Every spring and summer Canadian cooks are dreaming up new ways to use their rhubarb from barbecue sauce to sangria. This Gluten Free Rhubarb Coffee Cake is a simple tweak to my rhubarb muffin recipe. Cake and muffins are technically different but you know the taste you're going for. Smart cooks like to take tried-and-true recipes and vary them as many ways as they can. In spring my tried-and-true recipes are Rhubarb Streusel Muffins, this coffee cake variation and Rhubarb Strawberry Crisp with many fruit combinations. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Ingredients The British version of coffee cake wa ..read more

These savory gluten free buckwheat crepes are the traditional French savory crepe. The technique for making them is the same as for any crepe and can be mastered on your first try. Then you can make regular or buckwheat crepes, for breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert with any filling. Gluten free cooking is a whole lot more fun with a sense of adventure. There are plenty of challenges outside the home but in your kitchen, you're in charge. Try foods (and flours) from around the world, use ingredients you've never heard of and let the fun begin. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Ingredients In this rec ..read more

With a little practise these become easy gluten free crepes, even kids can learn to make them. Crepes can be rolled, folded, stacked or stuffed and there's no end to the many ways you can serve them. Vary the filling or have no filling at all or build an impressive Crepe Cake. Don't wait for a special occasion, make crepes instead of pancakes this weekend. Almost every European country has a version of crepes. Palatschinken is the crepe made in Germany and Austria, Ukrainian people make nalysnyky, blintzes come from Russia and in Czech they eat palačinky. The list goes on and the recipes vary ..read more

Vietnamese Pork in Tomato Sauce with Nuoc Cham dipping sauce is one of those recipes that "should be gluten free." It's a refreshing main course that starts with a crunchy salad on the bottom, warm rice on top and a Vietnamese version of meat sauce to finish it off. If you've never bought fish sauce it's time. The nuoc cham dipping sauce is sprinkled on at the table and you will recognize it by taste. It is the dipping sauce commonly served with Vietnamese Salad Rolls, poured over Rice Noodle Bowls and like a salad dressing tossed in this summer Cabbage Chicken Salad. [feast_advanced_jump_to ..read more

Everyone loves fluffy soft biscuits, warm from the oven, and these gluten free Buttermilk Biscuits are a winner. This recipe uses a combination of flours and starches rather than a flour blend. There's no right answer, sometimes a flour blend is easier, but gluten free cooks need options for all their different dietary needs so some prefer this kind of recipe. As you learn to substitute flours for your needs it's easier to figure out what recipe will work for you the first time you try it. My mom likes her biscuits with an-inch-of-jam but I like mine with her homemade chili or any homema ..read more

These gluten free Cheese Biscuits are tender and like all biscuits, they're best the day you make them. There are many tricks gluten free cooks need to learn and they must be mastered one recipe at a time. In this recipe yogurt replaces buttermilk for the tang you expect in a biscuit, and psyllium husk powder is the binder that creates the structure needed so you can break them apart and spread butter on them. What do you serve with biscuits? My mom made a lot of biscuits so comfort food for me is a soft and tender biscuit along side a bowl of homemade chili or any homemade soup. I always hav ..read more

Gluten free Spinach Feta Quiche is the perfect brunch dish for pastry lovers. There are a few tips to learn for perfect gluten free pastry, and the first one is that different pastry recipes can have different tips! For quiche, a pre bake step followed by a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese on the bottom prevents the dough from becoming soggy. If brunch is your meal, check out this post, 25 Gluten Free Brunch Ideas. For a very special occasion (like a weekend), I might serve Prosecco Berry Sangria. Once you master the technique for making gluten free pastry, come back and check out all my pastry ..read more

This healthy Sesame Salmon on Greens is a light main course that can easily be made gluten free. You need to switch out a few ingredients as soon as you start cooking gluten free. Asian ingredients were the first ones I tackled and now I can make all my favourite recipes. Whether it's citrus season in winter or asparagus season in spring, this Asian inspired main course salad is on my list of healthy seasonal favourites. As I transformed my pantry I wrote these posts to share what I learned; Soy Sauce vs Tamari Tasting and a gluten free Asian Pantry. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Ingredients Main ..read more

Gluten free Rhubarb Strawberry Crisp is a perfect spring dessert and changing the fruit combinations turns it into a year round recipe. For gluten free you simply need to learn a few tweaks to get fruit crisp back on your list of easy go-to desserts. Canadians love rhubarb. It comes up in the garden early and grows all summer long in back lanes and gardens everywhere. Just like zucchini gardeners give it away and cooks dream up creative uses for it. As well as this crisp I make rhubarb muffins and coffee cake every year. More unusual recipes are barbecue sauce and punch. [feast_advanced_jump_ ..read more

This gluten free Banana Bundt Cake is a variation of my basic recipe for banana muffins. This is the kind of recipe gluten free cooks need and love. From everyday banana bread to an impressive dessert worthy of birthday candles, this recipe is a keeper! Technically cake is sweeter than muffins and often has frosting. Muffins are supposed to be a form of bread (banana bread), served for breakfast so should be less sweet. Muffins would never have icing. (Gasp if you've done that!) I use this same idea to make Rhubarb Coffee Cake with my Rhubarb Streusel Muffin recipe. That means you may can do ..read more