Finish my meal - (preferably gluten free)!

[Anonymous]

I need a couple more side dishes for a dinner party (8 adults and 4 young kids). One of the adults of gluten free. I cook all the time and am so sick of everything. I need inspiration.

Heres the menu so far:

home baked challah
chicken soup
spinach salad
corned beef
latkes
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beignets/donuts for dessert

[Anonymous]

Roasted cauliflower
Parmesan encrusted zuchinni medallions
quinoa with sundried tomatoes, walnuts, and goat cheese

[Anonymous]

Also nothing dairy - although if I can sub soy/almond milk, its fine.

[Anonymous]

Roasted vegetables

Green beans with pomegranate in a vinegrette dressing

Baked apples

Gluten free brownies and ice cream

[Anonymous]

Roasted vegetables
Homemade applesauce for the latkes or just as a side dish
Gluten-free dessert - there is pareve, gluten-free ice cream that is quite good at Whole Foods (even cookie dough flavor, believe it or not)

That's enough. Then you'll have all the food groups. You don't need too many dishes.

[Anonymous]

OP,

I'm not sure if you were going to serve buffet style or as courses, but please make sure that if you are serving courses that the GF person has something to eat at the same time.

I don't know if you plan on putting matzoh in your chicken soup, but there are recipes for GF versions. Also, for your latkes, if you add flour, I would urge you to put in a GF friendly one. They should really work out the same.

Please also check your ingredients with whatever you add to the spinach salad, e.g., nuts or berries to make sure they say "gluten free" on the label. Sometimes wheat is added as anti-caking ingredient. No croutons unless their GF.

For starches, a baked potato or rice is very easy. Whole Foods sells a lot of GF items, especially baked goods so you can find something easy for dessert. So other than the homemade bread (and possibly the soup), your GF guest should be able to partake in most of the meal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP,

I'm not sure if you were going to serve buffet style or as courses, but please make sure that if you are serving courses that the GF person has something to eat at the same time.

I don't know if you plan on putting matzoh in your chicken soup, but there are recipes for GF versions. Also, for your latkes, if you add flour, I would urge you to put in a GF friendly one. They should really work out the same.

Please also check your ingredients with whatever you add to the spinach salad, e.g., nuts or berries to make sure they say "gluten free" on the label. Sometimes wheat is added as anti-caking ingredient. No croutons unless their GF.

For starches, a baked potato or rice is very easy. Whole Foods sells a lot of GF items, especially baked goods so you can find something easy for dessert. So other than the homemade bread (and possibly the soup), your GF guest should be able to partake in most of the meal.

I am serving the soup separately, but everything else together. I'll make matza balls but outside of the soup, so the GF person can eat the soup alone. And I planned to add potato starch to the latkes instead of matza meal.

Does creamed corn have to say "gluten free"? the ingredients are just corn, sugar, modified corn starch water and salt. I am going to make a corn souffle.

[Anonymous]

DS is GF and we use creamed corn, just fine.

That said, some GF folks are more sensitive than others--if in doubt you might want to ask.

+1 on the roast cauliflower. Or crispy sauteed green beans with olive oil, lemon juice & salt.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't use anything with "modified corn starch" unless it says gluten free b/c it's often modified with wheat flour.

http://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/topic/1579-modified-corn-starch/