My grand daughter Joscelyn has been to several birthday parties this year. She’s very used to telling the hostess that she can’t have the birthday cake because it has gluten. For her birthday I have looked forward to making birthday cake the she CAN eat! She didn’t want chocolate, and so we made a yellow cake.
Joscelyn helped me make the cake last night. She was excited, since three of us, including her mommy Kayli eat gluten-free, and she knew we would be putting the recipe on this website today, to help others like us. Kayli did the princess cake decorating today.
For Joscelyn’s birthday lunch we enjoyed spaghetti made with our favorite pasta – De Boles brand, made with Jerusalem Artichoke Flour. When time for cake, we were happy to find the cake met our expectations – it tasted great! Grandpa, or as Joscelyn calls him, “Crappa” even asked for seconds!
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Our Christmas Eve dinner has been a tradition since our family started many years ago. It is my children’s favorite meal of the year! Along with our Christmas Potatoes, ham and Christmas Jell-o, we have a tradition of each taking turns giving a toast as we take sips of sparkling grape juice.
See all my Christmas recipes in Gluten-Free Holiday Recipes in Larraine’s GF Store. I wish you the warmest wishes for the holidays!!!
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Soon after my daughter Kayli was diagnosed with Celiac at age fifteen, she and I traveled to Indianapolis to have Thanksgiving with my brother’s family. She had a very hard time through dinner, since she couldn’t eat the rolls, string bean casserole, stuffing or pie. Later some nieces were making cookies, and she took a taste of cookie dough, then cried, realizing she couldn’t have that either.
Last year my family had a completely gluten-free Thanksgiving dinner. It was wonderful to enjoy all of the tastes that we love! I’ve included some recipes and tips that can help make your Thanksgiving a healthy and tasty one!
When looking for your Thanksgiving turkey, it’s important to find a turkey that has not been pre-basted, since many have wheat gluten in the basting. If you look hard, there are some that don’t contain gluten. You may want to be safe, and do the basting yourself.
I use gluten-free bread cut into cubes and then dried to make my favorite stuffing. See recipe in my Gluten-Free Holiday Recipes available in Larraine’s GF Store.
A crowd pleaser is the traditional Green Bean Casserole. I do this by making my own Golden French Onions and Cream of Mushroom Soup to make the Casserole – which is also in my Gluten-Free Holiday Recipes.
You’ll also find a recipe that is a favorite of my husband’s. It is for Candied Sweet Potatoes or Yams.
I have made my own pie crusts, but usually order them for Thanksgiving, to save time. Look for health/natural food markets that offer holiday orders. I travel about 45 minutes to a great little place to order mine. If you need a recipe to make your own, you can use the recipe found under Pizza in my Gluten-Free Recipes – Larraine’s Pizza Pie. The recipe says to press dough in a pie dish, but can also be rolled between two sheets of waxed paper.
Now that my family knows how to make Thanksgiving gluten-free, we look forward to this holiday rather than feeling left out and disappointed that we cannot participate in this traditional meal.
Have a Happy and Delicious Thanksgiving!
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When I was small I had a tradition of making gumdrop turkeys, using toothpicks to hold the gumdrops together. Each person had a candy turkey as their place setting.
I’ve carried on this tradition with my granddaughter. We’ve made our own funny version, usually using sour gummy worms, candy corns, and whatever else we choose each year. They turn out pretty hilarious, and we’ve given in to using a glue gun, instead of trying to stick everything together using toothpicks. Needless to say, the turkeys are not edible; they are for looks only! We have lots of fun and laughs making them!
Filed under GF/CF Kids by on Nov 9th, 2008. 3 Comments.
Since I’ve been eating gluten-free, I’ve missed Pumpkin Cookies. I’m finally getting around to making some! Fall is such a fun time for eating all things Pumpkin!
My granddaughter is anxious to make something with her Jack-O-Lantern, but I keep telling her he’s too cute with his drawn on face to cut into! So I’ve shown her how easy it is to use canned pumpkin, and let her pumpkin “live.”
See this recipe for Pumpkin Cookies in my Gluten-Free Holiday Recipes in Larraine’s GF Store.
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We are having so much fun with our family breakfasts and trying out new recipes. In the past I blogged about Golden Delight Pancakes, which are incredibly tasty! Now we’ve added another pancake recipe, Applesauce Pancakes. They are a HUGE hit with my family! These and other breakfast recipes can now be found under Breakfast in my Gluten-Free Recipes.
Filed under Recipes by on Nov 1st, 2008. 2 Comments.
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