About Forkwise

I was born in Serbia and grew up in Zambia, where I still live today, in Lusaka. Two very different food cultures shaped how I cook. One is full of slow-cooked stews and fresh produce, the other built on nshima, beans and greens, and I’ve learned to love both.

Living with chronic pain

For many years I have lived with slipped discs in my neck (C4–C6) and lower back (L5–S1). They brought chronic pain and inflammation into my everyday life, and taught me to pay close attention to everything that affects how I feel, including what I eat.

Learning to eat differently

At 21 I discovered I was gluten intolerant. By my thirties, eggs and dairy had joined the list. Every meal meant reading labels, asking questions and often going without. Over time, through trial and error in my own kitchen, I found a way of eating that works for me. It helps me keep inflammation down and manage my back pain. This is my personal experience, not medical advice, and everyone’s body is different.

Why I built Forkwise

I wanted one trustworthy place where every recipe is gluten-free, and where it’s easy to find dishes without egg or dairy, without second-guessing every ingredient. Every recipe on Forkwise is checked ingredient by ingredient, and anything doubtful is left out.

My promise to you

Recipes marked “✓ Tijana’s tried it” are ones I cook and trust myself. My own Forkwise originals are ⭐ Star recipes for Plus members. As a Plus member, you can message me directly for support and tips from my own experience, and I’ll reply within 24 hours.

Share your recipe

Have a gluten-free recipe you love? Send it to me. If I try it and it makes it onto Forkwise, you’ll get 3 months of Forkwise Plus free (up to 12 months in total), with credit to you on the recipe.

I’m not a doctor or a dietitian. Please talk to your doctor before changing your diet, especially if you have coeliac disease, food allergies or another health condition.

– Tijana

About Forkwise

Forkwise is a gluten-free recipe app with 1290 recipes and drinks from 112 cuisines, sorted into breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, desserts and drinks: alcohol-free drinks, plus cocktails (18+) clearly marked and kept in their own section. You can filter by meal, cuisine and diet, save favourites, scale servings and watch step-by-step cooking videos for free. Forkwise Plus (US$5/month) adds weekly meal plans, shopping lists, ad-free browsing, your own recipes, members-only Star recipes and messages with Tijana. Everything you save stays on your own device.

Every recipe gluten-free

Every recipe gluten-free, checked ingredient by ingredient. We read every ingredient and method and remove any recipe with an ingredient we are not sure about. We do not test-cook or lab-test recipes, so if you have coeliac disease, check product labels and avoid cross-contact in your own kitchen. Read how we check recipes.

Where the recipes come from

Recipes are collected from open and public-domain sources and rewritten into one consistent format: the Wikibooks Cookbook (CC BY-SA 4.0), U.S. government sources such as USDA MyPlate Kitchen, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (public-domain U.S. government works), public-domain cookbooks from Project Gutenberg, TheMealDB and TheCocktailDB (alcohol-free drinks only). Only recipes that pass our gluten-free check are listed. Each recipe page names its source, licence and photo credit. The full list is on the credits page.

Photos and videos

Photos are openly licensed (mostly from Wikimedia Commons) or provided by the recipe source, and each one is credited. Recipes without a matching open photo show an illustrated placeholder. Videos are embedded from YouTube only when the recipe source itself links to them.

Contact

Forkwise is owned and run by Tijana Karaleic (sole proprietor), Lusaka, Zambia. You can reach us at t.karaleic@gmail.com or through the contact page.

Medical and nutrition disclaimer

Forkwise recipes, diet labels (such as gluten-free, egg-free or dairy-free) and health notes are general information only. They are not medical, nutritional or allergy advice and do not replace advice from your doctor, a registered dietitian or another qualified professional. We check every ingredient for gluten but we do not test-cook or lab-test recipes, and labels may be wrong, so always check the label of every product you use and avoid cross-contact in your own kitchen. Talk to a health professional before changing your diet, especially if you have coeliac disease, diabetes or food allergies, are pregnant, or take medication. How we check recipes.