Cook It Up ― Delicious Recipes for Healthy Cooking

Cook It Up: Delicious Recipes for Healthy Cooking it an allergy cookbook, but it isn't just for people with allergies, it also is full of healthy recipes that are delicious. This book contains recipes of all varieties, including soups, salads, and desserts. The recipes are all dairy, egg, peanut, and tree nut free, and many of them are gluten free and vegan as well. Each recipe uses many whole foods to give each recipe its own unique flavor. The author creatively put together many flavors into the recipes with inspiration from well known chefs. The book is designed for people with food allergies, but yet the recipes provide healthy choices for all. This book also has beautiful photography of the recipes, taken by the author herself. The book is meant to inspire people to Cook It Up.

Catherine Walker, age 14, is a self taught chef who began cooking at young age. Catherine is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, and eggs, so cooking at home has always been a part of her life. She began writing "Cook It Up: Delicious Recipes for Healthy Cooking" in 2016, an allergy cookbook with 70 of her original recipes and her own photography. Catherine was selected as one of two finalists in Ohio for the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge sponsored by Michelle Obama at the White House. Her recipe, "Chili Shrimp and Rice with Mango Jalapeno Sauce," is featured in this cookbook. Catherine races sailboats in the summer and she enjoys tennis, dance, and singing. She hopes that her cookbook will inspire not only people with food allergies, but everyone to "Cook It Up" with delicious recipes for healthy cooking.