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Add these chive biscuits to your gluten free brunch table!
Chives are one of my favorite spring herbs. This subdued member of the onion family, with its mild flavor and fresh green color, is a popular accent in dishes like scrambled eggs and baked potatoes.

Chives also make a flavorful addition to breads, like my Gluten Free Chive Biscuits.

Serve these at breakfast with eggs, at brunch filled with thin slices of ham, or at dinnertime to accompany your favorite spring vegetable soup. You won’t be disappointed!  

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Pretty in Pink Gluten Free Granola ~ Easy, affordable, healthy, and delish!


Will you be my Valentine?

I made granola for you. Not just any old granola, either.

For you, only the very best gluten free healthy granola. Except, it doesn’t taste healthy. It tastes like guilty granola. It’s magic...sort of.

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It is hard to believe we’re wrapping up our month of reNEWal. Of course, we’ll keep renewing all year long with fresh ideas to balance and enhance our gluten free lifestyle!

We've got plenty of scrumptious ways to do just that, from using my favorite reNEWal elixir to cleanse and balance the system to making our own staple recipes like sunflower seed butter, Homemade Stock, and decadent Chocolate Chunks for baking (or snacking!).
 
We even redefined "comforting" when it comes to food and learned about how the Six Tastes Groups of Ayurveda can add satisfying variety to our gluten free diet. I received tons of email on nearly every post, but the “Six Tastes Groups of Ayurveda” post received the most...thank you!
 
Some of you told me how you’ve never seen the concept explained so clearly; others shared how what I wrote reignited a desire to explore Ayurveda all over again. Those are the reasons I write "A Side of Science" and your notes gave me a nice warm fuzzy feeling. Except one...It made me giggle.

A self-proclaimed “Man-Fan” (I love that!!) pointed out how Ayurveda leaves out a taste group... the BACON group! He explained how, to a true bacon lover, cured pork belly is in a category all its own. He also mentioned, in a super-sweet way, how I’ve left gluten free bacon loving folk feeling a little neglected.
 
He’s right. Not a single post mentions bacon. How can that be?! Some of you L-O-V-E bacon. While it's not a staple at my house, that doesn’t mean I can’t make some for you. After all, you deserve it! 

Of course, your well-being is important to me too. I don't want to share a recipes with you that might jeopardize your health. And we are talking about bacon - a food that doesn't exactly get a gold star when it comes to healthy foods. But why is that? I had to know exactly why bacon gets such negative press when it comes to a healthy diet. I thought you might be curious, too, so I did what any scientist would do... I turned to the research!
 
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I made my own chocolate chunks (yes, I made them and I've got the recipe for you here)...
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Homemade Chocolate Chunks ~ it's as simple as opening a bag of the store-bought kind!

...to add to these muffins so I'd have a terrific muffin recipe for you. To me, a terrific muffin recipe is a Staple Recipe!

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Good as Gold Gluten Free Vegan reNEWal Muffins

Here's the catch, though. You see, I planned to tell you these gluten free muffins are "incredibly good". 

But, before I used the word "good", I decided to look up the definition. I do this often, especially when I feel I'm about to use an over-used word. I've found over-use can skew a word's meaning. 

Turns out "good" is not an accurate description of my muffins at all. "Good" is really just "OK". 

{good ~ of a favorable character or tendency; suitable; fit; adequate; satisfactory}

These muffins are so much MORE than "incredibly OK"! 

From the way they came to be (my desire to create a healthy, easy muffin recipe for YOU that fits our reNEWal theme) to the nutrition packed into each one (high protein, high fiber, low fat), to the way they satisfy hunger and taste... these muffins are not good.

Perusing Merriam Webster, I discovered these muffins are "GOOD AS GOLD"!

{good as gold ~ of the highest worth or reliability}

That sums it up. A valuable recipe full of healthy, natural ingredients that can be made easily time and time again to help us renew truly is good as gold!

And that's what I want to be to you... good as gold... reliably providing you with valuable information and insights about living gluten free. I want to be your go to resource... what you think of first.

Each and every day I want you to be able to use what you find here at GlutenFreeGigi.com to improve and enhance your gluten free life. I want you to come back often and be a part of the gluten free community we are creating here. Yes. Good as Gold. That is exactly what I want GlutenFreeGigi.com to be for you!

Now, how about those good as gold muffins?



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Homemade Candied Ginger & Ginger in Syrup ~ Naturally Gluten Free!
Candied (or crystallized) ginger is a fantastic way to add a little sweet and spice to your holiday baking. It can also be a costly one if you don’t have my special way to make your own!

McCormick offers it for the special price of $9.54 for 2 ounces! That is, if you purchase three 2-ounce jars. If not, it’s a little more.

You can buy in bulk and get a better deal. Prices range from $10 to $30 per pound, depending upon how much ginger you purchase and the quality of the ginger used.

Those prices certainly aren’t palatable, but neither are some of my favorite recipes if I must omit the candied ginger. That’s why I make my own.

That’s right! I make my own candied ginger, and I’m going to share with you how to do it, too! It’s so simple and affordable, you’ll never buy candied ginger again! Fresh ginger root is available in most supermarkets. It is sold by the pound, with prices ranging from $2.99 to $4.69.

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For all of us on a special diet due to a food allergy, here’s the latest from Gluten Free Gigi’s gluten free, dairy free, soy free, nut free recipe box, along with vegetarian and vegan options, too!

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This week’s How-To video (click below to open):
Pancakes (Vegetarian with Vegan option)

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These pancakes are so simple and tasty they deserve center stage, so this week I have a single easy-to-follow How-To video and recipe for you.

Pancakes are a breakfast staple, and everyone needs a go-to pancake recipe that tastes great and easy to make, especially if there are kids in the house. As a mom of two, I know how difficult it can be to get kids to eat a healthy breakfast. Add a food allergy to the mix, and that task becomes even more challenging!  

I developed this recipe especially with children on a gluten free casein free (GFCF) diet in mind. Of course, these pancakes are also soy free, nut free, and there’s even an egg free option for vegans!

Light and fluffy, but with hearty texture, these aren’t just “good for gluten free pancakes”. These are truly GREAT pancakes... Gluten free or not!

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From Gluten Free Gigi’s dairy free, soy free, nut free recipe box:
 

This week’s How-To videos:
     - 1-ingredient Homemade Jam (Vegan)
     - Spinach Squares for Brunch (Vegetarian)
     - Healthy Baked Quinoa (Vegetarian)

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Over the next four weeks, I’ll be sharing a series of short “How To” videos to show you step-by-step how to make my 12 personal favorites from our first year here at GlutenFreeGigi.com.

This week, we begin with three recipes that are perfect for your gluten free, dairy free, soy free, nut free brunch or breakfast table.

Each of these quick and easy dishes is low in fat and high in nutrition, making them ideal choices for your busy gluten free life.

Not only will I show you how simple these dishes are to make, I’ll show you exactly how budget-friendly healthy eating can be by providing cost per serving for each dish.

Affordability never tasted so good!

First, find out how simple it is to make your own homemade fruit spread with my...

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For Mother's Day, or any spring or summer day, these muffins are an absolute treat! I love lemon combined with other flavors like blueberry and coconut, but my favorite way to enjoy this refreshing citrus is all on its own. Here's the perfect way to do just that!
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These light and fluffy squares make an excellent vegetarian addition to your brunch table, and served alonside fresh heirloom tomatoes, this dish makes the perfect treat for mom!
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Doughnut Bread - Free of gluten-soy-nuts-refined sugars & Vegan
When Melissa from "What Can I Eat?" contacted me about being a Guest Contributor on the site, I was ecstatic! Not only because this would be an excellent opportunity to share more simple gluten-freedom with an entirely new group, but also because this is an Australian site!
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Gluten-Soy-Nut-Free Vegan Lamingtons
If you haven't been reading, and wonder why this is a big deal to me, please read my post where I share a gluten-soy-nut-free vegan version of Lamingtons. Australia, I love you!

But today, it's not the lamingtons that I'm sharing for this first guest post.
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