Naturally GF Links Roundup – September

Fresh fig salad with raspberries, pistachio and goat cheese by Simone of Jungle Frog Cooking

 

Well hello Autumn!! If this month had a theme in the blogosphere, it’s potatoes and salads.  So many fantastic potato dishes, a sure sign that Fall is fast upon us… Though I don’t think the world is ready to say goodbye to Summer yet, as evident by so many gorgeous salads this month.  In fact, there were too many to choose from, so I’m going to link to a variety of lovely salads, several of which are still clinging on to the end of Summer.  And there are also some good classic stand-bys this month, as well as some ever decadent desserts – cannot forget dessert!

For those of you new to my roundup series, at the end of each month I collect links from across the blogosphere that showcase naturally gluten free recipes – that is, recipes that don’t require any substitutions or weird ingredients to be gluten free, they already are!  The particular bloggers featured may not necessarily be gluten free, but the recipes they have made that I linked to here are.

Why naturally gluten free? Because while it’s certainly fun to be able to recreate and eat some of our favorite conventional food without gluten, I find day to day GF living is often with naturally gluten free foods.  One, I am not rich enough to afford to use fancy GF flours in everything I do, and two, sometimes I just want a recipe I don’t have to think so hard about.  I noticed an interesting observation amongst the myriad comments on Shauna’s blog post asking about a book cover decision – that many people look to gluten free resources only for ways to replace conventional recipes they can no longer have.  On the other hand, while I admire those that bake GF often and with finesse (I am not a great baker, as I’m sure you have noticed on this blog), I regard replacing conventional treats with GF ones and divining my own GF flour mix as an adventure for occasions (even if the occasion is sometimes as simple as “it’s Friday”).

For my husband and me to make GF work – and by that I mean for it to work for us every day 365 days of the year no exceptions, I like to have new and innovative ideas for dishes that are already gluten free.  And I’m sure I can’t be the only one out there in the world who likes to know that there are tasty already GF recipes that require no extra effort.  I’ve talked about this before, and a lot of it I am sure depends on what level of competence you have in the kitchen (some people don’t need help finding naturally GF ideas), but I always find it refreshing to come across a new dish to add to my kitchen repertoire that is already awesomely gluten free.  And so I continue this series as much for me as for you – because it’s the delicious naturally gluten free recipes that are most likely to end up in my rotations of meal making

Vegetable Salads

• Jaida of Sweet Beginnings made a roasted sweet potato salad with citrus-curry dressing
• Krissy of Dainty Chef made a cranberry avocado salad with sweet white balsamic vinaigrette
• Simone of Junglefrog Cooking made a fig salad with raspberries, pistachios and goat cheese
• Bridget of The Cookie Crumbles made a mediterranean chopped salad
• Monique of Ambitious Kitchen made a kale edamame and quinoa salad with lemon vinaigrette

Vegetables

• Ishay of Food and the Fabulous made mushrooms en papillote 
• Jennifer of Savoring the Thyme made roasted salt ‘n’ vinegar baby potatoes with rosemary and thyme
• Robin of Knead to Cook made quinoa and veggie stuffed acorn squash
• Mai-Lis of A Sunshiny Day made southwest corn and quinoa stuffed tomatoes
• Cate of Girl Cooks World made a curried roasted cauliflower soup

Meats

• Taste of Home Cooking made a bacon corn hash with fried eggs
• Carolyn of All Day I Dream about Food made a warm steak salad with mushroom brown butter
• Nichole of The Cookaholic Wife made a pork tenderloin salad with grilled nectarines
• Chelsea of A Duck’s Oven made balsamic chicken legs
• Susan of The Urban Baker made a chicken potato hash

Desserts

• Cindy of Bald Hiker shared a torta barozzi
• Eva of Eva Bakes made peach ice cream
• Prerna of Indian Simmer made apple halva
• Divya of Flavour Fiesta made a dark chocolate quinoa cake
• Cherrapeño made a pecan dacquoise cake

*Note – as always, make sure to read all labels/contact manufacturer/consult your certified healthcare professional for all ingredients you use if you need to be gluten free or have any food allergies/restrictions/sensitivities

Missed the last naturally GF roundup links? check out the lists of great recipes from previous months:
Naturally Gluten Free Roundup #1 – January
Naturally Gluten Free Roundup #2 – February
Naturally Gluten Free Roundup #3 – March
Naturally Gluten Free Roundup #4 – April
Naturally Gluten Free Roundup #5 – May
Naturally Gluten Free Roundup #6 – June
Naturally Gluten Free Roundup #7 – July
Naturally Gluten Free Roundup #8 – August