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Gluten Free Garlic Bread

Gluten Free Garlic Bread

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We take a lot of things for granted. And we never realise it until we have lost it. Like garlic bread, it is such a common thing out there. Who has never eaten garlic bread before in their lives? Certainly not me!

It only struck me when my daughter (10 years old at this point of time), whose eyes lit up after taking a bite into the gluten free garlic bread, exclaimed, “Wow Mommy! This is the first time I have eaten garlic bread and it’s so yummy! Can you make it again??!!”

“What? You mean I haven’t made it for you before?”

“Nope!” She shook her head.

She’s quite right. She’s never eaten that in her whole life. She’s wheat intolerant (amidst other food allergies). Something as simple and common as… garlic bread.

When I posted my gluten free seaweed chicken recipe on one of the FB cooking groups, some mommies commented that their children had never eaten that before because the store bought ones contained gluten and other nasties. And now they could make it for them.

So now, I’m trying to convert the glutenful recipes into glutenfree ones so that our little ones can enjoy the yummy things that their friends take for granted.

Gluten Free Garlic Bread (Air Fryer)

Gluten free garlic bread recipe

This is quite idiot proof. Ok ok, everything that I (yes moi!) can make is idiot proof. Because, believe it or not, I failed my home economics practical tests when I was in school. I only managed to get A1 because I had close to full marks for the theory bits. *blush*

Ingredients

  • Gluten Free Baguette (2 small ones)
  • 4 Tbsp unsalted butter (I use ghee)
  • 2 large garlic cloves, minced
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper (I use himalayan salt) (to taste)
  • 1/4 cup chopped parsley (optional)

Steps

  1. Preheat airfryer to 160 deg C. If you are using oven, set it at 180 deg C.
  2. Cut the bread to 1-2cm thickness. (The first time I did it, my kids complained that they were too big to bite into… all the little feedback from them.)
  3. Airfry the slices for 5 mins. If you are using oven, bake them for about 8-10 mins until they look slightly toasted.
  4. Melt the butter in a pot. Add garlic and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook under low heat until the garlic is golden. It takes maybe 3-5 mins. Stir in parsley at this point if you want to add it in. It’s optional.
  5. Spoon the mixture over the toasts and they are ready to be eaten! I added a lot more garlic mixture on the second round and it tasted much better. Maybe 2x or 3x more than what you see on the photo.

Hope your kiddos like them!

Back to School…

Back to School…

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My friend posted an article on Isaac Newton used the time closeted at home (during the Great Plague of London) to work on mathematical problems and had several breakthroughs. Here I am… not going out often because of the Covid19, studying the new  method of heuristics and modelling or whatever fancy name for P5 maths. Haha, nowhere near the Newton standard though. Nevertheless, it is fun to learn new stuff.

Nowadays, we even discuss about maths questions in whatsapp chat groups. It was especially busy during PSLE prep time when we were busy helping friends work out answers to the challenging PSLE maths questions.

However, it would help a lot if the teachers set the questions properly and without ambiguity. Sometimes we kill a lot of brain cells to come to a conclusion that, the teacher must have set it wrongly. And lo and behold, we are usually right…

Tolong teachers! When you anyhow set questions hor, you kill a lot of parents’ brain cells (and their friends’) leh…

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Gluten Free Seaweed Chicken

Gluten Free Seaweed Chicken

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The biggest headache I face in the gluten free journey is that there are so few ready made food in the supermarket that cater to this group of people. Something that is so readily available like the seaweed chicken is a luxury for my child. The only way is… to make it myself.

There are many recipes online but the problem is, not all taste nice, even though the pictures look yummilicious. The other hurdle is, they are usually not made of gluten free ingredients. When some ingredients are replaced, they simply do not taste the same. After some trial and error and tweaking, I finally have one that is… gluten free AND yummy. (Well, that’s according to my children and hubby whose views may be heavily biased.)

You can try it out and see if it works for you. I hate frying in the wok as I certainly hate cleaning the cupboards, the stove, the floor, well, EVERYTHING. So this is an air fryer recipe.

Gluten Free Seaweed Chicken Recipe (Air Fryer)

Gluten free seaweed chicken recipe

Ingredients :

  • 500g Chicken Thigh (with skin removed. I usually make crispy chicken skin which the kids love!)
  • 3tsp gluten free soy sauce (I used the kikkoman one)
  • 3tsp sugar vinegar mixture (1tsp sugar to 1tbsp vinegar)
  • 1/2 tsp salt (to taste)
  • 2tbsp gluten free self raising flour
  • 2tbsp potato starch
  • 3 sheets of seaweed

Method :

  1. Cut the chicken thigh into rectangular pieces.
  2. Marinade the chicken thigh pieces with the soy sauce, sugar vinegar mixture and salt. Let it marinade for at least 45 mins or more.
  3. Cut the seaweed into rectangular strips that are big enough to go round the chicken pieces.
  4. Mix the self raising flour and potato starch in a separate bowl.
  5. Mix the chicken pieces into the flour-starch mixture and make sure that all pieces are evenly coated. Dust off extra flour from the chicken pieces.
  6. Wrap each chicken piece with a piece of seaweed and place them neatly in the air fryer. You can choose to use the basket but I find it too tiring to wash the chicken bits off the mesh… so I use the grill basket. line them up so that they don’t overlap.
  7. Set the temperature to 180 deg C for 15 mins.
  8. And Ta.. da…!! Gluten free seaweed chicken and NO OIL SPLATTERS!!