There is an endless array of gluten free tapas recipes waiting to be enjoyed. Whether they’re hot or cold, in sauce or deep fried, wrapped in pastry or not; one thing is for sure, they’re amazing! Tapas, often referred to as the little dishes of Spain, come in a variety of types from simple to complex. Typically categorized as appetizers, tapas can be served with almost any menu anytime of year. Here I’m sharing my favourite tapas recipes together and I hope you’ll be inspired to try one or host a Tapas Night and make them all. Manchego Cheese with Quince Paste This tapa takes only minutes to ..read more

Stock up your gluten free Asian pantry and get ready to try all the wonderful dishes from that part of the world. From Chinese Chicken Balls to Indonesian satay, if someone’s making it…someone’s making it gluten free! That someone could be you! When ever you try a new dish pay attention to the ingredients. In the tables below look for other dishes using the same ingredients. Create a system to purchase and store them and keep trying new recipes to find your favourites. Guidelines For Stocking A Gluten Free Asian Pantry Know what you have in your fridge, freezer and cupboards. Store these ..read more

Originally posted in 2019, updated February 2023. This Recipe Roundup of Homemade soups starts in the dead of winter. There’s nothing like a hearty soup to warm you up in February but soup lovers know there’s a soup for every season. This is my Year of Soup list. With a list like this you have a new one to try each month and the variety is built into your meal rotation automatically. Mix it up however you like but don’t miss out on the joy of delicious homemade soup. I hope you’ll find one you want to try this month! My Year of Homemade Soup January – Leftover Turkey Soup  February – Lee ..read more

How To Use a Gluten Free Flour Blend is the final post in this 12-part series on gluten free flour. We’ve covered 21 ingredients; flours, starches and binders, that gluten free cooks can use. For this final post I’m sharing ways to find a gluten free flour blend you love, how to tweak recipes using a blend and when not to use a blend. There are recipes that use a single flour such as socca made with chickpea flour and my chocolate chip cookie pizza made with quinoa flour. These are not the focus of this post but they’re great recipes that gluten free cooks should know about. In this series the ..read more

Holiday Brunch Ideas is for everyone. Whether you’re inviting friends and family for brunch or have guests staying over during the holiday, brunch is a relaxed way to entertain. I’m an early riser so I love a muffin (or anything from that category) with my morning coffee before I launch into any effort in the kitchen. The beauty of brunch is that you don’t need to follow any rules and it works well for the late risers too. Design your brunch menu to reflect your style. Serve more breakfast foods than lunch if you want, more savoury things than sweet, or a combination of it all. Build a breakfa ..read more

How To Use Oat Flour is number 11 in my 12-post series on gluten free flour. We can’t talk about recipes until we know a little bit about the safety of oats and how oat flour is made. Have you heard the acronym B.R.O.W.? It is to help you remember what foods to avoid and it stands for barley, rye, oats and wheat. Oats have come a long way in the ten years I’ve been cooking gluten free but it’s safe to say “oats are complicated.” The use of oat milk and oat flour has sky rocketed in recent years. This year one company moved away from using safe oats in their oat milk. They advertised this chang ..read more

How To Use Coconut Flour is number ten in my 12-part series on the properties and best uses for gluten free flour. You can see the full list at the bottom of this page. Gluten free cooks have an overwhelming amount of choice when it comes to buying individual flours but it’s work to find out how to use them. It took me a few years of gluten free baking before I asked myself, “what is the best use for each of these flours?” As I got toward the end of this series, I had to take another look at coconut flour. I had discounted it pretty early on after making a few forgettable recipes. The bag sank ..read more

This Holiday Appetizer Roundup is a collection of my favourite appetizers for the festive season. You can always click over to the RECIPES TAB and click on any CATEGORY, like Appetizers, to scroll through the images. When you do that you get the whole year of appetizers. In this post I’m sharing only ones I serve at this time of year and how I make a holiday version of those recipes. Like so many things we do once a year, the challenge is keeping recipes organized so you can find them and remember to make them. Starting a blog certainly helped me with that but I’ve also got a few tips for you ..read more

How To Use Chickpea Flour is number seven in my 12-part blog series on gluten free flour. Each post includes the properties and best uses for that flour. You can see the full list at the bottom of this post. The idea for this series is to learn to use the flours you like to make foods you enjoy. Depending on how you cook those choices will be different for every person. Putting some thought into that will help improve your results and likely your happiness in the kitchen. In previous posts I have covered what I consider to be the common flours and starches that you often purchase or hear about ..read more

This is a Recipe Roundup of my gluten free Holiday Baking. I love trying new recipes every year and hope to find a keeper, but I also look forward to making my old favourites. For me it wouldn’t be Christmas without shortbread and gingerbread. It takes time to recreate your family favourites gluten free and there is often some disappointment that goes along with it. Perseverance is the trait of every good gluten free cook! With this recipe roundup I hope to inspire you to make something you’ve been missing or to try something new. They’re not all baked and I even have my recipe for savoury mix ..read more