Staring at the fridge and wondering what you can cook for dinner is not a decision made any easier when you can't eat dairy, soy, gluten, egg, meat, or nuts.
The Little Book of Allergy-Friendly Main Meals, by the creators of the Australian free-from online cooking show Alternative Chef Kitchen, offers some alternatives for those with allergies or intolerances to many everyday ingredients and includes a number of vegan-friendly alternatives, too.
The recipes in this book include quick-to-make and nourishing options as well as recipes that are great made in large batches so there are leftovers. You'll have your every day main meal needs covered with the recipes in this book.
The alternatives in this book include:
Three soup recipes great for those autumn and winter nights including sweet potato soup, carrot & ginger soup, and tomato soup.
Three simple "quick" meals great for mid-week nights when time is short, which include a chickpea bowl, rice and lentils, and chickpeas and rice.
A collection of simple free-from sides you can combine to make your own meal including sautéed lentils, chickpeas and greens, mashed pumpkin and potato, garlic potatoes, peas and onions, spiced baked sweet potato, zucchini stew, and simple roasted veggies.
A delicious black rice risotto
Creamy, dairy-free potato bake
A hearty lentil stew
A chickpea casserole
A sweet yellow split pea Dahl
Vegan-friendly Cornish pasty roll
Stuffed capsicums (with and without egg)
The book has a detailed "Extra Resources" section and video footage to support a number of the recipes. Furthermore, beginner free-from cooks will benefit from a comprehensive list explaining the less common ingredients and where to buy them as well as descriptions of the techniques used to help turn the foods you "can eat" into foods you "want to eat."
Weekly dinners will be much simpler with these recipes!