Gluten Free Healthy Food

What is this? Snowflakes in July? Yes, I know. But when you are getting ready for a picnic/firework excursion and at the last minute realize that plates would be really, really handy, you may find that the only paper plates you in fact own have snowflakes. We are not exactly holiday themed or even particularly well organized here at the House of Yum. Shhh. Don’t tell anyone.

I had spent half of the day in a feverish whirlwind making 3 batches of brownies, 1 batch of sorghum flax onion rolls, seared crimini mushrooms and roasted eggplant slices with a tahini sauce. So, we dined on delightfully refreshing snowflake plates, and didn’t even notice because everything tasted so good, and we had such nice company. Friends, food, and fireworks, that’s all you need to celebrate the 4th of July. Being a food blogger, I had to take a photograph of the food, snowflake plates and all.

I hope you don’t mind. The combination of rubbing lemon olive oil onto the eggplant and drizzling it with a tahini sauce spiked with lemon zest brought unexpected new life to an old favorite method of preparing eggplant. Even the alleged eggplant-haters had to admit it was addictive and tasty. And for eggplant lovers… well, lets just say, eggplant proved itself once as a fitting ingredient for ye old Book of Yum. We went home without a single eggplant slice left- and I’d baked two whole ones up just for the occasion. Alas for no leftovers, but hurrah for a very delicious picnic, with just the right amount of food.

This makes me want to make this recipe all over again. The tahini sauce is terrific on salad, as a dip for red pepper and/or carrots… and even on sauteed mushrooms, as we found out. Enjoy!

Roasted Lemon Eggplant Slices Side Dish  Vegetables  Mediterranean

Ingredients 2 medium-sized American Eggplant (or one, if very large) Lemon olive oil Bouquet Garni (sold at Penzeys) or your favorite green herb mix salt pepper Directions Preheat oven to 425F. Get out a baking sheet. Wash, dry and slice eggplant into generous 1/4 inch slices. Pour about 1/8 cup lemon olive oil into a small bowl and add herbs, salt, and pepper to taste. Baste eggplant slices on both sides with oil-herb mixture and place on baking sheet. When sheet is full, place in oven and roast for 20-30 minutes or until one side is golden brown. Turn slices and brown the other side for at least 10 minutes until it is also browned and slices are soft and succulent. You may have to baby these a little- don’t let them burn! Remove any that cook faster than the others when they are done. Notes Some slices are less sturdy than others due to seed composition etc. If any fall apart- put them in a bowl and drizzle with tahini sauce for a chef’s snack or serve to family members to tempt their appetite.

Rating:  9 Original Source:  The contents of my brain, please do not replicate without my permission. Recipe ID:  1506 Added:  July 5, 2010 Last Modified:  July 5, 2010

Roasted Vegetable Tahini Sauce Sauces & Condiments  Vegetables  Middle Eastern

Ingredients Equal amounts pure tahini and water 1 tsp. agave nectar (or honey) lemon zest, to taste (I used a meyer lemon but anything will work) fresh squeezed lemon juice, to taste generous sprinkle of salt Directions Blend tahini and water in a mini food processor. Add agave, lemon juice and salt and blend again. Taste and adjust seasonings. Add your lemon zest, stir, and serve. Wonderful on roasted eggplant slices!

Rating:  9 Original Source:  The contents of my brain, please do not replicate without my permission. Recipe ID:  1507 Added:  July 5, 2010 Last Modified:  July 5, 2010

Rolls, even gluten-free rolls, can be delightfully easy if you have one simple tool. A muffin tin. This humble tin, when paired with your favorite yeast dough instead of a quick rising batter, will yield gorgeous rolls with gorgeous crusts if you overlook its muffin-y appearance. I had eaten one too many jowar roti, or sorghum tortillas, when I decided to experiment more with flax seed as an egg substitute and make myself some tasty yeast onion rolls. I was initially not impressed with flax gel in early experiments, but my recent love affair with Isa Moskowitz’s recipe for vegan and gluten-free buckwheat pancakes convinced me that I needed to give flax seed a second chance. After all, Ener-g Egg Replacer works reasonably well in many recipes, but it can produce gummy products if you’re not careful. I was disappointed with using flax seeds as an egg substitute in Chebe tapioca bread mix, but I think that is because the low-protein tapioca starch requires a high protein ingredient to work as a bread. Flax seed is interesting, healthy stuff, rich in omega-3 fatty acids and high in fiber. Those of you on a gluten-free diet who don’t eat oatmeal will be happy to know that two tablespoons of flax seed meal contains four grams of fiber. This is the same amount of fiber as 1 and 1/2 cups of cooked oatmeal, and similarly to oatmeal, it is reported to help decrease harmful LDL cholesterol drop without lowering good HDL cholesterol. Why haven’t I been eating more of this stuff already? Maybe because until this recipe, I hadn’t found a good way to use it!

These rolls rose beautifully and became quite gorgeous when they baked. You can eat them fresh out of the oven, tearing them open with a fork tin and slathering them with (non-dairy, soy-free) margarine or drizzling them with high quality olive oil, but their texture is best after they cool. They are also wonderful the next day after a quick stint in the microwave. My DH who mourns the current absence of rice in our diet (and my old white rice flour-tapioca starch french bread) gobbled these rolls up and looked for more. I didn’t tell him how healthy these whole grain, high fiber rolls were! I made my version with arrowroot starch, but you could easily make them with tapioca starch and they would undoubtedly be great. The flax seed gel really enhanced the texture of these rolls and made them very strong but with a soft, rippable center. I don’t think I would use flax seed in a delicate or sweet flavored recipe (unless it was nutty or well-spiced), but in this savory onion bread, it worked perfectly. I can’t wait to make this recipe again!

Gluten Free Vegan Sorghum Onion Rolls Bread  Alternative Grains  American

Ingredients 2 cup sorghum flour 1 cup tapioca flour (or, for a more delicate bread, arrowroot starch) 1 tbsp. xanthan gum 1 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. egg replacer (optional) 2 tbsp. sugar 1 1/2 cup lukewarm water 2 tbsp. yeast 2 tbsp. olive oil 3 tbsp ground flax seed + 3/4 cup water 1 tsp. vinegar (i use cider) 1 or 2 tbsp. melted Soy-free dairy-free earth balance margarine minced dried onion kosher salt Directions Grease muffin tin with your favorite shortening. I use spectrum naturals palm oil shortening. Or, if making free-form rolls, line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 375F. Combine flours, xanthan gum, salt and egg replacer (if using) in the bowl of a standing mixer. Place sugar in a small bowl and add your lukewarm water, whisking to combine. Add your yeast and stir in gently. Let sit for a few minutes while yeast activates and forms brownish clumps. Combine flax seed and water in a food processor or blender and blend until you have a thick and creamy consistency. Add your oil and vinegar to the proofed yeast water and add to the flours, along with the flax liquid. Beat using the paddle for 3 minutes. Meanwhile, melt margarine in microwave or on stovetop and add a generous amount of minced dried onion to the melted margarine. (1/2 tsp or so). Let it sit. For muffins, fill half-full with batter. For free-form rolls, take a large spoonful of dough and shape it into a soft round with WET hands. Run your hands under the water in-between rolls as needed. Place on the parchment paper, leaving plenty of room between them. To season, baste the top of the rolls with onion margarine, making sure you get actual bits of onion on the roll, and sprinkle with kosher salt. Let rise for 50 minutes or until doubled in size. Bake for 30 minutes or until rolls are browned and sound hollow when you tap them. Notes Texture is best after they cool. The next day, a brief reheating in the microwave oven makes for a perfect, fresh tasting and hot roll!

Rating:  9 Original Source:  Adaption of my vegan french bread recipe, with seasoning, preparation, and flax seed modifications. Recipe ID:  1504 Added:  June 30, 2010 Last Modified:  July 1, 2010

Dear Readers,
I know it has been quite a while since I posted, and that just isn’t like me. Life intruded on my blogging- and with all that was going on, I just couldn’t concentrate on the Book of Yum. I had to spend some time only focusing on my PhD work, and the time that was left over went to Baby Yum. I’ve also been trying to decide some things about the future of the Book of Yum, like advertising. I’ve been pouring my soul into this little blog for two- or is it three- years now, and in that time I decided to have some small amount of advertising, mostly to assuage my guilt over spending so much time on something that doesn’t pay the rent (or dissertation fees). Well, the market has changed and now I have to make some tough decisions that make me question if it is fair to everybody in my family for me to try to keep this blog going while also being a dedicated Mommy and PhD student. When it comes down to it, though, I love this little blog too much to quit, and I would feel sad to abandon my dedicated vegetarian or allergy-sensitive readers whose lives are complicated by being gluten-free. So… here I am, again, posting. And- never fear, although I am taking this month off of the Adopt-a-gluten-free Blogger event, I intend to host it next month, unless anyone else volunteers.

This recipe has been begging to be posted since I first made it. Soy-based vegan chocolate mousse recipes are a dime a dozen (although possibly quite yummy) but finding one free of most major allergens is quite a challenge. Sorry to those of you who can’t have avocado- I’m afraid it is indispensable to this recipe. However, I hope those of you who are nut, dairy, soy, and gluten free will enjoy it. The ingredients are simple, but magical in this combination. I’d like to try it with a little bit of steamed or canned peach or mango blended in- but I thought I’d better post quickly while Baby Yum is still asleep! It is suitable for a Raw Foods Diet, if you do processed Agave. I’ve tried other oils and other sweeteners but wasn’t happy with them… so in the end, it had to be coconut oil and agave. A yummy nut oil or maple syrup might be interesting, too… And if you are chocolate sensitive and don’t worry about shared equipment, you could use Chatwick carob powder for a carob version, although I haven’t tried it myself. This chocolate mousse is a perfect chocolate “fix” and even better for busy mommies (or students, or daddies, etc) in its frozen bon-bon form. Enjoy! I’ve missed you guys!

Gluten-free No-Soy Dairy-free Chocolate Mousse Recipe Dessert  American

Ingredients 1 avocado 1 tbsp. unrefined coconut oil 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa 1/4 cup agave nectar Directions Combine ingredients in blender or food processor and blend until creamy. Serve! If you have leftovers, put in ice cube tray for raw frozen chocolate “bon-bons” or put in a Popsicle tray and freeze. Once frozen, the bon-bons can be put into a freezer safe container and stored for weeks or possibly months, although mine never last that long!

Rating:  9 Original Source:  Inspired by Mothering magazine recipe, but with several fun twists to make it my own. Please do not replicate without permission. Recipe ID:  1503 Added:  June 24, 2010 Last Modified:  June 24, 2010

It has been quite a while since we featured desserts on the Book of Yum, and truth be told quite a while since I had any that were especially yummy. I take it back- I have made some excellent vegan chocolate chip sorghum cookies since becoming an allergen-free, Gluten-free Mama. But, the other night my sweet tooth kicked in and I was overcome by waves of a sugar craving. I love chocolate, but it tends to keep baby Yum up all night and a PhD-pursuing Mama needs her sleep. So, I started thinking of caffeine-free treats. I’ve never been crazy about cake, but somehow vanilla cake was speaking to me. I poked around online and found an intriguing recipe in a book I actually own but have misplaced- Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero’s Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World: 75 Dairy-Free Recipes for Cupcakes that Rule. This recipe was for what they called “Golden Vanilla Cupcakes,” and I thought that something like that would just hit the spot. I played around with flours to make a gluten-free, soy-free, dairy-free, and corn-free (except for the xanthan gum) vegan vanilla cupcake of my own. When I mixed it up the batter was so thin I had serious doubts, but I had faith (and xanthan gum). After I added the last minute xanthan gum, I poured the batter in and crossed my fingers. The heavenly scent of vanilla filled the house, and when I looked in the oven, it seemed like they had magically transformed into real, live cupcakes. I took them out of the oven and knew I had a winning recipe. After they cooled I frosted them with some impromptu frosting and bit into a real live piece of sugary, vanilla heaven, and my sweet tooth has never been so happy. If cake was this tasty- I might have to call myself a cake girl after all! What I love about this recipe is that it doesn’t have any allergens in it, is completely vegan without specialty egg replacer and yet tastes like “real” dessert. In my opinion, this is a perfect special occasion recipe that I wouldn’t hesitate to serve to guests. In fact, I might just have to make this again for Baby Yum and my joint birthday party in July!

Gluten free vegan vanilla cupcake Dessert  Alternative Grains  American

Ingredients 1 cup hemp milk or other alternative milk 1 1/2 tsp. apple cider vinegar 1/2 cup sorghum flour 1/2 cup millet flour 1/4 cup arrowroot starch or tapioca starch 1 tsp. xanthan gum 2 Tbsp. arrowroot starch 3/4 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1/3 cup canola oil 3/4 cup sugar 2 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract Directions Preheat oven to 350 and line muffin pans with cupcake liners. Whisk in your apple cider vinegar into your hemp milk and let sit for a few minutes. It won’t curdle much, if at all, but that is ok. If you use another milk like soy it will curdle more and you can use less vinegar. Beat together your vinegar milk mixture with oil, sugar and extract. Sift in your flours, xanthan gum, arrowroot starch, baking powder, baking soda and salt and gently stir them in together. Pour your batter into the cupcake liners and bake for 22 minutes. Cool on a cooling rack and frost right away! They will be more delicate the next day. Refrigerate or freeze if desired. Notes I frosted this with a combination of Earth Balance Soy-free margarine and sunflower-palm oil shortening whipped with vanilla and confectioner’s sugar.

Rating:  10 Original Source:  Inspired by but radically transformed to be gluten-free and my personal creation. Recipe ID:  1502 Added:  May 19, 2010 Last Modified:  May 27, 2010

It is ironic that although amaranth is my least favorite of the gluten-free grains or pseudo-grains that I’m eating, I’ve managed to come up with a fair number of recipes using the flour that I actually like. Maybe it is all part of that necessity being the mother of invention thing… however that saying goes. This particular recipe for an allergen-free soda bread is based on one I found floating around the internet without a clear author, but which I’ve modified to suit my tastes. It is crunchy and has a earthy flavor that I find pairs beautifully with a hearty, vegan soup or a creamy, dairy-free dip like my latest riff on baba ghanoush. Unlike most dips, this dip is bean-free, dairy-free, soy-free and even sesame or tahini-free. The fresh cilantro gives it a light, herb note while roasted eggplant gives it body and soul… and homemade sunflower butter stands in for sesame paste. I enjoyed this bread and dip with some luscious kalamata olives and considered myself a pretty lucky gluten-free, allergen-free breastfeeding mama.

Gluten-free Allergen-free Amaranth Soda Bread Recipe Bread  Alternative Grains  American

Ingredients 2 tablespoons boiling water 3/4 teaspoon unbuffered vitamin C crystals 4 tablespoons coconut oil or other oil 3/4 cup warm hemp milk (or other dairy-free milk) 2 1/4 cup cups amaranth flour 1/4 cup additional amaranth flour 3/4 cup arrowroot starch 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon caraway seed 2 teaspoons baking soda kosher salt flakes herbal blend like Penzey’s Provencal herb mix Directions Preheat oven to 400F. Cut a circle of parchment paper to cover the bottom of a round cake tin. Put your vitamin c in the boiling water. If it doesn’t dissolve, whisk it in. Combine 2 1/4 cup amaranth flour, arrowroot starch, salt, baking soda and caraway seed in a large bowl. Add your water with vitamin C, hemp or other dairy-free milk and oil, and stir with a big wooden spoon. Sprinkle with the additional 1/4 cup of additional amaranth flour and fold it all together. You can mistreat this dough a bit. Beat it up, fold it up until it seems thoroughly mixed and your arm feels tired. Plop the dough onto your cake pan and shape it into a circle about 1 inch high. You can dampen your hands to shape it or use a cake frosting knife to smooth out the edges. Sprinkle with kosher salt and a nice herbal blend and cut an X in the top, just because it is fun and makes it seem more authentic. Pop in the oven. Lower oven temperature to 325 and bake for 55 minutes or until the center is done to your taste. (I like it pretty done and not doughy in the middle so I put it back in sometimes.) Cut into triangles and enjoy with some soy free margarine, super yummy lemon olive oil, or baba ganoush. Notes Surprisingly addictive.

Rating:  9 Original Source:  Adapted from online sources, original source unknown. Please do not replicate without my permission. THanks! Recipe ID:  1499 Added:  April 13, 2010 Last Modified:  April 22, 2010

Garlic-free Vegan Baba Ghanoush Recipe Sauces & Condiments  Vegetables  Middle Eastern

Ingredients 1 American style eggplant drizzle olive oil 2 scallion bulbs 2 tbsp sunbutter (I ground roasted unsalted sunflower seeds with a drizzle of lemon olive oil) 1/4 tsp of salt (or more to taste, especially if using homemade unsalted sunbutter) handful of fresh cilantro 1 fresh lime 1 tsp agave nectar (optional) fresh ground black pepper Directions Cut eggplant in half horizontally and place in baking dish with freshly cut side up. Roast on 425 for 20-30 minutes or until flesh is golden brown. Turn over and bake ten more minutes. Then remove from oven and cool. If making your own sunbutter, grind your seeds and olive oil first in a small food processor or blender. (I have a small powerful food processor that I love for this.) Then scoop out the flesh of your roasted eggplant and add it to the food processor. Add the green onion bulbs to the processor with only a little of the green top if desired. Blend until you have a creamy sauce. Then add salt, cilantro, lime, agave and pepper and blend, blend, blend. Notes Sunflower seed is no tahini, but did you know sesame is a rising allergen, especially in countries where it is part of the national cuisine? This is also garlic-free.

Rating:  8 Original Source:  The contents of my brain, please do not replicate without my permission. Recipe ID:  1500 Added:  April 22, 2010 Last Modified:  April 22, 2010

As many of you may know, in order to breastfeed my darling Baby Yum I had to go on a rather extreme allergen-free diet, cutting out the obvious (dairy, soy, nuts, eggs) and even the less obvious, like rice, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.* In the course of trying to figure out how to help my allergic baby, I reached out for advice from communities like la leche league, attending meetings and reading their allergy boards avidly. The latter was especially helpful as I met other Moms who had battled allergies with their own infants and found solutions that worked for them. Thanks to suggestions on this board, I tried digestive enzymes (didn’t work for us), diet modifications, and finally probiotics for her which markedly improved her symptoms and my sanity. While there are many probiotics on the market, we found success with a Klaire infant probiotic free of just about everything from dairy to rice. (Annoyingly, you can only get it through a holistic medical professional, so we went to Whole Child Wellness for this “prescription” as well as some thinking-outside-of-the-box advice.) These resources were all very helpful, but one thing I’ve struggled with is getting the fuel to keep me going that conformed with an everything-free diet. Allergen-free blogs have been helpful, and I’ve enjoyed researching international options like one-flour-ingredient Indian flatbreads (see my sorghum flatbread or millet flatbread recipe), but the same allergy-expert ladies on the La Leche League forums also had some recipes that I have found very useful. Happily, I found one of the best gluten-free, dairy and egg free muffins I’ve ever had thanks to “Shannon75″ on the boards. I had to modify them a little to suit our restrictions, but this recipe is nothing short of a chemical miracle that results in amazing, fluffy, sturdy muffins that taste pretty awesome with a swipe of dairy-free soy-free margarine from Earth Balance and a little local honey. You can even use them as a sandwich base or eat them plain. I’ve made them in regular muffin tins and in mini-muffin tins- they are great either way. These babies don’t need eggs at all- and they beat most egg-free gluten-free muffin recipes hands down. Got any favorite winning gluten-free, egg-free muffin recipes or links? Share them in the comments! Me, baby yum, and my fellow allergen-free readers will thank you!

*Note: I am not a doctor, so this is not medical advice- just the path we chose that worked for us personally.

Quinoa Apple Allergen-free Muffins Bread  Alternative Grains  American

Ingredients Dry: 1 Cup quinoa flour 1/2 + 1/3 cup arrowroot starch (may replace one portion with an alternate starch such as tapioca, corn, or potato) 2 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp xanthan gum 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp baking powder Wet: 1 1/2 Cup liquid- (I use 3/4 cup apple juice concentrate with 3/4 cup apple juice to mellow out the strong flavor of the quinoa flour, but you can substitute other juice or water) 1/4 c oil 2 tsp egg replacer Directions Grease muffin tin with palm oil shortening or other oil. Preheat oven to 350F. Whisk together dry ingredients, and then make a well in the center for the liquid ingredients. Mix all together with a large spoon. Pour batter into muffin tin and bake for 12 minutes. Cool and enjoy! Notes Thanks to Shannon of the La Leche League forums for providing the template for this recipe, which I modified for our allergies.

Rating:  9 Original Source:  Based on recipe adapted by Shannon and posted on the La Leche Leage forums WITH permission. Please do not replicate anywhere without both of our permission. Recipe ID:  1497 Added:  April 3, 2010 Last Modified:  April 6, 2010

Kim of Affairs of Living recently caught my eye on Twitter as a fellow gluten-free, allergen sensitive blogger, and I’ve been enjoying her tweets. Her blog informs us that she is GLUTEN-FREE, SOY-FREE, EGG-FREE, CORN-FREE, YEAST-FREE, CITRUS-FREE, TOMATO-FREE, POTATO-FREE, SUGAR-FREE, PEANUT-FREE, ALMOST ALWAYS DAIRY-FREE, AND NEARLY TREE-NUT FREE. Wow! That’s a lot of free eating! I was first inspired to adopt Kim when I spied these toothsome potato-free, crinkle-cut oven-baked rutabaga fries recipe. Since I’m currently avoiding potatoes for Baby Yum I couldn’t resist. Besides, there are few vegetables that i haven’t tried- and rutabaga happens to be one of the last remaining to me. And, to truly follow the recipe I needed a new kitchen toy- a Crinkle Cutter. Gee, I just hate buying new kitchen toys, especially ones that help me emulate old favorite recipes. Anyway, so after i found my crinkle cutter (at Sur La Table) and identified rutabaga (the yellow and purple root veggies, not to be confused with the white and purple root TURNIPS) and brought some home, I tried her recipe for rutabaga fries. Happily, they were just as good as I’d hoped and were a wonderful substitute for potato fries. Roasting them doused in olive oil mellows any turnip-like harshness and brings out the natural sweetness while still retaining the vibrant- even strident- personality of the vegetable. And the crinkle cutter part made me do a little kid happy dance in the kitchen because using it was much fun and the results were adorable. Yes, even a rutabaga can be adorable. The whole family (even those that are no fans of turnip like vegetables) enjoyed the rutabaga fries and not one made it past the evening meal as a leftover. Next time I might buy twice the number or rutabagas.

Kim has lots of intriguing recipes on her site, and when I have more time I’d like to try more. These are some especially creative wonders that caught my eye:
Wasabi Raw Kale Chips
Vegan Quinoa Millet Sorghum Sourdough Bread
Sprouted Quinoa Millet Waffles

It can be tough being gluten-free AND top allergen-free, and those bloggers that make it seem both manageable and delicious are worth their weight in gold. I hope you’ll come visit Kim the next time you’re looking for some inspiration.

Being gluten, dairy, nut, and soy free makes coming up with a good cheese substitute difficult. When I was simply dairy free, nut or soy recipes allowed me to enjoy “cheesy” dishes like lasagna or pizza. Once I had to cut out nuts and soy, I was a bit stumped. I still had great pizza- olives were tasty and generally safe, and sunflower seed pesto was my friend. But the cheesy element was just not quite there. Luckily I can still have nutritional yeast, and recently I was inspiredby several recipes online to come up with this everything free, yet still tasty smoky cheesy sauce. Since the only non-dairy milks i can have right now are hemp and coconut and hemp milk makes a weirdly rubbery-tasting sauce, this recipe is alternative milk free, with a base in nutritional yeast and quinoa flour. It’s half gravy-inspired, half uncheese-recipe-inspired… and is so good that I couldn’t stop myself from dipping into it all by itself. It really sings as a “cheesy” topping for veggies. And just last night I used it to make something I hadn’t had in a very, very long time- a luscious and super addicting spinach pie, perfect for a green Saint Patty’s day. This recipe is best suited to a vegan palate- or at least, someone willing to accept a less than traditional “cheese.” DH and my dairy-free mother both enjoyed it, and DH commented that in pie, the cheese smelled like nachos. Mmmm, nachos. Let’s see, if i deep fry some homemade millet or sorghum tortillas in chips… top with sunflower seed refried ‘beans’… add some Smoky un-cheddar… we just might have another use for this recipe! Got any more ideas? Share in the comments!

Gluten-free dairy-free soy-free Smoked un-cheddar sauce Sauces & Condiments  Alternative Grains  American

Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 1/2 of a large onion, minced 3/4 cup nutritional yeast 1/4 cup quinoa flour 1 1/2 cup water 2 tbsp Earth Balance soy-free margarine 3 tbsp. tomato paste 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp smoked paprika Directions Heat olive oil on medium in nonstick pan and saute your onion until it turns translucent. Then add your nutritional yeast and quinoa flour, toasting lightly. Lower the heat to medium-low, and whisk in one cup of water that you slowly add to the pan. When you have a nice smooth sauce, add your soy free margarine and tomato paste, mixing thoroughly. Season with salt, pepper, and smoked paprika. Let sauce thicken until it gets to your preferred “cheesy sauce” texture. Add water as needed if the sauce gets too thick. Take off burner and enjoy!

Rating:  9 Original Source:  Inspired by various recipes online but my original creation. Please do not replicate without my written permission. Recipe ID:  1494 Added:  March 13, 2010 Last Modified:  March 14, 2010

Gluten-free Vegan Smoky Uncheesy Spinach Pie Recipe Main Course  Alternative Grains  American

Ingredients Dough: 3/4 cup quinoa flour 1/4 cup arrowroot starch or tapioca starch 1/2 tsp salt 1/3 cup Organic Palm Oil shortening such as spectrum 2 tbsp dairy free milk of choice (plain hemp, rice, or almond) Filling: 2 or 3 bunches spinach (3 bunches for just spinach, 2 bunches if you add 1 bunch of beet greens), blanched, drained and diced 3/4 recipe of my smoked un-cheddar sauce Directions Combine flours, salt, and shortening in a food processor fitted with the S-blade. Process until all ingredients are combined and it starts looking mealy. Add your dairy-free milk and process again. It should start to form a ball. Using a spatula, scoop out your dough ball and shape into a nice ball in your hands. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour. (You can rush this step but dough will be more persnickety.) Meanwhile, prepare your spinach and make the smoked un-cheddar sauce. Mix the two together in a bowl and reserve. Preheat oven to 375. Place your chilled ball of dough in a gallon sized, freezer-safe ziploc bag. Roll thinly to cover the whole interior of the bag. Cut out the sides of the bag and peel back the top. Place with remaining bag side DOWN over an inverted pie pan (a). Place another inverted pie pan (b) on top of the naked dough and flip your tins so that they are right side up. Remove pie pan (a). Carefully peel back the remaining ziploc bag sheet to reveal a pretty pie crust. Pre-bake pie crust for 5-10 minutes. Don’t worry if it cracks on the bottom- it will taste just as good as a gorgeous, uncracked crust and no one sees anything but the top part of the crust. Fill with your blanched and drained spinach in your smoky un-cheddar sauce. Bake for 20 minutes or until top looks set and lightly browned. Serve and enjoy! Tastes great cold the next day!

Rating:  9 Original Source:  The contents of my brain, please do not replicate anywhere without my permission. thanks! Recipe ID:  1495 Added:  March 13, 2010 Last Modified:  March 14, 2010

The first time I heard of Jowar Roti was when I was on a trip to India and staying in Bangalore. I read in a blog that the “Jolad rotti oota” in Kamat Minerva (at Minerva circle) in Bagalore was absolutely amazing. The Jowar Roti there might even be gluten-free- but I didn’t have time to go and investigate. Once I returned to the States i didn’t think much about it, but I’d filed away the thought of single flour, gluten-free roti. Once I had to go on a rotation diet for baby Yum, I remembered those breads and set to work perfecting them at home. First, I came up with a yummy millet flatbread recipe. The sorghum one was considerably harder. When it has worked, the results have been spectacular, but it has been hit or miss, with quite a few impromptu “pizzas” made with the failed dough. However, recently I finally stumbled upon a winning technique that seems to work every time. It requires a roux whisk- but you should have one of those anyway! It is by far my favorite whisk, perfect for making gluten-free vegan gravy. If you don’t have one, I have a backup technique, but it doesn’t work half as well and you may end up eating pizza. Surprise.

While I love the mild flavor of the millet roti, the sorghum roti is amazingly flexible and can be easily wrapped around fillings without cracking. They taste the best hot off the griddle. For a dry, crackly bread, just leave them on the griddle until dark spots appear. For a soft, pliable tortilla, make them a little thicker and/or only keep them on the griddle until a few light brown spots appear. I love this roti with vegetable fajita filling or an Indian curry. It has more whole grain personality than millet, which I personally like, and is definitely more versatile. Best of all, it naturally does not need eggs, dairy, baking powder, xanthan gum or any other ingredient that may be problematic for the gluten-free, allergic baker. Let’s hear it for naturally simple gluten-free baked products! Let me know what you think when you try it. It has become a favorite menu staple at our house. *Also, if you have any great gluten-free vegetarian curry recipes that would go well with this roti, share in the comments and I’ll add links to the post!

Jowar Roti Sorghum Flatbread Tortilla Recipe Bread  Alternative Grains  Indian

Ingredients 2 cups sorghum flour (for pretty, cream colored roti use Authentic Foods Sorghum flour, for a more rustic greyish roti use Bob’s Red Mill) 2 cups water salt to taste Directions Put your flour container near the stove and measure out one cup of sorghum flour to have ready next to the burner. You will either need a heavy roux whisk OR a food processor and lots of patience. You will also need a sturdy wooden spoon and strong arm muscles for this recipe (or the ability to fake it, like me). Bring your water barely to a boil in a saucepan. Add your 1 cup of flour gradually but steadily, whisking the stream of flour into the water with the roux whisk continuously. Reduce heat to low. Moving quickly, measure out the second cup of flour and grab your wooden spoon. Stir in your second cup of flour into the dough in the pan. This is the part that requires arm muscles. Ouch. Let’s just say this was a workout for me. A skin of dough should have formed on the bottom of the pan, leaving you with a ball of dough that becomes increasingly rubbery the longer you have it on the stove. I keep it on the stove, mixing and moving the ball of dough around, for around two minutes, or until the dough attains a really nice rubbery texture. (Trust me, it is a good thing.) Remove dough to a heat resistant bowl and leave for five-ten minutes or until cool enough to handle. Form into small balls and place in a bowl. Take a quart size freezer safe ziploc bag and cut out the sides. For wimpy, no rolling method, put the bag into a tortilla press. Place a ball of dough in the press between layers of plastic. Press. For rolling method, simply roll out dough inside your ziploc bag, with rolling pin on the top outside of the bag. Either way, peel your tortilla from plastic and place on a plate. These tortillas handle well, so no worries. Heat cast iron skillet to medium and toast your flatbread until its texture changes, and if you like, until it gets light brown spots. Turn it and toast the other side. Sometimes they will puff up with internal air pockets, which I think signifies a lovely, tasty flatbread. Sprinkle with salt and serve. Try to refrain from immediately slathering your flatbread with soy-free, dairy-free margarine immediately off the skillet. Or not. It Posted In: Baked Goods, Breastfeeding for Allergic Baby Recipe, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Indian Flatbread, JM friendly, Karina Friendly, Nut Free, Rice Free, Sorghum, Soy Free, TED Elimination Diet, indian, tapioca starch free, vegan Adopt a gluten-free Blogger: Ali of Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen 0 Posted on: 03-03-2010 | By: Gluten Free Foods I met Ali of Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen at the Blogher Food ‘09 event. Those of us who blogged gluten-free had a lot to talk about at the event, and I enjoyed chatting to Ali. Not only was she gluten-free but also was a mom with twin babies at home. Since Baby Yum was at home too it was nice to meet someone else who knew what I was going through. Ali radiated good health, and seemed to have a very healthy food philosophy, so I was very interested in checking out her blog. I decided to adopt Ali this month because ever since I got on this restricted diet for Baby Yum, I’ve found it difficult to follow recipes. However, Ali (and her husband Tom)’s site has a whole series of recipes for elimination diets, making it a valuable resource for those of us who must cut back on allergens. I wanted to try out some of Ali’s baked good recipes, but unfortunately I ran out of arrowroot starch last night, and currently I can’t do buckwheat, potato starch, or tapioca starch, so my options were limited in that department. Instead I decided to go for a course of nutritious food, starting with soup, including an entree, and ending in dessert. First, the soup. I was intrigued by her recipe for Vegan Spiced Pumpkin Soup. I didn’t have sugar pumpkins, but I did have a beautiful organic butternut squash (a recommended substitute), a kabocha Japanese pumpkin, and a can of regular pumpkin. So, the soup became a three squash pumpkin soup. It made a huge recipe so I was hoping I would like it… and happily, it turned out to be utterly delicious. It evoked a savory pumpkin pie- with a little something extra. The coconut milk drizzle and cilantro (ok, i used parsley because my cilantro wilted) took this recipe over the top into pure delicious decadence… and it is elimination diet friendly! Next, I was intrigued by her easy recipe for pizza sauce. As you know I’m a girl that likes her pizza. I whipped up a batch of her sauce and baked up a recipe I’ve been developing for amaranth pizza. I topped the sauce with fresh minced parsley and basil, and some gorgeous roasted heirloom peppers I bought fresh at the Farmer’s Market. It was lovely, although I just used plain ol’ organic tomato paste from a can instead of the glass bionature brand Ali recommends. I would definitely make it again. And finally, I made Ali’s recipe for Cinnamon sunflower truffles. This was probably a little silly of me, but they looked so pretty. I could also identify with the need a busy mom-on-the-go has for a little protein-energy boost that she can take with her. However, since I’m not that crazy about cinnamon OR raw sunflower seeds, this recipe was probably not for me. It was really easy to make, though, and would win over anyone who loves cinnamon. They really are gorgeous and great snacks to throw in your purse. I should try them with different nuts, and some spice other than cinnamon when my diet gets more versatile. They may also be even tastier tomorrow as the flavors develop. Ali and her husband Tom have a cookbook as well as their blog. I highly recommend both! My lovely peppers that inspired cheese-free pizza yumminess. 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