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Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free, 180 Easy and Delicious Recipes You Can Make in 20 Minutes or Less

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My friend Amy, author of the website Simply Sugar and Gluten-Free recently published her cookbook, Simply Sugar & Gluten Free, 180 Easy and Delicious Recipes You Can Make in 20 Minutes or Less. I couldn’t wait to get my copy! When it arrived I sat down and didn’t get up again until I had read the whole book. Don’t you love books like that?


I was especially intrigued by the chapter on spreads and condiments, and socca (which I’ve never heard of and can’t wait to try), but when I saw this whipped gelatin recipe I had to make it immediately. Well, twice actually. I made it twice in the first 24 hours I had Amy’s cookbook. =)


This banana blueberry whipped gelatin, sweetened only with fruit, is irresistible. It took only a few minutes to make, and mine doubled in size in my Blendtec, so I didn’t even have to use a handheld mixer after it began setting up. It went straight from my blender to some cute dishes, to the fridge, to my mouth =) And not that I don’t like Jell-O, I do, but it wasn’t the texture of Jell-O at all. It was fluffy and airy like I remember canned whipped cream.

And speaking of whipped cream, I topped each one with Amy’s whipped coconut cream. It too could not have been easier or faster to make. I can’t say enough good things about these two recipes!

Amy has offered her fantastic new cookbook to one lucky winner here on Spunky!

To enter this giveaway just leave a comment with your first and last name so I know it’s really you when I get your email (if you win), and not someone pretending to be you so they win!


This giveaway closes on Wednesday, April 13th at midnight my time. Please do come back next Thursday and see if you won!
♥, Kelly

Congratulations Sally Nance! You are the winner! Please email me: kelly(insert @)theSpunkyCoconut.com and I’ll have your book sent right away!


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  4. Don’t enter me in the giveaway as I’m now waiting for my own copy to be delivered! I, too, can’t wait to get my hands on this book! Your photo is gorgeous and the recipes sound great. 🙂

  5. This book sounds amazing and oh so Healthy! Thanks for the chance!!
    Vanesza Girard

  7. i just moved to the states and still try to find good sugar and gluten free books, this one looks greaaat! greetings from new york!

  9. What a great resource! I am so excited to have so many great options in cookbooks for us “FREE” peoples!

    – Genna Cubano

  12. This looks like a great book! I’m in a recipe collecting stage right now and would love to add some new ones!

  13. Oh my goodness! You’ve never made socca? Put it at the top of your “to try” list!

    – Lydia Becker (twitter @diajane)

  14. This cookbook sounds amazing! My son is autistic (has heavy metals in his body) and all of us battle yeast (Candidia?). Not using refined sugar is my challenge this year!
    Andrada Shaw

  15. Sounds very helpful for my 10 yo with gluten, cane sugar, dairy and egg allergies.
    Rhoda Gunnigle

  17. This cook book sounds like a winner. Quick and easy gluten free recipes – and then sugar free to boot. Hurray!
    – Beth Grant

  18. This book looks divine!! Since my lil one is now eating more solids I am trying really hard to get over my aversion of cooking( I have 2 left hands in the kitchen!)so this book would be great especially because we are gluten free/ egg free/dairy free/…. thanks!
    Liliana Varela

  20. I was just looking at this cookbook on Amazon the other day- and had added it to my wishlist. It sounds so good! Thank you for offering this giveaway!

    Shelby Petersen

  21. Kelly – I’m always looking for low sugar/no sugar kid-friendly ideas and this looks like what we need. Thank you for the offer!

    -Janelle Meier

  24. I have recently started cooking sugar free – I’ve been gluten free for years. This sounds great!!!!
    -Anne Patelli

  25. Oh my goodness! I have been off sugar now for two months (including fruit) because of my candida. This would be a great way to start back slow! I can’t wait until the 13th!!! *crossing my fingers*

  26. Kelly- I love your blog!!! You and a few others have been so inspirational to me as I try hard to stay on track with my relatively new GF lifestyle (following some horrible health problems). I love Amy’s blog as well and would LOVE this cookbook to help keep me “on the wagon.” =) Kelly Ahti

  30. Oh, me oh my, that looks yummy! I’d love to win a copy of her cookbook and try out all her recipes!

    Amanda Elliot

  33. I love recipe books! I also love her blog, it’s so interesting.
    CaryAnn Hancock

    (sorry for the double post if it comes up that way,I didn’t notice my hubby was logged into google too. )

  34. Amy’s cookbook is AWESOME! And you should definitely try the socca. I’ve made it twice since I got her cookbook in my hands. 😀 It’s so easy to make and you can play around with it to make things other than pizza.

  40. Gluten-free and sugar-free recipes in 20 minutes?! That’s exactly what I need. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
    – Jamee Sicat

  41. The whipped gelatin looks amazing! Celiac and gluten intolerance abound in our house–always looking for new recipes!
    ~Amy Lewis

  42. I LOVE Amy’s blog and all of her recipes!! I’ve been GF for almost 10 years, and her recipes are among the best I’ve found. Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy of her cookbook!

    Jacki Armes
    awholelottalatte.blogspot.com

  44. love these cookbooks! transitioning my entire family to more sugar free and gluten free foods. this would be a great addition to have for the continuing process.
    love your site ~ love your recipes.
    thanks!
    susan marks

  47. love these cookbooks! transitioning my entire family to more sugar free and gluten free foods. this would be a great addition to have for the continuing process.
    love your site ~ love your recipes.
    thanks!
    susan marks

  48. We are just starting out on a grain free change for our entire family (all 6 of us) and could really use this as I have been searching for recipes! Your blog has been a great help too!

    *Amy Stockton*

  50. Not only the cookbook sounds fabulous but also the recipe you tried. I would love to make that whipped gelatin recipe, looks truly delicious!
    Ana Cardia

  56. Looks like a perfect summertime treat! Can’t wait to see the other recipes!
    Bonnie Stone

  57. I keep saying that I need to try sugar free in addition to my gluten & dairy free lifestyle. However, I need to do it in a healthy way. I just know that this cookbook would help me accomplish this! – Stephanie Colman

  64. Looks so good…. I don’t like Jello.. glad it’s a different consistency.

    BTW… I also love your blog ! TY

    Linda Forish

  70. That sounds dreamy! It’s just starting to get warm here, and I can taste that summer treat now! Thanks for the giveaway. Heather Trice

  71. I was going to buy this book, but maybe now I won’t have too.
    -Consuela Morales-Streit aka Gluten-Free Living L.A. 🙂

  73. I want this SO bad! We have been gluten free for a year now, but am JUST removing sugar and need all the help I can get!
    -Deb Shepherd

  74. Would love to win this cookbook, I adore sitting down and pouring over new ones for hours as well. Just got your first one, LOVE IT!

    Laura Bull

  77. I would love to try this book out with my children, really working on going healthier with them.
    Misty Fogerty

  79. Sugar and Gluten free is what we eat–and its no small feat for our busy lives with 4 kids! thanks for posting about it!

    Sarah Hoskins

  81. I would love to win this – I have been very pleased with the things you post of fb, and I know I would use this for our family of 6!
    Kelly Lindquist
    Thanks.

  82. I would definately use this for my family of 6, all of us are gluten free, andcould always use more recipes in 20 mins or less. There are not enough of those out there. My name is Kelly Lindquist

  83. We just had to go gluten free with our youngest daughter. I am excited to see all of the wonderful recipes there are to choose from. Just got your cookbook in the mail today.
    Stephanie Johnson

  97. What a help this would be! I am dairy-, gluten-, and legume-free and need to be more sugar-free.

    Arleen Smedile

  99. Hey! Sugar-free and gluten-free…the only way for me! 😉
    I’d love a copy of Amy’s book. I’m sure it’s as awesome as her blog.
    -Sophie Gryz

  105. Sounds like a great book. Now that you’ve read it from cover to cover, does it include soy free, egg free recipes and grain free recipes? I would love to check it out.
    Thanks,
    Lisa DellaCioppa

  108. I’m just discovering sugar free recipes, having been gf for years. I wonder if this gorgeous book would travel all the way to Australia? Janet Bodley

  109. Hey kelly! Those recipes look amazing! I have been looking for a good dairy free recipe for years…i’d loooove too be able to try this one. This cook book (as well as both of yours) have been on my long list of book i want for a while!

    -Eryn

  111. The gelatin looks delish! I am not a big jello fan, so this looks like something I wouldn’t mind serving my kiddo. ~ Lisa Hennen

  119. Hi Kelly! I just ordered your new book and LOVE it. As an avid gluten-free baker, I can’t wait to hear about the next cookbook on the market featuring whole, fresh and homemade gluten-free treats. By the way, I made your homemade pancakes and they are out of this WORLD! I’m addicted to coconut in all forms so they were perfect! I would love to add this delicious looking cookbook to my collection. Thank you for your genuine recipes and inspiration.

    Heather McClees

  122. I have been looking at Amy’s posts about her new book and would enjoy very much winning a copy. I, too, am trying to be gluten-free and sugar free and need recipes to do it with.
    Gail

  127. Oh I would so love this…very needed as my teen daughter is gluten free and do you know how hard it is to come up with ideas for a teenager

  130. I love Amy’s blog and am eating gluten and sugar free. It would be so helpful to have some new recipes to use. Thank you so much for this opportunity Kelly!

  133. All this vegan, sugar-free, gluten-free cooking is such a mystery to me as I am new to it all….poking around trying to find recipes so I don’t just end up starving myself by eliminating everything I don’t need or can’t have in the pursuit of healing my body. I can’t tell you how much these cookbooks help me make sense of it all and re-learn how to cook from scratch. Thank you for the opportunity to win. And thanks for all your helpful and inspiring posts.
    Blessings,
    Cheryl Bakke Martin
    cheryl(AT)inspirations-studio.com

  136. I have this cookbook already 🙂 Just wanted to say that I’ve made several recipes and they’ve all been incredible!

  139. Charlotte Moore- The whipped gelatin sounds so good. I would love to have this book and try some of the recipes. I have never heard of socca I think it was called.

  140. Looks amazing. This book is definately what I am looking for. healthy no sugar recipes.

  141. Love recipes that are quick and easy to make! Hope to win…my 10 year old daughter will be getting it for Easter. She is the new gluten free baker in the house!
    – Mary Catanzaro

  145. OOOooo have this book in my Amazon wishlist… whoo hoo…love her recipes… thanks.
    Lisa Torres

  147. So many GF recipe books call for sugar, and I am constantly shifting between sugar substitutes. Very interested. Lisa Shaver

  152. Gluten-free we have down pretty well, it is the sugar-free part that is hard. Can’t wait to read her recipes.

  154. This looks wonderful and I hope I win o I can easily try some new things for our GF/CF/SF and egg free family!
    Melissa Smith

  157. I am so grateful for your website. I have struggled for a while trying to figure out my diet with all the new restrictions (and there are many) and now you have introduced me to so many new places to invent new and wonderful recipes. And now this giveaway for another grand resource. Oh Joy! -Vicki Bradley

  158. Sounds awesome! While I have grown used to being dairy, soy and egg-free for my allergic daughter, we are totally new to being gluten-free and I can only claim to be sugar-minimal so believe me when I say that I can use all the help I can get! What an adventure!
    -Katrina Breeze

  166. What a great giveaway! Would be so helpful to expand my recipe collection of alternatives for my son who has walked through cancer. Very thankful for your blog and for connecting me to the Simply Sugar & Gluten Free blog & cookbook, too.
    Kara Zapata

  167. I just love your blog and would really love to have a cookbook that I could “touch”. Sometimes it’s hard looking at the computer all the time. Sugar and gluten free are the “ticket” for me. ~Kathy Flournoy

  168. I love your blog and would really love to have a cookbook I could feel, touch and look at the pictures – lol. Sugar free and gluten free are the ticket for me! ~Kathy Flournoy

  170. I’ve been eyeing this book since it came out! With a gluten intolerant child and a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic child in our house we are continually tweeking our diet and looking for new goodness that we can eat.

    Suzanne Schneider

  172. We’ve been doing gluten free for awhile-but when i found i was allergic to sugar, I was disheartened–this book seems like it could revive my love of cooking GF and SF!! Athena Lyons

  176. The only thing better than sugar & gluten free is the concept of “20 minutes or less”.
    -Amber Schmugge

  177. It totally thrills me when I discover a gluten-free and sugar-free blog, so finding a cookbook where there are recipes that I could actually make and eat is amazing! Thanks for the chance to win this.

    – Janice Krahn

  180. I would Love this cookbook!! I have tried unsuccessfully a few times to make whipped coconut cream, it would be awesome to see how she does it.
    – Sarah Josey

  184. Always looking for healthy recipes!! Love Amy’s site!! Lots of great info!

  188. This book would be very helpful for my family and our various allergy issues. Thanks!
    Corinne Ball

  190. Oooooh! I would love this! AND my kids would too…
    Really hope I win this.
    Gittele

  191. WOW Kelly! This is definitely something I am going to try in my new Vitamix. I just got it, and I made your Cashew milk. Delicious and so fresh. My husband even thought it was great tasting. Thanks for all the great recipes and this book giveaway of Amy’s.

    Gail

  194. As all the posts have indicated, this looks like a great book. If I don’t win the drawing it will stay on my wish list for purchase. Thanks for all the time you spend on your website – it is great! Dulcie Campana

  202. I have to know more about whipped coconut cream!!! Would love to study this cookbook!

    Michelle Mixa

  205. Hello
    Amy had me with the cover shots on her new book, before even reading your rave review or seeing that they are all less then 20 minutes!Wow, I would love this book.
    Kelly Bergner

  208. Pick me! Pick me! (can i say that? 🙂 ) This book sounds full of good things! Thanks for the contest and post!

    ~ Liz McTeer

  210. As someone who should avoid both wheat and sugar, this book is on my ‘must have’ list, whether I win the contest or not!

    Now, if anyone knows a chocolate chip cookie recipe that is sugar free and gluten free, I’d be eternally grateful 🙂 !

    jeanne cowger

  212. I would love to have this cookbook as it would fit right in with my nutrition. Thanks for having this.
    Carey Reynolds

  213. oh me oh my i wish i could win a cookbook, i just recently switched and i really dont have a clue what to do in the kitchen anymore, i just stare into the fridge for about fifteen minutes then go back to my room all disappointed. i used to only know how to make grilled cheese but i made some crepes the other day thanks to your recipe <3

  219. I LOVE my copy too!!!! Could not put it down!

    I am bummed that my coconut cream didn’t turn out nearly as well as yours though! What’s the secret?!?!

  221. This cook book sounds awesome! I am recently getting into sugar and gluten free recipes so I could really use some new ideas in addition to your blog!

    Marie Walson

  222. I need some quick and easy GF/SF recipes. I have a preemie in the NICU coming home soon with two older boys and will be in need of some quick recipes! I’d love to win this cookbook!

  225. I would love to win this book and get started with less sugar and gluten free recipes, there are some pesky health issues that need to be addressed and I need all the help and motivation I can get!

  228. Thank you for this chance. I have recently begun to experiment with gluten-free baking and have been surprised, to be honest, by how delicious it is!
    Shruti Desai

  229. Thank you for this chance. I have recently begun to experiment with gluten-free baking and have been surprised, to be honest, by how delicious it is!
    Shruti Desai

  232. I would love to try that whipped gelatin. It is fun to try new things and keep it fresh!

    -Jill Durand

  234. I thought I was in a food rut BEFORE I was told I had to go gluten-free. The last month has been really difficult. Sometimes I skip meals because I don’t know what to eat. I’d love a GOOD GF recipe boog to help me out.

  236. I have FM. My 6 year old son is Autistic and Blind- we both need to eliminate gluten and sugar from our diets. My 4 year old is showing signs of gluten intolerance also. I have 3 boys- 6, 4 and 1. Sugar and gluten free, and you can make meals under 20 min, what more can you ask for!!!
    -Vicky Hinds

  239. I’ve been meaning to buy Amy’s book since it was available for pre-order. If I don’t win, I’ll take it as a sign and finally just buy it already! 🙂 Kim Goings

  240. I’ve been meaning to buy Amy’s book since it was available for pre-order. If I don’t win, I’ll take it as a sign and finally just buy it already! 🙂 Kim Goings

  242. I already have Amy’s website bookmarked. I would love to win her cookbook! We are gluten and dairy free and trying to cut way back on sugar.
    ~Robyn Harris

  243. I’d love to win this cookbook — had my eye on it for a while 🙂 Thanks, Kelly!!

  244. LOVE Amy’s recipes – and yours! Socca is amazing, I learned about it when I did Bauman College’s natural chef program last Spring in Boulder, and I make it ALL the time now!
    -Karen Moleski

  245. Looks FABULOUS! With 2 of my 4 having autism and being gluten free/casein free and low glycemic…this would be a FABULOUS cookbook to have on my shelf!!!

    -Kat Crowson

  247. I haven’t seen Amy’s blog before, but all of her recipes look delicious. I’m sure the book is fabulous!

  249. I’ve been lurking on this site and following you on facebook for a little while. I’ve been moving sugar free for close to a year – but just started moving gluten free a couple of weeks ago due to some issues with my 7 year old (and I suspect with me!)

    I am a cookook *addict* and I’ve actually been eying this one all week – some resources to get me started would be wonderful!

  250. sounds like a great book full of yummy and healthy food. and that it is fast and easy is such a bouns since i cant cook.
    Noelia Ramirez

  251. Thank you for always offering new suggestions. I am so blessed to have found your website. I highly respect your opinions on what is really good and what is not and I have been telling everyone about you and your website. Thanks sooo very much!

  252. this is GREAT!! i love all of Amy’s recipes and i can’t wait to meet both of you at the GF fair in chicago!!

    ~Deanna Lileikis

  255. I just got my almond flour and flavored stevias via UPS today- can’t wait to get my hands dirty with some SF and GF recipes : )

  258. Kelly, I’d love to win Amy’s book.
    I love both of your blogs along with a few other fine folks like you. So wonderful of you all to share so much.
    April Rogers
    AKA Nana Rogers

  259. <3 I love food! <3 Living gluten and sugar free has been a challenge, but finding cookbooks like these helps me to appreciate food even more!

    Gecille Perez

  263. Oh wow! I really want to try that whipped gelatin recipe. I’ve recently been revisting jelly again after realising how easy it is to make. I’ve been making it with sugar-free cordial & topping it with my homemade sugar-free marshmallow. Yums!

    – Natalie Duarte

  264. I love to see the creativity that others have in their cooking. Sounds like a wonderful book. Thanks for the opportunity!

    Sabrina Rhodes

  265. Kelly, thank you for sharing with us! I’m new to sugar and gluten free cooking. So happy to find blogs like your’s to learn from! I’m an avid cookbook collector and would adore having this book to help me stay on a healthy path!
    Here’s to gaining our health back ~ Michelle Ledesma

  269. oh my gracious! I have been eyeing your’s and her cookbooks!! It would be so great to have one! 🙂

    Leigha Edin

    (hubby’s name is Jayme, that’s who’s name shows up when I email.)

  270. Holy moly! Pick me, pretty please.. I love all the recipes on your site, just made the vanilla bean cupcakes, so yummy and even mote awesome, no sugar high and low.
    <3 Jessica Silva. rosiejess6@hotmail.com

  274. it all looks so good- thank you. now i can bake for my daughter again. Duch Fun!! Fay Allen

  279. Not certain if it went through the first time and I really would love it so I am doing it again… Angelina Ghrist ():o)

  285. Looks great, just the place where I can find inspiration for my new, healty little spamenu 🙂

    -Modini-

  287. Looks delicious!! Love Amy’s and your websites!!!!!! Thanks for all the great recipes! Marissa Wagenberg

  290. Wow, I just found your website last week and have been so impressed. I’m already telling friends about it. Thank you so much!
    -brina Baker

  291. I am looking for more recipes that my son can eat and the rest of us will enjoy too. The fact that they are quick recipes might entice my daughter to make some of the recipes too.
    Jennett

  294. GF and sugar free, this is something I am trying to adopt and Amy’s book will be perfect for that. I have tried some of her recipes and so far no complaints.

  298. I would LOVE this cookbook! Healthy and delicious cooking – who could ask for anything more?! 🙂

  299. I SO hope I win! I JUST borrowed this book from the library today and have already decided I need to buy it…if I don’t win it here of course! 😉

    ~Shanon Fouquet

  303. I would like to win this book for my wife! She is gluten free and now she can’t have sugar. This would be perfect for her!
    Brian M. D.

  306. I’m up for a new cookbook–after a year of gluten free I still have not purchased a cookbook that supports my new lifestyle!

  307. Looks DE-licious!!! My kids and I have been gluten-free for almost 4 yrs now and no gluten-free cookbooks!! Not to say that I haven’t learned to cook GF some ; )!

    -Tara Swick

  309. Perfect inspiration now that I’m not only gluten-free but doing the elimination diet as well!

    -Madeline Macomber

  311. This looks wonderful. I’ve been wondering if coconut milk can turn into whipped “cream”! Lisa Diller

  315. You know I probably already left a comment only without my first and last names. Laurel VanBlarcum. I’m gluing it to my forehead so I don’t forget again.

  322. The recipes I have tried on line are great. I would love to get a copy of the cookbook.

    Terri Lituchy

  324. Sounds intriguing! Would love to try this as I’m trying to get my kids off of sugar and grains (especially gluten). 🙂

    -Gini Shackelford

  325. This is perfect timing. We have to go sugar free starting today. Thanks!
    Paula Ferris

  331. Thanks for the give-away! I am enjoying exploring ways to cut more sugar from our diets. Less than 20 minutes is fabulous too!

  332. I recently found out that my yougest is allergic to peanuts and wheat. My oldest is allergic to dairy….I need this book!! Thank you for the chance to win it! Jodi Ritchie

  333. Can’t wait to check this out. So hard to find good sugar-free recipes. Love yours, by the way!
    Debbie Setzer

  334. Gluten-free we have down pretty well, it is the sugar-free part that is hard. Can’t wait to read her recipes
    Sally Geary

  339. This cookbook sounds great. I’d love to be entered. Kelly, I love your website. Your recipes look delicious and approachable. Thanks for being inspiring!

  340. I NEED THIS!!! I would love to win, as we are on a GFCFSF diet and I would like to reduce sugar. I’m so glad you work so hard to give us such wonderful cookbooks.
    Thanks,
    Denise Lester

  341. I sent a previous post for the Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free cookbook and I realized I forgot to give my name. It’s Karen Jonas.

  343. This sounds perfect for me right now. I am recovering from CFS/ME and while I’ve been gluten free for some time, I’m now entering sugar free land too.

    This book, and your blog, makes this seem like an adventure I’m pleased to be starting.. Thank you for your good work..
    : )

    Kate David

  344. I visit her web sites often and am so excited about the new cookbook. I’d love to have a chance to win a copy!

    -Kim Ratner

  347. OMG, this treat sounds incredible! I loved canned whipped cream as a kid and used to squirt it directly into my mouth as a child (when my mom wasn’t looking). This is before I knew I was allergic to dairy 🙂