Serve with truffled scrambled eggs

Love pork but think pigs are nice?

These little rashers of sweet crispiness are a squealing good masquerade of that decadent piggy treat. Did you know that most conventional bacon contains gluten?

Let alone all the other nasty nitrates and nitrites that preserve. 

You’ll need a dehydrator for this one but it’s a small price to pay if you’re a recent convert to veganism or just want to have a healthy start to winter.

Don’t forget today is National Porridge Day so be sure to check out Flip Shelton’s Five Grain Porridge for a no-cook warming wonder!

Eggplant ‘bacon’ – who knew?!
You’ll get about 25 slices from a large eggplant

1 large eggplant, sliced lengthwise into thin 5mm slices
Marinade
2 tablespoons tamari
2 tablespoons organic maple syrup
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons Brookfarm lime and chilli infused macadamia oil
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika

  • Combine all marinade ingredients together
  • On a flat tray, layer eggplant slices and cover with the marinade for at least an hour, brushing with marinade from time to time
  • Place slices in a dehydrator and dehydrate at 115 degrees until dry and crispy – about 12 hours

Here’s a way to your Mother’s heart – that is if she’s not a vegan!
So get quacking down to your local Chinatown, pick and pluck a duck to take home. They’ll cut it for you and take the bones away of you ask nicely.

This is the fastest way I know to get that Peking feeling without lining up for the Duck Nazi on Smith Street or paying Flower Drum prices.

12 small or 24 very small round gluten free wraps
1 roasted Chinese duck, specially cut for Peking duck
1 large cucumber, peeled and sliced into 2 cm batons
240 ml gluten free hoi sin sauce – recipe below
6 spring onions, sliced lengthways

  • Brush pancake with hoi sin, place duck, then cucumber and spring onion in top centre
  •  Fold one side, then next and roll up from the base. Place upside down on a serving platter

Gluten and guilt free hoisin sauce
5 tablespoons gluten free soy sauce – I use this MegaChef brand from Thailand
3 tablespoons macadamia nut or peanut butter
1½ teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 teaspoons Chinese hot chilli sauce
¼ teaspoon garlic, minced
Pinch white pepper

  •  Combine and mix till well blended

Gowings Gluten Free Anzac Bix

Such an auspicious day deserves a healthy treat so here’s a gluten free favourite for you with the added spoil of lemon curd.

Perfect to sit down with a cold ale and watch the mighty Magpies meet their rivals Essendon in one of the great matches of the AFL season. 
Go Pies! 

Gluten free Anzac biscuits – Yields about 15

1 cup GF plain flour
1 cup rolled quinoa
1 cup brown sugar
! cup shredded coconut
125 g coconut oil
2 tablespoons organic maple syrup
1 tablespoon water
! teaspoon bicarbonate of soda – aluminium free

  • Sift the flour into a bowl. Add the sugar, rolled oats and coconut
  • Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the maple syrup and water
  • Stir the bicarbonate of soda into the liquid mixture
  • Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly
  • Place walnut-sized balls of mixture on a greased tray and bake at 175°C for 15-20 minutes
  • Biscuits will harden when cool 

Lemon Curd
3 organic eggs
1 lemon, juice and zest
2 tablespoons raw organic honey
6 tablespoons coconut oil, melted

  • In a very clean saucepan, whisk eggs, lemon zest and juice, honey and coconut oil together over a low heat until the mixture thickens into a glossy curd
  • Strain through a fine mesh sieve and allow to cool
  • The curd will continue to set in the fridge
  • Use within 5 days

This is so funny, I just had to share it with. Apologies to the meat sensitive, just close your eyes for a little bit!

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