gluten free cream cheese tarts

Posted on May 6, 2015 by gfandme

These gluten free tarts would be the perfect treat for a gluten free Mother’s Day! The pastry is based on our conversion of my grandmother’s recipe for Danish pastries. Flaky and versatile, the dough can be used for everything from tarts and galettes to turnovers and danishes. Give it a try… Here it is shaped into tart shells and filled with layers of cream cheese and apple pie filling, but these little tarts would be fantastic filled with cherry, blueberry, or lemon – whatever you can imagine. And these are even better the second day.

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gluten free tortillas made with black beans

Posted on April 11, 2015 by gfandme

Necessity really is the mother of invention. Geoff and I were invited to dinner the other day. The host was preparing enchiladas (OMG they were soooo good!). Thinking I could whip up a batch of our potato flour tortillas, I offered to bring some. Seemed like a great idea at the time, but when I went to make them – and of course I left it to the last minute – I didn’t have all the ingredients, so I improvised. Am I ever glad I did! These gluten free tortillas made with black beans may not be the prettiest, but they taste great, roll out well, stay soft, and don’t turn to mush in baked dishes. Out host sent us home with some left overs and these were still fantastic three days later! We haven’t tried them as a wrap yet, but I’m sure they would be perfect.

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gluten free jerk marinade: great for barbecue season!

Posted on April 8, 2015 by gfandme

More spicy than hot, this gluten free jerk marinade brings together the flavours of allspice, cinnamon, and nutmeg with citrus and a hint of pepper. It’s also easy to throw together. Mix it up and toss it in a sealed container with some chicken or pork in the morning and that night you’ll have a sweet & savory dinner ready in under 30 minutes. It also makes a great hostess gift for those summer bbq’s. Mix it up in a mason jar, tie it with a pretty bow and top it off with cooking instructions. You’ll most certainly be invited back!

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gfandme.com’s 10 BEST Easter brunch and breakfast recipes

Posted on April 1, 2015 by gfandme

Easter Brunch Recipe Round Up! Everything from Breakfast Tarts to French Toast Muffins, to Raisin Scones and Cinnamon Bun Pancakes – all gluten free.

Looking for Easter Sunday gluten free brunch and breakfast recipes. Here are gfandme.com’s best – just in time for spring entertaining! And if you still can’t find what you’re looking for, check out our alphabetical recipe index at https://www.gfandme.com/alphabetical-recipe-index/

French Toast Muffins (need I say more!) french toast muffins. gfandme.com

Breakfast Tart (made with gf bisquick, this makes it’s own crust!) gluten free breakfast tart or quiche

Cream Cheese Pastry (not as difficult as you might think!) gluten free cream cheese pastries. gfandme.com

Cinnamon Bun Pancakes (awesome!) cinnamon bun pancakes: gluten free

Strawberry Muffins (nothing says spring like strawberries!) strawberry muffins_2-001

Fruit Buns – make great hot cross buns gluten free fruit buns

Cheese or Raisin Scones (fluffy and buttery!)

Cloud 9 Pancakes (perfect pancakes!) gluten free pancakes with Cloud 9

Banana Bread French Toast (why not?) gluten free french toast

Raspberry Muffins (not our recipe, but one of our all time favorites) almond flour raspberry muffins. gf and me 2013.

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Posted on March 30, 2015 by gfandme

Looking for gluten free Easter recipes? Here are some of gfandme.com’s favorite ideas for a totally gluten free ham dinner – including buns and – of course – desserts. If you still can’t find what you’re looking for, check out our alphabetical index!

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gluten free no-bake confetti cookies

Posted on March 28, 2015 by gfandme

With only six ingredients, these confetti cookies are gluten free and dairy free but certainly not fun free. They are also a great project for little bakers. You don’t even need an oven for these little cuties, and children will have a blast combining the colours and pressing out shapes. You can also add dried fruit or sprinkles to the mix to make them even more colourful. Scroll down for the recipe.

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gluten free cream cheese pastries

Posted on March 18, 2015 by gfandme

This recipe came about through desperation. Geoff and I were recently on a vacation to one of those holiday destinations where bakeries and treats abound, but, as usual, there was next to nothing that was gluten free. Sure we could go to the grocery store and buy prepackaged gluten free cookies, but it’s just not the same as biting into something sweet and crispy and oh-so-dreamy from the bakery case! Other than that, though, our vacation was great (read: warm and without snow). It also turned out to be inspiring because when we got home we decided to create a recipe that would look and taste as good as all those confections on display. I think we nailed it! These cream cheese pastries are crisp and flaky on the outside and soft and creamy and sweet in the middle. Geoff says they are better than anything he’s had in a longgg time! And they are versatile: make them with your favorite fruit pie filling – cheery, apple, blueberry … whatever you can imagine. Drizzle them with glaze or melted chocolate, dust them with icing sugar, or just leave them plain, which is the way we like ’em. (Scroll down for the recipe.)

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gluten free french toast muffins

Posted on March 11, 2015 by gfandme

These gluten free french toast muffins taste just like french toast but without the hassle. All you have to do is mix a few things together and toss them in the oven. No watching and flipping required – making them perfect for brunch! Of course you can use fresh gluten free bread, but if you’re like us and have a few bags of stale gf bread in your freezer, this is the recipe you’ve been waiting for. Whole grain, white, poppy seed, raisin – all will work wonderfully.

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lightly lemon gluten free white cake – geoff’s new favorite!

Posted on February 25, 2015 by gfandme

This gluten free white cake is Geoff’s new favorite cake! We have been trying to come up with a great white cake recipe for a couple of years now, and I think this is it. The lemon is very mild – just enough to add the smallest hint of citrus – so what you are left with is a moist, airy not-too-sweet vanilla cake. If you follow this blog, you know I am not much of a cake decorator (this is about as fancy as I can get) but if you are so inclined, this would be a fantastic recipe to use for a birthday cake or a gf layer cake. Sandwiched on either side of a layer of lemon custard or raspberry jam, it would be to die for!

Great tasting white cake, like white bread, is hard to make gluten free. Unlike, say, a chocolate cake, there’s just nothing in a white cake to hide the unfamiliar aftertaste that some gf flours leave behind. In this recipe, though, the combination of the almond flour and the lemon does just that, but without taking over from the delicate vanilla. We’ll be making this one again…and again…and again… (Scroll down for the recipe.)

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chocolate hazelnut cupcakes with Nutella frosting

Posted on February 4, 2015 by gfandme

You can really taste the hazelnut flour in these rich and decadent chocolate hazelnut cupcakes. Great served plain, but once you add the creamy Nutella frosting (recipe below) you will NOT be able to stop at one! I used to make the glutenous version of these almost every year for Geoff for Valentine’s Day. He LOVED them. So when I found hazelnut flour in the grocery store the other day, I knew exactly what I was going to do with it – convert his old favorite to gluten free. I figured it’d be good, but it turned out even better than I expected! We actually like the gluten free version better. The hazelnut flour gives the cakes a more complex flavour and better texture. Scroll down and hit continue reading for the recipe.