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. This book was created to inspire people with food allergies to enjoy cooking healthy recipes. Catherine Walker 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 Jalapeño Sauce," is featured in this cookbook. 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. Catherine has been a Teen Advisory Group Member at FARE (Food Allergy Research and Education Organization) since 2019 and works to spread food allergy awareness through sharing healthy allergy friendly recipes.