Gluten-Free Italian by Jacqueline Mallorca

When we decided to try going Gluten Free, the only thing I was worried about was how was I going to make my favorite Italian food.

Then I came across Jacqueline Mallorca?s book ?Gluten Free Italian? and was thrilled when the publishers, Da Capo Press Lifelong Books, sent me a copy to review.

Jacqueline Mallorca has done a wonderful job putting together a beautifully written and easy to follow cookbook that gives hope to any Italian food lover who lives gluten free.

I sat one evening with my sticky notes in hand and stickied each recipe that I wanted to try. Needless to say, my book has TONS of sticky notes. With 10 chapters of recipes, from Contorni/Vegetable Dishes to Sweet Things, this cookbook is FILLED with over 150 wonderful recipes.

Some of my stickied and soon to be made recipes are:

Stuffed Zucchini Boats,Baked Celery Parmesan, Spaghetti with Caramelized Red and Yellow Peppers, and Caramelized Grape Tomato Crostini.

The other night we made some spaghetti with rice pasta and I SOO wanted to have a nice loaf of bread to go along with it. So I pulled out the ?Gluten Free Italian? cookbook and went to work putting together her Italian-Style Banquettes.

I was a little worried that not having a banquette pan would be my ruin, but I went ahead and did my ?tear shaped dollops? and baked according to the directions and Voila..

  They turned out beautifully and OH MY? they were so delicious!! There were NO leftovers of this bread.

The Gluten-Free Italian is also filled with information on gluten free shopping do?s and don?ts and some really creative cooking hints.

I loved the idea of assembling the dry ingredients of favorite bread recipes into baggies (labeling them of course), so you can have them handy to make a loaf when needed.

So if your currently on a gluten free diet and looking for some delicious Italian recipes to try, I would highly recommend The Gluten-Free Italian.

*Thank you to Jacqueline Mallorca and Lifelong Books for sending me a complimentary copy to review*