Caroline's No Nightshade Kitchen Cookbook - Arthritis-Friendly Recipes Without Tomatoes, Peppers, Potatoes & Eggplant | Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Pain Relief & Healthy Living

Following these recipes has really helped with my joint painI purchased this book for a friend who, at the young age of 39, began suffering from joint pain throughout his body and had been to every specialist in the area to no avail. I suggested that he look into altering his diet and came across this book at almost the exact same time. Within just weeks he wrote me to say that he was noticing considerable improvement and attributed this to the omission of certain items from his diet as outlined in this cookbook. His subsequent relief and positive comments compelled me to write this review and it is my sincere hope that others who might benefit from Mrs. Thompson's efforts have the good fortune of coming across this excellent collection of recipes.Neither my wife nor myself have any issues with nightshades but bought the book simply for the delicious sounding recipes and we absolutely love it!I'm allergic to bell peppers so this book has been a life saver. It is nice to have some safe recipes for me to have on hand. The summer salad is my FAVORITE. Make that ASAP.One thing I did not notice at first that needs attention is that these recipes serve 8 or more people. I did not pay attention to this with the first recipe I attempted and I ended up with 12 servings of stir fry. I live alone, you see the problem? I now know to cut the recipes in half.There is a reviewer here that claims this book was "whiny, self-indulgent, not helpful" and another reviewer who claimed that we should "realize it is a lot of this lady telling about her experience." This is simply not true. The book is 247 pages and the recipes start on page 23 and end on page 227. There is plenty of material here! So why the two star review? The recipes are often hugely caloric and this author does not realize the insidious use of spices and potato starch in countless items that she uses in her recipes (paprika is in mustard, muenster cheese, mayonnaise, canned soups, and pickles; potato starch is in countless items ranging from soups, canned tunafish and, even more difficult to detect, potato starch can be an ingredient in cream cheeses, yogurts, sour cream, and a host of other items). How could someone purport to write a cookbook on A No Nightshade Kitchen and know less than I do? Overall the recipes were not that helpful to me. The search continues!I purchased this book as well as Was glad to find this, but the recipes are a little high end. Will use it though. I’m more of a one pan chef!!!Bought for grown daughter who suffers from Lyme Disease. She was happy with it.I bought this for my sister. she has used some of the stuff in it, but realize it is a lot of this lady telling about her experience.Gave as a gift for a friend who is allergic to nightshades.The book arrived quickly and in time and the friend was delighted.Ok, I'm sure it has its uses and has benefited people but far too much use of Madeira sherry for me! Also the recipes were not the normTo be honest though not sure she used it so there you are.I was hoping for more recipes that addressed our sudden lack of nightshades (which we still miss!). So many of our favourite dishes include tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and paprika. I was looking for ways of approximating these dishes...like the wonderful "No Tomato Sauce" that really does taste like tomato sauce recipe I discovered on-line. I have a library full of cook books, so regular recipes that exclude these ingredients aren't in short supply. For that reason, I have not attempted any of the recipes in this book, preferring my old reliable/tried and true favourites for the same dishes. If you don't have a large selection of cookbooks/recipes or are new to doing a lot of preparing from scratch I think this book would be just fine, and this book does have a lot of valuable information about arthritis and how food effects our everyday lives.