Using simple and fresh ingredients creates my favourite gluten-free festive pork & nut terrine into a special appetiser dish to enjoy with salads, jams or relishes. The cherries and nuts are studded throughout the terrine, adding sweetness and contrasting...
Thanksgiving & Christmas
Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Puffs
These gluten-free sweet potato puffs are a great side dish that you can prepare well ahead of time and will probably be the very last dish on your list to cook just before serving your Christmas meal. It’s important to cook these at the last minute as you want to see...
Mini Pavlova Christmas Wreath
Normally, I make my Pavlova a big affair with a huge portion of cascading, fresh, seasonable fruit. As a Christmas theme, I like to make mini pavlovas to create a festive wreath with an assortment of berries, kiwis, orange segments and interesting fruit like...
Christmas Gluten-Free Sweet Treats
Here are my four favourite Christmas gluten-free sweet treats to enjoy during the festive period. I hope you will be inspired to bake one or all of these recipes this Christmas. Gluten-Free Linzer Biscuits Linzer biscuits are an Austrian favourite. You'll be surprised...
Gluten-Free Pepernoten Cookies (Pepper Nuts)
The Dutch make these spiced cookies which are a big part of the Sinterklaas (St Nicholas) celebratory traditions during the lead-up and on the big day which falls every fifth of December. So, what happens if your child or children are gluten-free? This gluten-free...
Gluten-Free Linzer Biscuits
Linzer hearts are an Austrian favourite are just as delicious & buttery made with gluten-free ingredients. Perfect for Christmas & Valentine's Day! Why are they called Linzer? These gorgeous, gluten-free biscuits known as Linzeraugen in Austria, are delicate,...
Gluten-Free Cranberry, Walnut & Bacon Loaves
These sweet gluten-free bread loaves have a hint of saltiness and smokiness from the bacon pieces added. The small bread loaves are an interesting addition to a Thanksgiving bread basket assortment. I remember coming across sweet & salty cranberry muffins amongst...
Rolled Turkey Fillets with Chestnut & Cranberry Stuffing Balls & Sweet Potato Salad
This Thanksgiving or Christmas gluten-free main meal is designed as a non-traditional take of the whole roast turkey spread with stuffed sausage stuffing and plenty of vegetables & potatoes. Everything from the rolled stuffed turkey fillets to the roasted sweet...
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie
Thanksgiving would not be the same without this traditional pumpkin pie, so if you have been missing out due to your gluten-free restrictions, then this recipe will help bring it back to your Thanksgiving table. I like to bake this sweet pie several times between...
Gluten-Free Chocolate Snowballs
Gluten-Free Chocolate Snowballs for all occasions! Gluten-free chocolate snowballs are sweet, addictive, chocolate coconut balls that pack a punch in flavour, especially if you add liquor to them for those special occasions like Christmas or New Year’s Eve. Just a few...
Gluten-Free Cornbread Sausage Stuffing
Roast Turkey at Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without the stuffing, gluten-free, of course!. In fact, I reckon this cornbread sausage stuffing is the best part of the whole Christmas dinner, but so is the gravy, roast potatoes, cranberry sauce, medley of...
Gluten-Free Stollen
This Is my favourite breakfast on Christmas morning. Nothing beats a slice of buttered gluten-free Stollen bread. Stollen is a sweet bread that is deliciously rich, fragrant and bursting with fruit, nuts and spices, studded with marzipan nuggets and dusted with a...
Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies
Making gluten-free gingerbread cookies is a favourite Christmas baking pastime for most, especially icing and decorating them. For twenty years, I have baked hundreds of gingerbread cookies during the lead up to Christmas for my family, friends and catering events. I...
Gluten-Free Speculaas Cookies
Gluten-Free Speculaas Cookies - the ultimate cinnamon-spiced butter cookie! Speculaas are an especially buttery and crisp, spiced cookie from the Netherlands. It is by far my favourite Dutch cookie noted for its crunchy texture and spicy festive flavour – I could eat...
Gluten-Free Cornbread Muffins
Gluten-Free Cornbread Muffins - an easy & quick side to many dishes! This gluten-free cornbread recipe is so easy to make – 5 minutes of prep and 20 minutes to bake! For mini muffins, allow 15 mins, but for regular-size, aim for 20 minutes for the best, wholesome...
Homemade Gluten-Free Gravy
Homemade Gluten-Free Gravy - Winter comfort food at its best! I can’t begin to tell you how mesmerising the aroma is when preparing this gravy. The kitchen always smells so appetising, plus feels cosy and warm while preparing it and all I want to do is eat a bowl of...