Easy gluten free meals.
We’ve been talking wheat free the past couple of weeks. I shared about our wheat free experiment and gave 9 suggestion to make going gluten free easier for your family (and on a budget). One of the hardest things can be coming up with recipes. A comment I heard several times from friends was “I just don’t know what I would do if we had to go wheat free. I wouldn’t know what to eat”.
Today, I’ve compiled a list of easy gluten free meals to help make your menu planning a little easier.
They are recipes that use ingredients you likely already have in your house or can easily purchase at your local store. Hopefully you can find some great meal ideas whether or not you are wheat free and also see that there is an abundance of food you can still enjoy even if you are cutting out wheat.
If you are new to gluten free eating, on the recipes that use soy sauce, be sure you read the labels because many contain wheat.
Easy Gluten Free Meals:
Breakfast:
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- Gluten Free Rice Pancakes with Fruit Syrup – Kroger
- Gluten Free Pumpkin Pancakes – Jessica in the Kitchen
- Crustless Sausage and Cheese Quiche – His Mercy is New
- Egg Muffins – Raising Soldiers for Christ
- Pumpkin Breakfast Quinoa – $5 Dinners
- Smoothies
- Oatmeal
- Rice Cakes and peanut butter or cream cheese
- Healthy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (gluten free if you use oat flour instead of wheat like I did) – Sugar Free Mom
- Yogurt and Granola
- Oat Flour Pumpkin Waffles – Practical Stewardship
- Oatmeal Blender Pancakes – Gidget Goes Home
- Egg Puffs (gluten free tweak: I used a couple tablespoons arrowroot instead of flour) – Balancing Beauty and Bedlam
- Chocolate Banana Baked Oatmeal Muffins – From this Kitchen Table
- Wheat Free Dairy Free Oat Flour Banana Muffins – From this Kitchen Table
- Fruit
- Scrambled eggs
Lunch:
- Salads
- Leftovers
- Rice Cakes (peanut butter, cheese, meat, etc)
- Curry Chickpea Salad (serve on rice cakes, gluten free bread, or in a lettuce wrap) – The Simple Veganista
- 10 Minute Mediterranean Chickpea Salad – Keeper of the Home
- Baked Potatoes/Sweet Potatoes
- Chili Cheese Lentils – Red and Honey
- Soups
Avgolemono Soup – Simply Recipes
Chinese Soy Sauce Chicken Soup (be sure to use gluten free soy sauce) – Use Real Butter
Easiest Chicken Tortilla Soup – The Humbled Homemaker - Mexican Quinoa and Black Bean Bowls – The Balanced Life
- Snacky Lunch – Combine any of the snack ideas
- Simple Bean Tacos – Watch Learn Eat
- Nachos
- Layer Dips served with chips, rice cakes, veggies, or wheat free crackers – From this Kitchen Table
Supper:
- Tex Mex Spaghetti Squash – From this Kitchen Table
- Spaghetti Squash Lasagna – Kitchen Stewardship
- Authentic Red Beans and Rice – Mama Gab
- Asparagus Risotto with baked chicken chunks added in – A Mother’s Shadow
- Beefy Enchilada Bake – Heavenly Homemakers
- Lemon Greek Chicken – The Humbled Homemaker
- BBQ Chicken Salad – Mel’s Kitchen Cafe
- Spice Rubbed Grilled Pork Tenderloin – Good Cheap Eats
- Bacon and Pepper Jack Salad – Good Cheap Eats
- Beef Curry Slow Cooker Recipe – A Year of Slow Cooking
- Roasted Chicken
- Hamburger served with lettuce for a wrap
- Corn Tortilla Fajita Quesadillas – From this Kitchen Table
- Butter Chicken – From this Kitchen Table
- Stir Fry (so many options and a great way to use up produce and meat you already have)
- Greek Salad – From this Kitchen Table
- Enchiladas
- Baked Salmon with Roasted Red Pepper – Red and Honey
- Fish served with veggies and rice
- Veggie Fried Quinoa (use gluten free soy sauce) – $5 Dinners
- Fried Rice
- Tostadas (bake corn tortillas at 250 degrees until crispy to make your own shells) Top with chicken, beef, or beans and all your favorite toppings
- Curried Coconut Chicken – Your Homebased Mom
- Shredded BBQ Chicken (eat plain or serve over potatoes, rice, or in a lettuce wrap)
- Taco or fajita fillings served in a lettuce wrap
Snacks:
- No Bake Energy Bites – Smashed Peas and Carrots
- Crunchy Roasted Chickpeas – Sally’s Baking Addiction
- Cheese Crispies – Little House Living
- Hummus and Veggies
- Salsa and Guacamole
- Fruit/Dried Fruit
- Nuts
- Popcorn
- Applesauce
- Smoothies
Desserts:
- Peanut Butter Cookies – From this Kitchen Table
- Chocolate Crepes with Bananas and Cream – Red and Honey
- Dark Chocolate Flourless Pudding Cake – Keeper of the Home
- Creamy Pudding – Heavenly Homemakers
- Fanny Farmer’s Fudge – From this Kitchen Table
- Blueberry Fool – Mel’s Kitchen Cafe
- Bananas Foster – A Year of Slow Cooking
- Lemon Sherbet – Modern Alternative Mama
- No Bake Cookies
- My personal favorite – Ice Cream (Check out my Pinterest board for recipe ideas!)
What are your favorite easy gluten free meals? I’m always looking for new, tasty recipes to try!
Yum!! Looks delicious!
Thanks, Amanda! There are so many tasty recipes out there. Just need more time and meals to cook them all.
Great list of delicious sounding recipes! We are not wheat free, but I do try to come up with creative ways to not have wheat be the basis of our diets. It’s hard sometimes. Love new ideas, thanks 🙂
I agree! It’s always nice to come up with new ideas and recipes. So easy to get stuck in a rut. Thanks for stopping by.
That is an incredible list of recipes, going to have to check these out , for sure! Thank you for sharing on the Let’s Get Real Blog Hop!
Thanks, Carie! There are a lot of tasty recipes. Have a great week.
Great recipe, thanks for linking up again with us at the #WWDParty.
Thanks for hosting!
Great roundup of recipes. I’ve been reducing gluten in my diet and honestly I don’t think it’s as difficult as some people think. Maybe because when I was nursing I had to go dairy free and for us that was incredibly hard. I think what makes it easier is that most things are labeled GF not the case for dairy free.
Thanks for being so loyal to the Mixer. See you later this week.
Thanks! I agree, it wasn’t bad at all. The thought just really intimidates some people. Ooo, going dairy free would be hard. I don’t drink milk, but cheese and ice cream is so good. 🙂
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Please note that you have a recipe posted under your wheat free recipes that contains soy sauce. You should use Tamari sauce, as soy sauce has wheat in it.
Just bringing this to your attention. Your recipes are great.
Good reminder to always read the labels. I’ll update the post to remind people to look for Tamari or coconut aminos that are wheat free. I typically use Bragg’s and that is wheat free as well. Thanks for telling me!
What a great list. Some of these are so simple, too. Thank you for sharing!
And I like simple. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
This is truly a comprehensive line up of gluten free recipes. Thanks for bringing your dish to Fiesta Friday!
Mollie
Thanks, Mollie! And thanks for co-hosting.
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This is a great collection of recipes. I love the variety and that you cover every meal and snack time…. We sure to feed these people a lot don’t we 😉 Thanks for the fresh ideas.