Thanksgiving Recipes from Honestly Gluten Free

Happy Thanksgiving!! 

This is a compilation of recipes I have collected from my group Honestly Gluten Free to share with my group members - others are welcome to use these recipes. There is no rhyme or reason for this collection, just take a look and see what might interest you for your Thanksgiving table. Everything here is Gluten Free - the Dairy Recipes will have substitutions. Here we go =

Dinner

Turkey Buying Tips and Thawing a Turkey

70+ Paleo AIP & GAPS-Friendly Thanksgiving Recipes
Turkey Brine

Skillet Turkey With Roasted Vegetables

Bacon Wrapped Turkey

Slow Cooker Turkey Breast

Oven Roasted Turkey Breast (use gf flour or arrowroot and df ingredients if need to)

Air Fryer Turkey Breast

Thanksgiving on Two Sheet Pans

Bacon Wrapped Maple Cornish Game Hens

SIDES

Stuffin' Muffins (These are wonderful. Every muffin has crunchy bits, that everyone loves)

Butternut Squash Noodles with Brown Sage Butter

Favorite Brussels Sprouts Recipes

Yummy Yam Casserole

Green Bean Casserole Recipes

Sauteed Green Beans With Mushrooms And Shallots

Skillet Green Bean Casserole

Sheet Pan Roasted Vegetables

Roasted New Potatoes

Easiest Healthy Cranberry Sauce

Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Easy AIP Stuffing

Sweet Potatoes With Gingersnap Cranberry Crumble

Butter Pecan Sweet Potatoes

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Red Peppers and Shallots

Corn and Butter Bean (or Lima Bean) Casserole

Paleo Rainy Day Biscuits

Collard Greens

Roasted Garlic & Herb Mushroom Medley

Gingered Pomegranate Lime Cranberry Sauce

Cheesy Squash Casserole (use df ingredients to keep this Dairy Free)

Kale with Garlic and Cranberries

Crab Casserole
Traditional Stuffing with Fresh Herbs
Creamy Mashed Potatoes with Cream Cheese (use df cream cheese to keep this Dairy Free)

Kid Friendly Ginger Peas
Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Grandma's Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Easy Maple Roasted Carrots
Mashed Rutabagas (use coconut cream or df milk to keep this Dairy Free)

SALADS

Ranch Dressing

Japanese Restaurant Style Ginger Dressing

Chicken Salad with Apples, Grapes, and Walnuts

Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Bacon

Avocado and Radish Dressing

DESSERTS

Coconut Rice Pudding

Simply Spiced Apples

Pumpkin Cheesecake (use df cream cheese to keep this Dairy Free)

French Apple Cake

Chocolate Walnut Torte
Double Chocolate Orange Torte

No Crust Pies

Best Pumpkin Pie

Raspberry Pie
Lemon Cheesecake Pie

Sweet Potato Pie
Pecan Pie

Peach Pie

Coconut Pie

SAUCES/GRAVY

Turkey Gravy

Easy Cranberry Sauce

Mandarin Ginger Cranberry Sauce

Magic Green Sauce

10 Minute Chile Con Queso (use df cheese to keep this Dairy Free)

VEGAN/VEGETARIAN

Stuffed Kabocha Squash Squash

Stuffed Honeynut Squash

Tofu Stuffed Acorn Squash

Maple Ginger Butternut Squash Tart

Potato and Kale Gratin

Roasted Squash Slices

Sweet Potato, Bacon and Kale Hash

Chocolate Cream Pie (No Tofu!)

Cashew Cheese Sauce

DRINKS 

Best Party Punch

Strawberry Lemonade Punch

Sunrise Mimosa

Sparkly Rum and Cranberry Cocktail with Homemade Simple Syrup

Here are recipes from 2016 you might want to look at to get more inspiration for your Thanksgiving menu.

This year, I am so thankful for my group, Honestly Gluten Free, and to those who participate by sharing recipes and advice. I hope my group continues to grow as I find and share recipes for those who need allergy free foods. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and a peaceful holiday season. 

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Cashew Butter Teff Cookies

These cookies made with teff flour and cashew butter are soooo good. I have made these once before - and they were delicious, and because they're small, you can have two or three and not feel guilty about it. These cookies are a riff of this recipe I found.

They bake for only 15 minutes, and brown evenly. One batch makes A LOT - so this would be great for bake sales or cookie swaps.

They have just the right amount of sweetness using maple syrup.

They crunch slightly, they don't crumble - they hold together real well.

I doubled up about two cookies to make four bigger ones. I will make some dairy free ice cream this weekend and make ice cream sandwiches for me - yum!

To get started, first you have to make your cashew butter. Of course you can buy cashew butter in the store, but why would you do that when it's so expensive? Plus you don't know how long it's been sitting on the store shelf and in a warehouse before delivery. 

Raw cashews are cheap, especially if you can buy them in bulk. This recipe takes no time to make and you have fresh cashew butter. You can add a sweetener if not using it in a recipe, but for cookies, I like to leave them unsweetened. My recipe makes the perfect amount of cashew butter for these cookies. I followed this recipe to make my cashew butter. I've done this many times with sunflower seeds, and they turned out great.

After making the butter, just follow the recipe to make the cookies - it is that easy. All the ingredients for these cookies can be found at a natural food store or any store that sells dried food in bulk. You could also find these in a regular grocery store. 

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How to Make Cashew Butter

by Faith Epp May-13-2016

This method works for making any nut butter - not just cashews.

1 1/3 c Raw cashews

2-4 tbs Coconut oil
1-2 tsp of honey - optional if not using in a recipe

- Place cashews in a food processor and turn on. Let process until you see it come together. 
- Add coconut oil 2 tablespoons at a time and continue to process until it comes together. 
 - Use immediately or store in an air tight container in cool place away from the sun. Do not place in refrigerator, they will harden.

 Based on www.tessadomesticdiv.com/2012/09/homemade-sunflower-seed-butter-extra-creamy.html

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Cashew Butter Teff Cookies

by Faith May-13-2016

Cookies made with cashew butter and teff flour. They are vegan = gluten free, dairy free, egg free and sugar free. Yields 45 small cookies.

1 1/2 c Teff flour
1/2 tsp Sea salt
1/2 c Coconut oil
1/2 c Maple syrup
1 tsp Vanilla
1 c Cashew butter

- Mix together flour and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. 
- Melt the coconut oil in a large bowl. 
- Combine the coconut oil with the remaining ingredients with a mixer. When well blended, add the dry ingredients. 
- Use a cookie scoop or a tablespoon measuring spoon and drop by rounded spoonfuls on a greased baking sheet. They do not spread, so you can put them close together. I used the palm of my hand to flatten, and used a fork to put the iconic tine marks on top . 
- Bake in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes. 

Based on http://www.freshbitesdaily.com/teff-peanut-butter-cookies/

These Cookies are great when you just need a little something sweet to cap off a delicious meal. I hope you try my recipe, I'm sure you like these as much as I do.

Happy Baking and thanks for reading!!

I always welcome friendly critiques and comments or questions. I would love to hear what you think of this post or any of my other posts. Please feel free to leave a message here or email if you prefer. If you leave a message here, please be sure that your email address is sited so you can receive my response. Thanks!