What's For Dinner?: Affordable Gluten-Free Recipes the Whole Family Will Enjoy!

By Kathy Lerum Mattison

Don and Kathy were married for over twenty years before the pains and personality changes began. Blood tests indicated a rise in the liver enzymes, and a liver biopsy revealed that Don, who never drank, had nonalcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. As devastating as this news was, it did not explain the constant pain that seemed to worsen with each meal. After many doctor's appointments and non-diagnoses, the test for gluten-intolerance was done, and long story short, Don was officially diagnosed with Celiac Sprue and was told to not have one speck of gluten in his diet from that moment on or he would have an esophageal bleed that he wouldn't recover from within the next two months. The world of gluten-free meal preparation became the norm, and it wasn't long before friends and family members started asking for help too. Hence, this cookbook came about out of necessity and made it so that the whole family could enjoy every meal without having to make special dishes just for her husband alone.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781098034382

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What's For Dinner?

Affordable Gluten-Free Recipes the Whole Family Will Enjoy!

Mrs. Kathy Lerum Mattison

ISBN 978-1-0980-3436-8 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-0980-3437-5 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-0980-3438-2 (digital)

Copyright © 2020 by Mrs. Kathy Lerum Mattison

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

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Meadville, PA 16335

www.christianfaithpublishing.com

All Bible quotations are taken from the Authorized King James Version.

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Mixes and Blends

Hearty GF Flour Blend

All-Purpose GF Flour Blend

GF Biscuit Mix

Chicken and Pork Dry Rub

Condensed Cream Soups for All Occasion Cooking

Seasoning Blends

Gluten-free Worcestershire Sauce

The Real Deal Hot Chocolate

Appetizers

Best Ever Artichoke Dip

Cheddar Cheese Ball

Jalapeño Pop-in-Your-Mouth-Goodness

Classic Mozzarella Sticks

Salads

Broccoli and Chicken Salad

Sunday Cabbage Slaw

Delicious Coleslaw

Frozen Fruitcake Salad

Frozen Waldorf Salad

Pistachio Pudding Salad

Easy Taco Salad

Shrimp Pasta Salad

Spinach Strawberry Salad

Three Bean Marinated Salad

Soups

Comfortable Beef Stew

Chunky Potato Soup

Chicken Noodle Soup

White Chicken Chili

Mid-West Chili

Sunday Vegetable Soup

Breads

Amazingly Simple Bread

Fresh Blueberry Muffins

Rhubarb Muffins

Blueberry Coconut Chia Muffins

Bread Stuffing

Crumpets

Five-Star Sandwich Bread

Moist Excellent Biscuits

Perfect Pumpkin Bread

Prize Winning Banana Bread

Stupendous Egg Bread

Zucchini Bread Extraordinaire

Yummy Breadsticks

Wonderful Graham Crackers

Hamburger and Hot Dog Buns

Thick Crust Pizza

Light Fluffy Dumplings

Vegetables

Apples and Yams

Fresh Beets

Broiled Brussels Sprouts

Prize Winning Baked Beans

Illinois Green Beans

Green Bean Casserole

Southern Green Beans

Au Gratin Potatoes

Always a Hit Potluck Potatoes

Praline Yams

Chicken, Eggs

Breakfast Casserole

Blueberry French Toast

Egg Bites!

Chicken Alfredo

Chicken Enchiladas

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Chicken Rice Delight

Lemon Glazed Chicken Strips

Leftover Chicken Casserole

Chicken Tenders

Parmesan Chicken

Pineapple Chicken

Chile Relleno Bake

Crustless Quiche

Beef

Corned Beef and Cabbage

Delectable Prime Rib

30-Minute Stroganoff

Mom's Meatloaf

Meatballs Supreme

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Porcupine Meatballs

Sloppy Joes

Puffy Shepherd's Pie

Tuna Noodle Casserole

Fish

Fish Tacos

Halibut Fillets with Butter Sauce

Pan-Fried Trout

Baked Salmon

Pork, Miscellaneous

Polska Kielbasa Skillet

Quick Sausage Supper

Sausage Cheese Balls

Tender Pork Chops

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

Pork Fried Rice

Tofu Ricotta Lasagna

Vegetable Lasagna

Mexican Zucchini Bake

Desserts

Delicious Brownies

Best No Bake Chocolate Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

Crispy Rice Cereal Treats

Lemon Bars

Best Ever Marshmallows

Pearlie's Delight

Gluten-Free Pie Crust

Blue Ribbon Apple Pie

Rhubarb Custard Pie

Cream Cheese Pumpkin Pie

Extraordinary Blueberry Pie

Rhubarb Pie

Magnificent Carrot Cake

Crème-Filled Vanilla Cakes

Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Oh So Good Chocolate Cake

Scrumptious Pineapple Cake

Chocolate Coconut Frosting

Cream Cheese Frosting

Extra Good Whipped Cream Frosting

About the Author

Dedicated to my family and friends who struggle with the seemingly complicated gluten-free arena.

O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

—Psalm 34:8

Thank you, Cameron, for extending your brother's life by telling us about the harmful effects of gluten; Dr. Schiele for listening, diagnosing, and understanding; Dawn Elizabeth and Phillip for not giving up on your dad and forgiving him for the ugliness he could not control; to our friends and family who have helped to taste test various recipes (sometimes even without knowing it); to my husband, Don, who endured through good and bad recipe experiments; and most of all to God who has given us the Bread of Life with no worries over the ingredients!

Salvation by grace, a good cup of tea, and a gluten-free muffin. Such blessings! Thank you, Lord, for giving me the desires of my heart.

Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Psalm 37:4

Why another cookbook, you ask?

In high school, my dream was to attend college, receive a degree in home economics, and one day work for the Betty Crocker company, testing muffins! In January of 2008, my high school dream career became a reality in a way I never would have imagined. And so, the tale begins…

After over twenty-five years of marriage to a wonderful man, I began to become concerned with his constant complaints of unexplainable pains. We had several doctor's appointments and blood tests with no defining reason given until finally, one doctor told us that his liver enzymes were on the rise. A liver biopsy was performed, and non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver was the diagnosis but with no explanation as to the cause. A few more years went by, and now my dear, happy, loving husband was alienating all of his friends, family, and coworkers due to nasty comments and hurtful words, sudden and constant mood swings, suicidal thoughts, and the pains were getting worse with the liver enzymes on the rise, and the explanations still were not there.

One day, his brother told him about some research he had been doing regarding ADHD and how he had read about the effect of gluten on our organs and brain. He urged Don to ask the doctors about the possibility of having an intolerance to gluten.

The appointment was made, and although the doctor felt it was highly improbable since my husband did not fit the average thin profile of gluten intolerance, the tests were performed.

Long story short: My husband was diagnosed with Celiac Sprue and was told he had perhaps two months to live if we did not immediately cut every speck of gluten from his diet. I did not have to think twice about what to do. However, the task of changing how I cooked and what he could eat seemed a daunting proposition. My dream career became a reality. Not testing muffins for a large corporation, but for people who meant the world to me—my family.

Our home became a gluten-free home immediately, and within a few weeks, the man I had loved and married began to reemerge!

His countenance was happier, and his mood swings were lessening in severity. Yes, he still had pain as the years of undiagnosed gluten poisoning had damaged his liver and small intestines along with creating esophageal varices; but over time, the personality changes happened less