Before you dust off the grill, pack the cooler and head out to the backyard or beyond, check out our last-minute gluten-free cookout recipes, cooking tips and menu ideas - all with delicious, memorable weekend get-togethers in mind....Read Full Post

Gluten-free Jamaican bread pudding is a sumptuous brunch or dessert recipe. Fresh bananas and a splash of rum add sunny Jamaican flavors and aroma to this special gluten-free bread pudding recipe....Read Full Post

Think of this recipe as a delicious, out-of-the-ordinary "lasagna" made with gluten-free corn tortillas, healthy veggies and leftover cooked turkey or chicken. Savory authentic south-of-the-border seasonings really do breathe fresh life into those bits and pieces of roasted or grilled poultry. Waste not, want not....Read Full Post

Is there a better holiday than Cinco de Mayo to try a new taco recipe?  This weekend check out our collection of gluten-free taco recipes including the classic "Carne Asada" tacos from our Guide to Mexican Food, Turkey Tacos from our Guide to Local Foods, mini tacos, fish tacos, rolled tacos, tacos with avocado and a great recipe for easy guac...

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated each May 5th, not only in Mexico but north-of-the-border as well. Join in this celebration of Mexican heritage and the amazing foods that are Mexico's gift to the world. Learn how to make homemade gluten-free corn tortillas this week. It's super easy!...Read Full Post

I love this recipe for gluten-free sesame crisp cookies. And there are lots of reasons why this is probably, no not probably, it IS my favorite gluten-free cookie recipe. The cookies are very, very crispy and I love crispy, crunchy cookies. The recipe calls for a mere 4 tablespoons of gluten-free flour/starch. Nice! It doesn't require xanthan ...

Veteran Bon Appetit food editor Kristine Kidd has a new cookbook out. It's titled Weeknight Gluten Free - Simple, Healthy Gluten-Free Meals for Every Night of the Week. But did you know that this accomplished cook has celiac disease?...Read Full Post

I really like flour-free recipes like this delicious snack recipe for gluten-free sesame honey halvah bites. Flour free recipes generally contain less refined carbohydrates and can be more economical than recipes made with gluten-free flours and starches. And best of all these flour-free recipes, more often than not are faster and easier to make. ...

I wanted to make a really fast and easy gluten-free cupcake recipe this week - one made with a box of gluten-free yellow cake mix from the store! This recipe for gluten-free banana cupcakes with fruit nectar frosting is made with Betty Crocker Gluten-Free Yellow Cake Mix, a product that's readily available at large (and smaller) markets around the ...

Passover Seder begins this evening. Food is a very symbolic part of Passover and fortunately almost all Passover foods are naturally gluten-free. And Passover foods traditionally made with wheat, like matzoh crackers and matzoh meal can now be purchased or made at home from gluten-free ingredients....Read Full Post

Gluten-free Reubens are my favorite way to leftover St. Patrick's Day corned beef. Swiss cheese, lean, thin-sliced corned beef, sauerkraut, Thousand Island dressing and your favorite gluten-free bread are all you'll need to enjoy this classic sandwich....Read Full Post

You say tattie, I say fadge! Elaine Lemm, our Guide to British and Irish Food says that in Scotland potato cakes ...Read Full Post

Irish Stew is the national dish of Ireland, not corned beef and cabbage! So why do we Irish Americans forget this every St. Patrick's Day? There are many variations of the humble stew including this classic recipe for Irish Stew...Read Full Post

Matzoh, matzo, matzah are all names for an unleavened substitute for bread eaten during Passover. Traditional matzoh is made from 2 simple ingredients - flour and water, which is, of course, a problem for those of us on gluten-free diets....Read Full Post

In an effort to limit my family's exposure to excessive arsenic in rice products, I recently went to work to develop a new gluten-free / rice-free pizza crust recipe. And, based on reader reviews of our popular original gluten-free pizza crust recipe...Read Full Post

Think about serving economical, delicious gluten-free salmon croquettes (patties) during observation of Lent. This easy dish is so flavorful, it's reminiscent of old-fashioned comfort food and kids seem to love eating fish when it's shaped into a croquette and pan-fried to a golden brown!...Read Full Post

Elizabeth LaBau, our About.com Guide to Candy is amazing. If you REALLY what to impress your significant other on Valentine's Day, make a batch of homemade "Red Hot Love Truffles." The recipe calls for simple ingredients you can find at most groceries and a small, heart-shaped cookie cutter. Easy and FUN!...Read Full Post

First there were gluten-free beers like Redbridge from Anheuser-Busch, Bard's Tale and New Grist from Lakefront Brewery - beer-like drinks made with sorghum that contain zero gluten from barley. Some people ...Read Full Post

Our gluten-free macho nacho makes a hefty appetizer for a crowd or  a crunchy good entree for smaller gatherings. Loaded with 3 layers of gluten-free corn tortilla chips, gluten-free seasoned ground beef, lots of veggies, cheese, fresh cilantro and spicy jalapeno this dish is always a half-time hit....Read Full Post

Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin. Depending on where you live, you may not be seeing much sunshine lately. Or it may be simply too cold to go outside! It's hard to maintain our vitamin D levels in the winter and even harder for those with celiac disease / gluten intolerance....Read Full Post

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I have a short New Year's Resolution list. It's much the same list that I wrote down last year and the year before. It involves cooking and eating more nutritious foods....Read Full Post

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From the useful and unusual kitchen gadget, to fun gifts for gluten-free kids in the kitchen, high-quality gluten-free ingredients, great gluten-free cookbooks for the cookbook addicts on your list and more, check out our list of gift ideas for gluten-free cooks -  and most cost less than $20!...Read Full Post

Baking decorated cut-out sugar cookies may be the most memorable cooking experience a child takes away from Hanukkah and Christmas. This event, however much flour ends up on the floor is definitely worth the effort!...Read Full Post

I have always loved that most maligned of Christmas cakes, the fruitcake. Dense buttery batter,  full of fruits and nuts, soaked in brandy or rum for days until finally served. What's not to like?!...Read Full Post

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<p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/glutenfreecooking/1/3/y/8/-/-/glutenfrees tollenbread4.jpg" alt="Gluten-Free Stollen Bread" />The tradition of serving stollen bread at Christmas originated in Germany in the Middle Ages. Stollen is a moist, cake-like yeast bread studded with dried or candie...

Rice, be it whole grain, brown or white, organic or conventionally grown, ground to flour and baked in to gluten-free breads, cookies, brownies, cakes or puffed into cereal and rice cakes or shaped into pasta, crackers and chips - rice is arguably the mainstay of the typical gluten-free diet....Read Full Post

If you don't have time or don't want to go through the learning curve to make homemade gluten-free pie crust for your gluten-free Thanksgiving pumpkin pie that's perfectly OK. Bake your Thanksgiving pie in our easy graham cracker pie crust. I contend that most pies taste equally great in a graham cracker crust, including pumpkin pie. Just use our ...

Time is of the essence this week -- and this out-of-the-ordinary side dish, sliced cauliflower coated with olive oil and smoked paprika,  is a delicious addition to gluten-free Thanksgiving feasts. And it couldn't be easily to make....Read Full Post

I can't imagine Thanksgiving without a traditional, gluten-free pumpkin pie on the menu. But is it my favorite Thanksgiving dessert? Not really....Read Full Post

So many people I talk to that are new to a gluten-free diet are completely surprised to learn that turkeys can contain gluten. It can come from basting solutions injected in turkeys during processing and of course, is often present in the separate gravy packets that are included in some turkeys....Read Full Post

I was traveling last week and had to deal with the dreaded "I made this just for you and it's gluten-free" situation. A kindhearted, thoughtful relative or friend goes to the effort to cook something gluten-free. Just for you! They explain that everything they used in the recipe is gluten-free. You thank them from the bottom of your heart for thei...

While there is some controversy as to the whether or not "Hawaiian" bread is really Hawaiian, or if it is of Portuguese origin instead, our new gluten-free roll recipe is called "Hawaiian" because it is made with unsweetened pineapple juice, a generous amount of unsweetened coconut flakes and a small amount of cane sugar. Who doesn't think Hawaii w...

Homemade kale chips are scary good. I bought a small package of kale chips at my local health food store several weeks ago. They were flavored with seasonings and labeled gluten-free. I gobbled the high-priced small bag down in no time flat. The delicate, crispy chips were delicious. I wanted more....Read Full Post

Here it is! Hot off the press from our About.com Guide to Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity Guide - the 2012 Gluten-Free Halloween Candy List! I'm sure you'll find many of your own, classic Halloween candy favorites on this list...  you'll find many of your kids' favorite gluten-free Halloween candies too! Thanks Jane for this most helpfu...

The process to set standards for gluten-free labeling in the United States started, believe it or not, in 2004. At that time the goal was that the FDA would have gluten-free labeling standards in place by 2008. 2008 came and went and now, 4 years later, the FDA goal was to have gluten-free labeling standards in place by the end of September 2012......

Are you and your family on a gluten and dairy free diet like mine? If so, this is a delicious homemade ice "cream" recipe that everyone can enjoy. It is creamy good and full of the flavors of fall -- pumpkin, spices and toasted nuts....Read Full Post

One of the best things about making your own gluten-free granola bars is that you can personalize this recipe with your favorite nuts, honey and dried fruits. Our recipe isn't as sweet as store-bought granola bars and has a healthy dose of omega-3 rich organic ground flax seed, toasted walnuts and organic dried cranberries - sweetened with apple j...

Our Guide to Celiac Disease recently announced that the About.com website, Celiac Disease has been changed to Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity. This is a very big deal to me because, as Jane says, "Research continues to show that people who don't have celiac disease can and do have tremendous problems with gluten."...Read Full Post

We are all feeling the effects of rising food costs. A recently published study appearing in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, "Limited availability and higher cost of gluten-free foods," found that gluten-free versions of wheat-based foods cost, on average from 76% to a whopping 518% more. Ouch!...Read Full Post

October! Crisp blue skies. Glowing leaves. Pumpkins. Ghosts. Halloween. Fun! What's not to like about October? Try some of our favorite homespun gluten-free Halloween candy recipes like "dairy-free / gluten-free raw chocolate candy bars," classic and buttery great caramel corn, homemade candy corn, gummy worms, meringue ghosts and more. Most from ...

Our terrific Guide to Celiac Disease, Jane Anderson has been exploring the neurological effects of gluten on celiacs and those with non-celiac gluten sensitivity. I believe this has been an overlooked topic in discussions about the effects of gluten which have primarily focused on how gluten damages the lining of the intestines, causes digestive di...

Fall is a great season to bake and freeze a stack of gluten-free pizza crusts and stash them in the freezer, ready when you and the kids are. With a great homemade gluten-free pizza crust ready-to-go, halftime and sleep-over pizza parties are almost as easy as baking a frozen pizza, but so much better, made just the way you like your pizza....Read ...