Gluten Free Recipes

Categories: Food | Cooking & Recipes
    • Gluten can affect people with wheat allergy or Coeliac Disease
    • Gluten is present in wheat, barley and rye
    • Usually found in bread
    • Also a common food additive

  • Gluten, a protein compound found in high concentrations in wheat, is a hidden component of diets throughout the world. It can also be a common cause of allergic reactions in otherwise healthy people. For those who are allergic, gluten free recipes are gluten free. Celiac Disease,or people with gluten allergies, can not eat gluten, which causes intestinal damage. Bread can be made successfully without wheat flour.

  • Gluten Alternatives

    The following ingredients can be used as alternatives to wheat flour.

    • Rice: Rice flour can be used for many of the same applications as wheat flour, though the result is usually a different consistency. Rice bread tends to have a moist, heavy quality.
    • Sweet Rice: Sweet Rice flour is a sweeter rice, that is used in small amounts for baking.
    • Quinoa: Quinoa flour does not come from grasses or grain. Quinoa comes from the beet family,which is also know as Goosefoot family
    • Amaranth: Amaranth flour or grain has a stronger flavor,then other gluten free flours.Amaranth should be used with bland flours,for baking.
    • Corn: Corn flour is a heavier flour.
    • Corn Starch: Corn Starch is a lighter flour used with other flours.
    • Garfava: Garfava flour is a mixture of fava, and garbanzo bean,the bean family. Garfava is a heavier flour.
    • Millet: Millet flour is a heavier flour used with lighter flours for baking.
    • Sorghum: Sorghum flour is a heavier flour and is a bit sweet,with a strong taste.Use with other flours.
    • Potato: Potato flour is a heavier flour,use with lighter flours.
    • Potato Starch: Potato starch is very light,used with heavier flours,for baking.
    • Tapioca: Tapioca flour is very light,tasteless.Used with heavier flours for baking.Tapioca is from the Spurge family of plants Euphorbiaceae.


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