Best Thanksgiving

[Tina B]

Made dinner for everyone. Best ever. So much I could have and everyone loved it. Made the stuffing with Wholefoods premade stuffing cubes. Excellent! Usually I just don't eat the stuffing so I waited until everyone had started eating and loved the stuffing before telling them it was gluten free. My sons said they couldn't tell the difference. The cubes held up and the texture was excellent. Cranberry raspberry sauce, oven roasted rosemary potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes with praline topping, green beans, pumpkin pie with Wholefoods gluten free crust and apple pear crisp with vanilla ice cream.

Lets hear how everyone else made out.

[cO-ol]

My dad made turkey stuffed with apples and celery (he consulted me and ACTUALLY LISTENED before going and making it! Thank god ). We also had mashed potatoes and gravy made with cornstarch. My dad said he almost liked the cornstarch better because it made the gravy so thick. And the apple added very interesting flavor to the turkey. They had stuffing, and I made sure dad used a different spoon to serve the stuffing from the mashed potatoes. I told him there was such a thing as potato flour and his eyes lit up. LOL. I blame Irish ancestry for that one.

While I'm thinking I'm going to need to go beyond gluten-free soon (2 weeks gluten-free is making other food issues more obvious, it seems), it was still good and I feel relatively OK. At any rate, Mommy and Daddy love me and want what's best for me, and that's plenty to be thankful for right there.

[Dixiebell]

Our Thanksgiving lunch was great too! Turkey, cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy (Imagine turkey gravy), Paula Deen's carrot souffle (with rice flour), green bean casserole(Pacific cream of mushroom soup)with homemade onion rings, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and Paula Deen's fudge pie (Whole foods gluten-free pie crust). The fudge pie is wonderful! Either everyone was starving or it was really good. I think really good.

[kareng]

Our dinner was good except I had to make it all. I let them bring pies. I made a pumpkin pie and used gluten-free Ginger snaps for the crust. So yummy. I used a fesh fork to give my mom a bite and she put the bite on her plate and handed me back the fork. My dad said, " she can't use that fork! It touched your regular pie."

Made gluten-free pantry cornbread and everyone liked it. My sometimes picky BIL was interested in the Pamelas mix I was using instead of flour.

[freeatlast]

So yummy. I used a fesh fork to give my mom a bite and she put the bite on her plate and handed me back the fork. My dad said, " she can't use that fork! It touched your regular pie."

So funny! Glad your family is so good-spirited about your dietary needs.

[freeatlast]

We had a FABULOUS non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner:

Raw vege tray with Marzetti's gluten-free Gorgenzola Salad Dressing for dip

Black olives

Irish Soda Bread (Gluten-free Girl's recipe)

Sharp cheddar cheese, jalapeno jack, smoked gouda tray

White grapes

Bourbon Glazed Salmon

Pumpkin Bread

Nice and light. No one (me) got sick

We had sweet potatoes, but opted to save 'till later.

A good time was had by all.

[kareng]

We had a FABULOUS non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner:

Raw vege tray with gorgenzola dip and black olives

Irish Soda Bread (Gluten-free Girl's recipe)

Sharp cheddar cheese, jalapeno jack, smoked gouda tray

Bourbon Glazed Salmon

Pumpkin Bread

Nice and light. No one (me) got sick

We had sweet potatoes, but opted to save 'till later.

A good time was had by all.

That sounds good. I tried to have a blue cheese dip (without trying hard since I had to make so much other stuff). I took the Kraft Blue cheese dressing and was going to add some more blue cheese to it. I tasted the dressing and thought it just tasted like mayo.

[freeatlast]

That sounds good. I tried to have a blue cheese dip (without trying hard since I had to make so much other stuff). I took the Kraft Blue cheese dressing and was going to add some more blue cheese to it. I tasted the dressing and thought it just tasted like mayo.

This is what we used and all their salad dressings are gluten-free and DELICIOUS:

Open Original Shared Link

They're in the refrigerated section with the bags of salads.

[kareng]

This is what we used and all their salad dressings are gluten-free and DELICIOUS:

Open Original Shared Link

They're in the refrigerated section with the bags of salads.

They are delicious. I was at SuperWalmart so I'm not sure they have those and was being lazy. Thanks.

[MelindaLee]

That sounds good. I tried to have a blue cheese dip (without trying hard since I had to make so much other stuff). I took the Kraft Blue cheese dressing and was going to add some more blue cheese to it. I tasted the dressing and thought it just tasted like mayo.

I found that with the Kraft Dressing's too. I stopped buying them for that reason! Sad since they are soo good at labeling.

[CeliacMom2008]

All gluten-free for us:

Turkey & Gravy

Mashed Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

Stuffing

Cornbread Casserole

Green Bean Casserole

Roasted Carrots

Oatmeal Bread

Cranberry Jello Salad

Cranberry Relish

Veggies & Dip

Cheese & Crackers

Pumpkin Pie

Banana Cream Pie

Pumpkin Cake

Heavy on the carbs, calories, and taste! Back to healthy eating Monday...when the leftovers are gone!

[Roda]

My husband put a rub on a half a turkey and smoked it for a couple of hours with apple wood. I then roasted it in the oven. It was great. Ate leftovers today and there isn't much turkey left. The other half he smoked and put in the freezer and we will have it at Christmas. I also made mashed potatoes with gravy, lemon buttered carrots, sugar cookies and a cherry delight desert. It was just my husband, two boys and myself. A sucessful gluten free dinner and everyone is happy and full!