Healthier Holidays
Going Against the Grain
135 Tips and 25 Easy Recipes for Eating Gluten-Free and Grain-Free During the Festive Season
2008
by Melissa Diane Smith
Downloadable E-book
$10.95
60 pages
Formatted as 8-1/2-inch-by-11-inch pages that can be read on the computer, or printed out and easily clipped together with small binder clips, or paper-hole punched and inserted into a 1/2-inch 3-ring binder.
An easy-to-read guide for the holidays with:
- Simple tips and original, easy recipes for grain-free seasonal side dishes, stuffing, muffins, gravy, cookies and vegetable dishes
- Sample menu plans for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day
- Mentions of more than 30 helpful gluten-free food products
- A rundown on the pros and cons of different natural sweeteners
A cooking companion for people who eat any of the following diets:
- wheat-free diets
- gluten-free diets
- grain-free diets
- hypoallergenic diets
- Stone-Age or Paleolithic diets
- low-carb diets
- low-glycemic diets
There’s a little-known secret to enjoying the holidays with health, energy and no weight gain: Eating against the grain. Preparing low- to no-grain foods may be unknown to most people but it is an overlooked strategy for making delicious holiday meals quicker, easier and with far less fuss.
In Healthier Holidays Going Against the Grain, Melissa Diane Smith offers food tips and recipes that your guests will never know are grain-free and refined-sugar-free. Just think: Savory Stuffing, Pumpkin Muffins, Spinach-Endive Salad with Chopped Apples and Hazelnuts with Homemade Strawberry Dressing, Plum-Good Chocolate Dried Fruit Balls, and more – all made so you can enjoy the gift of health this holiday season.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Top Ten Tips
Chapter 2: Thanksgiving – Before, During and After
Chapter 3: Out and About During the Holiday Season
Chapter 4: Christmas and New Year’s
Chapter 5: If You’re Feeling Under the Weather
Appendix A: Sample Menus for Thanksgiving, Christmas,
and New Year’s
Appendix B: A Rundown on Sweeteners
Selected References
Resources
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