10 Gluten-free Recipe Ideas That Are Easy To Meal Prep
- Emma Lisa
- 2 days ago
- 8 min read
Updated: 6 hours ago
If you have recently switched to gluten-free recipes, you are going to love this collection of quick and easy to meal prep recipe ideas. These gluten-free recipes are all made with wholefood ingredients and clean eating goodness, so you can enjoy them all risk free. Napkins ready? Let’s make gluten-free easy, delicious and fun.
There are so many reasons why people choose to go gluten-free beyond being celiac or gluten sensitive like myself. For a lot of my clients, going gluten-free is often due to emerging food allergies or an intolerance, while for others it is a shift to a more clean eating and less processed food kind of lifestyle.
How To Eat Gluten-free
Going gluten-free doesn't mean you have to abandon your favourite meals, recipes and family favourites; it simply involves making a few subtle and clever substitutes. By swapping out gluten-containing grains such as wheat, barley, and rye for naturally gluten-free options, you can maintain a well-balanced and nutritious diet that remains satisfying without ever compromising on flavour. If you're new to gluten-free living, here are some easy swaps to inspire and guide you as you begin:
Bread & Wraps
Love toasties on Sundays? Don't worry, you can easily swap regular bread for gluten-free versions made with rice, buckwheat, or almond flour, or you can experiment with alternatives like sweet potato toasties, loaded rice cakes or rice paper wraps. For lunches and dinner, lettuce cups, corn tortillas, or nori sheets are fun, wholesome alternatives that are healthy, clean eating and work well with most recipes.
Wheat Pasta
There are so many amazing gluten-free pastas lining store shelves these days, making a simple swap super easy. Look for pasta made with brown rice, chickpeas, lentils, quinoa or vegetables, and be sure to read the ingredients list. You can also make your own gluten-free pasta noodles very easily at home by using a spiraliser to make zucchini, butternut squash, or carrot noodles. These gluten-free options are great in salad, buddha bowls, or used in soups and as a substitute for spaghetti, angel hair or linguini pasta.
Flour For Baking
Yes, you can absolutely ditch the wheat flour and find many gluten-free substitutes that work equally as well in your family's favourite recipes. Experiment making your recipes with finely ground almond flour, banana flour, coconut flour, buckwheat, chickpea flour, or quinoa. Try brown rice or quinoa flakes for recipes that call for a crumb coating such as schnitzels or crumb fish for the kids. You can even make your own gluten-free flour at home by grinding rolled oats into a gluten-free all-purpose blend, just be sure they are 100% gluten-free depending on the severity of your gluten sensitivity.
Cereals & Oats
For quick and easy gluten-free cereal breakfasts, choose certified gluten-free oats, puffed quinoa, brown rice or millet flakes. I love making a gluten-free granola for my breakfast and adding heaps of nuts, seeds and finely chopped fruit to lightly sweeten it.
Biscuits, Crackers & Snacks
Aside from the obvious sweet biscuits, cookies and crackers, you can still enjoy many biscuits and snacks. Simply swap out wheat-based crackers for homemade seed crackers, rice, corn or quinoa cakes, and gluten-free wraps, toasted and cut bite-sized. These all make great substitutes for enjoying your favourite dips, bikkies and cheese platters or for lunchbox snacks. And while we're mentioning lunchboxes, be sure to read the ingredient labels on your favourite snacks as wheat is often used to bind flavour, thicken products and stabilise all kinds of things from pre-packaged snack packs, potato chips, and corn chips to granola and protein bars.
Sauces & Marinades
Gluten can sneak into soy sauce, salad dressings and toppings, simmer sauces and even marinades, so be on the look out and opt for tamari or coconut aminos instead of soy sauce. Its a good idea if you are particularly sensitive to gluten, to get in the habit of always checking the ingredient labels for hidden gluten ingredients. Hint, gluten is often used as a thickener in many processed products, so if you are buying pudding, gravy, thick simmer sauces be sure they don't contain sneaky sources of wheat.
As you can see, there are still a lot of healthy, clean eating ingredients that can be used instead of gluten products to maintain a well-balanced diet and support your food sensitivities. And now it's time to make some of my favourite gluten-free recipes that I promise you are super quick and easy to make!
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10 Easy Gluten-free Recipe Ideas
Ready to make 10 healthy gluten-free recipes? Then you'll first want to bookmark this page or email it to yourself for handy reference. I've rounded up some of my favourite, Nutritionist-approved gluten-free recipes for those wanting to healthy alternatives to store-bought gluten-free foods which are often heavily processed and high in sugar. Try these simple clean eating recipes that are quick and easy, and I bet will soon become some of your family's gluten-free favourites.
Almond Flour Banana Bread
Ingredients
Mash 2–3 ripe bananas and mix with whole eggs, almond flour, vanilla or chocolate protein powder, baking soda, and a dash of cinnamon. Pour into a loaf tin and bake until golden and set. Perfect for high protein breakfast for those who love sweet bread, or a healthy, clean eating snack. Add a little smearing of raw nut butter to the top, dusting of cinnamon and drizzle of organic honey for a Sunday brunch treat.
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Chickpea Flour Pancakes
Ingredients
Whisk gluten-free chickpea flour and plain protein powder with water, olive oil, and your favourite herbs or spices. Cook the batter as you would crepes or flatbread in a greased or non-stick pan. These savoury gluten-free pancakes make a delicious gourmet brekkie when topped with avocado, sun-dried tomatoes, feta and shredded greens or try them with homemade hummus. Try all my healthy gluten-free pancake recipes, click here.
Gluten-Free Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
Yes, you can can enjoy sweet biscuits and be gluten-free. To make, combine gluten-free rolled oats with raw nut butter, organic maple syrup or stevia liquid, and dark, sugar-free chocolate chips. Scoop the mixture onto a lined baking tray and bake in the oven until lightly browned—easy to make, tasty, and naturally gluten-free yet high in dietary fibre.
Cauliflower Pizza Crust
Ingredients
Go low carb and gluten-free with this clean eating pizza recipe. Pulse cauliflower florets in a food processor into a coarse mixture. Then, add to a microwave safe pot with a sprinkling of your favourite herbs and spices; steam it and let cool. Once cooled, combine the mixture with a whole egg and a bit of grated cheese like cheddar or parmesan. Press the dough into a crust shape and bake in the oven until golden. Add your favourite healthy gluten-free toppings and baking again until cooked through and cheese melted.
Sweet Potato Brownies
Ingredients
Mash 1-2 cooked sweet potatoes with raw cacao powder, whole eggs, almond flour, and a healthy sweetener like stevia liquid or if you prefer, maple syrup. Combine well and pour the mixture into a square baking pan. Bake the brownie mix until it appears cake like around the edges, and slightly gooey int he middle. Let it set for for a few minutes before eating for a fudgy, nutrient-dense gluten-free brownie treat.
Quinoa Veggie Burgers
Ingredients
A super tasty way to add more plants to your menu is to make plant-based burgers. All you need it is to combine seasoned, cooked quinoa with mashed black beans, grated carrots, chopped spinach, garlic, onion powder and herbs in a bowl. Once combined, add gluten-free breadcrumbs and using your hands, need the dough into burger-shaped patties. Bake or pan-fry until golden and firm, and serve with a side salad or on a gluten-free bun.
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Coconut Chia Pudding
Ingredients
Enjoy this one for breakfast or as a dessert, it's so easy to make. In fact, your fridge does all the cooking for you! Simply stir together chia seeds, coconut milk and a little vanilla with your preferred sweetener such as stevia, organic honey or maple syrup. Let this mixture sit in the fridge overnight to thicken and form a delightful pudding-like texture. Serve the chia pudding with fresh berries, chopped nuts and a drizzle of raw nut butter like almond or cashew. This recipe is equally as nice when made with a little raw cacao to make a chocolate version. Want more chia pudding recipe ideas like this, click here.
Zucchini Fritters
Ingredients
Grate fresh zucchini, and gently squeeze out all the moisture; this is essential to avoid soggy fritters. Then add the strained zucchini to a large mixing bowl and combine with whole eggs, almond or chickpea flour, and your favourite herbs and spices. Work the mixture into a dough and form into small bite-sized pieces as a snack bite, or thin burger patties for a main meal. Pan-fry the dough mixture in a hot skillet until each side is nice and crisp and golden over top. Serve with a dollop of Greek yogurt tzatziki, a spicy Thai or creamy avocado sauce.
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
Your birthday never has to go without cake just because you want to eat more gluten-free! Try this, first melt sugar-free dark chocolate with organic butter or coconut oil. Whisk well, and once cooled down, mix in whole eggs, stevia and vanilla extract. Then stir in the dry ingredients; a little almond flour, raw cacao powder, chocolate protein powder and baking powder. Pour the mixture into a lined cake pan and bake until slightly spongey in the middle. You can choose to ice the cake with regular icing, make your own or just enjoy this rich, dense, and naturally gluten-free cake as is.
Baked Apple Slices & Cinnamon
Ingredients
This snack is so easy and delicious when you are hankering a taste of sweet. I swear this slice apples recipe will become a fast favourite. All you need to do is slice an apple into thin pieces, or core it into 'donut' rings, and then toss the slices with cinnamon, a touch of stevia or maple syrup, and a drizzle of melted coconut oil or raw butter. Add the slices to a lined baking tray and bake in the oven until the apples are soft and slightly caramelized for a warm, comforting dessert. These slices are simply divine served with homemade vanilla ice cream or a simple drizzle of raw nut butter and raw chocolate sauce.
Nutritionist Note
These easy to meal prep, all gluten-free recipes make such healthy meals for those who are celiac like myself or who are wishing to reduce the gluten in their diet. Be sure to browse my other recipes, as most of them are naturally gluten-free and also sugar-free too! And if you have really enjoyed this recipe roundup, you'll find more exclusive recipe and meal planning ideas share inside my Facebook Community, come join us, it's totally free to join the Community, just click here.
Emma Lisa, Nutritionist & Women's Practitioner
Emma Lisa is a Nutritionist & Women's Health Practitioner with over 14+ years experience in clean eating nutrition, meal planning and health coaching. She is a published cookbook author, passionate food recipe creator and lifestyle blogger, and an advocate for women's health and wellness. When she's not in clinic, Emma is found cooking in her test kitchen or designing in Canva as a wellness digital creator. She lives in Sydney, Australia with her partner and five kids.
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Emma Lisa xx
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