Recipe Weekend: Gluten-Free Breakfast, Brunch & Beyond By Linda J. Amendt (herb cheese muffins)

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If your child has a Gluten or other type of food allergy, Back to School can not only be daunting, it could possibly be life-threatening!
While Miss Grace doesn't have that type of food allergy, she may have a 'sensitivity' to it, which we are just now realizing.may be causing her some dental issues,among other ailments. So when I saw this book available for review, I wanted to check it out,as we will me swapping to a gluten-free/reduced diet starting Monday,to see if we can reverse the issues Miss Grace 
Plus I wanted to.share it with you, my readers, so you can see that there ARE  great cookbooks for those who need Gluten-Free recipes!

Synopsis:  Breakfast is the favorite meal of the day for millions of Americans, but those with a gluten intolerance are out of luck, since many breakfast foods and baked items have been banned from their diet. They must find gluten-free alternatives or go without. For the rising number of Americans who are choosing to follow a gluten-free diet as a healthy lifestyle and for parents experimenting with gluten-free recipes for their families, they, too, are having to do without.

That disappointment will no longer be the case. In Gluten-Free Breakfast, Brunch & Beyond, home cooks will discover a variety of gluten-free recipes for their family’s favorite breakfast foods. From light quick breads, muffins, biscuits and scones to tasty pancakes, waffles, coffee cakes and sweet rolls, this collection of 100 recipes will bring breakfast back to the gluten-free table. A tantalizing array of frittatas, quiches, and breakfast casseroles are perfect for any meal of the day. The recipes in Gluten-Free Breakfast, Brunch & Beyond are quick and easy to make and yield delicious, satisfying results.

Recipes for homemade all-purpose flour, crepe batter, pancake batter, sweet roll dough, and biscuit dough will give every gluten-free cook the basics for creating delicious dishes of their own.
            In addition to great recipes, Gluten-Free Breakfast, Brunch & Beyond will provide cooks with the information they need about gluten-free ingredients, including ingredients to include—and avoid--in their diet and preparing and measuring ingredients. Each recipe chapter will begin with tips to help home cooks create great-tasting gluten-free breakfast specialties to serve from morning to night.
Review:
WOW- who knew, the bounty of breakfast items available, with not that many extra ingredients, for a Gluten-free diet? I was amazed and delighted with this cookbook! All the recipes are amazing, and the forward section spells out how to make your own flours if you need to (!!) and the substitutions you need to make! I found myself wanting to make ALL the recipes! 
Instead I found last Sunday that just called to me to make it for church (we have a snack afterwards as a time of sharing and catching up with each other)- Herb Cheese Muffins. But as I didn't have any Gluten-free flour available, I switched it to regular (following the reverse guidelines that Linda gave in the front section of the book). How did they turn out?

Hungry yet? I served them on a platter with both types of grapes and 2 types of cheese, and they were a savory HIT! Everybody loved them, even Miss Grace!

Here's the recipe: 

 

And here's a closeup of the muffin:

Those air pockets were where the lure of the spices came out and attracted you like a bee to honey! Warmed with a little butter? Heaven in a cupcake liner!

SO what that means is that you can use this cookbook both ways- Gluten-free and regular- perfect for the family that has a child (or adult) that needs Gluten-Free, but want to bake something 'regular' for bake sale, potluck or family gathering!

We're going to be making our way through this cookbook, it is filled with so MANY yummy scrumptious breakfast foods! 

I know you'll love it too! So head on over and check it out, and put in on your Christmas gift giving list (108 days and counting-aaaagghhhh we're almost at 100-that means just over 3 months people! Scream with me!)

About the Author:

Award-winning cookbook author Linda J. Amendt, an accomplished and experienced baker and home canner, has won over 900 awards in food competitions across the United States, including over 600 first place blue ribbons and special awards for excellence. She has earned national recognition for her exquisite food creations. This is her 4th cookbook. She currently serves as a highly respected judge, advisor, and sponsor for preserved foods and baked foods competitions at state and county fairs.