Gluten free Thanksgiving

[lunabee34]

My mom has been sick for awhile, and she had a colonoscopy/endoscopy last week. They took biopsies, and she has celiac disease.

I will do my own research, but I want to do some crowd-sourcing from you guys because I know several of you have extensive knowledge.

Do you have any recipe, product, websites, cookbook recs I can pass along?

We are hosting Thanksgiving, and I want to show her that gluten free can be good, tasty, and easy.

Gluten comes from wheat, right? So gluten free foods include meats and vegetables, right? (I am so ignorant about this issue; I feel like I'm asking stupidly dumbass questions)

Mom is really upset, and I suspect that part of it is because she's worried that my dad won't be supportive and she'll be stuck having to cook/be around a lot of food she can't eat. :/

Gonna go call her now; she sent out a mass email to the family.

Anything you can tell me is appreciated.

ETA: I have totally sold my dad short. He has actually been super supportive and told mom that the whole household would be gluten free and that they were doing it together. I kind of feel like an ass for assuming he'd be an ass about it, but past behavior seemed to indicate that he would. Whew!

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GF Thanksgiving Links

[spikedluv]

I'm not trying to fool you by coming over here to talk now, I just had DW open. o_O I Googled 'gluten free thanksgiving' and got a bunch of links that I thought I'd share.

~Make a Traditional Thanksgiving Menu ... Completely Gluten-Free (celiacdisease.com)

But believe it or not, it's possible to make just about everything on the typical Thanksgiving table gluten-free — you just need to know where the gluten lurks and what to substitute to avoid it.

~gluten-free thanksgiving (foodandwine.com; the ads made it difficult to see the site)

~Give Thanks for These 22 Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Dishes (bonappetit.com)

~Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Recipes (allrecipes.com)

~Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Recipes & Tips (glutenfreegoddess) [She also links to this The Gluten-Free Diet Cheat-Sheet: How to Go G-Free that she created.]

~Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Menu (bettycrocker.com)

~26 Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Recipes (food.com)

~Gluten-Free (if Not Guilt-Free) Thanksgiving Desserts (nytimes.com)

I'm tired of looking at all these websites now, so you're probably of it, too. *g*

Re: GF Thanksgiving Links

[lunabee34]

These are awesome, especially that cheat sheet. We are going to have the best Thanksgiving ever!

Re: GF Thanksgiving Links

[spikedluv]

I'm glad!

Yes you will! Probably the first Thanksgiving in ages when your mom can enjoy it without feeling ill after.