GLUTEN-FREE recipes....please share!

kathryn_m
kathryn_m Posts: 31
edited December 25 in Recipes
I forgot to mention on my initial post that I am trying the gluten free route. I am mainly sticking to fruit, veggies, protein, peanut butter, and occasionally gf cereal! However, I'd like to find some yummy gluten free recipes for things like bread, cake, cupcakes, pizzas, etc. that I can make on special occasions. If you have any...PLEASE SHARE!

Thanks :)
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  • Howbouto
    Howbouto Posts: 2,121 Member
    I got this one off the boards:

    Oopsie Rolls (Gluten-Free Buns)
    3 large eggs
    pinch of cream of tartar (1/8 tsp)
    3 ounces cream cheese (Do not soften)
    Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.

    Separate the eggs and add cream cheese to the yolks. Use a mixer to combine the ingredients together. In a separate bowl, whip egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff (if you’re using the same mixer, mix the whites first and then the yolk mixture). Using a spatula, gradually fold the egg yolk mixture into the white mixture, being careful not to break down the whites. Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray and spoon the mixture onto the sheet, making 6 mounds. Flatten each mound slightly.
    Bake about 30 minutes (You want them slightly softer, not crumbly). Let cool on the sheet for a few minutes, and then remove to a rack and allow them to cool. Store in a loosely open sack and allow to rest on the counter before use (otherwise they might be too moist). Can be frozen.

    Notes: If you are making these to be savory (for burgers) you can add dry mustard and dill or other seasonings to the yolk mixture. If you want a more sweet roll, add a very small amount of stevia natural sweetener to the yolk mixture.
    Makes 6 Induction Friendly, Gluten-Free rolls.

    Nutritional information per roll: Calories:85 , Carbohydrates: .6 g, Fiber: 0g, Net Carbohydrates: .6g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 7.5
    Picture: No more lettuce wraps. Wendy’s Baconator on an oopsie roll


    And google Cauliflower pizza crust, its yummy and fits your criteria (depending on the toppings).
  • jwaitman
    jwaitman Posts: 367 Member
    I am supposed to eat gluten free, but it is very difficult and most of the stuff doesn't taste very good. I have had some really horrible things since I have started this. I have found that anything made by Gluten Free Pantry and Pamela's is pretty good. The cookies are pretty tasty, but the texture is a little different. There are some cake mixes too that aren't too bad. I have found the pancake/waffle mix is pretty good. I don't really miss real pancakes.

    I struggle to find a good bread though. So far most of them have been pretty awful. I haven't had much luck with pizza either, although a few pizza places are now carrying gluten free crusts. I have had a gluten free pizza at Mellow Mushroom. It was good.

    I have tried several gluten free pastas as well. The rice pasta is the worst, some of the corn blends and quinoa pasta is pretty good. Again it doesn't taste bad, but does have a different texture.

    Good luck.
  • teinepalagi
    teinepalagi Posts: 86 Member
    honestly, I have celiac and I don't do too many recipes that make things that used to have gluten in them gluten free (they usually are pretty gross and not that healthy). I stick to rice as my carb or corn (like corn tortillas).

    Given that, I was pleasantly surprised with the betty crocker gluten free cake mix. Add a little applesauce to it to keep it moist (gluten free stuff tends to be a little dry).

    Good luck!
  • Funsoaps
    Funsoaps Posts: 514 Member
    My fav brands are Namaste and The Cravings Place and least fav is Ener-G.

    I just crush cornflakes with garlic powder/onion powder, sea salt, pepper and dip chicken breast pieces in egg white and bake for breaded chicken. You need gluten-free cornflakes and I find some organic brand that has no sugar, I think it's called Erwon.

    I take ground turkey or ground chicken, mix with some gluten-free toast (I like trader joe's brown rice bread and I toast it) then crumble it in the ground turkey, add ketchup or apple cider vinegar or egg (2 eggs, 2 tsp of other if you like) for the "wet" ingredients, some sea salt, pepper, you can add herbs/seasonings like parsley flakes. And make into patties and cook up. Instead of toast I use brown rice as well. It's so good!
  • kathryn_m
    kathryn_m Posts: 31
    Thank you!!!!
  • Wanderlost
    Wanderlost Posts: 7 Member
    There is a recipe floating around out there for Peanut Butter Cookies. Its 5 ingredients: Peanut Butter, Sugar, Eggs, Vanilla Extract and Baking Soda, I believe. Gluten and Dairy Free. I've had them and they are pretty good. They are not soft, but crumbly. They are actually really good and a tasty substitute when you can't have gluten. If I wasn't such a lover of soft peanut butter cookies, I'd eat nothing but these, and I am not GF so... that should say something. Of course, I don't really eat many cookies these days, but you get the idea.
  • pmuscil
    pmuscil Posts: 7
    For Pizza - Try Chebe Pizza Crust. It's about $3 per box and you can control the toppings. It's really good. Also I just tried Tinkyada brown rice shells last night and my husband (non GF) gobbled them up. Made stuffed shells with low fat ricotta and they were really great. Best GF pasta I've tried yet. One more tip... I have a new Colombian bakery that opened near me and I get these amazing rolls called Pan de Bono. Look it up online. It's naturally gluten free b/c it's made with cassava or tapioca starch. I absolutely love them and Chebe makes "Original Cheese Bread Mix" that is basically the DIY version of them. I subscribe to the Gluten Free on a Shoestring blog and she has some amazing recipes there. Here's a link to the Pan de Bono: http://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/pan-de-bono-its-good-bread/
  • nikkitodhunter
    nikkitodhunter Posts: 110
    If you do a search for gluten-free chocolate cake 209 cals that should bring up a recipe I tried out and posted yesterday :D
  • mulcahya
    mulcahya Posts: 82 Member
    Generally easy to substitute! I cook almost exclusively gluten free (my boyfriend is a Coeliac) - replace normal flour with gluten free flour (can buy easily from a supermarket)! All proteins are fine. Replace bread with gluten free bread (usually better toasted). It really only gets difficult with eating out! And I have a recipe for chocolate chip cookies that I modified to be gluten free - it's on my blog - only 50 Cal per cookie!

    Good luck :)
  • BWinsto1
    BWinsto1 Posts: 46 Member
    I just take an ordinary recipes and substitute the ingredients that contain gluten with gluten free ingredients.
  • MrsB123111
    MrsB123111 Posts: 535 Member
    bump
  • Josie_lifting_cats
    Josie_lifting_cats Posts: 949 Member
    Best food blog ever. They are gluten free (we are not, but the recipes are awesome!) and she uses her crock pot ALL. THE. TIME.


    http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/
  • enliven_mal
    enliven_mal Posts: 28 Member
    Hey!
    I follow a few bloggers who share lots of great Gluten-free stuff. If you are in Pinterest, there are lots of great resources there.
    Here are a few :)

    http://greenlitebites.com/ Lots here are gluten free, and clean!
    http://cleaneatingchelsey.com/gluten-free/ This girl has lots of great recipes, as well. I like her writing.
    http://paleomg.com/caramel-pecan-bars/
    http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/05/18/chocolate-chip-blondies-and-theyre-good-for-you/

    Lots of these websites have treats on them, as well as practical dinner/lunch ideas. Don't forget how gluten free vegetables and fruit are :) Add me as a friend if you want!
    Good luck!
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    I highly recommend this cookbook:

    http://www.amazon.com/Artisanal-Gluten-Free-Cooking-Kelli-Bronski/dp/1615190031/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1342798195&sr=8-9&keywords=gluten+free+cookbook

    It has a recipe for a GF flour mix (expensive initial investment, but keep the components in airtight containers and they will last a long time. Order them on line to save $$). All baked goods I have made from it have been good.

    As for pasta, Ancient Harvest quinoa and corn pasta is by far my favorite. The rice flour pastas are slimy and gross. Also, I recently tried the cauliflower pizza crust (google it) and found it to be very tasty.
  • Enigmatica
    Enigmatica Posts: 879 Member
    Love this recipe: http://www.nourishingmeals.com/2009/09/whole-grain-flatbread-gluten-free-yeast.html

    Lots of great recipes on that site.

    Also love: http://www.elanaspantry.com/

    And many tasty healthy recipes on: http://www.cookingquinoa.net/
  • twaltemade
    twaltemade Posts: 68 Member
    For Pizza - Try Chebe Pizza Crust. It's about $3 per box and you can control the toppings. It's really good. Also I just tried Tinkyada brown rice shells last night and my husband (non GF) gobbled them up. Made stuffed shells with low fat ricotta and they were really great. Best GF pasta I've tried yet. One more tip... I have a new Colombian bakery that opened near me and I get these amazing rolls called Pan de Bono. Look it up online. It's naturally gluten free b/c it's made with cassava or tapioca starch. I absolutely love them and Chebe makes "Original Cheese Bread Mix" that is basically the DIY version of them. I subscribe to the Gluten Free on a Shoestring blog and she has some amazing recipes there. Here's a link to the Pan de Bono: http://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/pan-de-bono-its-good-bread/

    Chebe pizza crust is awesome!!!. My wife is gluten intolerant, so we tried chebe. I liked it more than my normal crust recipes. If you have a pizza craving...it works great!!!
  • petreebird
    petreebird Posts: 344 Member
    Bumping to check out later
  • byHISstrength
    byHISstrength Posts: 984 Member
    For sweet treats you may wanna try recipes from Babycakes Cover the Classics. All the recipes are vegan and gluten-free. I bought the book because of some DELICIOUS oatmeal raisin cookies I tried.

    Here's link to some info:
    http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/babycakes-covers-the-classics-erin-mckenna/1101996630?ean=9780307718303
  • ethompso0105
    ethompso0105 Posts: 418 Member
    Best. Gluten-Free. Blog. EVER!

    http://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/

    Her cookbook is amazing too. Her recipes are excellent and she tries to find ways to save money while eating gluten-free...not an easy task.

    I also follow a few posters (and re-pin a ton of stuff) on Pinterest who post excellent GF options. My user name on Pinterest is ethompso0105...feel free to follow if you'd like! :)
  • daisymaegreen
    daisymaegreen Posts: 50 Member
    bump
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    I posted this recipe the other day and they are actually really good. I kept 10 out and froze 6. I've had NOOOOO problem going through the 10 ha ha (they aren't very big, smaller than a store bought muffin)

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/672384-egg-free-gf-df-carrot-muffins-from-a-mix
  • pmuscil
    pmuscil Posts: 7
    Also... For some more inspiration: http://betterbatter.org/
  • kathryn_m
    kathryn_m Posts: 31
    Wow! These are great! I'm especially interested to check out the blogs. I try to eat a lot of protein, fruits, and vegetables, but I'm looking for a fun gluten free treat that I can make once a week. That way, I still get to enjoy the good stuff! Boiled eggs and chicken only taste good for so long...
  • menletti
    menletti Posts: 96 Member
    Udi's has bread, muffins, pizza crusts, bagels....they all taste like the "real" stuff.

    There are a ton of recipes on www.glutenfreegoddess.com

    Also, Tom Sawyer all purpose gluten free flour is a one to one so you can use it in any recipe in place of regular flour without having to add any xanthum gum to it.
  • Four_Leaf_Clover
    Four_Leaf_Clover Posts: 332 Member
    These are definitely special occasion type foods, but they are both really good...

    1) Under the Food Network website, you can find a delicious recipe by Alton Brown for gluten free chocolate chip cookies.

    2) Flourless Chocolate Mousse Cake

    2 tbsp sugar
    8 oz light cream cheese
    6 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
    ½ cup skim or fat free evaporated milk
    4 large eggs, separated
    ½ cup sugar mixed with 2 tsp cornstarch

    Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Lightly butter an 8-inch springform pan and coat with sugar. Wrap a large sheet of aluminum foil around the pan. Set aside. Place cream cheese and chocolate in a bowl and microwave on high for 45 seconds. Stir, then microwave for an additional 45 seconds. Stir until cream cheese and chocolate are blended. Gradually stir in milk then egg yolks. Beat egg whites in a large bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar/cornstarch mixture. Beat until stiff, glossy peaks form. Briskly stir 1/3 of the egg white mixture into the chocolate mixture. Gently fold in the remaining egg whites just until blended. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Batter may be frozen for up to one month. Bake cake for 1 hour (1 hour, 45 minutes if frozen). Cool for five minutes on a wire rack. Remove foil. Loosen cake from pan with a thin knife. Cut cake into wedges to serve. Serve on a pool of raspberry puree or topped with whipped cream and coffee-flavored frozen yogurt.
  • twaltemade
    twaltemade Posts: 68 Member
    Udi's has bread, muffins, pizza crusts, bagels....they all taste like the "real" stuff.

    There are a ton of recipes on www.glutenfreegoddess.com

    We have tried several almost every brand of gluten free sandwich bread...all very disappointing until we tried the Whole Foods Light Sandwich Bread". It was the closest we have found to real bread as long as you toast it. Found that Udis makes good buns, but the sandwich bread was disappointing. If you have a Whole Foods close by, try their bread and make sure you lightly toast it before eating.

    Plenty of other gluten free goodies out there. If you have an ipad, download "Is That Gluten Free". It is a great resource for finding gluten free products in any category you are shopping and much easier than trying to interpret food labels. Gluten hides in a lot of ingredients including things like "modified food starch" or "soy sauce".
  • kathryn_m
    kathryn_m Posts: 31
    Oh my...this sounds amazing.
  • kathryn_m
    kathryn_m Posts: 31
    Udi's has bread, muffins, pizza crusts, bagels....they all taste like the "real" stuff.

    There are a ton of recipes on www.glutenfreegoddess.com

    We have tried several almost every brand of gluten free sandwich bread...all very disappointing until we tried the Whole Foods Light Sandwich Bread". It was the closest we have found to real bread as long as you toast it. Found that Udis makes good buns, but the sandwich bread was disappointing. If you have a Whole Foods close by, try their bread and make sure you lightly toast it before eating.

    Plenty of other gluten free goodies out there. If you have an ipad, download "Is That Gluten Free". It is a great resource for finding gluten free products in any category you are shopping and much easier than trying to interpret food labels. Gluten hides in a lot of ingredients including things like "modified food starch" or "soy sauce".


    This sounds like a good idea. I am always stuck having to google everything, which only leaves me with a million different answers. And yes, regarding your last thought, I have been noticing that recently. It seems almost nothing is gluten free unless it carries the label! Ahhhhh.
  • pmuscil
    pmuscil Posts: 7
    omg I just stumbled across this and will def have to try being that it's Friday and I could use a Happy Hour... Michelob Ultra Light Cider. Labeled as "naturally gluten free"...

    http://michelobultra.com/Page-Ultra-Cider.aspx
  • lilybug13
    lilybug13 Posts: 154
    This is what I am having for dinner tonight...

    http://acam.typepad.com/communitytable/2010/07/chicken-satay-with-almond-sauce.html
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