What haven’t I done before? I wanted to further explore the use of lentils in a curry and this recipe is much richer than the previous dahl I made. Ingredients (serves 4 as a side): 200g x Red lentil 1 x Large onion, diced 2 x Tbsps curry paste (I use Pataks if I don’t…
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Gluten free courgette spirals with a spinach, tomato and basil sauce.
What haven’t I done before? Courgette spirals – great as an alternative to pasta. Ingredients: 4 x Courgettes, green skin peeled off and then peeled into thick spirals 1 x Onion, diced 3 x Garlic cloves, crushed 0.5 x Lemon 0.5 x Red pepper, diced 1 x Chilli, deseeded and diced 4 x Handfuls of…
Gluten free ratatouille
What haven’t I done before? I have never made Ratatouille before. Ingredients (serves 2): 0.5 x Aubergine, sliced and degorge (salted to take the water out) 1 x Red onion, diced finely 2 x Garlic cloves, diced finely 2 x Vine tomatoes, diced into chunks 1 x Green pepper, de-seeded and sliced 1 x Courgete,…
Gluten free sweet pepper and spring onion side
What haven’t I done before? Combined these 2 ingredients – this is such a simply recipe. Ingredients: 5 x Sweet peppers, diced 6 x Spring onions, diced Olive oil Salt and pepper, to taste Method: 1. Pre-heat the over to 180 degress celsius. 2. Put the peppers and spring onions into an ovenproof dish – drizzle…
Gluten free homemade guacamole
What haven’t I done before? Made guacamole. Ingredients: 3 x Green finger chillis 1 x Bunch of coriander 2 x Vine tomatoes, roughly chopped 1 x Red onion, in halves 0.5 x Lime 3 x Ripe avocados Salt and pepper Method: 1. Put the green chillis, coriander and chopped vine tomatoes into an electric chopper and…
Gluten free homemade hummus
When you start making your own hummus you will never go back to that shop bought stuff (well, I assume this will happen…I just made my first pot of the yellow stuff). It’s so quick and easy (and super delicious). What haven’t I done before? Made hummus. Ingredients: 400g of Chickpeas (drained) Fresh lemon juice 1…
Gluten free spicy butternut squash and sweet potato soup
What haven’t I done before? I haven’t made a spicy and thick butternut squash soup (is this cheating?). Ingredients (serves 4): 1 x Large butternut squash, peeled, de-seeded and cut into chunks 3 x Small onions, diced 1 x Shallot (or small onion), diced (this is to fry and put on the top of the soup) 3…
Gluten free aubergine chermoula
What haven’t I done before? Cooked a Persian dish (even though my boyfriend is Persian…his mum is just such a good cook…I didn’t want to compete). Ingredients (serves 6 as part of a mezze): Olive oil 2 x Aubergines cut into 1 inch cubes 1 x Medium sliced onion 3 x Garlic cloves crushed with salt…
Jen’s gluten free rosemary and garlic sweet potato wedges
This is so simple but I didn’t event think of the combination until my friend Jen cooked it for me as part of a Sunday roast. What haven’t I done before? Used rosemary and garlic with sweet potato – it’s quite simply delicious! Ingredients (serves 4): 2 x Large sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into 1cm…
Gluten free tarka dahl
A flavoursome spicy lentil curry often found in many Indian restaurants. I found this great recipe on crackingcurries.com. What haven’t I done before? Cooked a tarka daal or even used lentils before. Ingredients: 1 x Mug of channa daal 4 x Mugs of water 6 x Cloves of garlic, diced 2 x Medium tomatoes, diced…
How to cook an artichoke
What haven’t I done before? Cooked an artichoke. Ingredients (serves 2 as a starter…a small starter): 2 x Artichokes 1 x Lemon, sliced Method: 1. Pop some fresh lemon slices into a bowl of cold water (this prevents the artichokes going brown). 2. Rinse your artichokes and then remove the stem (it can be quite tough…
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