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So we are cooking Thanksgiving for me, dh, sister, bil and nephew. My sister''s entire family is gluten intolerant and I''m looking for some dishes we can make. We''re planning on buying our entire menu at Whole Foods! Also how do you make a turkey gluten free? We want to use a deep fryer with peanut oil to cook it, can we still do that or does peanut oil have gluten in it :) Don''t want anyone getting sick and want to have a happy first holiday as a married couple! Thanks in advance!
 
gluten=wheat products
 
http://glutenfreegirl.blogspot.com/2008/11/gluten-free-thanksgiving-2008.html

and then there is google...
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Date: 11/18/2009 12:12:43 PM
Author: FrekeChild
gluten=wheat products
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It actually includes more than just wheat. It also includes barley and rye. Many places are beginning to mark their products as to whether they are GF or not. However, just because you don''t see "wheat, barley, or rye" on the ingredients list, doesn''t mean they''re not there. Many natural and artificial flavors are derived from grain products, and therefore can contain gluten. Have your GF family members provide you with lists of their favorite foods, or run your ingredients list by them before making anything to assure it''s GF.

Also, keep in mind...fruits and veggies are still a "go"! So things like homemade mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc are still excellent!

Good luck, Smurfy!
 
Oh thank you guys so much! I was a little bummed thinking I couldn''t make homemade mashed potatoes but it seems as though I can, does anyone know if butter is ok to use?
 
Date: 11/18/2009 12:21:39 PM
Author: Smurfyimproved
Oh thank you guys so much! I was a little bummed thinking I couldn''t make homemade mashed potatoes but it seems as though I can, does anyone know if butter is ok to use?
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Chica, really, look up what gluten means - you''d be surprised how much you can still cook. Try here.
 
Lol I did but I''m still paranoid something will get snuck in somehow!
 
Hehe. I''m sure you''ll be fine! We had a GF-friend over for dinner one night. It was the night before a big 10-mile race and we were carbo-loading. She brought over rice pasta and we made that for her, and then my SO made tomato sauce (which we also used on our non-GF pizza!) from scratch, since the jarred stuff often has gluten in it.

Like I said, if it comes from the ground and isn''t wheat, barley, or rye, it''s a good jumping off point.

Sticks of real butter should be fine. Stuff that comes in plastic containers may be off-limits.
 
Smurfy, you should do a little research online about Celiac's and how to prepare gluten free foods, and what is in fact gluten free. For example: free range bird from WF=Gluten Free; commercial brand X of bird that injects stock and preservatives into the bird to increase the flavor and weight=possibly not GF (who knows what's in the stock they use).

Whole Foods is great because they have a GF baked goods question. Use their corn bread for stuffing. Vegtables are gluten free naturally. Stay away from wheat flour, barley, rye and oats and anything with those ingredients in it. Any packaged products you buy should clearly state "GLUTEN FREE" on the package. If it doesn't state it and it's not a vegetable or organic meat product, do not use it.

Also, make sure your pots, pans, dishes, silverware and countertops are washed thoroughly before cooking. For Celiacs once molecule of gluten is as bad as a loaf of bread.

ETA: It's very very sweet of you to take such care with your preparations.

General Turkey day products/ingredients that are GF (I'll try to list brands if I can):
Whole Foods Brand Fresh Turkey (frozen too)
Green Beans
Potatoes
Onions
Celery
Carrots
Peas
Green Olives
Black Olives
Apples
Pumpkin
Squash
Cream
Butter (avoid margarine, I can't believe it's not butter, etc)
Cheese (most-watch out for blue cheese or cheese injected with bacteria)
Cream cheese
Yogurt
Crisco
Salt
Pepper
Sage
Thyme
Oregano
Basil
Rosemary
Sugar
Progresso chicken
Progresso beef stock
Whole Foods gluten free corn bread
Food For Life almond and brown rice bread (Check the freezer section for other GF baked goods-usually pie crust is here)
Many, many others. If you have questions while there, ask a manager.

Other stuff:
Wine
My brother and I also regularly drink the following with no issues (we're both Celiacs)
scotch
burbon
vodka
tequila
rum

Beer is NOT OK
 
Smurfy, I don''t have food recommendations, but I second the suggestion to talk to you sister and ask for ideas of what they typically love to eat.
 
Date: 11/18/2009 1:44:24 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
Smurfy, you should do a little research online about Celiac''s and how to prepare gluten free foods, and what is in fact gluten free. For example: free range bird from WF=Gluten Free; commercial brand X of bird that injects stock and preservatives into the bird to increase the flavor and weight=possibly not GF (who knows what''s in the stock they use).


Whole Foods is great because they have a GF baked goods question. Use their corn bread for stuffing. Vegtables are gluten free naturally. Stay away from wheat flour, barley, rye and oats and anything with those ingredients in it. Any packaged products you buy should clearly state ''GLUTEN FREE'' on the package. If it doesn''t state it and it''s not a vegetable or organic meat product, do not use it.


Also, make sure your pots, pans, dishes, silverware and countertops are washed thoroughly before cooking. For Celiacs once molecule of gluten is as bad as a loaf of bread.


ETA: It''s very very sweet of you to take such care with your preparations.


General Turkey day products/ingredients that are GF (I''ll try to list brands if I can):

Whole Foods Brand Fresh Turkey (frozen too)

Green Beans

Potatoes

Onions

Celery

Carrots

Peas

Green Olives

Black Olives

Apples

Pumpkin

Squash

Cream

Butter (avoid margarine, I can''t believe it''s not butter, etc)

Cheese (most-watch out for blue cheese or cheese injected with bacteria)

Cream cheese

Yogurt

Crisco

Salt

Pepper

Sage

Thyme

Oregano

Basil

Rosemary

Sugar

Progresso chicken

Progresso beef stock

Whole Foods gluten free corn bread

Food For Life almond and brown rice bread (Check the freezer section for other GF baked goods-usually pie crust is here)

Many, many others. If you have questions while there, ask a manager.


Other stuff:

Wine

My brother and I also regularly drink the following with no issues (we''re both Celiacs)

scotch

burbon

vodka

tequila

rum


Beer is NOT OK
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Wow you are such a sweetie for listing all that for me, helps a lot! As for the beer, some relatives actually brought them some gluten free beer for the wedding and we have some left over for thanksgiving so that should be ok :) We are all HUGE winos as well lol Is it possible some packages might say Gluten Free on them and not really be? Like you know how cereals say how good they are for you but really aren''t? I don''t know why they would do that but who knows

I''m using all new dishes and cook ware too to cook with :) Good thing about about having a wedding the week before thanksgiving i guess!!
 
Date: 11/18/2009 2:10:24 PM
Author: Smurfyimproved
Date: 11/18/2009 1:44:24 PM

Author: Hudson_Hawk

Smurfy, you should do a little research online about Celiac''s and how to prepare gluten free foods, and what is in fact gluten free. For example: free range bird from WF=Gluten Free; commercial brand X of bird that injects stock and preservatives into the bird to increase the flavor and weight=possibly not GF (who knows what''s in the stock they use).



Whole Foods is great because they have a GF baked goods question. Use their corn bread for stuffing. Vegtables are gluten free naturally. Stay away from wheat flour, barley, rye and oats and anything with those ingredients in it. Any packaged products you buy should clearly state ''GLUTEN FREE'' on the package. If it doesn''t state it and it''s not a vegetable or organic meat product, do not use it.



Also, make sure your pots, pans, dishes, silverware and countertops are washed thoroughly before cooking. For Celiacs once molecule of gluten is as bad as a loaf of bread.



ETA: It''s very very sweet of you to take such care with your preparations.



General Turkey day products/ingredients that are GF (I''ll try to list brands if I can):


Whole Foods Brand Fresh Turkey (frozen too)


Green Beans


Potatoes


Onions


Celery


Carrots


Peas


Green Olives


Black Olives


Apples


Pumpkin


Squash


Cream


Butter (avoid margarine, I can''t believe it''s not butter, etc)


Cheese (most-watch out for blue cheese or cheese injected with bacteria)


Cream cheese


Yogurt


Crisco


Salt


Pepper


Sage


Thyme


Oregano


Basil


Rosemary


Sugar


Progresso chicken


Progresso beef stock


Whole Foods gluten free corn bread


Food For Life almond and brown rice bread (Check the freezer section for other GF baked goods-usually pie crust is here)


Many, many others. If you have questions while there, ask a manager.



Other stuff:


Wine


My brother and I also regularly drink the following with no issues (we''re both Celiacs)


scotch


burbon


vodka


tequila


rum



Beer is NOT OK
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Wow you are such a sweetie for listing all that for me, helps a lot! As for the beer, some relatives actually brought them some gluten free beer for the wedding and we have some left over for thanksgiving so that should be ok :) We are all HUGE winos as well lol Is it possible some packages might say Gluten Free on them and not really be? Like you know how cereals say how good they are for you but really aren''t? I don''t know why they would do that but who knows


I''m using all new dishes and cook ware too to cook with :) Good thing about about having a wedding the week before thanksgiving i guess!!
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No, posting Gluten Free is like posting "Nut Free." Because it involves a medical condition, they can''t post it if it isn''t true (I believe it''s illegal). Regardless of the legality, it would be a HUGE liability for them.
 
I have a celiac niece and the other thing you need to watch for is "caramel colouring" as it is often a barley product. It''s in a lot of things like Coke, Root Beer, Worchestechire sauce, soya sauce, bbq sauce, soups, etc that one wouldn''t normally associate with gluten. A lot of commercial soups/stocks contain gluten so I''d stick with the brands Hudson suggested or something that states ''Gluten free'' on the label. And I''d like to ditto what she said about making sure your food prep surfaces and tools, pots and pans are well cleaned. Cross contamination is easy to do and can make a Celiac person really sick. For my niece, we were told that if we''re using cookware with a non stick coating it needs to be something that has never been used with a gluten containing food (I''m not sure exactly why- maybe Hudson can elaborate?). We have pans that are only to be used for her for that reason.
 
Actually coke is gluten free - http://www.kintera.org/site/pp.asp?c=ewK0LjP7E&b=494419
 
Upgrade- the P+P issue is due to cross contamination. Molecules can get stuck in the nooks and crannies of the pan and can cause problems. This is an area of debate though and different people follow different guidelines. Personally I would never cook in a pot that had just had pasta water in it without putting it through the dishwasher first on it''s hottest setting. So clearly I don''t subscribe to the school of thought that you absolutely cannot use the same set of P+P to cook with. The dishwasher is the closest thing I can get to sanitizing and I don''t have any issues with it symptomatically, so I feel confident that it works for me. In Smurfy''s case I''m not going to tell her to go out and buy a new set of P+Ps to cook dinner with. Get them as clean as possible. Ask you SIL if this is OK with her. If it''s not, ask to borrow her P+P.
 
I''m not sure why non-stick would be an issue but standard would be OK...perhaps the chemical makeup of the NS surface prevents the gluten from being rinsed away?
 
Date: 11/18/2009 2:38:42 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
I''m not sure why non-stick would be an issue but standard would be OK...perhaps the chemical makeup of the NS surface prevents the gluten from being rinsed away?
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Thanks HH. It must be something along those lines because we can use all of our regular (clean) pots and pans for her. It''s only the non stick ones that are an issue so we have some set aside for her. Thanks for the Coke info too- I''ll pass that along. She thought it had gluten so I''m sure she''ll be thrilled to be able to have it again!
 
DH''s cousin also has gluten issues, and last year at Thanksgiving his aunt made a really good stuffing alternative that involved wild rice, mushrooms, I think water chestnuts and a bunch of other stuff, it was really good!
 
Hey Smurfy! I was just looking through some food blogs and found this and remembered your thread. I don''t know if this would be useful since Thanksgiving is so close now, but thought I''d pass it along. Gluten free recipes I hope you have an awesome Thanksgiving!
 
Nice list MrsHH :)

It''s not a problem for you to have a regular pumpkin pie for some people as long as you provide alternatives for those who cannot eat the crust. I was at a friend''s house last year and she is intolerant but she made two pies - one with spelt or some mix and I wasn''t fond of it. Maybe some kind of pumpkin pudding recipe could work for everyone.

As for the stuffing - I would get the gluten free cornbread she mentioned and make cornbread stuffing with apples, onions, celery, and make your own ground pork or chicken sausage to make sure it doesn''t have anything in it.

Where you run into issues a lot of times are sauces and stuff - things that are pure like oil won''t have wheat - but things like soy sauce that are compiled ingredients often sneak them in.

Check the lables. If it''s a really complicated label you might not be able to trust it... but if it''s simple and you recognize the ingredients and they''re all safe individually you should be fine.
 
If anyone is interested here is my menu :)
Stuffing

1 loaf GF bread (I''ve used tapioca, but anything will work) 5-6 cubs cubed.
2-3 tbs butter
2 cups onion
3 cups chopped celery
1 teaspoon sage
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1 teaspoon combined (rosemary, marjoram, and thyme)
1 container natural chicken broth (I use organic or Swanson Natural - avoid modified food starch).

Cut bread into small cubes - bake at 350 until toasted - make sure to flip the cubes around as they bake to get all sides. (I usually do this the night before and then leave the toast cubes out on a cookie sheet on the counter so that they dry up just a little more).

Brown onion and celery in butter (the key is to chop them small) add spices and a little chicken broth. Then add bread and most of the rest of the broth, if it gets really gooey and looks like the bread is falling apart stop adding broth. (If you like your stuffing crunchy add a little less - if you like it gooey then add a little more broth). We bake our stuffing in muffin tins - make sure to squish the stuffing in the tins so they come out whole. That way they are gooey on the inside and crunchy on top... but you could also put them in any pan and bake them. Bake at 350 for a half hour or until crispy on top.

turkey
Organic naturally grown turkey (they had no GF at Whole Foods so I asked my sister and she said this would be fine too :)
Peanut Oil

Mashed Potatoes
russet potatoes
cream cheese
sour cream
garlic salt
pepper
butter
cheddar cheese

corn
just regular old corn :)

cranberry sauce
sugar
water
cranberries
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fruit salad
cut up yummy fruit
pineapple
grapes
watermelon
muskmelon
canteloupe
:)

gravy
unsalted butter
gluten free flour
swansons chicken stock
salt & pepper

regular pumpkin pie for dh :) and GF pumpkin coffee cake

oh and sparkling apple cidar for the little one :)
 
The menu sounds yummy Smurfy! Wow, I didn't know gluten was in so much
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; I learned something new in this thread. You are sweet to do that for your family; Happy Thanksgiving!!
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you''re going to have an awesome spread :)
 
Smurfy-I would go online to the Swanson''s website and confirm that the stock is GF. I know for a fact that Progresso is (and it tastes the same as Swanson''s) so that''s why it was on the list.

Also, I''d use corn starch instead of GF flour. I find GF flour is great for things like baking, but if there''s bean flour in it it''ll taste like raw dried beans (blegh) and if it''s got rice flour in it it''ll be gritty. Regular old corn starch is GF and easy to use, just dissolve it in cold water/stock and add, bring gravy to a simmer and you''re good to go.
 
thanks hudson for the tips :)
I know I''ve got cornstarch at home so I can use that
checkin the website in a bit!
 
Isn''t A&W root beer gluten free? We had a celiac guest over a while back and he was able to drink that.

One year, I made a yummy dish with brown rice, walnuts, cranberries, and cooked that up and everyone loved it. At the time, we had two vegans in the family and it was difficult finding dishes they would eat, since dairy was out also.

Eating meals excluding certain foods is such a stressful situation. I''m allergic to both eggs and dairy and nobody ever makes any compromises for me. Smurfy, it''s so thoughtful of you to make this a wonderful yummy thanksgiving for your sister''s family.
 
As far as I know it is. I drink it all the time with no adverse affects. It''s really easy for someone with Celiac''s to tell if they''ve ingested gluten on accident. You get stomach cramps and then really bad gas (TMI, sorry).
 
FYI, Whole Foods sells a couple brands of gluten free beer. The one BF likes is Bard''s. He has celiac and hasn''t had beer in a few years. I got him a 6-pack of Bard''s and his face lit up when he tasted it.
Thanks for sharing all these gluten-free recipes! I''m saving them for future dinner plans
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