Zucchini, Feta, Lemon and Herb Quinoa
Quinoa is basically couscous for celiacs, so in that sense it’s pretty versatile – it’s more about what you put with it than the quinoa itself. This is just a just a decent starting point: It could be changed up in many different ways, or swapped around depending on what you have available. Having said […]
Grainfree Chocolate and Pecan Cookies
These are quite wicked, quick, tasty and completely grain-free. Snappy and crisp on the outside and chewy in the middle. And quick and easy to make. 150g chocolate 175g chopped pecans (1.5C) 400g icing sugar (3C) 65g (3/4C) cocoa powder a pinch of salt (1/4t) the whites of four eggs Preheat your oven to 220C. […]
Christmas Date Cake – Taatelikakku
It’s traditional to have a date cake at Christmas time in Finland. This works really well as a glutenfree cake as, the date fibers do a good job of holding the cake together and combating the usual glutenfree ‘crumbliness’. And they also add an awesome natural, caramel flavour. What follows here is pretty much a […]
Berry Quark / Marjarahka
There’s this stuff called ‘rahka’ in Finland (generally translated as ‘quark’). Which I haven’t really seen outside of Scandy, but I’ll include this recipe here anyway as it’s ridiculously easy and really good :) It’s some kind of dairy product, like thick yoghurt. I guess you could get near enough to this though by using […]
Blueberry Pie
Summertime in Finland = lovely fresh berries. Having said that, you can make this equally well with frozen blueberries in the middle of winter. The pastry here is more like a cheesecake base than a traditional pastry. But to be honest even with the help of gluten I could never really figure out pastry and […]
Buckwheat Apple and Pecan Muffins
We had our first child just a week or so ago (awesome!) so in preparation for the steady stream of guests I’ve been baking a little. These muffins are quick, easy, moist and according to the first round visitors “don’t taste glutenfree at allâ€. In addition they’re not overly sweet (as some muffins can be) […]