Being gluten free means I had to decide to forget what bread and baked goods made with white flour tasted like and not to compare the taste of gluten free products to previously eaten products.
Many food items are naturally gluten free and I use them in my meal planning all the time. But some products, like oatmeal, may not be prepared in a gluten free environment and may be exposed to gluten products.
I have become a label reader and have learned that wheat/gluten products hide under lots of different names. Watch out for soy sauce, and yeast extract. I use home made soups, chilis, and casseroles instead of store bought ones as I can control what goes into them.
I am re-visiting all my recipes and making them gluten free. Sometimes it is as easy as using gluten free flour instead of regular wheat flour, or switching out cream soups in recipes for my own white sauce made with gluten free flour, and flavoured with mushrooms, cheese, and/or seasonings.

Gluten free recipes for any time
- bbq’d fried egg sandwich
- chicken pasta
- chili
- soda bread
- impossible pie
- macaroni & cheese
- omlette egg muffins
- scrambled eggs benedict
- tuna casserole
- my own white sauce

Gluten free veggie recipes:
- BBQ foil packets
- braised red cabbage
- dilled carrots
- freezing goodness
- hodge podge
- roasted veggies
- zucchini casserole
- zucchini fries
- zucchini fritters

Gluten free recipes for desserts:
Hint & Tip: Here is a little trick to remember how to not get desert and dessert mixed up. Desert only has one s because you only want to be stranded in the desert once, but dessert has 2 s’s because you always want double the dessert!
I’m a soup lover, and make all my own soups so that I can control the ingredients. I make sure I use gluten free stock, avoid barley and other products that have wheat products in them.

*** Hint: Waste not want not.
I frequently save the liquid from cooking veggies and potatoes to use as stock for my soups. I also poach chicken in water and save the liquid to use as a base for my chicken soups.

- bean soup
- black bean soup
- cabbage soup
- carrot & squash soup
- cauliflower soup
- chicken soup
- chicken & rice soup
- chickpea soup
- green pea soup
- hamburger soup
- leek & potato soup
- lentil soup
- onion soup
- parsnip & apple soup
- pork chop soup
- potato soup
- potato & ham soup
- potato & pasta soup
- potato & split pea soup
- potato & tomato soup
- potato & veggie soup
- sausage & bean soup
- split pea & sweet potato soup
- sweet potato & carrot soup
- turkey soup
- vegetable beef soup
- veggie soup
- wild rice & barley soup
Some of my favourite Canadian places to buy gluten free mixes and products.
- Duinkerken, Prince Edward Island
- Kinnikinnick, Edmonton Alberta