Where do you find your gluten free recipes? Do you have a favourite recipe book or do you go online to hunt down specific gluten free treats?
I used do a lot of recipe hunting once upon a time but because I have perhaps the fussiest child on planet earth, I no longer do a huge amount of experimentation. These days we stick fairly much to a rotating fortnightly menu. But I still dream about cooking delicious gluten free pies, cakes and creations that will turn mealtimes back into a journey into the daring and unknown.
For those who still dream, or even better, have created their own gluten free masterpiece, Vitarium – which makes bread, jelly and pancake mixes plus a few other things – has launched a baking competition.
The Great Vitarium Bake Off is asking people like you and me to send in our favourite recipes. They already have quite a few on their website. The only catch is that they must contain a Vitarium ingredient like self raising flour or bread mix.
Dietician and gluten free cook, Sue Shepherd, will be the judge of the best recipes and Vitarium has already gathered a bunch of them on the site which might just turn into your mealtime inspiration. You have until August 8 [UPDATE: competition has been extended to September] to invent your own amazing contribution and we’ll be reporting on the winner here.
LH
I usually go online to hunt down the best treats. So far I’ve relied a lot on gf lists and blogs, of which my favorite is Shaun Anderson’s Gluten Free Girl and the Chef. I also rely heavily on websites whose products I already know are gluten free, like Tasty Bite, Kashi, and Amy’s. Specifically, Tasty Bite is very helpful in that it has a whole breakdown of its products and labels each with markers like “gluten free,” “vegan,” etc. It’s also helpful to look in the same section that other gluten free foods are located in your supermarket. Just a few thoughts. Cheers!