Looking for easy gluten free recipes

[Diamond25]

My DD aged 11 has just been diagnosed coeliac. If any one had any easy recipes that woujd be great. She is also allergic to soy, soyabean, any type of black berry, paprika & pineapples.
I'm struggling to find things for breakfast & main meals. I have been making dishes with gluten free pasta for everyone sometimes so I'm not making separate meals.

I have to cook gluten free/ dairy free for the family every night - if she has issues with paprika does that include all chillis and sweet peppers? Does she have issues with the rest of the nightshade family - aubergine, tomatoes and potatoes?

Lots of supermarket sausages are now gf so sausage, mash or jackets and veg is a good one.

Oven cooked chicken portions, rice and veg

Fish pie made using Doves Farm gf flour.

Breakfast: fruit, yoghurt, eggs in any format. Most gf bread is okayish toasted. You can get gluten free oats as well for porridge. Gluten free cereals and mueslis aren't too bad either.

Main meals: give us some ideas of what you would usually cook? I find it's easier to adapt than start with new meals altogether.

Will your DD eat chilli con carne or curry? Those are easily made gluten free. As is roast dinner!

There are huge amounts of food that are naturally gluten free. It's rare I have to buy stuff from the free from aisle really, mainly just gf lasagne sheets.

I find it's more helpful to know which ordinary stuff you might not expect to be gluten free actually is, so for example knorr stock pots are gluten free, as is bisto best gravy granules (the one with the red lid)

Probably stating the obvious
Eggs! Poached wth bacon and tomatoes for breakfast. Fritata or eggs baked in spicy tomato sauce for meals.
Banana pancakes
Fruit and yoghurt
Just roll do a ready rolled puff pastry which is good for making pies and tarts.
Roasts
Jackets with toppings
Fish parcels
Lemon and garlic Chicken tray bake with green beans and potatoes
Cottage pie (made with a gluten free gravy, e.g. Thicken with corn flour)
Peppers stuffed with quinoa
Fajhitas with corn tortillas
Chicken and asparagus risotto

My DS is gluten intolerant and I've been baking stuff for him to take to nursery for desserts. A favourite is Muffins -

2 x eggs
3/4 cup oil
1 x cup yoghurt
3/4 cup honey (we try to avoid refined sugar)
1 3/4 cups gluten free self raising flour
1/4 cup ground almonds

Whisk all the wet ingredients together then add the dry. I add whatever fruit we have lying around, and whatever else seems good at the time

They normally take 20 minutes ish to bake at 180 degrees. I'll see if I can find other recipes...

Oh we also make two ingredient pancakes for breakfast -

Two mashed up bananas
Gluten free plain flour (enough for the mixture to look stodgy)

Then fry

They're more like drop scones I suppose, we tried to make traditional pancakes with the gluten free flour but they were crap! We add fruit to these again sometimes and they're lush

My dd has just been diagnosed coeliac. I don't know about the other allergies, but regulars for us are Bolognese, pasta with pesto, sausages and mash (bisto best gravy), a lot of the supermarket skinny fries are okay. Home made chicken nuggets. I use a breadcrumb from Spain but supermarkets have the. I'm struggling with breakfasts. She likes the Genius fruit loaf and some cereals. You will soon get into a routine and find meals that work for all of you.

I do find 'easy' breakfasts difficult but dinners etc are getting easier. More often than not I just make gluten free versions of what me and DP would normally have (DS is only 16 months so sometimes eats at different times) so cottage/shepherds pie/lasagne with gluten free lasagne sheets and sauces thickened with gluten free flour.

You can buy rice flakes now, if you wanted an alternative to porridge? I can't remember what the company name was, but I'm pretty certain I bought them in Tesco. Or Waitrose... you make porridge the same way with them, and I used them in a few baking recipes as a substitute for oats. I think fearne cotton does a recipe for quinoa porridge as well that we had once, but you need to prepare that the night before

Ooh YY to genius fruit loaf! I bloody love it! Their rolls are alright too, so I buy those for toast sometimes. None of us really like the loaves you can buy though. What about gluten free crispbreads? My DS had some with peanut butter and honey for breakfast this morning.

Sorry to bombard with posts

For breakfast you can make breakfast bars with banana and honey/maple syrup and dried fruits and seeds when using GF oats to bind. There are lots of recipes on BBC Good Food etc. that don't require flour so easy to use GF oats instead.

The Genius and Warburtons ranges of GF bread are pretty good when toasted at breakfast.

Be careful when buying cereals like cornflakes and Rice Krispies because they technically should be GF but often have barley flavouring added for no reason. There's normally quite a bit of choice in the Free From aisle and then you've got the GF mueslis by Doves Farm and Rude Health etc.

Dinners we have regularly include curries (made with dried spices rather than ready made pastes so you know there's no paprika) and chilli con carne. Jacket potatoes and various fillings. Beef stroganoff with mushrooms and rice. Risottos are a big go-to. Also things like roast dinners, pork chops and GF sausages (most decent supermarket brands are now) with mash, salmon or white fish with potatoes and veg.

Thanks everyone. I'm in Australia so might not be able to get some of the things mentioned.
My DD doesn't Ike cereal, porridge or toast for breakfast. She likes something quick & was having a breakfast bar but she can't have that one now. She's not liked any of the gluten free ones we've tried. At the moment she is having gluten free banana bread. It does taste very nice but is expensive. I haven't got time to do a lot of baking.
Sometimes I make the whole dish gluten feee for all of us to save time.
I make pancakes sometimes on the weekend but haven't got time before school during the week.
I like making pasta bakes, lasagne & do chill con carne & just leave the paprika out of her portion. She can eat tomatoes & potatoes.
I'll try some of the recipes that have been mentioned. Thank you

We are 4 months in for gf plus limited soya and dairy (I can't guarantee these don't have any soya in but won't have a huge amount) and these are the current preferred options having discounted many!

Breakfast:
Nestle go range of gf cereals taste like normal ones
Schar brioche, newburn bread for toast, genius crumpets and pancakes. Schar pain au chocolat (Ocado)
Fruits, coconut yoghurts etc

Dinners:
Gf pasta
Meat and veg (roast type meals)
Pulled pork (slow cooker) /gammon (slow cooker)
Tacos
Homemade burgers (gf bread rolls)
Meat balls and bolognese sauce
Kebabs
Gf quiches and pies ("too goo to be gluten" in Sainsbury's is our fave for this)
Gf sausage roll was discovered yesterday in Sainsbury's
Gf sausages
Gf chicken nuggets (Tesco/Sainsbury's are ok)
Gf chicken kievs (Tesco/Sainsbury's)
Homemade breadcrumb stuff
Goodfellas gf pizza (I think it's goodfellas)
Hash browns (fry up)
Haven't found any wraps he likes yet.

I ordered a load of gf breadcrumbs, flours etc from holland and Barrett. So we can bake a lot of our own stuff - basic sponge cake is the same as usual just uses gf self raising flour.

Eating out - pizza express and eds diners and wagamamas are all my kiddos fave for gf stuff. Most places have gf menus, we tend to stick with brands as they are a bit more geared up to it.

Why has nobody mentioned rice? Not sure if I'm missing something, apologies if so.

Rice with meat and vegetables, risottos, rice with bolognese, baked rice, Asian stir fries with rice, fried rice noodles, rice pudding.

I'm not gluten free but I often make socca pizza bases as they are really tasty. There are loads of recipes online, but basically you make batter with gram flour (chickpea flour, really cheap on the world foods aisle) and water and fry it like a thick pancake, then put normal pizza toppings on and grill or stick it in a hot oven.

My DS was also recently diagnosed with coeliac.

I find eating at home is not a problem, it's going out that's tricky. Lots go ordinary recipes can easily be made GF. The only tricky thing is pastry.

We eat a lot of rice and rice noodles. GF pasta. Qunioa. Sausages - the premium brands tend to be GF, but check labels obviously.

For breakfast DS likes GF toast with chocolate spread; bacon roll (with Schar GF bread); natural yoghurt with fresh fruit and a sprinkling of GF granola; eggs.

One of DS's favourite "treat" foods is chocolate covered rice cakes, quite widely available.

1981trouble took us ages to find wraps that DS likes, but we now have found the square Warburtons ones, he ,loves and you can make quesadillas or use as a think pizza base too. Got them in Tesco.

If she used to like cereal bars then these are good:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/breakfastbarss2009760
They don't take long to make and keep for a week or so.

These are also good:
www.nigella.com/recipes/breakfast-bars

Just use GF cornflakes/oats in both.

Argh link fail. Second attempt at the second link:

www.nigella.com/recipes/breakfast-bars

GrumpyOldBag Just Roll do a great gf puff pastry.

Thanks Monday I will check that out.

Thanks Monday - that pastry is gluten and dairy free.

Roast dinners are easy, we make gravy with meat juices and cornflour. Dirty rice - loads of recipes online - it's a great way to use up bits of veg and meat, it one pot so pretty easy. We do lots of curry's using Pataks pastes. Mexican variations with rice or corn tortillas rather than bread. Slow cooker - beef bourginon with mash. Slow cooked brisket with boston beans and coleslaw.

I’ve been gluten free and dairy free for a while now... we’ll sort of
I’m now going to have to be stricter as I’m having too many poorly tums
I feel like it’s going to be grim even though I’ve been mostly doing it for years
We eat out a lot . Hopefully their gf menus are spot on.

Must admit it will be useful to know about best breads etc
Gf sauces
Desserts are a nightmare... when eating out but I think they are starting to think outside the box

Will try the banana pancakes at home

I might lose some weight

For breakfast, last night's leftovers will do fine. Or make risotto, stir an egg or two through and fry into patties. Rissoles with veges whizzed and mixed through.
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You are going to have to read a lot of labels. Gluten free flour isn't sticky and soy is a natural emulsifier (makes stuff stick together) so is used a lot. Allow time to go to Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and IGA to look at everything. Once you have in your head, you will find things easier. And don't cook anything different for your daughter. Just cook for the family. It won't kill anyone to eat gf.

At age 11, teach dd to bake a cake. Then she can take it when she goes to parties and such and will know that there is something there she likes and can eat. She is unlikely to be the only one in her class/year with dietary restrictions. Ask the teacher for introductions and swap recipes.