Give the school lunchboxes a touch of pizzaz with these Gluten-free Asian Vegetable Pancakes It’s no secret that I’m lacking in Asian cooking skills. I love Asian food – especially because so much of it can be made gluten-free – but I just don’t have the right touch in the kitchen. Nevertheless, there are a […]
Lunch time ideas
5 Reasons to try gluten-free bread from Lifestyle Bakery
It’s always pretty exciting when brand new gluten-free products hit the market, especially when we’re talking about gluten-free bread. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I think gluten-free bread is the holy grail of gluten-free baking. If you can achieve a light and fluffy loaf of gluten-free bread, then you’ve really done […]
Gluten-free Recipe – Chicken Vegetable and Noodle Soup
Hi there! It’s autumn Down Under at the moment, although we’re still experiencing summer weather. It was really something for the family to go body surfing at the beach over Easter. The warm weather has been great, but it’s also been very dry here, which unfortunately brought my fig season to an abrupt end. Normally, […]
Recess time ideas
Gluten-free Bread and Butter Puddings
Individual gluten-free bread and butter puddings are great for desserts or lunchbox snacks Here in Australia, we’re just coming out of the depths of winter. Not that we ever experience very severe winters in our Mediterranean climate, but it does get cold enough to crave a bit of comfort food, like these Gluten-free Bread and […]
Gluten-free Recipe: Cinnamon Tea Cake
Gluten-free baking: Cinnamon Tea Cake Hello! Sorry it’s been so long between drinks. These days, I have so many recipes in my head but so little time to develop them. C’est la vie, as the French say. Life is hurtling along, but it’s nice to be able to get back to blogging. I’ve been laid […]
Gluten-free Recipe: Tropical Slice
Well, hello there! I hope you’ve had a great start to the new year and that you had a fantastic festive season. It’s summer here in Australia and we’ve just sweltered through a week-long heatwave. Thank goodness for air-conditioning. It’s not a luxury over here. It’s a health necessity. Kids have now returned to school […]
Special Occasions
GFL’s Best Gluten-free Christmas Recipes
Ah, Christmas. Gluten-free Christmas. It got me thinking about curated content. No kidding. Have you ever heard the term “curated content”? It’s a fancy-pants digital marketing phrase that basically means that you’ve cruised the internet and created a “best of” list. For example, just recently my blog made it onto Feedspot’s Best 100 Gluten Free […]
Gluten-free Christmas Feast
Hello! Sorry for the break between posts. There’s been a little bit going on of late – I needed to take some time out to recover from some minor surgery. No biggie, but the anaesthetic took a little while to work its way out of my system. Since then, I’ve also been tied up with […]
Gluten-free Cranberry and Cacao Balls
The countdown’s on. One week ’til Christmas. Kids are on holidays, social engagements are mounting and we’re all trying to work out how to finish the last of the Christmas shopping without having to endure the Christmas rush. Even though Christmas exhausts me, I have been delighted by some of my kids’ quirky Christmas rituals. One […]
Parties
Gluten-free Recipe: Lunchbox Nachos
No need to adjust your screen. You read it right: Lunchbox Nachos. Yes, it is indeed possible to send your kids to school with nachos in their lunchboxes. But be warned, you may find this recipe a little controversial for a couple of reasons. First, the salt content of the corn chips. Yes, okay, most […]
Egg-free Meringues. That’s right!
No need to adjust your screen. You read that correctly. EGG-FREE MERINGUES! “How is that possible?” I hear you ask. Well, it goes a little something like this. A few months ago, I noticed a bit of hype on the airwaves about the magic of chickpea brine and how it behaved like eggs in baked […]
Gluten-free Rice Rounds
At the end of this week, school finishes for the year and we commence the 6-week summer break. So, honest to goodness, I’m not all that interested in developing new lunchbox recipes over the next few weeks. We’re all focussing on Christmas and fretting about how our poor metabolisms are going to cope with all the Christmas functions […]