Carla's Gluten Free Recipe Box
1,900 Gluten-Free Recipes by Gluten Free Recipe Developer to Manufacturers, Carla Spacher + Formal Gluten Free Cooking Lessons Concentrating on Baking
Recipes for gluten free appetizers from super easy to complex. Impress your guests, friends, and family and please all diets and ages.
If you haven’t tried sauteed edamame, you’re in for a treat. The beans themselves are not flavorful, but if you know how to cook them and have a great sauce recipe, they are delicious and actually addictive. It took me a couple of recipes to perfect this dish to match a restaurant version that I had tried, but now I can’t stop making and eating them! Continue reading “Sauteed Edamame – Gluten Free”
If you’re looking for a gluten free puff pastry dough that is free of gum yet is easy to handle, look no further. You can roll and shape this dough as you would any other puff pastry dough. In just 2 hours, you can make the dough of your dreams. I used it for a blueberry pie and my gluten-eating husband said that it was the best blueberry pie he has ever had. Continue reading “Gluten Free Puff Pastry Dough (Gum-Free)”
If you ever have the opportunity, go to the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco’s Embarcadero area, order the garlic truffle fries at the Eclipse Kitchen and Bar. If not, make my copycat recipe below. I couldn’t find another recipe like it online. It really does just like theirs, scrumptious! They are best fries I have ever had! Continue reading “Parmesan Garlic Truffle Fries + How to Blanch & Freeze Fries”
Using buckwheat flour along with other gluten free ingredients, you can make fluffy Russian pancakes small enough to use as a base for appetizers or to serve for breakfast Typically, blini are served with caviar or smoked salmon on top of sour cream. Nowadays, you can serve them just about any way you desire. Use creme fraiche or cream cheese with salmon roe (shown). How about using something inexpensive like chicken, tuna, or egg salad? Or something trendy like pureed fig on goat cheese topped with applewood smoked bacon bits? How about something a little sweet like goat cheese and sliced strawberries? You can even have a blini station/bar! They are not only fluffy but moist, delicious, very versatile, and may be made in advance. Continue reading “Gluten Free Buckwheat Blini – Russian Yeast-Risen Pancakes for Appetizers and More!”
If you have food allergies, you should limit the number of foods containing high levels of histamine such as spinach. So, I created this recipe for artichoke dip without spinach. It tastes wonderful as it is full of flavor! Serve as a dip, to make bruschetta (toasted sliced baguettes), spread for crackers, or as a sauce for pasta. I recently piled some on top of cooked chicken breast.
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There are a number of different ingredients and combinations you can use to make gluten free dairy free puff pastry. However, they either don’t work well or tastes horrible. I finally figured out the ingredient that works to make the best gluten free dairy free puff pastry. It’s hard to believe it’s dairy free or gluten free, but it’s even allergen-free! Continue reading “Gluten Free Dairy Free Puff Pastry Recipe – Small Batch (Allergen-Free)”
Having an elegant party? Want to impress guests? Want to get on the good side of family members or friends? Make this amazing gluten free pesto ricotta pastry.
While the recipe below is for a large batch of stuffed gluten free puff pastry, you can make one small roll using the Small Batch Gluten Free Puff Pastry Recipe. You’ll also find…
Gluten Free Dairy Free Puff Pastry and
Inspired by the brunch menu at Olmsted Restaurant in New York City, which is named a finalist in the James Beard Best New Restaurant category, these crisp gluten free bacon, egg, and cheese egg rolls are simply amazing. They are perfect for brunch because they not only contain favorite breakfast ingredients, but they are crunchy and flavorful. Of course, you can serve them for any meal from breakfast to dinner. Continue reading “Gluten Free Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Egg Rolls”
Try these addictive pull-apart slices of toasted gluten free baguettes covered with artichoke hearts, raisins, nuts, and cheese. Call them gluten free artichoke melts or whatever you desire, but don’t call anyone late to the table because they’ll disappear in a flash. Continue reading “Gluten Free Artichoke Melts – Pull Apart Appetizer”
With all its cheesy and garlicky goodness, this gluten-free low-carb flatbread or breadsticks recipe is perfect if you are on a low-carb diet. Quite tasty with a high rising dough, this delicious treat will surely please everyone at the table. It’s extremely difficult to stop at one piece. Continue reading “Gluten-Free Low-Carb Flatbread & Soft Breadsticks (Keto)”