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Get rizzi with it
Many wheat-loving cuisines have plenty of rice-equivalent dishes. Swap carbonara for risotto, ramen for rice noodles or wraps for banh xeo.
1. Food Safari’s risotto alla Milanese
2. Paella mixta
An easy and impressive serving option.
3. Penang char kway teow
*Just remember to check gluten in your Asian cooking sauces before serving up this stir fry to coeliacs.
4. Banh xeo
These crispy pancakes are made with rice flour and coconut milk. Wrap a bit of pancake and filling in a lettuce leaf and dip in nuoc cham.
Polenty of options
The humble yellow corn kernel can stand-in for anything from quiche pastry to sandwich bread with a little thought.
5. Venezuelan corn pancakes
Arepas make a great substitute for bread slices, or just a great snack stuffed with cheese and beans.
6. Polenta tarts
Kathy Tsaples' recipe uses cooked polenta mixed with a little gluten-free flour and olive oil to form tart bases.
7. Polenta chips
Sure, potato chips are great, but have you ever had a polenta chip? Trust us. It's good.
8. Asparagus, polenta and feta pie
This slab of cheesey green polenta pie makes a great picnic addition, easy lunch, side dish or main meal.
Potatoes gonna potate
Just when you thought they couldn’t get any better, spuds came and held down the meatball fort, making a great replacement for breadcrumbs. They’re also not terrible mashed, boiled, baked or fried.
9. Italian meatballs with spaghetti
Grated potato with the water squeezed out stands in for breadcrumbs in Helen Tzougantos' Italian meatball recipe.
10. Potato pave
Potato gets a little bit fancy when layered, baked and neatly sliced.
11. Spicy Lebanese potatoes
Beef up plain roast potatoes with a bit of spice. These are great with a dollop of yoghurt and a lamb chop or two.
12. Pizza potatoes
Have your cake and eat it too.
Grain drain
Other lesser-known grains and pulses, like chickpea flour, quinoa and buckwheat (not wheat) also offer fine substitutes or just great options when used in dishes from regions who have utilized them for quite some time.
13. Baked quinoa-crumbed chicken
Crunchy quinoa flakes give this crumbed chicken a slightly nutty note.
14. Chickpea-battered chicken with tzatziki
You can find chickpea flour at many Indian supermarkets labelled as 'besan'.
15. Middle-eastern quinoa salad
Swap bulghur wheat or cous cous out for quinoa.
16. Cold soba noodle salad
Despite its deceptive name, buckwheat doesn't contain any gluten so is a great chewy noodle substitute.
Don’t forget dessert!
Rice puddings, polenta shortbread and just a good old-fashioned cake with gluten-free flour are sure to please anyone, coeliac or not! And if in doubt, just remember, there’s no gluten in ice cream.
17. Almond polenta shortbread
This one goes down a treat with a cup of tea after dinner, or with morning coffee the day after.
18. Chocolate rice pudding
This traditional Filipino breakfast dish doubles as a carb-lovers dessert.
19. Gluten-free blackberry yoghurt cake
Yoghurt keeps this lush blackberry cake light and moist.
20. Grilled mango sticky rice
Close to the classic, this mango sticky rice recipe is taken to new heights by quickly grilling fresh mango cheeks.
COELIAC-FRIENDLY
Gluten-free cinnamon scrolls
