3 Gluten Free Recipes for Quick, Easy & Healthy Meals
Are you under the false perception that being gluten-free means you must spend a lot of money on pricey gluten replacement ingredients like arrowroot flour or gluten-free pasta and bread mixes?
This is not the case.
As Denise Jardine, author of “The Dairy-Free & Gluten-Free Kitchen says:
“It’s not about what you can’t have. It’s about all the wonderful foods you can have!”
You can make your own quick and easy gluten-free meals at home and not spend a fortune if you use the right ingredients.
Chickpeas will be your new best friend as a gluten intolerant eater. They are rich, meaty and filling and they make a fine flour or bean supplement in your food. Falafel is one of the best examples of chickpeas done right.
Falafel
Ingredients Include:
- 1 Tb spoun oil
- 1 Medium onion, chopped
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 28 oz can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
- 1/4 cup gluten free all-purpose flour (or whatever you happen to have on hand)
- 1/4 cup wheat free tamari sauce
- 1/3 tsp cumin
- 1/3 tsp turmeric
- 1/3 tsp garlic powder
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Saut onion in oil for about 6 minutes, or until they soften and start to become translucent.
- Add garlic and continue to cook for 2 more minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine remaining ingredients (except for the extra juice from the beans) in a bowl. Mix just enough so that beans are coated with other ingredients and then blend with either an immersion blender or standard blender. In a standard blender, it may be easier to divide the mixture in half. Also, if the mixture is too dry, you can add some of the reserved juice from the beans (or some water) to get the right consistency.
- Combine onions and bean mixture, and then place by rounded tablespoons onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
- Bake for 30 minutes, flipping halfway through.