{"id":1345,"date":"2011-06-02T18:08:25","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T22:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2011-06-02T18:08:25","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T22:08:25","slug":"gluten-free-foods-vegetables-onions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/gluten-free-diet\/gluten-free-food-gluten-free-diet\/gluten-free-foods-vegetables-onions\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluten Free Foods – Vegetables – Onions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your gluten free diet – any diet – needs a good supply of vegetables. Onions and their relatives make gluten free foods taste great!<\/p>\n

The onion family includes not just onions, but leeks, garlic and other similar vegetables.\u00a0 All are both healthy and give your food a big taste boost.\u00a0 I you find your gluten free diet boring, make sure you include some of the vegetables described in this post.<\/p>\n

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Onions<\/h2>\n

Onions come in a range of sizes.\u00a0 More important though, is the strength of the taste.<\/p>\n

Onions store well if cool and dry, so it is easy to keep a good stock of them.\u00a0 If you’re not sure what to make for dinner, just start frying onions, and see what else is in the fridge.\u00a0 You’re sure to come up with something!<\/p>\n

You can also fry onions in greater quantities than you need for the meal at hand, and store the rest in the fridge.\u00a0 This makes putting together a gluten-free meal quick and easy, and it is guaranteed to taste great.<\/p>\n

You can boil onions, but is often not the best way to get their flavor.\u00a0 Much better is to fry them very slowly for a long time or to bake them.\u00a0\u00a0 They are also fantastic on the BBQ, or arranged around a roast for long, slow cooking.<\/p>\n

Yellow Onions<\/h3>\n

This is often what people think of when they think “onion”.\u00a0 They are often known as Spanish onions, but this is just one variety.\u00a0 They have light brown skin and pale yellowish flesh. They tend to be mild-tasting.<\/p>\n

Yellow onions are usually large, which makes them easier and faster to peal when cooking.\u00a0 Smaller, younger ones usually taste stronger.<\/p>\n

You can chop them up and fry them, or bake them, stuff them, cut them into rings, etc.\u00a0 They are better cooked than raw in my opinion.<\/p>\n

Yellow onions make a good basis for a gluten-free meal.\u00a0 Start frying the onions, combine them with other vegetables, and any kind of protein that goes well with strong flavors, such as beef, tofu, beans, lentils etc.<\/p>\n

Red Onions<\/h3>\n

Red onions have red skin and white flesh, although the outer edge of each layer has a reddish tinge.<\/p>\n

Red onions are milder and sweeter than yellow onions, and are a better choice if eaten raw, for example in salads.\u00a0 When fried, they lack the flavor yellow onions have.<\/p>\n

White Onions<\/h3>\n

White onions are usually firmer and more uniform in size and shape than red or yellow onions.\u00a0 They have a stronger flavor than yellow onions, and are best cooked.<\/p>\n

Because they are so uniform, they are a great choice for stuffing.<\/p>\n

Gerlots<\/h2>\n

These are small onions with white flesh and green skins.\u00a0 They are great raw and excellent in salads.\u00a0 You’ll sometimes see them sold as “salad onions”.\u00a0 You can also include them in lightly cooked dishes such as those make with eggs, or in stir fries when you don’t want to spend a lot of time cooking the onions first.<\/p>\n

They fall apart when cooked for a long time.\u00a0 This may be what you want in soups and stews (personally, I like the texture a more robust onion adds to these dishes), but they are a poor choice for stand-alone frying.<\/p>\n

Cipolla (Borettane) Onions<\/h3>\n

These are rather small onions.\u00a0 They are rather sweet and not too strong.\u00a0 They don’t need to be chopped due to their size, but they are a lot of work to peel.<\/p>\n

They are great fried while, roasted or pickled.<\/p>\n

Pickling Onions<\/h3>\n

This describes a use for an onion rather than a variety.\u00a0 Silverskins are a strong-tasting onion with white flesh.\u00a0 You can also pickle small yellow varieties.<\/p>\n

Gluten Free Diet and Onions<\/h2>\n

Managing a gluten allergy or celiac disease can seem onerous due to restricted choices.\u00a0 Actually, there is plenty to choose from and you can eat a lot of tasty gluten-free food!\u00a0 This article is just a small example of the gluten free foods available to you, so you’re missing out on less than you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your gluten free diet – any diet – needs a good supply of vegetables. Onions and their relatives make gluten free foods taste great! The onion family includes not just onions, but leeks, garlic and other similar vegetables.\u00a0 All are both healthy and give your food a big taste boost.\u00a0 I you find your gluten […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[256],"tags":[36,37,248,274],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1345"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions\/1348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}