My 2nd Book is Almost Here!

After publishing the original Delightfully Free and over the process of selling more than 12,000 copies, I continued to create more recipes, constantly aiming to make them even more delicious, nutritious and free of as many common food allergens as possible. Of course, before long, I knew I wanted to share them in a second book.

So, a large part of my 2015 was consumed with creating, photographing and writing my second book, proudly entitled Even More Delightfully Free:

Front & back covers of Even More Delightfully Free

Even More Delightfully Free is just that--more of the original Delightfully Free. It has 166 new recipes, 135 of which are grain free. Every recipe in the book is 100% free of gluten, dairy, refined sugar, soy, corn, yeast, oats, peanuts, dye and artificial sweeteners.

As with my first book and now Even More with this new one, my goal has been to use the healthiest, most nutritious, smartest ingredients, remove as many undesirable components as possible and create delicious new versions of everything from breakfast to dinner, including desserts, snacks and holiday favorites.

You'll enjoy breads, muffins and cakes that are grain free. "Potato" Soup that is potato free. Spaghetti with Meatballs that is tomato free. Four pages of new salad dressings, including vinegar-free selections. "Peanut butter" cake and cookies that are peanut free. All of this can be accomplished by substituting a nutritious, better food for the problematic one traditionally used. So, pizza crust, potato salad and white rice (in say Chinese fried rice) is replaced by cauliflower or cauliflower "rice." Cream cheese, whipped cream and cheesecake are clean and guilt-free by using cashews ending up with amazingly similar taste and texture. Pancakes and waffles you could swear are just like the ones you used to love are grain free and what's more, completely nutritious by making them out of white beans. And the list goes on.

Even More Delightfully Free is the perfect bookend to Delightfully Free in the kitchen. It, like the original, is a hardback with a hidden spiral, printed on 100 Lb glossy paper with a full color photograph for nearly every recipe. Also, at the front of the book you will find an updated "Stocking Your GF, DF, SF Pantry."

Even More Delightfully Free will be available in just a couple of weeks in time to start the New Year off even better! If you have already purchased Delightfully Free from my website or signed up at one of my events, you will automatically receive an email announcement with a link for purchasing EMDF. If you're not sure you're on our list and would like to receive our announcement email, please direct an email to delightfullyfree@gmail.com and we'll add you to our list.

Wishing you health & Joy, ~ Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.

You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

   

Delightfully Free is in Santa's Kitchen

Delightfully Free, the cookbook of recipes that are all free of gluten, dairy, refined sugar and yeast, is actually a big favorite with this wonderful Santa:

Here's the story. This Santa who entertains kids and adults alike at the Sugar Plum Arts & Crafts Shows in Southern California is also known for cooking healthy. In fact, last year when I first got to know him, the event organizer gave him a copy of Delightfully Free signed by all the vendors  because it became know that the book was on his Christmas list:

One of the Sugar Plum vendors signing Santa's copy of Delightfully Free

Here's Santa with his copy of Delightfully Free given him last year:

So, after a year enjoying Delightfully Free, Santa assured me this year that I'm definitely on his Nice List.

Now is the time for thinking about sending a copy of Delightfully Free to anyone on your list who is interested in healthy eating--or maybe should be ; ).

Delightfully Free makes a meaningful gift:

 
Not only are the recipes creatively delicious and nutritious, but the book itself is beautiful. It is a hardback with a hidden, functional spiral printed on glossy 100 lb paper and packed with full color photographs for nearly every recipe.

You can order it exclusively on this website and we can have it in time for Christmas to most locations in the United States if you order in the next few days.  Delightfully Free contains 141 recipes ranging from breakfast, lunch & dinner to soups, salads, snacks, treats & desserts. All but one recipe are also soy free. Delightfully Free has 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.

Wishing you health & Joy, and a very Merry Christmas, ~ Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.


You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

Savoy Cafe 10 Year Anniversary

It was such a happy email I received a few days ago announcing that the Savoy Cafe & Deli in Santa Barbara was celebrating its 10th anniversary! What a charming, lovely place in the incomparable coastal city of Santa Barbara.  

 

Looking toward State Street

I love going to Savoy Cafe & Deli. Why? Let's begin with the charming, warm hospitality of owners Kathy and Paul Shields, and their entire staff, which extends not just to me but to every guest they make feel welcomed and special. I have had the privilege and special experience of doing a couple of book signings at Savoy Cafe & Deli. What fun! But, even if I'm not doing a book signing there, I make it a point to stop in for some creatively great food whenever I'm anywhere near Santa Barbara at meal time.

Here I am last time with my friend and co-owner Kathy Shields

The food is creative, tempting, delicious and presented beautifully. Choices of all kinds of salads like Strawberry Spinach w/ Walnuts, Forbidden Rice Salad and Fresh Greek w/ Creamy Feta, or the best salad bar in town, homemade quiches, fresh soups like Tomato-Basil and Creamy Chipotle Carrot, innovative fresh sandwiches and a range of hot entrees like Seared Wild Salmon, Pasilla Turkey Fritters, Oven Roasted Veggies and Macaroni & Cheese,  just to name a few. To top it off, Kathy bakes daily a variety of treats like cakes by the slice, pies, cookies, cheesecake and muffins. Many of the selections are gluten free, dairy free/vegan and some are naturally sweetened. It's also reasonably priced.

The happy patrons on a lovely Saturday afternoon

 
You'll find Savoy Cafe & Deli at 24 Figueroa Street which is just west of and perpendicular to State Street in the heart of Santa Barbara's beautiful downtown. So, if you're shopping along State Street, you're only a short walk away. 

State Street at Dusk

So, stop at Savoy Cafe & Deli for a healthy, delicious meal and congratulate Kathy & Paul on 10 years of excellence! For our sake, may they keep at it for years to come.

Wishing you health & Joy, ~ Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.


You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

Harvest Festival in Del Mar, California

I just finished my very first Harvest Festival in Ontario, California and now I have another one coming up in two weeks in Del Mar, California from October 23-25. These are really big events with many vendors and entertainment (live music on stage and strolling entertainers). Harvest Festivals have been doing large, original art & craft shows in Northern & Southern California since 1972. With the Holidays and gift buying just ahead, they are a great place to spend some time shopping. 

As with the Ontario Harvest Festival, I have 4 tickets for the Del Mar show and I'd like to give them away again: If you want up to 2 free tickets to the Harvest Festival in Del Mar, California, just send me an email at delightfullyfree@gmail.com and let me know if you'd like 1 or 2 free tickets. I'll give them away to whoever emails me first and they'll be available at will call.

Here's the Harvest Festival's Flyer for the Del Mar event:

Wishing you health & Joy, ~ Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.


You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

Free Tickets for Harvest Festival

I'll be participating in my very first Harvest Festival this October 9-11 in Ontario, California. If you're unfamiliar with Harvest Festivals (I was), they have been doing large, original art & craft shows in Northern & Southern California since 1972. Because my cookbook, Delightfully Free, is self published, I qualify to be a vendor and that's where I'll be this October 9-11 selling and signing my book.

The Harvest Festival sent me 4 tickets for the show and I'd like to give them away as I've done in the past with other shows: If you want up to 2 free tickets to the Harvest Festival in Ontario, California, just send me an email at delightfullyfree@gmail.com and let me know if you'd like 1 or 2 free tickets. I'll give them away to whoever emails me first. 

Here's the Harvest Festival's Flyer for the event:

Wishing you health & Joy, ~ Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.


You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

Portland Food Allergy Event this Weekend

I am excited to be traveling to the beautiful Pacific Northwest this weekend for the Gluten-Free Food Allergy Fest in Portland, Oregon on September 26th & 27th. The show runs each day from 10-4. I will be selling & signing copies of my gluten, dairy & refined sugar-free cookbook, Delightfully Free. I'll be in the Author's Corner of the show. Please come by to let me tell you about my book if you're attending the show. If you're in the area with no plans yet for the weekend, here is the flyer for the show:

 

Wishing you health & Joy, ~ Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.

You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

Delightfully Free goes to Bastyr University

Wednesday my husband Brian & I had another happy visit with our friends at Bastyr University's San Diego campus. As usual, I brought copies of my cookbook, Delightfully Free, and plenty of samples of my surprisingly healthy gluten free, dairy free, refined sugar free goodies. 

For those who might be unfamiliar with Bastyr University, it is a prominent naturopathic medical school founded in 1978 and named after the founders' beloved teacher, Dr. John Bastyr. The campus  sits on 51 beautiful acres in Kenmore, Washington and draws students from all over the country.

In 2012, Bastyr University opened a new campus in San Diego, California, an important development, because Bastyr University at San Diego is the only fully accredited naturopathic medical school in California!

Bastyr's beautiful 51 acre main campus in Kenmore, WA

I first visited the San Diego campus in June, 2014 and have made friends with the talented students  who are eager to learn and then go make a difference in other people's lives by healing holistically and naturopathically. The inaugural graduating class of 2016 is almost on its way!

Bastyr San Diego Campus

Of course I don't come empty-handed when I visit. This time I brought samples of recipes from my first book, and also some samples of recipes from my upcoming cookbook. I offered my Black Bean Brownies (p. 135) from Delightfully Free, and two recipes which will be in my new book, Even More Delightfully Free, coming out in October. The new recipes were the Golden Beet & Kale Salad and the Oat Free Cinnamon Granola. I'm happy to report that they loved all 3! Next time when we return, I should have my new cookbook with me :).

It really is so rewarding to see these soon-to-be naturopathic doctors who know the importance of nutrition, so enthused about the clean, healthy recipes in Delightfully Free.

I love that they want to cook from the cookbook for themselves and that as future proponents of healthy eating in their own practices, they will possibly recommend my cookbooks to their patients. Delightfully Free is currently carried in over 200 naturopathic, integrative and holistic medical practices across the country.

I will be back at Bastyr again for the Holidays and I can't wait to hear what they think about my new  book.

Wishing you health & Joy, ~ Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.


You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

So Much More than just another Gluten Free Cookbook

Delightfully Free's 141 recipes are all gluten free. But, plenty of other cookbooks contain gluten free recipes. In fact, it's easy to find gluten free recipes today, but is that all you're after!?! Have you seriously  asked the question: what else is in these gluten free recipes I get in the gluten free cookbooks or off the internet or in the packaged, processed  meals and snacks I buy at the store?

For too many years, people putting out gluten free products or cookbooks have been taking out the gluten but adding in a whole host of ingredients that we'd be better off without. Among those ingredients are simple carbs, starches, saturated fats, refined sugars, corn, soy, yeast,  and dairy.

I've heard so many people tell me that they started gaining weight and/or spiking their blood sugar or having issues with inflammation while on a gluten-free diet. This should not be okay! Those with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity can and should be able to eat much healthier than what they're being offered.

If my goal had been simply to churn out yet another gluten free cookbook, I could have done that and become book number one thousand, two hundred and--you fill in the number. Instead, my focus has never been limited to simply removing gluten at the expense of nutrition, health and other food sensitivities. That's why my recipes never contain dairy, refined sugar, yeast or peanuts. I also avoid soy and corn. 

Delightfully Free emphasizes nutrition and healthy eating. That's why my Garlic Cream Sauce is made from cauliflower and white beans, and my Chocolate Chip Cookies are made from almond meal, and why I have BBQ sauce made with natural sweeteners, not high fructose corn syrup, and why my Black Bean Brownies and Chocolate Cake are made with Black Beans which contain protein and fiber, which, in addition to its other benefits, helps keep blood sugar from spiking and adds protein.

My emphasis on healthy eating means you will never find artificial dyes or alcohol sugars in my recipes.

But, the best thing of all is that Delightfully Free contains recipes which the whole family will love, which means that you fix only one meal which benefits both the allergen sensitive and the allergen free people you care most about.That's why between the covers of Delightfully Free you'll find Lasagna, Chicken Enchilada Casserole, Pizzas, Pastas, Breakfast dishes, Muffins, Breads, Cookies, Cakes with 6 different frostings, soups, salads and 7 salad dressings--selections which are not simply gluten, dairy, yeast and refined sugar free, but healthy and nutritious as well.

So, I care about quality which is also why I had Delightfully Free printed on glossy, 100 Lb paper with a beautiful color photograph for virtually every recipe. I also appreciate practicality and that's why this hardback book has a hidden spiral so that it lays open and flat to any page.

I hope you will consider Delightfully Free for your family's health and nutritional wellbeing. If you have any questions, please email me at delightfullyfree@gmail.com. If you decide to try Delightfully Free, you can purchase it right on this website and I will be honored to send you out a signed copy.

Wishing you health & Joy, ~ Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.

You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.  

Las Vegas Wellness Event

I will be one of the speakers and selling my cookbook Delightfully Free at the Gluten & Allergen Free Wellness Event in Las Vegas on Saturday, April 18th from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Suncoast Hotel & Casino. You can get more information from Gluten Free Allergen Free Wellness Events.

The sponsors have provided me up to 4 tickets to give away and I am offering these free tickets on a first come, first served basis. Admission for adults is $10.00 and seniors and veterans get in for $8.00. Children under 13 are free.

If you would like free tickets to this expo, email me at delightfullyfree@gmail.com and ask for 1 or more free tickets. I'll be happy to let you know by return email if I still have tickets to give you.

So, if you are in the area, I hope you will stop by and say hello. 

Wishing you health & Joy, ~ Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.


You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.

Gluten Free Allergan Free Expo in Del Mar, CA

What better place could there be for my gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free, yeast-free cookbook, Delightfully Free, than the upcoming Gluten Free Allergen Free Expo at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in Southern California on February 7th? The show goes from 10 am to 4 pm. 

If you're interested in attending, I have great news for you! The GFAF folks have given me the opportunity to offer a limited number of free tickets:

I am offering the free tickets on a first come, first served basis. If you would like free tickets to this expo, email me at delightfullyfree@gmail.com and ask for 1 or more free tickets. I'll be happy to let you know by return email if I still have tickets.

The GFAF expos are always first-rate, so here's your opportunity to see and sample a wide assortment of gluten and allergen-free products. Also, there are usually several book authors selling and signing their books. I really enjoy being at these events because I get to meet and talk with so many people  who are passionate about healthy and nutritious eating.

In addition, the GFAF people are offering tickets at 15% off:

The discount code for the 15% discount is ADVANCE  and all you need to do is click on "ADVANCE" and a link will open where you can purchase tickets, but try getting a free one first by sending me an email.

Hope to see you on February 7th!

Wishing you health & Joy, ~ Tracy

About Delightfully Free: Delightfully Free is a gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookbook of 141 recipes. It includes delicious resources for autism, Celiac disease, diabetes, lactose intolerance, obesity and just plain healthy living. It contains 114 color photographs, 114 vegetarian or vegetarian compatible recipes, and 103 vegan or vegan compatible recipes.


You can buy Delightfully Free and Even More Delightfully Free on my website, www.delightfullyfree.com or directly at this link: https://squareup.com/market/delightfully-free
Your signed books always come with free shipping. We do not sell on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or any other internet sites.