<p>Step-D and her husband will be visiting later this week. He’s gluten free and she’s vegan. H and I are neither! I’m not the best/most creative cook in the world but I’d like to make some nice meals for them. I’ve looked at recipes on-line but nothing jumps out at me as yummy.</p>
<p>I’d love your ideas! Thanks!!!</p>
<p>Anything bean or lentil based could work–lentil soup, bean stew or soup. For recipes that would be pasta-based, I tend to avoid non-wheat pastas as I don’t really like them, and use quinoa or rice instead as a base.</p>
<p>(my mom is gluten-free, my S’s gf is vegan–so far I haven’t cooked for both at one time, but if I did, this is the approach I would take.)</p>
<p>Also something like butternut squash soup, or other veggie based soup.</p>
<p>You can cut zucchini into fetticcini “noodles” and serve with marinara sauce or make a veggie lasagna type dish with zucchini “noodles”. I do this often and even my meat eating gluten tolerant hubbie enjoys it.</p>
<p>My D has been gluten free for 9 months and vegetarian (though not vegan) for 3 months. If you can find the new Ronzoni gluten free pasta, it’s really good! Very close to real semolina pasta! I would make pasta with veggies and olive oil. The non-vegans can add grated cheese.</p>
<p>I made gluten free snickerdoodles last week using gluten free bisquick. You could substitute vegetable shortening for the butter to make them vegan.</p>
<p>Pillsbury makes a gluten free pie and pastry dough that you just roll out. You could make a fruit pie or some sort of veggie pockets with it. It comes in a small tub and can be found near the refrigerated cookie dough.</p>
<p>Both the pillsbury and bisquick websites have recipes for more ideas.</p>
<p>"Pillsbury makes a gluten free pie and pastry dough that you just roll out. "</p>
<p>As long as there is no butter or other animal products in it…</p>
<p>The best gluten-free baked goodies I’ve ever tried were Udi’s breads and bagels. Their granolas have vegan-friendly lists of ingredients, so they can be used to bake vegan apple or berry crisp for dessert.</p>
<p>There are lots of vegan and gluten-free recipes on mynewroots.org. I’ve made about 10 recipes from that site, and they were all incredibly good.</p>
<p>I second the vote for Udi’s breads.</p>
<p>This is a great source of recipes for special diets:</p>
<p>[Our</a> recipe box | PCC Natural Markets](<a href=“http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/pcc/recipes]Our”>http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/pcc/recipes)</p>
<p>You can filter for types of dishes, diets, ingredients etc. using the dropdown menu on the left.</p>
<p>How about a tasty stir fry? Vegetables - broccoli, onions, carrots, peppers, snow peas, etc - wok-fried with a delicious sauce. You could serve it with brown rice, white rice or quinoa. And if you and your husband want meat, you could stir fry some chicken, beef or shrimp separately.
Good luck!</p>
<p>Bean chili with brown rice.</p>
<p>Agree that quinoa-based recipes can be very good. Follow the instructions to rinse quinoa before cooking it. It made a huge difference in the taste once I started doing this. </p>
<p>A good way to make everyone happy is to have a taco or baked potato bar. You can have a variety of toppings that are gluten-free or vegan or not. </p>
<p>With GF, watch out for hidden gluten in soy sauce, grain-based alcohols, white vinegar, etc. please read all labels, as gluten can creep in many items that those without a sensitivity don’t realize. </p>
<p>Costco carries a tasty veggie burger that’s vegan and gluten free. Be aware that not all vegan burgers are gluten-free, as many are grain based. Your best bet are health conscience stores such as Whole Foods or Trader Joes.</p>
<p>My gluten-free (but fortunately not vegan) sister-in-law is visiting. </p>
<p>I’ve made this dessert, which is also vegan–it is very good
[Gluten-Free</a> Blueberry Crumble-Crisp Recipe |Gluten-Free Goddess® Recipes](<a href=“http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2012/06/gluten-free-blueberry-crumble-crisp.html]Gluten-Free”>Gluten-Free Goddess Blueberry Crumble-Crisp Recipe) </p>
<p>Trader Joe’s is good for vegetarians IMO, but not so much for gluten-free, except their bread. For gluten-free processed food (crackers, pasta, cake mix, etc.) the normal grocery store has more options and they are in their own section, and so are easy to find. </p>
<p>For me, I think the vegan constraint would be harder–so I’d start looking for vegan recipes that are gluten free, rather than gluten-free that are vegan.</p>
<p>I recommend the recipes of Isa Chandra Moskowitz for tasty vegan and gluten free meals. She’s great. You can find her stuff online here: [about</a> | Post Punk Kitchen | Vegan Baking & Vegan Cooking](<a href=“http://www.theppk.com/about/]about”>About – Post Punk Kitchen – Isa Chandra Moskowitz)</p>
<p>We had a lentil loaf at the local vegetarian cafe recently that was delicious. I’d guess it was very similar to this one: [The</a> Vegan Version: Potato Stuffed Lentil Mushroom Loaf](<a href=“http://www.theveganversion.com/2011/10/potato-stuffed-lentil-mushroom-loaf.html]The”>http://www.theveganversion.com/2011/10/potato-stuffed-lentil-mushroom-loaf.html), but with a s hitake mushroom sauce. (Flax btw is gluten free.)</p>
<p>Great ideas! Thanks everyone!!</p>
<p>I second the Isa recommendation. Everything I’ve made of hers has been fabulous, and I was coming over to post the same link.</p>
<p>You’ll find a lot of stuff that is or can be made gluten free.</p>