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In an attempt to fulfill a desire to have take-away tasting Chinese food, we stumbled upon a recipe which we adapted to be gluten free. I can guarantee this is better than anything you’ll get in most take-away restaurants. Serves 2. This takes less time to make from scratch than it takes to order the … Read more

Lentil dal, being naturally gluten free is a great option for coeliacs. It’s also an excellent choice to make a huge amount of and freeze, for quick meals whenever you’re pushed for time or just can’t be bothered cooking again. This lentil dal recipe is one of the easier ones we use, and is quick to … Read more

Ah baked beans. Long have I been banished from your door by the spectre of food allergy. But now you are back, without the offending tomatoes, and how I welcome thee. What am I on about I hear you think. Well you know, there’s nothing wrong with a little drama to add spice to this evening’s recipe … Read more

It’s coming up to the festive season and now’s a good time to make some gluten free mince meat, ready to make mince pies, or stuff big bramley apples ready to be baked in the oven or microwave. Gluten Free Mincemeat – Spicy Carrot and Sherry225g cooking apples (bramley), peeled and cored and finely grated100g … Read more

I had a packet of pork loin in the fridge that was destined for another recipe, which I didn’t fancy, so I adapted a lamb recipe and came up trumps with a rather tasty gluten free recipe. Lamb (or Pork) Loin with Spicy Quinoa and Apricot Mint Sauce(the original recipe calls for Couscous but that’s … Read more

There are more burger recipes than there are grains of sand on Oban beach, so this is my version of a gluten free recipe loved by young and old – beef burgers. Rather Tasty Beef Burgers 4 teaspoons chickpea (gram) flour450g minced beef1 tablespoon whole coriander seeds plus 3/4 teaspoon whole cumin seeds, crushed in … Read more

I noticed the local supermarket had a special offer on some fancy expensive fresh soup, and was reminded of a lovely gluten free soup I used to make. So off I scooted home to make some Tomato and Pesto soup from scratch, for about 25% of the cost and 125% of the taste. Gluten Free … Read more

Flapjacks … remember them? Oaty and sweet and soooo moreish. I’m hoping this attempt at a gluten free flapjack will fill the hole left by Mum’s oat flapjack. We’ll see… Gluten free flapjack recipe 180g rice flour2 tsp gluten free baking powder75g rice flakes (we used brown rice flakes for a bit of extra bite … Read more

Here’s a super quick super tasty gluten free cranberry sauce recipe. Much nicer (and safer) than the shop bought variety (which are generally more like jam than sauce). Gluten Free Cranberry Sauce 300g fresh cranberries100g sugar200ml fresh orange juice Bring all the ingredients to a simmer in a thick bottomed pan, and cook for 10 … Read more

I had to wrestle the recipe for this gluten free chilli sauce from Gluten Free Wifie’s fingers – bottles of this go for a premium around these parts – usually a night’s babysitting or some similar valuable contribution. She doesn’t give it out easily so shhhhh… Gluten Free Chilli Sauce 250 fresh green birdseye chillis1 … Read more