Your Gluten Free Life

Don’t want to miss out on hot cross buns at Easter?
Gluten free buns from Simply Better Biscuit Co were given a score of 8/10 by The Age hot cross bun taste test - this was a much higher score than many hot cross buns made with wheat flour! Other brands that are gluten free include [...]

I have been looking at a few great websites lately that have gluten free recipes. If you are like me and don’t follow recipes to the letter, it’s always good to at least get some inspiration. Here are a few sites that are worth having a look at:

Gluten-Free Girl does a lot of blogging about [...]

Meatballs

Ingredients:

500g mince beef
1 onion chopped
1 small green capsicum chopped finely
1 tbsp tomato paste
3/4 cup gluten free crumbs
1 tsp dried mixed herbs
1 egg lightly beaten
Salt and pepper
Gluten free plain flour
Olive oil

Method:
Combine all ingredients except flour and oil in a large bowl and mix well.
Roll mixture into small balls. Roll meatballs in plain gluten free flour.
Heat oil [...]

Such an easy dessert!
Ingredients:

1 packet Freedom Foods Chocolate Daydream biscuits
300ml cream
Your favourite chocolate to decorate

Method:

Whip the cream.
On a piece of foil, spread one side of each biscuit with cream and press into the next biscuit.
Repeat until all biscuits are joined together to form a log.
Spread remaining cream over the top and sides of the log.
Cover [...]

If you need to maintain a gluten free diet, eating out can be daunting experience, particularly initially. Often dishes on restaurant menus contain gluten. Many are obvious, such as dishes with pasta, pastry or bread, other uses of gluten may be more hidden, eg if stock powder is used in risotto and sauces, or flour [...]