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Free gluten free recipes – that’s what you’ll find at Gluten Free Food Freak. Life’s hard enough without having to fork out loadsa money for recipe books that you can’t use because they’re full of wheat (and dairy and eggs and yeast and all the other things people are allergic to). Today’s free gluten free recipe is … Read more

Lentils get a bad press, but I think they make an excellent gluten free baby food. Recipes vary, but here’s a tried and tested favourite – lovely lentil and vegetable puree. This also freezes really well, so you could easily double up the quantities and have some ready for emergencies. Gluten Free Baby Food – … Read more

Well I’ve been abandoned by the gluten free food freak – he’s off on a jolly, sorry, business trip for the week, so it’s down to me to feed the family. After standing at an open fridge door and scratching my head for a bit, I came up with chicken, mushroom and courgette risotto. Chicken … Read more

Gluten free chocolate is a must. Some people consider chocolate unhealthy because of the caffeine and theobromine (the chemical that can give dogs heart attacks!) but I say they’re all wrong. Chocolate is an essential component of a healthy diet! Period. Here are 5 gluten free chocolates put to blind taste test by a panel … Read more

Thanks to Jamie Oliver for this one, and although it has been tweaked a bit it was gluten free in the original recipe. Scallops are a touch posh for a school night perhaps, but what the heck. Our seafood here in Oban is outstanding, fresh from Carol at Watts on the pier and we eat it every chance we … Read more

If you’ve been reading Gluten Free Food Freak for long, you’ll know I’m a fan of food that’s a bit, well, left-field. And this qualifies I reckon. Basically, you stuff a chicken with loads of quinoa, dried fruit and nuts and then roast it. This is the first time we’ve had it, and it is … Read more

Here’s a quick run down on last night’s dinner – gluten free coconut sweet potato and white fish. 2 onions1 inch ginger root2 cloves garlic250ml coconut milk6 spring onion, cut on the diagonal into 1 inch piecesmini sweetcorn, cut on the diagonal into 1 inch pieces.2 sweet potato, sliced or cubed3 white fish Either microwave … Read more

We seem to have been eating a lot of beans recently. The aim is to cut down on the amount of meat we’re eating, but at this rate the next drive will be to cut down on the amount of beans we’re eating. Oh well, it passes the time. So, onto this warming comforting gluten … Read more

The good news is there is a huge list of naturaly gluten free food. When you find out you have celiac disease, it can seem like there is nothing in the world that you can eat. And as the Western diet relies heavily on wheat based foods, you’ll probably have to break lot of life … Read more

Does your coeliac child get to play with non gluten free play dough? Chances are, unless you made it yourself with gluten free flour, the playdough will contain a high percentage of wheat flour. As most kids invariably like to put things in their mouth, you could be unwittingly allowing your child to eat gluten. … Read more