found that the recipes I made were really good and Rex really enjoyed them. I know this will be a book I use again and again to make great meals. There are a number that I want to make for guest when they come over. The author Vicky Pearl is a practicing nutrition coach and has been helping people eat better for almost two decades.

About the Author:

Vicky Pearl has been a leading voice in the kosher health community for decades. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Vicky started her career as a teacher. Her love of teaching and helping others, however, took a decidedly different turn once she started investigating ways to manage her own allergies. As in all things Vicky pursues, she started by doing vast amounts of research on how diet and lifestyle impacted those with allergies. Then she began to slowly but effectively alter her diet, eliminating various foods and replacing them with others that were thought to alleviate allergy symptoms. The more she read, the more excited she became. And, more importantly, she began to feel better. Her allergies abated. Soon, word began to spread and friends and neighbors began approaching her for advice. From that a new career was born. Vicky’s love of teaching has continued by providing her clients with the latest research, gently guiding them on how to decipher the most recent data and lovingly coaxing them to adopt healthier alternative diets and lifestyles.

Her love of cooking played no small part in this either. Since she was a child, Vicky adored cooking, first helping her grandmother and mother prepare meals and then experimenting in her own kitchen for her growing family. Her innate creativity was let loose. Finding ways to incorporate new ingredients and gluten-free products in her everyday meals became as exciting as the myriad ways she was enabling others to feel better. Vicky still lives in Brooklyn with her family, making a world of difference to hundreds of people throughout the world.

I really enjoyed looking through this book and trying a few of the recipes. The recipes were easy to follow ~ my favorite so far has been the Chicken a la Chasseur. It reminds me a lot of Chick Marsala.

Doesn’t this look good? I served it with lots of vegetables. Both Rex and I liked the chicken. It turned out with lots of flavor and was very moist.

Gluten Free Goes Gourmet

Author: Vicky Pearl

Ingredients

1½ lb chicken cutlets (4 large slices), pounded thin
½ cup potato starch
4 Tbsp oil, divided
1 box (8–10 oz) fresh mushrooms (buttons or stuffers)
1 large onion, diced
½ cup semidry red wine
1½ tsp kosher salt
¼ tsp freshly ground pepper
½ tsp dried oregano, optional

Instructions

Coat chicken in potato starch.
Heat half of the oil in skillet set over medium heat.
Cook chicken in batches if necessary, until golden, about 2 minutes on each side.
Remove chicken from the skillet.
Peel mushroom caps if desired. Remove stems; slice thinly.
Heat remaining oil in skillet. Add onion; saute’ until translucent. Add mushrooms to skillet; saute’ 5 minutes.
Stir in wine, salt, pepper, and oregano(if using) Increase heat to medium-high; cook for 5 minutes.
Pour in 2 cups water and bring to a rolling boil.
Return chicken to skillet, cook, covered, for 8 minutes

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Some other great recipes included in Gluten Free Goes Gourmet include Coconut String Beans, Crispy Chicken on a skewers, Cream of Zucchini Soup and many more. I think you will find recipes that you will make over and over again.

If you would like to find out more about Gluten Free Goes Gourmet or purchase it you can visit Vicky’s website HERE.

I received a Copy of this book from the author for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for the review, and the review is honest and my responsibility. The above recipe was share with permission from Gluten Free Goes Gourmet by Vicky Pearl.

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