We’ve been on the lookout for gluten-free recipes. Some of you out there can’t eat foods containing grains, and others of you may be wanting to cut back on carbs.
We recently learned about a great blog devoted to gluten-free recipes, Karina’s Kitchen. Karina Allrich is the creative force behind the blog. She suffers from a digestive condition known as celiac disease. She must eat a gluten-free diet. That means cutting out everything from breads made from white and whole wheat flours to pasta, beer and bagels.
A quick Google search pulled up an article reporting that an estimated 3 million Americans have celiac disease. Yet only a small percentage of them know it, because doctors often miss the celiac diagnosis.
“I’ve been living gluten-free since December 2001,” says Allrich, author of Recipes from a Vegetarian Goddess (Llewellyn Publications, 2000). In the process, she’s generated a slew of gluten-free dishes, including the spicy pumpkin soup pictured here. (I recently wrote about her gluten-free pumpkin corn muffins.)
Allrich says she cobbled the pumpkin soup recipe together from pantry ingredients. Extra virgin olive oil, by the way, is gluten-free. And the coconut milk used in the soup makes the recipe dairy-free, or vegan.
Whether or not you lead a gluten-free regimen, this soup’s beautiful orange color will liven up any meal.
Bon appétit,
Claude S. Weiller
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
California Olive Ranch
Spicy pumpkin soup – Looks delicious, I can’t wait to try it.