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Traditional Thanksgiving Meal Plan – Gluten Free

November 18, 2014 by Jodi Stewart

I’ll be really candid here. Though I have hosted Thanksgiving Dinner, I’ve never actually hosted a traditional Holiday Dinner. If we go traditional with Thanksgiving or Christmas, it’s because we’ve driven the 24 hours home to Canada to be with family.

Last year we had our good friends for Thanksgiving. We smoked some salmon and had about a billion appetizers and tons of desserts. Not the traditional Turkey. (Though we got traditionally stuffed.) And because we must be terrible parents, my five year old thinks Chocolate Chip Pancakes is what everyone has for Christmas Dinner. We’re just going to go with that.

Fun Fact: The traditional Christmas Dinner I grew up with in Canada, is the exact same as the traditional Thanksgiving Dinner in the USA.

This year, I’m planning to actually do a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, totally gluten free. My parents are coming to visit and our college age daughters will be coming home on break, so it seems like a good time to become the house that does Thanksgiving.

Traditional Thanksgiving Meal Plan - Gluten Free

So, I’m going to share with you what we’re going to have and a few more recipes to give you some options for your table. Give me your suggestions in the comments as well, I’m flexible! If you’ve got a great recipe, I’d love to try it! The links below all go to gluten free recipes.

If you’re looking for more gluten free Thanksgiving recipes, check out THIS awesome Pinterest board. I’ve invited some of my favorite Gluten Free bloggers to pin their recipes, and there’s tons to choose from.

Traditional Thanksgiving Meal Plan
Gluten Free Style

 

The Turkey

Not exactly sure how to cook that bird? Butterball has great “how to cook a turkey” info on their site with instructions for deep-fried, roasted, grilled and smoked turkey. Click HERE to get to the Butterball site

Gluten Free Black Olive and Feta Appetizer Puffs from knowgluten.me

Gluten Free Appetizers:

Olive and Feta Cheese Appetizer Puffs

These little savory puffs are fast and easy to make and you can top them with whatever strikes your fancy. Sometimes we do olives, sometimes pizza sauce and pepperoni. They’re made with tapioca starch, I buy mine really cheap at an Asian Market.
Click HERE for the recipe.

Helen’s Amazing Layer Dip

This easy dip is a crowd pleaser. It’s got a sour cream and cream cheese base topped with chopped fresh salsa and cheese. Make twice as much as you think you’ll need and serve it with gluten free tortilla chips.
Click HERE for the recipe.

Spiced Nuts

These look seriously amazing and super easy to make. And they store well, so you could whip some up a couple of days before! (And then eat them all and make them again!)
Click HERE for the recipe.
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Chex Mix

My mom always made some sort of cereal based snack mix for special occasions when we were kids. Chex has taken the cereal mix concept to the moon. Here’s a link to some great gluten free Chex Mix recipes (there are other gluten free recipes mixed in, but the Chex site doesn’t give you an option of choosing Gluten Free AND Chex Mix).
Click HERE for the recipes.

Artichoke and Roasted Garlic Dip

This dip sounds amazing. You could serve it with gluten free crackers or tortilla chips or try your hand at making your own gluten free baguettes (it’s way easier than it sounds!!)
Click HERE for the dip recipe
Click HERE for the gluten free baguette recipe

Gluten Free Sides, Salads and Dressings:

Crock Pot Mac and Cheese

This is my fellow Baton Rouge Mom Blogger Harmony’s favorite Thanksgiving Side. I really want to try it. But I’m a little afraid I’ll eat it all.
Click HERE for the recipe.

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Garlic Herb Mashed Potatoes

This is a great dish if you have multiple food issues. It looks like it’s really flavorful even without the dairy or high fat content. Even though the recipe is dairy free, you can use regular milk if you want.
Click HERE for the recipe.

Ultimate Mashed Potatoes

This recipe looks super creamy with sour cream, butter and cream cheese. This is probably the recipe I’m going to use.
Click HERE for the recipe

Scalloped Potatoes Au Gratin

Are you more of a Scalloped Potatoes fan? (I like them with ham. Maybe we’ll have ham and scalloped potatoes for Christmas! You know, with our chocolate chip pancakes.)
Click HERE for the recipe.

A Lighter Green Bean Casserole

This recipe cuts down the calories of a traditional green bean casserole, but don’t worry, you can make up for it at dessert.
Click HERE for the recipe.

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Mashed Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallow Gravy

You had me at Marshmallow Gravy.
Click HERE for the recipe.

Broccoli and Bacon Salad

Okay, everyone should have a broccoli salad on their Thanksgiving table. It’s a rule. And I’m pretty sure that with the bacon, raisins and cheese in this one, everyone will actually eat it. Yum!!
Click HERE for the recipe.

Gluten Free Watergate Salad from knowgluten.me

Watergate Salad

This is traditional fare in our house, we always serve this for Thanksgiving, even when we’re not having a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner. Alternatively we call it Green Fluff Salad or Grandma Dot’s Salad. It has Cool Whip, pudding and marshmallows. It’s dessert. Really. But some genius called it salad so you can eat it with the turkey.
Click HERE for the recipe.

Holiday Stuffed Pumpkin

How cute is this idea? Stuffed Pumpkin!! The stuffing looks tasty, but I might do this with a gluten free bread stuffing. Too cute. And you get a seasoned slice of pumpkin to eat with your stuffing.

Click HERE for the recipe.

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Cornbread Stuffing

An easy gluten free fix to Cornbread Stuffing. I’ve never actually had cornbread stuffing, but I might try this recipe this year.
Click HERE for the recipe.

Stewart’s Traditional Gluten Free White Bread Stuffing

This is our traditional family stuffing. It has loads of butter, onions and poultry seasoning. We use gluten free bread so everyone can eat it, and stuff our turkey with it.
Click HERE for the recipe.

Easy Gluten Free Baguette

Everyone loves fresh bread. Here’s a sneak peek baguette recipe from Gluten Free Artisan Bread in Five Minutes A Day. Since I got the cook book, I’ve been making my own fantastic homemade bread every couple of days. It’s super easy. (Easy enough for me to make before anyone else is out of bed. I feel so Little House on the Prairie. Seriously, if I can do this on one cup of coffee, you could make it in your sleep.)
Click HERE for the recipe.

photo credit Stephen Scott Gross

photo credit Stephen Scott Gross

Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce

This cranberry sauce has a hint of ginger and cinnamon and it tastes even better if you make it a few days ahead and store it in the fridge. I’ll make it during the year to have with pork or chicken. This is really easy to make, you just boil things on the stove, and very impressive, but the canned sauce from Ocean Spray (and any other brand I can think of right now, but check labels!!) is just as gluten free, so you don’t have to stress about this one.
Click HERE for the recipe.

Gluten Free Dessert

Gluten Free Pumpkin Desserts

I’ve put together a whole bunch of gluten free pumpkin based desserts (pies, custards, cheesecake, squares, etc) right here because this time of year, we must eat as much pumpkin as humanly possible. It’s something to do with winter hibernation, or something.

Click HERE to go to the Pumpkin Recipe Post.

Pumpkin Spice Steamed Milk

Totally full? This Pumpkin Spice Steamed Milk might be just what you need (before you dig into the pumpkin pie, that is.)
Click HERE for the recipe.

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Chex Scotcheroos

Okay, I’d never even heard of these until today, but they’re now on my menu. Thanks Pinterest Fairies!! Apparently you can also make them with Gluten Free Rice Krispies. I think I might do a test run. Or two. Just to make sure they’re okay.
Click HERE for the recipe.

Gluten Free Hello Dolly Magic Bars

Some people call these Hello Dollys, some people call them Magic Bars. Magic because you layer stuff in a cake pan, pour over a can of sweetened condensed milk, and bake, and Voila! Magic!
Click HERE for the recipe.

No Bake Marshmallow Bars

These are seriously addictive. And totally easy to make. These are what you whip up when you just remembered that you were supposed to bring a dessert. Melted chocolate chips, peanut butter and marshmallows.
Click HERE for the recipe.

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Okay guys, before I go into a food coma just from writing this, I’ll turn it over to you. Do you have a favorite gluten free Thanksgiving Dish? Or a recipe that you’ve turned gluten free? Leave a comment, I’d love to read about it! Any questions? I’ll be around to answer them.

 

Filed Under: Dessert, Dinner Ideas, Food, Health, Holidays Tagged With: gluten free, gluten free appetizers, gluten free thanksgiving, Thanksgiving dinner, thanksgiving recipes

Gluten Free Thanksgiving Dishes and Desserts in Baton Rouge

November 21, 2013 by Jodi Stewart

Looking for Gluten Free desserts or sides for this Thanksgiving? The Baton Rouge area has a huge selection! 
 
Bibi’s 
1321 W Pinhook Rd, Lafayette, LA ‎
Bibi’s is a dedicated gluten free bakery located in Lafayette, perfect if you have house guests looking to make a day trip. This season they’ll have all their usual favorites, plus some special treats for the holiday. Look for their Thanksgiving sides and salads, dinner rolls, pumpkin pie, praline cupcakes and cream puffs.
You can find their bakery menu HERE
 
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Gluten Free Bread from Bibi’s in Lafayette
Photo Courtesy of Bibi’s

 

Truly Free
4321 Perkins, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
Baton Rouge’s only dedicated gluten free bakery and deli will have your favorite Thanksgiving sides, stuffing, and pies (including sugar free apple pie) and dinner rolls.
You can find their bakery and Deli menus HERE 
 
Room for Dessert
9618 Jefferson Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
New in Baton Rouge, Room for Dessert has dedicated half of their bakery, including the equipment, to baking gluten free treats. This week you can order pies! Sweet Potato, Pumpkin, Lemon Icebox, Apple and Key Lime. They also have Sweet Potato and Pumpkin Cheesecake. A note, not all of Room for Dessert’s products are gluten free, so double check before you purchase.
Visit the Room for Dessert webpage HERE 
 
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Gluten Free Coconut Lime Cupcake from Room for Dessert Baton Rouge.
image courtesy of Room For Dessert

 

Whole Foods
7529 Corporate Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA ‎
Whole Foods has a whole line of in-house gluten free products made in a dedicated facility. Our favorite company friendly dessert is the Gluten Free Cherry Pie. (And we might occasionally pick one up even when we don’t have company.)
You can find Whole Foods’ gluten free list HERE 
 
Trader Joes
3525 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
I was so happy to see that Trader Joe’s brand of Turkey Gravy is gluten free. They also have frozen vegetables, including baked and mashed sweet potatoes, to make your meal preparation easier. They also sell gluten free fully cooked Whole Roasted Turkeys. 
You can find Trader Joe’s list of gluten free products HERE and this week’s gluten free “fearless flyer” HERE
 
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Fully Cooked Gluten Free Turkey from Trader Joe’s
photo courtesy of Trader Joe’s

Maple Bourbon Green Beans
2013-11-19 05:29:57
A flavorful Thanksgiving Side
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Ingredients
  1. 4 cups Green Beans
  2. 1 cup Pearl Onions, halved
  3. 2 cups Sliced Mushrooms
  4. 2 tablespoons Butter
  5. 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  6. 1 tablespoon bourbon or Jack Daniels
  7. 2 slices cooked bacon, chopped (optional, for topping)
Instructions
  1. Steam green beans for about 3 minutes, remove from heat and rinse with cool water.
  2. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter, add onions and sautee about 5 minutes.
  3. Add mushrooms and continue cooking until both mushrooms and onions are tender.
  4. Add bourbon and maple syrup.
  5. Gently mix green beans into the skillet to fully coat with glaze and heat through.
  6. Transfer to serving dish and sprinkle with bacon.
By jodi stewart
Baton Rouge Family Fun https://batonrougefamilyfun.com/

 

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