6 Gluten Free Alternatives To Bread

6 Gluten Free Alternatives To Bread

by | Oct 13, 2020 | Recipes

For real bread lovers, giving up the loaf is one of the hardest changes to make when going gluten free. The smell, texture, crust, and crumb are impossible to replicate in gluten free versions, and the results can be disappointing.

So what to eat instead?

Here are 6 interesting and tasty naturally gluten free alternatives to bread…

  • Sweet potato toast – simple and ever so easy to make. Slice a sweet potato lengthways into 5mm thick slices. Pop them in a toaster or under the grill, and toast until golden and slightly crispy. Top with nut butter, butter, tuna mayonnaise, mashed sardines, poached egg…

  • Nori sheets bring some sushi flavours to your meal with nori wraps. Nori, like all sea vegetables, is rich in iodine, zinc, calcium, and magnesium, plus several different B-vitamins. It also contains fucans, a type of carbohydrate unique to sea vegetables that has anti-inflammatory and immune-supporting benefits.
    To use the nori sheets, lay them out flat and top with shredded vegetables, meat or fish, houmous, salad leaves, and maybe some pickles or sauerkraut. Or go full on sushi and make your own sushi rolls!

  • Socca – also called farinata, this is a simple flatbread made from chickpea (garbanzo) flour, oil, water, and a dash of salt. Add herbs and spices as you wish for extra flavour.
    There’s recipes available here and here.

  • Crackers – there’s so many to choose from now; rice ,corn, oat (make sure they are certified gluten free), buckwheat – we need never get bored with crackers again.

  • Flaxseed muffins – packed with fibre, protein, essential fats, and phytoestrogens, ground flax is your hormone-balancing friend. These muffins are ideal for breakfast or a light, balanced, snack. This recipe is from There Is Life After Wheat

  • Gluten free scones can be savoury or sweet, as these recipes from Jody Vassallo on the Jamie Oliver blog show. For the savoury version, if pumpkin isn’t in season try using mashed sweet potato or butternut squash instead.

Do you have a favourite gluten free alternative to bread? Let me know in the comments below or over on FB or Twitter!

Liz’s Carrot Crunch Breakfast

by | Apr 12, 2013 | Recipes

gluten-free, dairy-free, wheat-free, vegan

This bright nourishing breakfast dish was shared with me by my friend Liz who has a wealth of naturopathic knowledge.  It is a tasty, filling alternative to the usual breakfast cereals and you can add many different nuts and seeds to the basic recipe of carrot and raisins.

Soak a tablespoon of raisins and a tablespoon of any type of nut or seed (ground or whole) in a milk of your choice for at least 30mins (or overnight).  Add grated carrot and extra milk or yoghurt if desired, mix well and enjoy!