I probably don't need to tell you just how soon Thanksgiving is, right?
Every time this year I see people coming to this site through urgent questions. "how do I make gluten-free stuffing? Is there such a thing as gluten-free pumpkin pie. gluten-free thanksgiving. help!"
Well of course, we're here to help.
Over the past few years, Danny and I have developed recipes for the foods we eat at our Thanksgiving table. In fact, my entire family (and Danny's family one year) eats an entire Thanksgiving dinner without a stitch of gluten. No one misses it. (At least that I know about.) In this house, a gluten-free Thanksgiving is no big deal.
So we'd like to share some of the recipes that will be on our table.
Brussels Sprouts Salad
Cranberry Cocktail
Dinner Rolls
How to Make Gluten-Free Gravy
Our Best Gluten-Free Pie Crust
Pumpkin Mash
Roast Turkey for Everyone
Thanksgiving Stuffing
Wild Rice Salad with Chanterelles and Cashew Sour Cream
As well, we'd like to share a few posts with you that we developed to help you flourish through this holiday:
How to have a gluten-free Thanksgiving
How to cook for someone gluten-free
That last one is for those of you who can eat gluten but are feeding people who cannot.
And on that note, we want to share something spectacular with you....
We're not the only ones who have developed gluten-free recipes for you this year.
A few weeks ago, I asked some of our favorite bloggers and bakers if they would make something gluten-free this year.
As we wrote to these good folks:
"As you know, Thanksgiving (in the US) is quickly approaching. As you might guess, this is a particularly anxious time for gluten-free folks, since the traditional meal is SO starchy and glutenous. Imagine what it might be like to show up at Thanksgiving and not feel welcomed at the table. You watch everyone else eat stuffing and pie and nibble on mashed potatoes and salad, hoping there wasn't any cross-contamination in the cooking.
Everyone here? We cook. We bake. We do this to share the warmth of the kitchen and the table with the people we love. Even the gluten-free folks.
So here's what we're proposing.
Cook or bake something wonderful — mincemeat pie, crusty stuffing, dinner rolls — and make it gluten-free."
Danny and I both have been amazed at the enthusiasm and final dishes that these fine people have made for you. Keep in mind that most of these people can eat gluten.
No one gluten-free needs to go hungry at the Thanksgiving table this year.
Andrea Meyers of Andrea's Recipes made gluten-free pumpkin scones.
Ashley Rodriguez of Not Without Salt made gluten-free chocolate biscotti.
Carrie Vitt of Deliciously Organic made gluten-free pumpkin-banana tart (and tells a story you must read).
Charissa Fleischer of Zest Bakery made warm pumpkin polenta with goat cheese.
Deanna Schneider of The Mommy Bowl made gluten-free bread.
Debra Smith of Smith Bites made gluten-free celery root soup with cashew cream.
Diane and Todd of White on Rice Couple made Turkey Sloppy Joes on Rosemary Rolls.
Gaby Dalkin of What's Gaby Cooking made gluten-free molasses cookies.
Gudrun of Kitchen Gadget Girl made a gluten-free pumpkin strata.
Heather Flett of Rookie Moms made chocolate peanut butter brownies.
Heena Punwani of Tiffin Tales made glorious gluten-free Thanksgiving torte.
Heidi Kelly of Adventures of a Gluten-Free Mom made crescent rolls and cinnamon rolls, gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg free.
Irvin Lin of Eat the Love made Gluten Free Maple Sweet Potato Cheesecake with Gingerbread Bottom and Sour Cream Marshmallow Topping.
Jean Layton of Gluten-Free Doctor Recipes made gluten-free sourdough rosemary rolls and gluten-free mincemeat cookies.
Jeanne of The Art of Gluten-Free Baking made gluten-free pumpkin pie.
Kamran Siddiqi of Sophisticated Gourmet made cranberry-almond-coconut macaroons topped with chocolate.
Karen Schuppert of Cook 4 Seasons made gluten-free pumpkin mousse.
Kim Maes of Cook It Allergy Free made Cornbread and (Shauna's) Crusty Bread Stuffing with Apples, Sausage, Pine Nuts, and... a special ingredient.
Lexie of Lexie's Kitchen made dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, no-bake pumpkin pie filling.
Lori of Recipe Girl made an entire Thanksgiving menu, gluten-free.
Maria Lichty of Two Peas and Their Pod made gluten-free apple cranberry crisp
Melissa McLean Jory of Gluten-Free for Good made gluten-free cherry cobbler
Michelle Stern of What's Cooking with Kids made gluten-free apple crisp.
Molly Birnbaum of My Madeleine made butternut squash soup.
Nancy Kohler of The Sensitive Pantry made gluten-free brown sugar hand pies.
Nikki Gardner of Art and Lemons made gluten-free rustic squash tarts.
Paula Jones of Bellalimento made Gluten Free Pumpkin Roll with Mascarpone and Nutella Filling
Serene of Mom Food Project made an entire Thanksgiving, gluten-free.
Shaina Olmanson of Food for My Family made a gluten-free apple pie cheesecake.
Shirley Braden of Gluten-Free Easily made candy carrot coins.
Silvana Nardone of Dish Towel Diaries made kale caesar slaw.
Tara Barker of A Baking Life made gluten-free gingerbread cake with vanilla-bourbon Bavarian cream and cinnamon-brown sugar caramel.
Tia Hain of Glugle Gluten-Free made gluten-free pumpkin muffins.
Wendy Houndroulis of Wenderly made sweet and savory prosciutto cups.
Just look at the list of recipes. These sound and look and (I'm sure) taste stunning. If anyone you know, including you, is feeling a little down about a gluten-free Thanksgiving this year, just send them this post and tell them to start cooking.
Thank you, all you wonderful people.
* * *
You'd think that would be enough, right?
Not for us.
Danny and I have been so moved by everyone's generosity here, as well as all the generous questions and insights on Twitter and Facebook, that we want to give you more.
So, we are giving away:
3 copies of our cookbook.
a collection of gluten-free flours, including all the flours needed to bake from our cookbook
a care package of spices and ingredients you might need to make some of the recipes in our cookbook.
a collection of useful baking tools, such as a Silpat, jelly roll pans, a peltex spatula, and a tart pan to make the tarts from our cookbook.
and... wait for it:
a Kitchen Aid stand mixer.
There are seven prizes here, in total. And to be honest, Danny and I are paying for these ourselves. We want you to start baking, gluten-free.
Could you spread the word for us? Tell people about this post and our cookbook?
Now, all you have to do to be eligible for the giveaway is this:
-- make something gluten-free for Thanksgiving. It could be something like your favorite mashed potatoes. You could tackle pie dough without wheat. Just make something.
-- write a post about it, with recipe, and share your experience.
-- leave the url of that post in the comments section here. I'll add all the links to this post, eventually, so that we'll have a firestorm of great food for gluten-free folks.
-- or, if you don't have a blog or time to create something this week, just leave a comment here, telling us about your favorite food for Thanksgiving.
Winners will be chosen at random next Monday, November 22nd. I'll announce the winners by midnight.
So, get cooking and baking!
postscript from November 27th
Well, with our trip to Colorado, a two-day power outage covering the entire island, and Thanksgiving, it took me longer to choose these winners, using Random.org, than I had hoped. But here they are!
Winners of our cookbook
Ricki of Diet Dessert and Dogs with her Coconut Walnut Shortbread Cookies
Megan, who wrote:
"This is my first gluten-free Thanksgiving and I'm actually pretty anxious about it. I'm definitely going to have to find time to make some of these recipes! They all sound AMAZING!! {But right now, I'm trying to finish up my last quarter of school so it's gonna have to wait!} I'll be bookmarking this post, for sure!!"
Food Allergy Froggie with her pineapple casserole.
Winner of the gluten-free flour package
Susan Pelzl, who wrote:
GF since August 15th, 2010, life changing experience. It hasn't been easy, but I'm loving cooking. I got Glutened (ate out,and they said it was GF) last Friday, and now so worried about Thanksgiving. Going to my B/F's relatives 6hour flight from home. My B/F is very supportive and plans to take me to the grocery store when we get there, the night before Thanksgiving. I plan to make myself (and others if they want) something I loved and made at home before. I hope the link works. - Sweet and red potatoes, raisins - cranberries, red onions , sea salt, ground pepper, dill
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1562926069650&set=a.1543900074012.78268.1130304162
Winner of the spices and ingredients package
Kim Maes of Cook It Allergy Free
Winner of the baking utensils package
Andrea Meyers of Andrea's Recipes, who wrote:
"Shauna, thanks so much for the challenge, truly. I finally got over my trepidation of GF baking. :-)"
And finally, the winner of the Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer
Michelle from The SAMFund, who wrote:
"Such a generous gift! I'll be cooking most of a gluten-free, dairy-free Thanksgiving this year, and cannot WAIT to make your pumpkin mash. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday."
410 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 410 of 410This is my first gluten free Thanksgiving. I am looking forward to not being sick afterward! I am doing most of the dishes and invited people over to share so that I can be satisfied with the food.
I baked your beautiful dinner rolls last night and froze them to thaw Thurs am. I saved a lot of gluten free bread ends and dry pieces in the freezer over the last few months and have already cubed it to make dressing. I found a recipe for pumpkin pie that uses gluten free gingersnap cookies for the crust. I don't know what my favorite will be this year, all the recipes look so good! Dressing was my favorite before going gluten free so we shall see.
that sounds so wonderful.
this will be my 7th gluten free thanskgiving. I post a list of gf turkeys and recipes every year
http://www.harriswholehealth.com/1232/thanksgiving-2010
Thanks so much for this post! I can't wait to try some of these recipes.
On my first GF Thanksgiving, I had only been GF for 5 months. I was sad about the prospect of watching my parents and siblings eat all my favorite foods.
My father, who had never baked anything in his life, spent hours in the kitchen and made me an apple pie from scratch (even the crust!). It was such a sweet way to show me that he cares. Ever since then, Dad's apple pie is still my favorite Thanksgiving dessert (and still the only thing he ever bakes!).
This is amazing! I am NEW to GF living, as of two months ago. I am *so* happy to have come by your site, and I am so glad you are here with all these delicious recipes! Thank you for the time & effort you've put in to help people "newbies" like me on how I should encorporate a GF lifestyle.
I look forward to cooking a GF holiday thanks to YOU! :)
Keep up the GREAT work, and LOVE how those chocolate brownies look too! My youngest daughter Cera (age 10), wants to be a chef, and is going to make those for my birthday next week! Thanks soo much!!
Beautiful family! Simply beautiful!
My favorite dish is stuffing, and making it gluten free is something I am going to try this holiday, as we have several guests coming to dinner who are on special diets. That being said, I can't wait because i load mine with bread, whole grains, wild rice, dried fruit, nuts, bacon and veggies - basically everthing I can find! Thank you for all the WONDERFUL posts and have a FANTASTIC Holiday!!
thank you so much for the recipe inspiration. my dad was diagnosed with celiac disease earlier this year and this was our first gluten-free thanksgiving. We made your stuffing recipe with udi's bread and it was amazing.
I've been reading your blog for years, but now that my father and possibly myself have been diagnosed as gluten intolerant, your words of advice and inspiration resonant more than ever.
I want to start by thanking you for your inspiration. You have given me a challenge and a push in the right direction. I was blessed with the help from my husband and children in the making of a delicious GF Thanksgiving. We had turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, GF cornbread stuffing(yum!),GF baked cheesy macaroni and cheese(yummy).The list goes on, but I have to mention that my daughter made the most delicious, moist GF pumpkin squares(they were a challenge to make, but so worth it!). Thanks to you and so many others that encourage and think outside of the "gluten box", food is worth eating once again. Many blessings to your family!
Just wanted to share some gluten free thanksgiving success. I am a twenty year old American student at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. My first year, I fed 25 on thanksgiving in a friends house. My second year? 35, my own house. This year, my little sister, who happens to be coeliac, announced she was visiting me for the week of thanksgiving.
Let me tell you, saying grace took on a new meaning, in a house with no dishwasher (washing dishes usually constitutes a swish in a tub of hot soapy water with an old sponge- we're students, okay!) and other people cooking constantly. "Dear lord, please no cross contamination!"
and then there was thanksgiving. 45+ guests. three turkeys in three kitchens.
and we did the whole thing gluten free.
there was turkey (dry brined and roasted)
there was gravy, homemade (thanks for the recipe. i ended up winging it confidently, knowing that my gf flour would work just fine!).
there were whiskey glazed carrots.
there was sweet potato with streusel topping (the gf flour blend i used substituted just fine!)
there were mashed potatoes with garlic and sage
there were roasted brussell sprouts
there were cheesy corn muffins
there was homemade cranberry sauce with port and figs.
there was pie. lots and lots of pie. she stashed a crust mix in her suitcase and we used that.
four days of cooking, six rolls of tinfoil, four rolls of clingfilm, two rolls of parchment paper and one brand new strainer...
and we ate and laughed
and the only people who knew that the whole thing was gluten free were the ones who cooked it... the friends who had offered up their kitchen and found themselves given a 40 minute lecture on avoiding cross contamination.
and alice was not sick.
and we had plenty of gf leftovers for dinner the next night too! party on!
i expected and imagined this would be stressful and scary. it was NOTHING OF THE KIND. it was joyful, it was special, it felt like loving, felt like community.
Just wanted to share some gluten free thanksgiving success. I am a twenty year old American student at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. My first year, I fed 25 on thanksgiving in a friends house. My second year? 35, my own house. This year, my little sister, who happens to be coeliac, announced she was visiting me for the week of thanksgiving.
Let me tell you, saying grace took on a new meaning, in a house with no dishwasher (washing dishes usually constitutes a swish in a tub of hot soapy water with an old sponge- we're students, okay!) and other people cooking constantly. "Dear lord, please no cross contamination!"
and then there was thanksgiving. 45+ guests. three turkeys in three kitchens.
and we did the whole thing gluten free.
there was turkey (dry brined and roasted)
there was gravy, homemade (thanks for the recipe. i ended up winging it confidently, knowing that my gf flour would work just fine!).
there were whiskey glazed carrots.
there was sweet potato with streusel topping (the gf flour blend i used substituted just fine!)
there were mashed potatoes with goats cheese, garlic and sage
there were roasted brussel sprouts
there were cheesy corn muffins
there was homemade cranberry sauce with port and figs.
there was pie. lots and lots of pie. she stashed a crust mix in her suitcase and we used that.
four days of cooking, six rolls of tinfoil, four rolls of clingfilm, two rolls of parchment paper and one brand new strainer...
and we ate and laughed
and the only people who knew that the whole thing was gluten free were the ones who cooked it... the friends who had offered up their kitchen and found themselves given a 40 minute lecture on avoiding cross contamination.
and alice was not sick.
and we had plenty of gf leftovers for dinner the next night too! party on!
i expected this to be difficult, it was anything but.
the only things i still need to master gf: cornbread and parkerhouse rolls. just didn't have the time or money to invest in all that flour, or the time to test in advance!
I tried Kim Maes's stuffing- with a few modifications to make it easier and vegetarian and everyone I fed it to loved it, I made stuffed butternut squash with the leftovers and they got gobbled up immediately- by all gluten tolerant people!
So the easier part...I used mixes for the bread since I'm still struggling with making GF bread from scratch.
I a made a batch of cornbread using pamela's cornbread mix and used the entire batch. I made a loaf of french bread mix from the GF pantry and used about 1/3rd. I cubed and toasted it as described by Kim.
As for actually making the stuffing I melted a pat of butter in some olive oil then caramelized 1 lb of cremini mushrooms, sprinkled generously with fresh thyme, I added the rest of the veggies to this. I made a few more changes; (mostly to accommodate my pantry) I added only 2 apples, no raisins, toasted walnuts instead of almonds, and instead of pumpkin I used an acorn squash, more sage- personal taste, and a bit more like a quart of broth, I may have ended up using more bread because I needed more broth to make sure the stuffing seemed moist.
This made a ton of stuffing! After Thanksgiving dinner everyone wanted to take some leftovers and I still had some to make stuffed butternut squash.
For the squash I just melted about 2 TBS of butter added about 1 tsp cinnamon about 6 sage leaves julienned and enough olive oil to spread on 4 butternut squash halves, then sprinkled with sea salt. I baked these flesh side up at 400 F for 45 min, then scooped out some flesh, chopped it and added it to the stuffing then filled the squash with the stuffing mix and baked for another 20min.
It was so good and no one missed the gluten!
Post a Comment
The conversation and community is the best part of being here. Id love to hear what you have to say.
Let the conversation be spirited and full of questions. However, any nasty comments with a personal attack, or scurrilous ones with no intention but to hurt? They]re not getting published.
This is why I am no longer accepting anonymous comments. Too many insulting comments come through those.
This space is like my kitchen, and Im inviting you in. If you would feel comfortable pointing your finger at me and shouting during a party in my kitchen, well, I'd ask you to leave. And then the rest of us would clear the air and go back to talking and laughing. The same is true here.
Now. Enough of that. Let's talk.