12 best healthy cookbooks from 2011
Simply Sugar and Gluten-Free: 180 Easy and Delicious Recipes You can Make in 20 Minutes or Less
By Amy Green (Ulysses, 2011)
Blogger Amy Green not only eschews white sugar and gluten, but she does it with everyday, family-friendly, and quick recipes. Though it lacks pictures, this easy-to-use book is great for parents eager to feed their kids healthy, allergen-free, and refined-sugar-free meals, snacks, and desserts. Many of the recipes are also dairy- and egg-free, as well as vegan and vegetarian. Sample recipes: Seven Layer Avocado Dip; Tomato, Pesto, and Fresh Mozzarella Socca Pizza (socca is a chickpea flatbread); Easy Chicken Cacciatore; Light and Moist Cornbread; Carrot Cupcakes.