Healthy Gluten Free Recipes
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P.S. Be sure to check out some of these other not so healthy gluten free food listings that you might enjoy!
Seaweed Salad Soba Noodle Bowl
Seaweed Salad Soba Noodle Bowl by Catching Seeds
Bring the sushi restaurant-style salads into your kitchen by making this soba noodle bowl that has three different kinds of seaweed. Its a fast meal 30 minutes and the leftovers will keep for several days in the fridge. Dont be afraid of seaweed, because this recipe is absolutely delicious!
Our entire Culinary Nutrition Expert program is gluten-free.
Ginger Orange Stir-Fry with Tofu by The Fig Tree
A healthy stir-fry that you might mistake for takeout, except this version is nourishing and healthy. Everyone knows that a stir-fry is all about an amazing sauce but unfortunately many store-bought options are loaded with sugar, salt and chemicals. This gingery stir-fry sauce is so flavourful and once you master it, you can move on to making more condiments at home.
Busy Evening Short Cuts
On the busiest of evenings, I have some shortcuts up my sleeve that don’t count as recipes. Here are a few of my last-minute ideas…
- corn tortillas with leftover protein, veggies and cheese
- stir fry with protein and frozen stir fry vegetables
- scrambled eggs with bacon or sausage
- baked sweet or white potato stuffed with protein and vegetables
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My Favorite Lunch And Dinner Meal Ideas Using Kitchen Staples
Of course, these are all gluten free recipes. Oh, and some are also paleo and vegan. They are totally perfect for dinner, and there are some great lunch ideas, too!
Ill give you a little scenario for each meal and how to wing dinner with pantry staples, sound good?
You just went to COSTCO and BOUGHT massive bags of cauliflower rice, frozen peas, eggs, and turkey jerky!
Heres What TO MAKE:
This fried rice is SO good! Its a sweet and mildly spicy cauliflower fried rice that you can make under 15 minutes! Its healthy, lower in carbs than regular fried rice, and SUPER EASY! I just bought a massive bag of turkey jerky at costco and heres what I plan to do with it!
Your amazon shipment consists of canned beans, lentils, and tomatoes. The only frozen vegetable left at the store was frozen okra!
Heres What TO MAKE:
This lentil gumbo has boatloads of protein, and its super hearty. Its perfect for a chilly night! Not only is this a fantastic gluten free dinner meal idea, but its also vegan.
Okay so you didnt make it to the store today. But you found a bunch of leftovers in the fridge and one yogurt cup left.
Heres What TO MAKE:
Everyone likes chicken salad different ways, so swap out some heavier ingredients and add a little superfood to lighten it up. Yup!
A family style superfood salad bowl. Its full of protein, and you will LOVE the real yogurt dressing!
Heres What TO MAKE:
Cheers,
Of The Best Light & Easy Gluten Free Recipes Filled With Fresh Ingredients And Flavor
40 of the BEST Light & Easy Gluten Free Recipes recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner all made with fresh ingredients and filled with flavor!
I know a lot of people who eat gluten free now. Some people do it for medical reasons. Some do it because they have an intolerance. Some do it because they BELIEVE or THINK they have an intolerance. And some do it because its the thing to do.
I eat that way when I can, not because I have to or want to. But more because its pretty easy to do and to go without gluten works for us. I do, however, notice that I dont feel as bloated when we are conscious of gluten so I do feel better. And for that reason I wanted to give you guys a roundup of some of my favorite . and in my humble opinion 40 of the BEST Light & Easy Gluten Free Recipes out there!
Not only are they absolutely gorgeous to look at, but they are filled with flavor and super easy to make. Every last one of these are must makes, so go ahead and pin this post to your boards and start putting them on your meal plan.
Bon Appetit!
Vegan Chickpea Cookie Dough made in a blender. A healthy eggless no bake cookie dough recipe to satisfy that sweet tooth!
30 Minute GRILLED FISH TACOS topped with a fresh MANGO SALSA, Avocado, and Chimichurri! This easy grilling recipe is one winner of a meal that youre family will fall in love with!
Homemade Peanut Butter Cups using simple ingredients!
These Blistered Green Beans are the perfect accompaniment to practically any meal!
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Quick And Easy Gluten
With busy weekday schedules, its good to keep quick and easy gluten-free recipes up your sleeve. From baked salmon and chicken, to flavorful and hearty salads, these meals can be made in 30 minutes or less! Oh, and most of them can be stored in the fridge for up to 4-5 days.
- Ultimate Chicken Salad: With some poached chicken this creamy and crisp salad comes together in just 25 minutes! Wrap it with lettuce, layer in a sandwich, or eat on its own the possibilities are endless!
- Best Baked Salmon: Theres so much you can do with salmon, but this is one recipe you should definitely know how to make.
- Mediterranean Chickpea Salad: Looking for fresh, vibrant flavors? This salad is it! Simply combine chickpeas with tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper, red onion, feta, and parsley.
- Egg Salad: With a batch of hard boiled eggs egg salad is a must! Its so easy, utterly versatile, and can be made into my avocado egg salad or curried egg salad.
Gluten Free Banana Muffins
Its hard to find a good gluten free muffins recipe. But consider this your new go to! These muffins have been made by many readers and followers who cannot believe how light and fluffy they are. They’re made with oats and maple syrup, and a perfect gluten free recipes for lunches, breakfasts and snacks.
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Gluten Free Apple Crumble
Last but not least…gluten free dessert recipes! Fruit crumbles and crisps are easy to make gluten free: they dont need gluten for structure. Basically, theyre the perfect dessert for feeding a crowd of different diets! This is really best apple crumble: cinnamon and fresh ginger make the filling irresistible. And, it makes a big cozy 9 x 13 pan!
How To Make The Best Stuffed Peppers
Ive got a secret tip to make this a quick weeknight dinner. Pre-bake the peppers! No, you dont need to get more dishes dirty and par-boil them. And theres no need to wait until youve cooked the meat mixture. Pre-bake the peppers while youre making the filling and save yourself about 15 minutes.
Preheat your oven 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Then follow these steps:
- Prep bell peppers. Cut the peppers in half lengthwise and remove the seeds and membrane. Then rub the insides and outsides with a a bit of olive oil and arrange them face down in a baking dish. Pop them in the oven for about 15 minutes to soften them up.
- Cook the meat. While the bell peppers are baking, in a large skillet sauté the onions, garlic, and beef. Then drain off any excess liquid.
- Sauté the rest. Add in the rice, tomatoes, spinach, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Sauté for about one to two minutes or until the spinach has wilted.
- Start filling. Remove the peppers from the oven and flip them over. Then fill them with the beef mixture and a sprinkle of cheese.
- Bake. Place them in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until the peppers soften.
- Garnish and serve! Top them off with chopped parsley and serve immediately.
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Best Damn Lentil Soup
Yes, were pulling out the expletives because this lentil soup recipe is so delicious, you wont even remember that youre doing your body and the planet good. Youll just feel like youre wrapped in a cozy hug. Featuring fire-roasted tomatoes, savory fennel, and garlic, this vegan lentil soup is ready to amaze you.
Pork Chops With Balsamic
When it comes to quality ingredients worth splurging on, heirloom pork is certainly at the top of our list. Luckily, many small farmers are starting to raise heirloom varieties of pigs like Red Wattle, Berkshire, and Mangalitsa. Plus, it’s packed with amino acids and nutrients and can be quiet good for your health, especially when picking the leaner pieces.
Get our recipe for Pork Chops with Balsamic-Honey Glaze.
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Green Pea Buckwheat Risotto
Green Pea Buckwheat Risotto by My Goodness Kitchen
You dont need to be the Incredible Hulk or a green-eyed monster to enjoy this vibrant green goodness. We love the creativity of this gluten-free dinner recipe that swaps arborio rice for buckwheat and uses a zingy pea sauce instead of cheese. And, an an extra special bonus, no stirring!
What Are The Best Flours For Gluten Free Dinner Recipes
There are many gluten free flours that you might use when making dinner, including:
- The simplest gluten free flour blend of superfine white rice flour, potato starch, and tapioca flour/starch for thickening a roux
- Superfine white rice flour for frying
- Tapioca flour to make stretchy gf breads and wraps to serve along with dinner
Which youll use will depend on the recipe that youre making. For example, you might use sweet white rice flour to thicken a gf gravy or soup, and rice flour for deep frying. There are also gluten free flour blends, such as my personal favorite Better Batter, that you might use to make breads and pasta or gluten free desserts.
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Easy Naturally Gluten Free Dinners
Instead all of these gluten free dinners are based in whats referred to as naturally gluten free ingredients meaning in their normal state, they simply dont contain gluten. They arent manufactured as an alternative to or substitute for gluten containing ingredients , and they can be paired with a simple gluten free starch like sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, or rice, and a vegetable, for a simple, well balanced meal!
I know some of you dont like these round up style posts, but other have told me that you find them helpful and if you have an opinion, please dont forget to share it with me in this years survey! For those of you who dont like these, no worries! Ill see you back here next time for a recipe.
For the rest of you, read on for a list of 101 gluten free dinner ideas, and feel free to jump right to the section youre interested in, using the links below. Each recipe will also tell you whether it fits other diets that you might be following this month!
Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil In Oven
This shrimp boil in the oven is an easy way to make a shrimp boil on a weeknight: no large pot or fire required! It’s a quick and easy gluten-free dinner made on a sheet pan. The veggies become browned and caramelized, salty and seasoned with the nuance of cozy Old Bay seasoning, and the shrimp come out perfectly tender. This one is a crowd pleaser!
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Simple Chickpea Chicken Salad Vegan
Chickpeas replace chicken in this Simple Chickpea Chicken Salad. Made with hearty chickpeas, sweet grapes, crunchy celery and walnuts and creamy vegan mayo and dijon mustard. All combined into this protein packed, plant-based chicken salad. Only 15 minutes to make and its vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and dairy-free! The perfect healthy dinner or snack.
Dairy Free Gluten Free Diet Benefits
Okay, so you might be a bit sad at first, but lets look at the benefits. And theyre many, because:
- Were cutting out two often highly processed types of food
- They also happen to be super common allergens.
- Dairy contains several components that are inflammatory and have been linked to acne, several types of cancer and insulin resistance.
- Foods that contain gluten often come with a high glycemic index and glycemic load that over time can lead to increased chronic inflammation, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance and diabetes.
- When you cut out gluten and dairy you make more space for fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts which are great sources of antioxidants. Antioxidants that we need to fight oxidative stress and thus inflammation in the body.
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Quick And Easy Taco Stuffed Peppers
These are the very best quick and easy taco stuffed bell peppers. Your favorite taco filling simmered with ground turkey, brown rice, salsa, and taco seasoning all piled into a hearty bell pepper, topped with cheese and baked until soft and melty. So good! Easily made vegetarian or vegan. A healthy dinner recipe everyone will love!
Gluten Free Eggplant Parmesan
Typically eggplant Parmesan is fried, but we have a secret for you. Its even better baked, and this version is incredible. The eggplant is coated in an impossibly crispy coating thats also magically gluten free and low carb. The secret? Almond flour. Its a genius trick and youll never make this recipe another way.
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Gluten Free Banana Bread
This ones our favorite banana bread recipeand theres no flour to speak of. Just good old fashioned oats, bananas and a bit of magic. Its got just the right moist texture, nuanced sweetness, and pure banana flavor. Theres a crunchy sugar topping, too . Whip it all up in a blender and wait while comfy, cozy aroma winds its way from the oven.
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Keep Gluten Free Ingredients And Substitutions On Hand
As anyone contending with allergies of any sort will tell you, theres no such thing as just whipping something up for dinner unless youve got a properly stocked pantry.
Keeping on hand the ingredients you need to make gluten free recipes ensures you never have to make sacrifices when it comes to dinner. Fried chicken without the batter? Chicken dumplings without the dumplings? Avoid these mishaps and more by keeping a pantry well-stocked with gf-friendly ingredients.
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Look Carefully For Hidden Sources Of Gluten
Always, always, always read product labels. I cannot repeat this enough.
Gluten can be sneaky, hiding in seemingly safe foods. Remember, even if ingredients are naturally gluten free, theres always the possibility for cross contamination in the factory or in additives.
Here are some examples of common kitchen staples that may contain gluten:
Tips For Eating A Gluten
Before we dive in, let me remind you that ALL recipes on Downshiftology are gluten-free. So really, that means you have hundreds of recipes to choose from. But Ive rounded up 40 or so of my favorites in this post for you today.
Starting a gluten-free diet may seem tricky, but it doesnt have to be. The key is to focus on all the things you can eat, and nourish your body with simple, wholesome, and nutritious ingredients. Thats the best way to make your gut happy!
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What Are Gluten Alternatives
There are many alternatives to gluten-containing ingredients, all depending on what youre trying to do. If youre making bread, youll want to choose a gluten free flour that contains xanthan gum, a substance that can mimic the bonds of gluten. For frying, where gluten serves little to no purpose but is present in traditional breading ingredients, you can use rice flour.
Reasons You’ll These Recipes
- there is so much variety here, from vegetarian and vegan recipes, to chicken, fish, turkey pork, and beef
- these gluten free meal prep recipes store well, so you can meal prep a large batch and store them in the fridge for later in the week
- having gluten-free lunches and dinners prepped will save you so much time, stress and even money
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Easy Dinners With Gluten Free Pantry Staples
As much as I try to meal prep and food prep, I still struggle. And now , I feel like winging dinner with whatever we have on hand. But you may not be like me. Maybe youre the super mom or wife or husband that has food prepped and ready for the week. If that sounds like you: I admire you so! That being said, if youre like me, I have a suggestion to keep your anxiety as ease. Instead of focusing on prepping meals, lets focus on prepping our pantry! Gluten free pantry staples that make winging dinner in 30 to 45 minutes a breeze. Sound good? Once were done here, you can still wing a healthy dinner in no time.
No prep needed! Actually, I should say EASY prep. All you need are some pantry staples and 20 minutes.
Also, if you havent check out my one bag 5 dinner meals, that might come in handy too!
