Every year I order a wild / heritage turkey. They taste far better than anything you could get in a store, and they lived longer, happier, more environmentally sensitive, turkey lives. That said they are also a lot more...
Read MoreThere is an old story that goes something like this. Once upon a time there was a widowed farmer who relied on his one son and one horse to make a living off the land. Then one day the horse ran off. The farmer was very...
Read MoreI have been posting a series of recipes for a gluten-free dairy-free soy-free nut-free corn-free vegan-friendly Thanksgiving for a few weeks now. With Thanksgiving only a week away I thought I should pull it all together with...
Read MoreLots of foods get sketchy when they go gluten-free. Traditional giblet gravy is not one of them. The switch from flour to arrowroot or tapioca adds that mouthfeel that normally requires homemade stock with gelatin. The gravy is...
Read MoreThis stuffing goes with my turkey recipe. Part of what keeps the breast meat so moist in that recipe is this overly wet stuffing which ends up adding moisture to the turkey from within. If you do not plan to cook it inside the...
Read MoreThere are lots of ways to handle Thanksgiving when you have celiac disease. Most years I have made the entire dinner, but last year my uncle deep fried the turkey (yum!) and my aunt and I both made side dishes since gluten-free...
Read MoreMy son’s school does an apple slice dessert one day a year. It is a big deal and a big hit with the kids and the moms. I adapted the recipe from the school website to be gluten-free, and dairy-free. It was already...
Read MoreWe never ate mashed potatoes growing up because they were too much work. That said, when you deconstruct the recipe you find that the bulk of the work is in the peeling. Potatoes are uneven, slippery when wet and take a while to...
Read MoreI am always amazed at how many “fun side dishes” for Thanksgiving require that the oven be used. I am sure this is not an issue for those with multiple ovens, but if you have one oven then it is probably full of a...
Read MoreI always hated making bacon. It was as if I had a choice between spatter going everywhere when cooking on the stovetop or checking in layers of greasy, slimy, environmentally uncool towels to see if the bacon was done yet (plus...
Read MoreAs written these pancakes are gluten-free and dairy-free but not vegan, egg-free or nut free. They can however be made vegan and egg free by use of egg replacer and nut free by the use of Spectrum Naturals Butter flavor...
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