When you're on a special diet, you might feel that it's too difficult to eat with friends! This cookbook is full of 175+ delicious recipes for appetizers & drinks, tapas (small plates), breads & muffins, group meals, lots of desserts and more! All are fun foods to share with friends that are compatible with the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. Our Group Meals section is an inspiration! We give ideas for what to have available for people on various diets, while providing what you need too! Filled with beautiful photos of the food, the people eating it, and practical suggestions for entertaining and opening your home and your life to others, you'll be inspired to enjoy your food and embrace hospitality. Every recipe is grain-free, lactose-free, gluten-free and refined-sugar free - perfect for taking your life and health back and sharing with others. Recipes include many new and exciting options as well as recipes which have only been downloadable up until now from our website, NoMoreCrohns.com, putting them in a more accessible format, in a quality paperback cookbook right in your kitchen. We think you will love using this cookbook as much as we have loved creating it! The recipes in "Food With Friends" use readily available ingredients and simple cooking techniques to produce outstanding dishes you can serve any time. Some of the recipes you'll find Amaretto Cheese Apricots, Front Porch Pineapple Cheese Board, Gooey Cinnamon Rolls, Cheese Balls, Apple Ginger Spice Scones, Best Banana Nut Bread, Orange Spice Muffins with Buttercream Icing, Garlic Cheese Pizza Crust, Socca Flatbread with Toppings, Make-Your-Own-Pizza Party, Taco Salad for a Group, all the fixin's for a Tailgate Party, and recipes and plans for an Afternoon Tea. Main dish and side dish Tapas include such delicious recipes as Spinach Mushroom Tortilla, Chicken in Lemon & Garlic, Spanish Meatballs, Falafel with Salad, Zucchini Tabbouleh, and more! You'll find over 45 yummy desserts, including Erin's Favorite Pumpkin Pie, Western Fruit Cake, Cocoa Butter Cakes, Watermelon Jello Dessert, Vanilla Ice Cream, Sugar Plums, Raspberry Mousse Pie, Lemon Ice Box Pie, Panna Cotta with Raspberries, Peanut Butter Cookies, Nut Mosaic Tart, Hummingbird Cake, Fresh Orange Yogurt Tart, Frosty Strawberries, English Toffee, Cookie Press Cookies, and Almond Torte with Grilled Fruit! "Food With Friends" will inspire you to break out of the mold and try new things, have more fun with your food, and get out of your diet rut, while continuing to adhere 100% to your life-giving diet! There's nothing like this out there and you're going to love the "Food With Friends" cookbook!