This was my first Thanksgiving to go gluten free and at first I was a little disappointed. Surely this meant no pie, no dressing, two of my favorite things! But as I have discovered lately, there are so many ways around gluten that it is glorious! Awareness is a beautiful thing. So this year, I got a little creative.
First up,
plantain dressing:
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| Plantain Bread - 1 plantain, two eggs, 1 tbs of oil. Blend until smooth. 350 for 15-18 minutes. Delicious. |
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| Cut into cubes and toast. |
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| Saute onions and celery. |
Mix together with chicken broth and season with poultry seasoning, thyme, and rosemary in a crockpot and simmer on low for an hour. Then, pop back in the oven on 350 for half an hour and eat warm. Survey says? Delicious! I should not have halved the recipe I don't think, but it was still delicious and I definitely plan on making the bread just to eat on a daily basis. So stinkin' easy and yummy!
Next up, brown rice
apple pie:
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| 2 1/2 cups brown rice flour/1 stick of butter (chilled in the freezer for half an hour)/tsp salt/tsp sugar/6-8 tbs of ice cold water. |
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| 8 cups of chopped apples/1tbs cinnamon/1tbs nutmeg/pinch of salt/more brown rice flour... |
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| Attempt lattice…one day you will perfect this! 400 for 40 minutes with aluminum foil, then fifteen more uncovered. Serve hot! |
My sweet friend Sharon Peterson picked up some gluten free pie crusts for me a few weeks ago and I had fully intended on using those. Tuesday morning I remembered everything…but the pie crusts :( Still, this was good practice in pie making and as I fully intend on becoming an expert pie maker (complete with fifties style dress and pearls) this was good practice.
Survey says: delicious! I was scared the dough would end up very dry and crumbly but it was so stink in' good! This is a recipe I will stick with.
And now, for pictures of fellowship! How thankful I am to be part of the body of Christ.
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| Alison making cranberry deliciousness! Looking amazing even after being up all night with a coughing baby. |
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| Momma pealing po-ta-toes. |
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| Me, making the second pie for everybody else. This one had lard and regular flour. |
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Leaves!
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| Thomas and Jimmy. My movie buddy is back! For a while :( |
Happy Thanksgiving!
4 comments:
Yay!! So glad you liked the plantain bread stuffing! Gluten is so overrated. ;)
Thanks again for sharing the recipe!
I LOVE plantains (but I've never thought of putting them in bread). We usually eat them fried, smashed and fried again (tostones--a Cuban food). I'll have to try the bread...it sounds healthier ;).
Ooo, I'm going to have to try that, that sounds amazing! I got obsessed with plantains while living in Peru, never tried them Cuban style.
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