Published in 2025
264 pages
Aleyda Batarse is a food blogger with a deep-rooted love for simple and delicious everyday cooking. She created her blog, The Dish On Healthy, nearly a decade ago to share her love for real food made easy. Her mission is to make healthy, unprocessed food feel enjoyable and approachable. She lives in Toronto with her three young children, who are the driving force behind her kitchen adventures.
What is this book about?
Transform your family’s meals with 100 adaptable recipes designed for diverse dietary needs, from gluten-free and dairy-free to nut-free and soy-free, to make healthy cooking delicious and effortless!
Discover how easy and enjoyable allergy-friendly cooking can be with Deliciously Nourishing Eats. Aleyda Batarse—a busy mom of three—transformed her health through food. After battling ankylosing spondylitis, a degenerative form of arthritis, Aleyda discovered that embracing wholesome ingredients alleviated her symptoms. She adopted a diet largely free of gluten, dairy, and refined sugar, and cooking in a completely new way, which inspired her popular blog, The Dish on Healthy.
This cookbook effortlessly translates Aleyda’s sought-after recipes into a practical kitchen companion, with options that accommodate gluten, dairy, nut, soy, and egg allergies. Inside, you’ll find over 100 dishes for every time of the day—breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, and snacktime—that will cater to your family’s needs, including:
- Quick and Easy Recipes: Get wholesome meals on the table fast with dishes like One-Pan Lemon Garlic Chicken, Creamy Cashew Alfredo Pasta, and Cozy Tortellini Soup.
- Convenient Family-Friendly Meals: Transform one meal into another, like Slow Cooker Beef Fajitas served over quinoa or wrapped in tortillas; or add cooked red lentil pasta to Mexican Street Corn and Feta Salad for a delicious protein-rich dinner option.
- Satisfying Salads: Aleyda’s signature salads are crowd-pleasers, with hearty offerings like Tomato and Avocado-Basil Pesto Couscous Salad and Farro Harvest Salad.
- Allergy-Friendly Baking: From Flourless Oatmeal Carrot Cake Cupcakes to Honey Tahini Oatmeal Cookies, even with ingredient swaps, sweets can be just as satisfying.
Whether you’re navigating dietary restrictions or looking for nutritious meals that appeal to the whole family, with Deliciously Nourishing Eats you’ll gain the confidence to create wholesome meals that are healthy and full of flavor.
