Clean Treats for Everyone by Laura Fuentes was a must buy book for me!

My family and I have loved every recipe we have tried. Most of these ingredients I already had on hand, which was great. It also caters to so many different food allergies and intolerances, which in my family (and friend circle) is needed and much appreciated. Most of the recipes are also very simple to make as well.

My only complaint, but it was not a deal breaker for me, is I wish that each of the treats had images to go with them.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys gluten free, clean eating.

I received an eARC from Quarto Publishing and Fair Winds Press through NetGalley. All opinions are 100% my own.

I really enjoyed this book. Eating dairy free and gluten free can be limiting at times and it’s hard for me to come up with new recipe ideas on my own. When I search online I see many iterations of the same concept, but I wanted something new. This book provided some inspiration and (clean) sweetness.

Rating 3.5 stars

This is a recipe book that uses 'clean' ingredients such as honey, maple syrup and coconut palm sugar in place of highly processed alternatives, plus they are all gluten free, mostly dairy free (though it contains a lot of chocolate recipes - you have to check the chocolate to make sure its dairy free). The recipes often include almond flour or almond butter so if you have nut allergies, no alternatives are provided to that recipe and the cheesecakes have cashew nuts, but again no alternatives.

This book is divided into three main chapter alongside an introduction and the basics. There is a list of store cupboard ingredients and equipment needed plus how to make your own oat flour, flax egg and whipped coconut cream.

Each chapter begins with a list of the recipes and has a key beside it to show if it's nut free, vegan, dairy free or egg free and the key is repeated at the top of each recipe again. There are muffins, brownies, cakes, breads, bars, pies plus no cook bites, cookies, bars, cheesecakes and truffles. Also included are drinks - warm, milkshakes and smoothies. Finally there is a chapter on ice creams (I love making ice cream) - none of them show they are nut free but when you look at the ingredients, many don't have nuts.

Each recipe comes in both imperial and metric measurements, though there is no Gas Mark when setting the oven temperature. Some of the ingredients are in American terms such as zucchini. The recipes look easy to follow and most have full colour photography to accompany the recipe. It would be nice if it included the calories and macro nutrients too just so we can see how clean these really are.

I received this book from Netgalley in return for a honest review.

If you're needing inspiration if you cook for vegan, dairy free, nut free and gluten free diets, this book is full of great ideas.

There are plenty of familiar recipes reimagined to include simple, great ingredients. There's even a whole chapter on no bake treats and another on smoothies and ice cream. If the inclusion of clean in the title puts you off don't be!

No Gluten in Clean Treats

I'm all for the concept of clean eating and using *real food* in healthy snacks and treats, but I found this book a little bizarre. The author states at the beginning of the book what she sees as being clean eating, including avoiding highly processed ingredients and using natural sugars (e.g., honey, maple syrup, and coconut palm sugar) and naturally sweet fruits, including dried ones. As it is a book about treats, most recipes do include a sweetener of some kind. I was fine with all that. Then I turned the page and noted that all the recipes with any flour-like ingredient would be gluten free. As this is not something that concerns me whatsoever, I was disappointed that not a single recipe would have wheat in it, as I do think it often makes for superior texture. Instead, gluten-free flours like almond and oat are used throughout the book when something needs structure. Most recipes have a photograph, though a few do not. Since the baked goods do not include the standard wheat flours typically used in them, it's good to see what the recipes should look like. The book has an odd organization to it, split into three different categories: oven-fresh treats, no-bake treats, and a grab-bag category that includes warm drinks, smoothies, and frozen desserts. I was surprised at how many no-bake recipes were included, though many still require setup time before they can be eaten. She marks each recipe by what is not included—like eggs, nuts, or dairy—or if it is vegan. In one of the most bizarre recipes, she calls a cheese, fruit, and nut board Charcuterie. The term “charcuterie” is used for boards with a variety of cold meats! Just call it a fruit and cheese board! While these recipes might be termed clean because of the use of mostly lightly or non processed ingredients, I did find it disappointing for the reasons mentioned above.

Rarely do I find a cookbook where I want to make just about every single recipe. But, Clean Treats for Everyone falls into that rare category.

The dishes look wonderful. And I appreciate that they are gluten-free, too. More importantly, they look like options I would rather give my family than the highly processed stuff at the store.

Clean Treats for Everyone by Laura Fuentes

This book sounded interesting to me as it said that it contains healthy desserts and snaakcs made with simple, real food ingredients. That may be true for those living in the USA and other Western countries but not so much true living in Lebanon. Still, if I did live in the West, had to cook for diet restrictions mentioned in the book, wanted to make clean food for some reason and could find the ingredients I would give the recipes in this book a try.

The book has four parts: Basics of clean eating and baking, oven fresh treats, no-bake treats and warm drinks, smoothies and frozen treats. A suggested pantry list is provided.

What I liked:
* The labels that all recipes had: GF, DF, NF, EF, V so it was easy to find the type of restriction appropriate recipe
* The substitutions provided for a variety of ingredients including when they would and would not work
* The photographs – gorgeous!
* Sampling the recipes mentally…some sounded like they would be better than others
* The eye appeal of the recipes
* That there is a website included for the author
* That the author helps mothers and others create clean foods

What I didn’t like/would have liked:
* no nutritional information – would have liked this information
* Knowing that many of the ingredients were not available here in Lebanon or would be prohibitively expensive if I could find them.

Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I buy it for myself? Probably not
Would I buy it for someone else? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing – Fair Winds for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4 Stars

Healthy desserts definitely have more work to do to be delicious and irresistible. While these recipes look great that’ll be the real test. Regardless, these types of baking options are important to have for all audiences and to support all lifestyles.

Clean Treats for Everyone is a tutorial and recipe collection for clean treats collected and developed by Laura Fuentes. Released 6th Oct 2020 by Quarto on their Fair Winds Press imprint, it's 176 pages and is available in paperback format.
This is a very well presented cookbook full of appealing and healthy treats with an emphasis on unprocessed, unrefined, healthy ingredients. The results are gloriously tasty and decadent, despite being "good for you". The author has a very contemporary informal style of writing which appealed to me. She seems friendly and open and the non-recipe parts of the book are accessible and interesting.

The introduction covers "clean eating" and cooking and what it entails, some benefits and how to start. The introductory material also includes a useful pantry/shopping list with tips on storage as well as how to combine clean eating with other specialized diets such as gluten-free, dairy-free, and nut-free. There's also a useful short intro to cooking tools and supplies. The recipes themselves are arranged into chapters by baked goods, and no-bake.

The recipes contain an introduction, specialized allergy/diet info (gluten, nut, dairy-free etc). Recipe ingredients are listed bullet style in the sidebar with both American standard and metric measurements in parentheses (yay!). The instructions are clear and easy to follow. Ingredients are easily sourced at any moderately well stocked grocery store. Some items may need to be sourced from health-food or co-op grocers (almond flour, coconut sugar, etc), but there's nothing that is "way out" there in terms of accessibility. Nutritional info is not included.

The photography is not plentiful, but the photos which are included are clear and illustrative. Serving suggestions are appealing and appropriate. This is a very nice collection of sweets with emphasis on flavor and visual appeal.

Five stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

Clean Treats for Everyone is a cookbook you can enjoy without feeling guilty about the amount of sweets you are consuming. It has everyone in mind, and tries to eliminate processed foods and added sugar. That being said, this is not a sugar free cookbook, but it is made with clean ingredients.

It is very helpful in that if you have any kind of allergy restrictions there are possible alternative ingredients. At the top of each recipe is an icon that helps you with that. As a complete beginner I found this very helpful because she goes through different kitchen appliances and the difference between certain types of things that could be easy to confuse, like coconut milk and coconut cream.

The recipes are easy to follow and the layout does not overwhelm you at all. They are basic simple treats. I really appreciated the Fresh and Fast section of the book for when there is not a lot of time and you don’t have a lot of ingredients at home.

I tried the Raspberry Crumble Bars and they were easy to make and super delicious. I felt really accomplished even though it wasn’t that hard. These are Pinterest worthy recipes. I look forward to making and sharing more.

This book has so many yummy treats to make. I tried a few of the recipes and you can't tell they're 'clean' options! some recipes did require ingredients I didn't have in the pantry (i.e Coconut Oil/Almond Butter), however once purchased I could use them across a number of recipes.

It's definitely one to check out if you're looking for cleaner versions of your usual treats, we've replaced my partner's expensive and high sugar product with the 'Chunky Monkey' ice cream!

In “Clean Treats for Everyone,” Lauren Santos promises as “crave-worthy treats you can make with simple ingredients you already have in your pantry.”

While not everyone may start out with ingredients like flax and chia seeds, almond and coconut flour, coconut sugar, or tapioca starch, they are easily found in most grocery stores (or on Amazon). There are also recipes—like the one I made—that simply call for rolled oats to make oat flour! Given how accessible the ingredients are and how delicious the recipes, I’d say that Santos delivers on her promise!

The organization of the cookbook is excellent. The recipes are separated into treats that you bake, treats that you don’t bake, and drinks, smoothies, and frozen treats. Within each chapter, Santos further groups the recipes based on whether, for example, you slice the treat to serve it.

Santos clearly designates whether recipes will fit within the reader’s dietary restrictions, marking the recipes as gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, and vegan. If you have a favorite baked good—from chocolate cake to pumpkin pie to raspberry crumble to edible cookie dough—it’s probably in this book!

The recipe that I decided to bake first was the cranberry orange muffins. The recipes were easy to follow along and turned out to be delicious. Cranberry orange muffins are a favorite of mine growing up, and I hadn't found a gluten free recipe that I was excited about until trying this one! I'm so excited and will bake it again in the future. (I do wish she had included a note about how much oats were required for the oat flour. Even though she gives the proportions early in the cookbook, it would be nice to not have to do the math.)

Santos writes a brief introduction to each recipe and sometimes includes suggestions for modifying the recipe. Most (but not all) of the recipes come with beautiful photos.

This is a cookbook that I would recommend as an excellent resource for anyone with food allergies or intolerances and to moms and party hosts who want to make easy, delicious treats that will accommodate a variety of dietary needs.

As someone who regularly bakes lower-sugar, grain-free baked goods, I know the challenges of using these types of ingredients. It can be difficult to achieve the same texture and flavor without butter! And wheat! I would say this cookbook displays some of those difficulties but is overall a success. I made the chocolate chunk brownies and the chocolate chip blondies. The brownies were passable, as I might make them again for my low-carb husband or my keto-dieting sister but wouldn't make them instead of regular brownies for people who didn't need to eat that way. They also had a strange phenomenon where the batter seemed extra greasy but biting into them they are both greasy and dry, but again, passable. They don't have that texture of sinking your teeth into a chewy brownie though, and I'm not sure you can ever get past that failing for a normal eater. But then there is what the cookbook author calls "chocolate chip blondies." The most visited recipe on her website! Millions of hits! Which must mean millions of disappointed people, who take a bit of what arguably looks exactly like chocolate chip cookie dough but does not taste anything like it. It tastes like exactly what it is - banana and coconut flour being the most prominent flavors that come across. It truly tastes like disappointment. I mean, make this recipe but call it banana chocolate chip fudge or something - anything that actually describes what you are eating. So some hits and some misses, and definitely only for a specific subset of the population that is choosing health over taste.

I am really enjoying this dessert cookbook. I wouldn't classify my diet in any particular group. I'm not totally vegan or vegetarian, although I eat many of those types of foods. I don't really follow any named diet. I'm just someone who wants to try and eat a little better. This cookbook gives me treats that use natural ingredients so that when I do snack, it is in a healthier way.

I have just made the almond cranberry granola bars, which were delicious. The chocolate mug cake is next on my list, and then the lemon bars. However, I will be trying lots of recipes in this book.

If you want some recipes for some sweet treats made in a healthier way, you will love this cookbook.

I received a free, temporary digital copy of this cookbook from the publishers via Netgalley. My review is voluntary.

This was good! I can definitely see myself making some of the recipes in here, and they seemed easy to follow.

Clean Treats for Everyone is a lifesaver for people that are sugar free. I have the hardest time finding snacks and desserts I can eat. The recipes in Clean Treats for Everyone are easy and delicious.

Clean Treats for Everyone starts with informative information about clean eating. Then goes on to amazing recipes. The recipes show different dietary restrictions.

I highly recommend Clean Treats for Everyone for anyone that is sugar free or looking for sugar free snacks and desserts.

The double chocolate banana bread is amazing.

Thank you NetGalley and Fair Winds Press/Quatro Publishing Group for Clean Treats for Everyone.

I liked that there are an introduction and explanation in this book and most recipes have pictures of their final products.

Clean Treats for Everyone is full of healthy deserts primarily aimed at the US market. There are some appealing recipes that I might try with a few substitutions of ingredients, but there is probably not enough to convince me to buy it. Lots of information is provided on clean eating which is perfect if you are new to the subject or want to try it out I liked the photos but would have preferred one for every recipe. It is well structured and visually appealing and I liked that it only has treats in. Rather a lot of sugar is used even if it is the healthier versions, but you can always adapt the recipes to reduce this. Overall a nice feel good recipe book.

Mmmmm!! This is a feast for the soul, full of reduced guilt takes on classic bakes, family favourites and easy to follow instructions.
I love how this book uses easy to follow instructions, and photos of what the desserts will look like, and amounts that each bake will yield. It is generally easy to multiply the ingredients for mass baking, or sometimes reduce the quantities for a smaller yield (but who ever does that?!)
The book is American and the quantities in the book are given in cups. I am British, but well versed in Amerian recipes, and I regularly use a set of widely available measuring cups to avoid translating into grams. In general, I think the ingredients used are also widely available, the more unusual things called for in a lot of the recipes are coconut flour, coconut sugar, almond butter, and almond flour, so might require a trip to the bigger supermarket or health food store, or of course an online shop, for those items.
I was an avid baker some years ago but in recent years I have done much less baking, as myself and those around me have become more conscious of our sugar intake. However this book has let me see that you can have cleaner treats using goodies such as coconut flour, and a little treat now and then doesn't hurt! I'm looking forward to getting back to baking with this book!!

Tanks to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me read an advance digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I've read all of Laura Fuentes' other cookbooks, and they're all well done. This book is no exception. I have multiple food restrictions, and I appreciate that quite a few of these recipes can be adapted further (i.e. being made dairy free, or vegan). My one complaint is that quite a few recipes use coconut flour, which cannot be subbed with another flour. I find coconut flour to give an unpleasant texture and taste to baked goods. But that's my personal preference; I'll simply be skipping those recipes.
There are quite a few recipes I plan to try from this book, the Key Lime Pie Squares being first.
Another great job from this author!