I've been thinking a lot about Thanksgiving. It is, after all, my second favorite holiday (to Halloween, of course). I've also been thinking about being gluten-free and having family get-togethers. While I myself do not have Celiac, I was a vegetarian for a long time, and I remember whenever I spent time with my family during holidays there was always the discussion of "Well, what can you eat?" or "Why don't you just pick the meat out?". Unless my family was hosting Thanksgiving (or one of my cousins was going through a vegetarian phase also), I'd stock up on mashed potatoes, veggies, and pie.
While having Celiac is a more legitimate reason to request specially prepared foods (being a vegetarian and eating meat doesn't cause you extreme pain for days), it's even more difficult to approach and educate your family on T-day.
I came across this website today, called Jules Gluten Free, created by a woman (named Jules, naturally) that has created a patent-pending recipe for gluten free AP flour. For Thanksgiving, she has a free downloadable gluten free Thanksgiving guide.
I downloaded the guide (you have to go through the shopping cart process, but no payment is required) and I was surprised to see that it was 50+ pages and contained over 20 recipes. It also talks about hosting a GF Thanksgiving and being a guest at a gluten-filled Thanksgiving. Top it off with nutritional information at the end, and you have a pretty complete guide to gf holidays.
Take a look at this e-book and let me know what you think! I'll definitely be trying the traditional stuffing recipe. Just have to find some decent gluten free white bread now...
Udi's has just about retired the trophy for excellent GF white and "whole grain" sandwich bread. Find it at Whole Goods among other sources. Frozen, of course, but just defrost it -- toasting not required.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recommendation, Alan! No toasting required?!? This I gotta see to believe.
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