Recipes for gluten free diet

[spotit3]

Hi, has anyone got any simple recipes for someone on a gluten free diet. Just for scones or something like that. It is just that once a month I hold a committee meeting in my house and this year one of the members is on a gluten free diet. I felt bad last month when I had nothing to offer her to eat. Don't want anything big like a cake as the rest of it would be wasted.

[Sparkles62]

Any recipe that doesn't have flour in will be gluten free. flapjacks, or even crispy cakes or cornflake crispy cakes, these dont have to be just for kids, they can be made on a tray and sliced up (mark the slices while they are warm if you want them to look neat ) you can add chopped cherries, raisins, coconut etc to make them a bit different.You could make a variety of different flavoured flapjacks, by making a basic mix, then splitting it up and adding various dried fruits, nuts ets. You could make all your refreshments that day gluten free by not using any flour, that way your guest will not be singled out,and you will not have to buy any ingredients that you won't use again. X

[daisya]

Must say here it's not just flour that is a problem for coeliacs/gluten free diets. Gluten is found is grains and a lot of other foods too especially breakfast cereals. However you can though buy gluten-free flour which you can make cakes or bread from. Always read the packets before using food for a gluten free diet as they often include info on them saying if gluten free.

[Sparkles62]

Was on a gluten free diet for nearly a year, until the hospital discovered that I wasn't coeliac, but had Crohns disease, Your'e right daisya, you need to read the labels carefully, the one that got me was cooking chocolate, you wouldn't expect it to have any gluten in it, but apparently they bulk it out with flour etc to make it cheaper.

[daisya]

I didn't know that either Sparkles, just amazing what they do to our food! As for recipes for gluten free there's some on here for anyone else wanting them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/diets/gluten_free

[spotit3]

Thanks everyone for your useful answers.

[EcclesCake]

I have a number of recipes and substitutions for use in conventional recipes.

I will try very hard to remember to post them tomorrow for you.

[spotit3]

Can you eat nuts if you are on a gluten free diet?

[spotit3]

Look forward to seeing them, EcclesCake.

[EcclesCake]

Lemon Drizzle cake
200g butter
175 caster sugar
150g rice flour
50g soya flour
3 eggs
1tbs Gluten free baking powder
1 lemon, zested and juice as required to loosen mix

Syrup
1 lemon, juice only
100g caster sugar

Preheat oven to 180C/G4
Grease and line a large loaf tin
Cream together butter and sugar
Beat the eggs and add a little at a time to butter cream
Sift flours and baking powder together
Fold flour into mix a third at a time, add lemon zest, and juice if required
Pour mix into tin and bake for 40-50mins or until a skewer comes out clean
Mix sugar and lemon juice together and pour over the cake while still hot.
Leave in cake tin on a wire rack until cool.

I'll add more this evening when I have more time.

[spotit3]

Thanks Eccles, look forward to rest.