I've been in contact with a publishing/editing expert this week, with over twenty-five years in the publishing business, in order to have my cookbook professionally edited and designed for you. I'm so excited! If you don't mind answering, I have a couple of questions for you in order to make sure the book is completely ready. What are some of the most common questions you hear people ask about migraine, and what are some questions you have? Also, what are some elements you look for in a migraine-free cookbook? Thank you sincerely for your help.
-Heidi
I'm most interested in tried & true recipes, which is why I'm so excited about your cookbook.
ReplyDeleteI'm really interested in quick recipes! I don't always have a lot of time to make dinner so it's nice to have a few really fast ones.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind comments and feedback. These recipes are designed to be easy to understand and prepare. Some can be prepared in less than thirty minutes. Others take a little more preparation. In any case, I've taken time considerations into account along with taste and migraine-free diet. I hope you will find the recipes helpful. For a sampling, please visit my website: http://www.migrainefreecooking.com.
ReplyDeleteThe first thing I look for in migraine recipes is, "No Cheating". All the recipe books I've found cheat by throwing in onions or tomatoes or whatever and excuse it with a footnote. The second thing I look for is workarounds commonly enountered problem recipes/ingredients, such as your cream of chicken soup. I have a great taco seasoning with no MSG, and am hoping to find a recipe for fajita seasoning. Good luck with the book! Bill
ReplyDeleteNo MSG is the first thing I look for, but that's because I have an MSG intolerance aside from my migraines. But since it's also a migraine trigger for many people, it's important to leave it out of recipes. Can't wait to read your book!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your feedback. I do have recipes that are available to use with your own favorite recipes for cooking, such as my cream of chicken soup and some others. Since tomatoes are not a trigger for many migraine sufferers, I do have some recipes that include tomatoes in my book, along with some recipes where tomatoes are optional. I do, however, have many recipes that do not include tomatoes at all. I promise my recipes contain no onions or MSG, and there is a recipe for fajitas. Yum! Just a tip: be careful with packaged taco seasoning. Even if it doesn't contain MSG, it may contain onion. If one of the ingredients is "seasonings", or anything similar, I wouldn't use it. Best wishes to all of you.
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Interested in all the recipe ideas metioned, and also in traveling tips, especially for when you're stuck eating out all the time.
ReplyDeleteI am so excited to find you! I started the 1-2-3 Program about a month ago. It is an amazing journey; I am making major changes in both eating and lifestyle choices.
ReplyDeleteQuestions I get asked are usually about the food items I need to avoid. Between what I read in Heal Your Headache and what I've read here, it is easy to understand WHY items are excluded.
I would like recipes for bread (maybe I will make my own in a bread machine), a variety of vegetable dishes w/o any of the trigger foods, and treats. I love cookies!
Thank you for your kind comment, and I'm glad you are enjoying your journey with Dr. Buchholz's method! Hopefully it will help you as much as it has helped me and so many others. I do have a recipe for cornbread, one other, and one I am working on currently. Using a bread machine is a great idea, as many of them can actually be purchased with recipe booklets. And, believe me, there are plently of sweet treat recipes. We all love those, right? My favorite cookie recipe is one for snickerdoodles. Yum! Vegetable dishes, even ones vegetarians would be able to use, were difficult to create, but I have quite a few of those as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the posts everyone!
For bread, you can make soda bread. it has a nice flavor, and the texture is more crumbly than yeast bread. Dough smells odd, but once it's cooked, the bread smells great. i'll send a recipe to Heidi.
ReplyDeleteI will post the soda bread recipe. Thanks Helena! I'm also going to post about dining out, since several have inquired about it.
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