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Gluten-free recipes for Easter

We’ve rounded up our favourite recipes for the Easter weekend, whether you’re after gluten-free ideas for spring bakes, trimmings for your bank holiday roast, brilliant brunch or leftovers inspo. These gorgeous gluten-free Easter recipes will guide you through the celebrations with delicious results and smiling faces all round. Happy Easter!

The wonderful world of stir fries

There’s a lot to love about a simple stir fry. Firstly the veggies make it out alive or close to it (or they are meant to anyway). They are a quick, colourful, highly nutritious, no-fuss meal. Stir fries are suited to pretty much to any meat or vegetable (although starchy vegetables are the exception here).

Raw vegan mince pies

I adore Xmas - not so much the presents and all the pallava, but the food is right up my alley. There is something about sitting at a long table with people you love and feasting that makes me a very happy little vegemite. I love the fact I need to be kitchen savvy and get myself organised in advance. Now is the time I need to start imbibing my fruit for my fruit mince pies, bottling chutney and condiments to serve with ham and turkey and preparing my special food gifts. One of my favourite things about Christmas is the dessert table, and I am not known for my sweet tooth.

Gluten-free Christmas gingerbread

Through further reading I discovered that gingerbread-making was not to be taken lightly and for several centuries only certain folk were permitted to make gingerbread – it was considered a profession in its own right, separate from bakers and pastry chefs. In Nuremberg, known to those in-the-know to be home to the worlds best gingerbread, artists would donate their time to decorate the ginger spiced biscuits and Lebkuchenhauesle. Gingerbread houses with not just icing but gold paint.

Gluten-free party food

With Christmas out of the way it's time to put on your party shoes and fancy clothes and welcome in the New Years Eve. You probably feel you've eaten as much as you can cope with at this point in time but I'm sure you have space left for one more celebration. So gather your nearest and dearest to celebrate the wonderful things in life, good food, good friends and family.

Tips to make mouth-watering gluten-free pancakes

Below are two of my favourite gluten-free pancake recipes: a delicious

Sweet and savoury recipes to cook together

One of my favourite things to do is kidnap my friends children and get them into the kitchen with me, we have such a great time, giggling as we spill stuff, incorrectly measure things and argue about whose turn it is to add the next ingredient. These days I am practically invisible as they all chat amongst themselves and follow the chosen recipes. I feel lucky when I am asked to turn on the gas or help them cut something, but a part of me feels hugely proud for they have learnt what they know from being allowed into the kitchen not just with me but with their parents and other friends and family.

Vegan cake and cookies recipes

The dairy part of the equation is pretty simple. You can try substituting butter with olive oil or coconut oil, often with fairly satisfying results. You will likely end up with a slightly denser cake, but I am quite partial to these anyway.

Gluten-free Caprese mini popovers

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Gluten-free blueberry mini muffins

If you have coeliac (or celiac) disease, avoiding gluten is a must. I was diagnosed with celiac disease in the dark ages of gluten-free living, but nowadays things are different; gluten-free food is everywhere, and even considered a bit trendy.

Simple and delicious gluten-free scones

Many people with wheat and gluten issues experience quite severe reactions after eating gluten, and those with coeliac disease cannot eat any gluten at all. The classic symptoms of wheat sensitivity are bloating, fatigue and gas. If in doubt, leave it out of your diet for a few weeks and see how you feel. If you have severe symptoms however, go see your doctor.

Ultimate Easter feast: flourless chocolate cake

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Our top five gluten-free recipes

That means if you’re gluten free you need to make sure you read the packaging of everything, or preferably make it all yourself to be completely sure. That may sound daunting, but we’re here to help. Jamie has had his head down and has come up with lots of lovely new gluten-free recipes. He doesn’t just skip the wheat – he’s found delicious and clever ways to replace them. Here are our favourites.

The best basic houmous recipe

Houmous is proof that some of the best tasting things in life are the simplest to make. It can be rustled up with just six ingredients and requires no cooking - only a food processor. The houmous recipe below will give you perfect basic houmous, and also a solid base from which to work in terms of experimenting with flavours.

12 essentials for the gluten-free pantry

Imagine needing to make the switch to the gluten-free lifestyle because you’ve been diagnosed with coeliac disease, or, like me, because you have other health issues for which a gluten-free diet would be helpful.

Cooking at a festival (whatever your diet)

One of the nicest things about the English summertime is our festivals; we have such a variety that there is something to suit everyone’s taste. This summer I’ve already been to Glastonbury in Somerset and Green Man in Wales, and Jamie’s Big Feastival will round of the season nicely. I love the community of a festival – everyone is there to have a lovely time, which makes for a great atmosphere. From watching an amazing live band or dancing in a little random tent, to sitting around your camp with your friends and a cup of tea, there are so many wonderful experiences to be had.

Great British Bake Off: dessert week

There’s a special joy in a pudding. Whether the fabled pudding stomach exists or not, we can always make room for one even when we know we shouldn’t. I love the feeling of sitting back after a sticky toffee pudding, or picking at the crispy edges of a crumble once it’s all been devoured. I’m sure the desserts tonight will have a little more class than those, but in many ways I hope they don’t.

Gluten-free pasta carbonara

I’m fortunate enough not to have any specific dietary requirements or allergies – except, bizarrely, to red and green peppers. It catches me out on occasion when they find their way into something unexpected, such as a tomato-based sauce made with roasted vegetables.

Coping with coeliac disease: a foodie’s story

Despite not having coeliac disease, or suffering from any food-related intolerances, it’s still touched my life.

How to live a breezy, easy dairy-free life

Words and recipe by Ariyele Ressler

Overnight chia seed pudding with star anise cherries

There are so many

The best, boldest coffee cake in the world

At best, coffee cake is a bit weak. It takes a strong, adult flavour and turns it into an inoffensive indulgence suitable for everyone. It’s a bit over-sweet, a bit too rich, a bit too much in terms of creaminess – it is, essentially, the equivalent of one of those bucket-sized full-fat milk-based syrup-soaked non-coffees one finds at the high street chains.

Is there any benefit to voluntarily going gluten free?

The gluten-free food market has boomed in the past couple of years, and is now thought to be worth over £200m. But what is the science behind the hype, and why are so many healthy people going gluten free?

Dairy- and gluten-free chocolate avocado cookies

It’s an unusual week in the Bee’s Bakery kitchen – as well as our classic butter-and-flour-based cookies and cakes, we’re baking some great cakes for clients with special dietary requirements. Today we’ve been making a clever little vegan vanilla cake for a birthday girl who’s allergic to dairy, and tomorrow we start work on a four-tier eggless wedding cake for a Hindu client’s wedding.

How to make gluten-free cornbread

In the pivotal scene of the film, vindictive restaurant megacritic Anton Ego decides to re-review a famous restaurant he once publicly shamed with a scathing critique after hype begins to build around its food once again.

Gluten-free party food: wild rice salad

And, for those following a special diet, or planning a holiday party with attendees that do, there’s the challenge of making that glorious feeling come alive without breaking both your back and your budget. You can check out

Festive Brie & cranberry stuffed mushrooms

As a small child, I remember the thrill of being allowed to help my mother set the table for Christmas dinner. She always placed a perfectly ironed cloth napkin on each dinner plate and I would set a small mandarin orange in the center for a simple, natural decoration.

3 gluten-free desserts for parties

When I am entertaining during the holidays, I take the same approach and offer a desserts buffet with lots of small puddings, so my guests can experience many different flavours without having to commit to one big treat.

How good can gluten-free baking really be?

Jane Hornby, who created the beautiful gluten-free baking feature for the latest issue of Jamie magazine, thinks so. “Since I started working as a food writer, gluten free baking has done a total 360. More people want to cook without wheat on a daily basis, whether they can tolerate it or not”.

What is a food allergy?

Put simply, food

Follow our lead for a delicious gluten-free festive feast

Top tips for shopping with allergies

Here in Europe, we’re exceptionally lucky that these 14 major allergens must now always be highlighted in ingredients lists:

How to make gluten-free banana bread

A few years back, my husband and I ran a gluten-free micro-bakery at our local farmers’ market. Every Saturday, I would wake up while it was still dark to bake – I loved it. By the time I had finished, I had whipped up three versions of banana bread. All gluten free, of course, and all delightfully tempting, each in their own unique way.

How to make gluten-free stuffing

It’s a real mixture of textures, flavours and colours. Too many of us think of it as just a Christmas dish – but stuffing is awesome at any time of year! Check out Jamie’s go-to stuffing method,

5 ultimate gluten-free Pancake Day recipes

7 gluten-free recipes for the week ahead

Our selection of Jamie's beautiful gluten-free recipes take you effortlessly from Monday to Sunday, one delicious dish at a time.