Gluten Free Thanksgiving Success!

Eating Thanksgiving entirely gluten free was a success!  I think everything turned out quite nicely and Mom and Dad approved of the gluten free meal!  I should have taken more pictures of everything, but here is a small preview of what we ate.

Making the cranberries...  Super easy.

• combine 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar and stir over medium heat until dissolved
• add a 12 ounce bag of cranberries and bring to a boil
• reduce heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes until cranberries "pop"
• I then added orange zest and stirred until dissolved
• let cool and then put in the refrigerator until serving

What else did we end up eating?

• sweet potatoes with marshmallows
• green beans with cherry tomatoes in a red wine vinegar/oil and shallot dressing
• turkey breast with gluten free gravy - simply used the strained, pan juices from the turkey, butter, and rice flour
• gluten free pumpkin chocolate chip bread
• gluten free apple crisp with vanilla ice cream

Overall it was delicious and I have more than my fair share of left overs!  Hope your Thanksgiving was full of great food and thankfulness as well!

Tday countdown

Well, Thanksgiving is obviously just around the corner.  My parents are coming for Thanksgiving and I decided that I wanted to stay in and cook, since it is my first gluten free Thanksgiving meal.  Over the years, most of our Thanksgiving meals have been eating out.  However, I am very excited about cooking and getting to make everything gluten free - hopefully the parents won't mind!  On a sidebar, I also have to move out of my condo for a week to FINALLY get my floors refinished, so it will be nice to stay home and start the packing process.

Here is what is on my list to make (could change!)...

• herb roasted turkey breast
• sweet potatoes with marshmallows
• green beans with cherry tomatoes
• gluten free pumpkin bread
• jello mold
• cranberry sauce
• gluten free apple crisp with vanilla ice cream

Too bad I don't like stuffing...  The Today Show just showed a gluten free stuffing.  

Another post to follow with pictures and what the meal ends up being.  It's almost Thanksgiving...I have much to be thankful for!!