Gluten Free Turkey Roasting Tips

Gluten Free Thanksgiving Recipes

Whether you are on a gluten free diet or not, these turkey roasting tips may come in handy this holiday season. Ingredients listed do not contain gluten. For specific brands of gluten free chicken broth see the Gluten Free Product List. For gluten free turkey brands see Gluten Free Turkey List. If you’re serving ham instead of turkey, check out the Gluten Free Ham List. I hope you find these turkey roasting tips helpful. Happy upcoming Thanksgiving to you all! Continue reading “Gluten Free Turkey Roasting Tips”

Gluten Free Sweet Potato Muffins

These gluten free sweet potato muffins have the weight and texture of a quick bread, such as banana bread, but perhaps a little lighter. They are very moist, and more importantly, packed with nutritious ingredients which I wouldn’t mind giving my grandchildren. And being that I used xylitol instead of sugar, I look forward to using them as a healthy snack for myself more often. These gluten free sweet potato muffins would make an excellent substitution for cornbread this Thanksgiving, as well. And they are a great way to use left over sweet potatoes! That was my reason for creating this recipe. Enjoy! Continue reading “Gluten Free Sweet Potato Muffins”

Corn Free Gluten Free Sweet Potato Spoon Bread

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Even gluten free sweet potato spoon bread usually contains cornmeal, but for my corn free readers I thought I would make a corn free version. You can definitely substitute half of the flour for some cornmeal which will need to be cooked in the milk prior to adding it to the food processor or blender. However, my husband really enjoyed the corn-free version, and he’s a cornbread lover, and I hope you enjoy it, as well.

Note that this gluten free sweet potato spoon bread bakes like a souffle, rising and pulling away from the sides of the dish. Continue reading “Corn Free Gluten Free Sweet Potato Spoon Bread”

Gluten Free Cornbread for Stuffing or Dessert

Moist Gluten Free Cornbread

Last year I had a request for a good gluten free cornbread stuffing recipe, but I hadn’t created a gluten free cornbread recipe, and never got around to it. So, this year, it is my top priority. Once you have a good gluten free cornbread recipe you can make any stuffing recipe you choose using that gluten free cornbread. Preferably it should be a soft, absorbable one. This recipe is more of a cake-style cornbread recipe, however, you can adjust it to create a more traditional gluten free cornbread for stuffing.

I love the dessert version. I think my hubby’s favorite foods are stuffing and cornbread, and he was in heaven with this gluten free corn bread recipe this morning, and he’s not 100% gluten free! With the adjustments above, hubby says it tastes just like cornbread. Enjoy! Continue reading “Gluten Free Cornbread for Stuffing or Dessert”

Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Recipe with Caramel Sauce and Nuts

I get a lot of requests for a gluten free chocolate cake recipe. And I had run across a recipe for caramel sauce which made me think of a cake recipe my sister used to make. It had a caramel-like sauce and walnuts placed beneath a chocolate cake batter in a bundt pan. Often some of the caramel and nuts would stick to the pan, but it was so so good! I wanted to convert this to a gluten free chocolate cake recipe, but she has lost the recipe. I’m sure she’ll find it one day but stored it away once the caramel sauce wasn’t turning out right. She thinks the corn syrup is made differently nowadays. Continue reading “Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Recipe with Caramel Sauce and Nuts”

Seasoned Gluten Free Croutons

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I am about to make a meatloaf muffin recipe that calls for Stove Top stuffing mix. Since Stove Top does not make gluten-free stuffing I am making my own homemade seasoned gluten free croutons recipe. You can use these croutons in gluten-free stuffing, as well, with or without the seasonings. I hope you find this recipe useful. My husband who gladly uses gluten croutons, likes these better! Tomorrow I will post the meatloaf muffin recipe using these gluten free croutons. They are going to be so cute, individual meatloafs! Continue reading “Seasoned Gluten Free Croutons”

Happy Thanksgiving to All!

I wanted to take the time to wish you all a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving! I appreciate all your support.

Every Thanksgiving I think back to 1981 when I cooked my first holiday dinner, all by myself. Well, perhaps not all by myself! I did have two older sisters who were in the kitchen non-stop to make sure I did not mess anything up. I found it a bit difficult to learn when they were doing everything for me, year after year, but what are sisters for? Right?

Finally, one day my mother handed down her Joy of Cooking cookbook to me. She did not like it, as she always depended upon her Betty Crocker cookbook for everyday recipes. Once I had the Joy of Cooking in my hands I was able to branch out on my own. I think the first thing I made from that cookbook were cream puffs. Yum! The puffs came out wonderful, but I wasn’t too fond of the custard. I wanted to duplicate the custard in the cream puffs from Victoria’s Bakery in San Francisco. Unfortunately, no luck there. Continue reading “Happy Thanksgiving to All!”

Gluten Free Sweet Potato Puffs

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These gluten free sweet potato puffs turned out wonderful! They look like miniature cream puffs. They are more moist inside, though, and without the filling. These lovely little puffs can be served as biscuits or a dessert. If using as a biscuit serve plain or with butter. You can also coat them with powdered sugar to serve as a dessert. I have tried them both plain and with powdered sugar (actually agave powder) and love them both! My hubby wants to try them with butter, but hasn’t yet. He keeps eating them plain. They are not real sweet (but sweet enough) which lends to its versatility. In my last batch I added chopped walnuts. Yum! They tasted close to a zucchini or banana bread. Have fun with these. They are sure to make Thanksgiving special. I can picture them served at brunch, as well. They are also a great way to use up those left over sweet potatoes! Continue reading “Gluten Free Sweet Potato Puffs”

Mashed Gluten Free Sweet Potato Recipe

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This gluten free sweet potato recipe was made from an error. My husband went grocery shopping. Big mistake! Huge! I asked him to pick up some sweet potatoes for my mashed sweet potato recipe and neglected to tell him I wanted the red ones. He came back with yellow sweet potatoes, a cross between a regular potato and red sweet potatoes or yams. The yellow ones are not as sweet and I could not use them in the recipe I had in mind. I had to find a use for them. Oh well, yet another challenge for a new recipe, gluten-free, of course! Continue reading “Mashed Gluten Free Sweet Potato Recipe”