Hey there!
My name is Jasmine and I am the chief recipe tester, dishwasher and photographer behind this gluten-free recipe blog; The Gluten Free Scallywag.
A few faves:
cheesecake
carrot cake
potato in pretty much any form
any meal where I don’t have to cook or clean up
Not really a fan of these though:
citrus
mangoes
jelly
This blog came about just a year after I was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease in my early twenties. I was told by my doctor to go on a strict gluten free diet (forever!) two weeks before Christmas. Really? Two weeks before Christmas, you’ve got to be kidding! No, unfortunately, my doctor was not, but I felt that as I’d spent a couple of decades eating said gluten I decided (completely against my doctor’s wishes) that I would start my new gluten free diet in the New Year. Maybe, at this point, I should explain that my Mum had just brought two dozen, delicious, melt in your mouth, gluten filled fruit mince pies over to Perth from Melbourne for me. Seriously, how was I to turn down my last gluten-ous fruit mince pie (or twelve!)? Oh, and don’t even get me started on the beer, liquorice, hot dogs, lamingtons and cream filled donuts I also indulged in that Christmas… it really is a pity that Christmas falls in summer in Australia, one shouldn’t be eating all that delicious food when bathers are being worn!
Well over a decade later, since that delicious, if not so good for me, Christmas and I’ve never felt better; my nails are stronger, my hair grows quickly, I’m no longer tired (unless I had a reeee-ally good - or possibly bad, now that I'm a Mum - night last night) and according to recent tests at my doctors’ , my body is now absorbing all the nutrients I was missing out on before I was diagnosed – YAY!
During my gluten free kitchen journey I began The Gluten Free Scallywag Christmas Magazine as a (self imposed) challenge to design, compile, organise and design a recipe book of sorts back in 2011. I loved the process and everyone's feedback was wonderful so I followed up with a second volume before moving back to Perth. This adventure morphed into The Gluten Free Scallywag Magazine, ahem, cookbooks (Vol 3 & 4) which are available as limited print runs or PDF downloads. You can shop all the books and gifts in the shop and for Margaret River locals there’s some delicious fresh goodies coming soon too!
Want to chat or work with me? Get in touch via email jas {@} glutenfreescallywag.com
Scallywag: a rascal or person of cheeky nature; me.
The name "The Gluten Free Scallywag" is a homage to my beloved Grandad, whom nicknamed me 'Scallywag' at a young age. His only granddaughter and first grandchild, I spent many months as a child wearing a dark blue jumper with puff paint writing (you remember that stuff? My Aunt was a pro) saying 'Grandad's Scallywag'. There was so much love, camaraderie, mischief and many a stolen Mintie shared in the time we spent on earth together. Now his memory lives on here with my baking adventures.