A lot of times I have only a few people for Thanksgiving dinner. So instead of cooking a whole turkey, I make a turkey breast. To save room in the oven for casseroles, I decided to play around with an instant pot...
Gluten-free turkey gravy is pretty easy to make, using 2 Tablespoons of cornstarch in place of 1/4 cup flour in any recipe. But many people with gluten issues cross-react with cornstarch. So I played with xanthan gum until I figured out...
I’m sure most food sites out there have an oven roasted herb turkey recipe. Since I have a number of holiday and Thanksgiving recipes on this site, I thought I’d include the turkey recipe for convenience. I like to use oven...
I absolutely love my Grandma’s pumpkin pie. It is much less sweet than modern recipes and has a lot more spices. Since I am gluten-free, the crust had to go. I make gluten-free pumpkin pie custard in individual ramekins and cook...
This gluten-free apple crumble is my Dutch apple pie recipe with no crust and the wheat flour replaced with almond flour. It is not low-carb though! I really thought about using erythritol in place of the sugar (about 1/2 cup plus...
Seems like everyone has a keto dinner roll recipe. But most I found were made with cheese. While they were yummy, they were not like bread. Then I found this recipe at Keto Connect. https://www.ketoconnect.net/low-carb-rolls/ These work out pretty well, especially for...
The original Waldorf salad was just apples, celery, and mayonnaise. Nuts were soon added. The later versions of this recipe add more things, such as grapes and marshmallows, that add a lot of carbs and a lot of calories. So here...
Since I am gluten free (for health reasons) I cannot have the traditional bread stuffing with lots of sage and thyme that I grew up with. In my Thanksgiving dinner, I use rice stuffing instead. I have been playing around with...
There was nothing I needed to change to make blue cheese dip lower in carbs or to remove gluten. I found a nice recipe online here: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/24901/blue-cheese-dip-ii/ But I thought it was a bit bland and not blue cheesy enough, so...
My theater buddy Kimber Gray cannot use any flours or gums for thickening flour. I promised to figure out a way to make a nice gravy using blended veggies. This fresh white mushroom gravy has a lighter flavor that goes well...
