When you're eating a gluten-free diet, you can't expect everyone else to understand—let alone accommodate—your special needs.

 

If you want to be sure there will be food you can eat at the feast, the best plan is to provide it yourself.

 

You don't have to fix everything, but why not bring a tossed salad, a vegetable casserole, and a dessert? If you have at least three gluten-free choices that you know are safe, you'll have enough to eat until you get home.

 

When you're on a gluten-free diet, the best way to solve problems is to prevent them!

 

How to Make Gravy

 

Ingredients:                                                                                  

drippings from cooked turkey
reserved cooked giblets - optional
2 cups giblet stock (see below)
2 – 4 Tbs white rice flour                                                                          

salt and pepper to taste

 

Directions:                                                                                                              

When the turkey is done, pour the drippings from the roasting pan into a gravy separator or de-fatting cup. This will separate the fat from the drippings. Pour drippings back into the roasting pan.

 

Add giblet stock to drippings in pan. Cook over low heat, scraping up brown bits from the bottom of the roasting pan.  Season with salt and pepper if desired. Mix rice flour with 1/3 to 1/2 cup water to make a slightly runny paste.

 

Whisk the flour and water mixture into the pan. Keep stirring until thickened. Add the chopped giblets if desired. Simmer 5 minutes. Check seasoning. Serve.

 

Published 11/07/08