Carla's Gluten Free Recipe Box
1,900 Gluten Free Recipes by Retired Recipe Developer, Carla Spacher
Most gluten free recipes contain gum, usually xanthan or guar gum. However, there are ways to avoid gum and Carla shows you how to make delicious gluten free gum free recipes.
Solo Almond Paste is gluten free. Yeah! You can make so many goodies with it: marzipan filling for gluten free Danish and coffee cakes. Plus, you can make flourless treats like these almond macaroons. Add some pinenuts for an Italian flair! In a short amount of time and with few ingredients, you can have these delicious, sweet treats! Continue reading “Flourless Gluten Free Almond Macaroons”
Today is National Pina Colada Day! To celebrate, I made these fun gluten free pina colada muffins. With flavors of pineapple, coconut and almond. You’ll think you’re in the tropics. For those who avoid gum, they are completely free of all gums. Enjoy! Continue reading “Grain-Free Gluten-Free Pina Colada Muffins”
While I have a few gluten free cake mug recipes, I had not yet developed a muffin in a mug recipe yet. Wanting a bit healthier version of the cake mug recipe, I decided to add a bit of flax seed meal to the cake recipe and add some blueberries. To make a cake version, substitute the 1 tablespoon of flax seed meal for 1 tablespoon additional flour. This gluten free blueberry mug cake makes a fast snack/dessert! Continue reading “Gluten Free Blueberry Mug Cake or Muffin (Sugar-Free Option)”
Summer heat already gotcha down? Try a refreshing salad instead of hot meal. Many people have trouble making gluten free pasta salad in advance. Rice pasta gets hard when refrigerated overnight. There are a couple of tricks to get you to succeed,though. Don’t use rice pasta. Try pasta made from other grains such as corn, quinoa, etc. If you must buy one that contains rice, at least make sure it is a mixture of other grains, too. Then, prior to refrigerating, add dressing, or at least oil, to the pasta to keep it soft. Keep in mind that gluten free pasta absorbs liquid quickly. Enjoy! Continue reading “Peach and Mozzarella Gluten Free Pasta Salad & Peach Vinaigrette”
While you can purchase oat milk in your local grocery store, the oats used in that milk is most likely not gluten free. Due to oats growing in fields adjacent to gluten crops and multiple other reasons, regular oats can contain up to 10% gluten. You can make your own gluten free oat milk at home. It’s easy and less expensive. I notice a quart of organic oat milk costs $3.49 at my local grocery store. You may not be able to find organic oats, but you can make a quart and half for a little over $1.00; and it won’t contain any gum. You can also control its protein and sugar levels depending upon how many oats and the type of sweetener you use. Enjoy! Continue reading “Gluten Free Oat Milk Recipe”
My mother used to make this recipe using Campbell’s Beef Consomme Soup. Well, the days of that much sodium are over for us. Plus, it’s not gluten free. I tried several times to duplicate the recipe without beef consomme (too lazy to make my own). I finally created a gluten free rice pilaf recipe with tons of flavor!
Update – I use Better Than Bouillon “reduced sodium organic” beef base/paste with water. I use more paste than suggested to make the broth so that it provides additional flavor. I use the reduced-sodium organic version. However, it may include cross-contamination nowadays. Always read labels carefully as manufacturers are constantly changing ingredients and sources for same.
Many celiacs do well with this brand of reduced sodium organic beef and chicken base. However, if you have any doubt, choose another brand or boil broth down until it is very strong and flavorful. Continue reading “Mom’s Almost Famous Gluten Free Rice Pilaf”
There’s not too much to purchasing a tube of premade polenta, slicing it, and grilling it. However, making homemade polenta is almost as easy, but tastes so much better. You must try it. You can use gluten free polenta or yellow grits. See below for choice of brands. Enjoy! Continue reading “Grilled Homemade Gluten Free Polenta”
You will find recipes calling for flour in pastry cream. However, it creates a sandy, almost powdery texture. There is an easy workaround for this problem, which creates an amazingly smooth texture. Use pastry cream to fill pastries, Boston cream pie, and other desserts.
Continue reading “Gluten Free Pastry Cream Using Cornstarch”
Adding a little fruit or fruit puree, nuts, dried fruit, and cinnamon creates this delicious cream of rice cereal recipe. Of course, it’s all gluten free. The cereal alone is an excellent source of iron. You can also use cooked rice as a substitute. I know a few people who have tried replacing their cream of wheat with cream of rice and did not care for it, but this recipe is mind changer. Continue reading “Delicious Cream of Rice Cereal Recipe”
Cannoli is an Italian dessert, tubes of crisp pastry, filled with sweetened ricotta cheese. Ricotta makes the most incredible pancakes. Also sweetened with sugar, these gluten free ricotta pancakes may be made extra-fluffy or traditional. Top them with a fruit puree or pure maple syrup. (Some traditional syrups contain gluten.) Serve your gluten free cannoli pancakes for breakfast or brunch. Your guests will not only be impressed, but they’ll be trying to guess the ingredients. The best part is that’ll never know they’re gluten free. They truly add a new definition to gluten free pancakes. Continue reading “Gluten Free Cannoli Pancakes”