Awesome meal when a key guest has celiac disease?

[Anonymous]

My DD was recently diagnosed with celiac. In addition to avoid cross-contamination, she pretty much sticks to a keto diet--protein, raw fruits/veggies. As people have mentioned rice is gluten free. Avoid a lot of sauces as (soy and mayo and a lot of flavorings may have wheat thickeners). For gravy, there are gluten free packets you can buy at Whole Foods and just mix with water. Thanksgiving is already stressful enough w/o trying to make two homemade gravies. She likes it just fine. I would wait til closer to service time to prepare it though as it can get a bit lump otherwise. Macarons and ice cream tend to be safe gluten free dessert options. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Definitely check with your guest to see if you could even cook for them. The celiacs I know wouldn't eat from my kitchen, which is mostly gluten free but has bread crumbs from the two non-GF people in my house. Cross-contamination can be really tough.

[Anonymous]

Celiac here. I prefer simple foods.

Many celiacs prefer to bring their own dishes.

Make sure you get a non injected turkey. Turkeys like butterballs frequently contain gluten injected into them.

Safe foods for me at thanksgiving would be:
turkey (non injected), mashed potatoes (homemade with potatoes and butter--not picked up as a carryout as many restaurant mashed potatoes contain flour (wheat/gluten); green beans-buttered, mashed sweet potatoes, fruit

I'd ask the person if they want to bring gluten free stuffing and/or gluten free desert.

[Anonymous]

Your main issues will be gravy, bread (incl. for stuffing) and dessert, and both bread and dessert can be purchased gluten free.

In Ireland I'd do gluten free oyster stuffing. https://tasty-yummies.com/gluten-free-oyster-sourdough-stuffing/

[Anonymous]

Love pavlova as a gluten free dessert!

[Anonymous]

You have to be really careful about cross-contamination. Our everyday butter probably has tiny breadcrumbs in it from spreading on toast and then getting more butter.

Instead of a pie, make pumpkin pie filling and top with a peacan/brown sugar/butter mixture.

[Anonymous]

So Europeans are way ahead of the US in terms of gluten free and celiac. So you should not have a problem. Most of the side dish are fairly easy to do gluten free including Mac and cheese.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GF flour works great for gravy. Mashed potatoes, turkey, no problem. Stuffing made with GF bread is indistinguishable from the gluteny kind. GF pie crust is a heavy lift but there are a thousand apple crumble recipes that are delicious. Thanksgiving is a very easy meal to make gf.

-a celiac

I have had really good lock with this recipe. I use buttermilk instead of water and pre bake the crust. People can not tell the difference.

https://fromscratchfast.com/easy-gluten-free-pie-crust/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Celiac here. I prefer simple foods.

Many celiacs prefer to bring their own dishes.

Make sure you get a non injected turkey. Turkeys like butterballs frequently contain gluten injected into them.

Safe foods for me at thanksgiving would be:
turkey (non injected), mashed potatoes (homemade with potatoes and butter--not picked up as a carryout as many restaurant mashed potatoes contain flour (wheat/gluten); green beans-buttered, mashed sweet potatoes, fruit

I'd ask the person if they want to bring gluten free stuffing and/or gluten free desert.

Thanks! We are all staying together so I plan to involve her in the shopping and cooking (even if only in a supervisory role—that part will be up to her)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GF flour works great for gravy. Mashed potatoes, turkey, no problem. Stuffing made with GF bread is indistinguishable from the gluteny kind. GF pie crust is a heavy lift but there are a thousand apple crumble recipes that are delicious. Thanksgiving is a very easy meal to make gf.

-a celiac

I have had really good lock with this recipe. I use buttermilk instead of water and pre bake the crust. People can not tell the difference.

https://fromscratchfast.com/easy-gluten-free-pie-crust/

That looks delicious!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love pavlova as a gluten free dessert!

Second this. I had a lot of compliments when I made this for Easter dinner.