Comments on: Gluten Free Menu Swap- November 19th

By: Sally Parrott Ashbrook

Sally Parrott Ashbrook — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:19:31 +0000

Several posts at various blogs have made me feel better about the fact that Thanksgiving was, well, hard for me this year–my first gluten-free, allergen-free year–even with my mother trying to make concessions for me. So thanks.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:13:06 +0000

Hi Natalie!
What a familiar feeling. I just got back from 4 days in California where we celebrated an early Thanksgiving with my mom, dad and my boys (3 of them live in California still and 2 are still at home with me).
And not only do I need to be gluten-free, I need to be dairy free as well.
My mom and I planned the menu together. Fortunately, she is really understanding of my menu limitations. She just doesn’t know how to cope with it all. So I wrote up the shopping list, we went shopping together, and I was able to pre-screen everything we bought.
And, honestly, I think she was more than happy to let me cook everything! And dinner was a hit. Even my 3 oldest boys, who are extremely picky eaters, enjoyed it and my dad called it a success.
Not one of them realized the pumpkin pie had a rice flour crust and was made with soy milk. In fact, very little of it survived!
Something else I did, to make things a little easier for me, was to pre-mix zip-lock bags with all the dry ingredients I needed for the pie crust, some GF CF EF brownies, and your delicious apple-quinoa and carrot-zucchini muffins. Because all the dry ingredients were pre-measured, all I had to do was add the wet stuff, and bake. This way I made sure I had plenty of GF things to munch on and also introduced my family to a new way of eating.
Well, I am off to do grocery shopping for our Thanksgiving dinner at home tomorrow. Hope it’s as as successful as Sunday’s was.
And hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving, too.

By: alexsandra

alexsandra — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:21:20 +0000

These are my first gluten free holidays. Last year I didn’t know what I was allergic too, I was reacting to every food so I ate so little…compared to that the choices seem endless now that I know what it is!! What a difference perspective makes. But all your thoughts in this post have been my thoughts. This has changed our lives in so many ways. Then I realize how grateful I am to feel healthy again. I went from using a cane from the pain of chronic inflammation and arthritis to working out at the gym…no cane in sight. The change after going gluten free is that dramatic. So I am grateful. Gratitude is a very good thing!! Thanks for all your amazing posts!! Happy Thanksgiving!!
alexsandra

By: Sharon K

Sharon K — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:42:47 +0000

Gee Gluten Free Mommy,
That was a really beautiful thought and I can relate totally… I have always made Thanksgiving, it is my favorite holiday of the year… No religion ( Jewish), just family and good friends… now that I am GF for 4 months, my friend offered to invite me and my parents for a gluten free Thanksgiving, and I too, feel so guilty, but am thrilled at the gesture of friendship… Happy Turkey Day to you!!! SK … BySharon@comcast.net

By: Krista Foster

Krista Foster — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:59:01 +0000

I feel you. I feel every word. Christmas will be my holiday with those feelings. No partaking of my dad’s out of this world homemade clam chowder (it’d be award winning if he’d enter it somewhere!). And just overall not being able to partake of anything except what I brought.

This year, my husband’s stepmother asked about every detail. She lives alone and lives very “clean” so I’m totally not worried, but I still feel like an imposition! I’m bringing stuffing and dessert, and thankfully, no one else is going to be there but us.

Sigh. ENJOY Weds. Pass on that cooking tradition to your kids.

Misty now….

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By: Janine

Janine — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:11:12 +0000

I know what you mean about the joy of cooking with your mother. We are traveling to see family and have Thanksgiving at my Aunt’s house. I feel like a burden when I do things like ask my mom if my Aunt knows not to stuff that free range, organic turkey that she bought so that I can eat the turkey, mashed potatoes AND green beans while everyone is enjoying a full Thanksgiving meal. We will be coming home to fix our own fully gluten-free ‘Thanksgiving’ this weekend. It’s a lot of work but I can’t wait! Have a fun and healthy Thanksgiving.

Janine