2015 Gluten Free Thanksgiving Recipe Round Up

Posted on October 7, 2015 by gfandme

Looking for gluten free Thanksgiving recipes?

Here are an even dozen of gfandme’s most popular posts just in time for the holidays.

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Gluten free recipes from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

Happy Thanksgiving!

gluten free cream cheese pastries

Posted on March 18, 2015 by gfandme

This recipe came about through desperation. Geoff and I were recently on a vacation to one of those holiday destinations where bakeries and treats abound, but, as usual, there was next to nothing that was gluten free. Sure we could go to the grocery store and buy prepackaged gluten free cookies, but it’s just not the same as biting into something sweet and crispy and oh-so-dreamy from the bakery case! Other than that, though, our vacation was great (read: warm and without snow). It also turned out to be inspiring because when we got home we decided to create a recipe that would look and taste as good as all those confections on display. I think we nailed it! These cream cheese pastries are crisp and flaky on the outside and soft and creamy and sweet in the middle. Geoff says they are better than anything he’s had in a longgg time! And they are versatile: make them with your favorite fruit pie filling – cheery, apple, blueberry … whatever you can imagine. Drizzle them with glaze or melted chocolate, dust them with icing sugar, or just leave them plain, which is the way we like ’em. (Scroll down for the recipe.)

Like this? You might like these other gluten free recipes from gfandme.com:

gluten free turnovers. gfandme.com gluten free turnovers made with Mary’s Marvelous pastry recipe

gluten free danish apple cake Danish apple cake (not just for Christmas!)

gluten free cream pie crust. gfandme.com pie crust for cream pies – banana, coconut, chocolate mmmmmmmm

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Need gluten free lunches? Check this out!

Posted on January 30, 2015 by gfandme

We have been following glutenfreelunchboxes.com for years now and really enjoy Kate’s inventive recipes and wonderful photos. If you have children who need gluten free lunches, or are just tired of the same old lunches yourself, check out her new site and her new e-cookbook! Well done Kate!

gluten free slow cooker bread

Posted on January 21, 2015 by gfandme

As we’ve said before, come January we start pulling out the slow cooker for some mid-winter comfort foods. But slow cookers can be used for more than roasting and stewing, as this gluten free slow cooker bread demonstrates! This bread is heavy and sweet like a rye bread but I think my favorite thing about it is that it actually GETS BETTER WITH AGE! It’s good on the day you bake it, better the next day, and at its best the day after that. I think it’s the almond flour that keeps it moist and gets better as it slowly absorbs all the flavours. Whatever the reason, it’s not until day four that this bread finally starts to dry out and lose flavour. (I only know this because Geoff and I showed severe restraint while watching a wonderful golden loaf age away on our counter top. Four days was as much as we could take!) If you don’t like having a freezer full of half eaten loaves of gf bread, and you do like a heavy artisan-style loaf that has just a hint of Danish rye flavour, this is the recipe for you!

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Looking for gluten free breads? You might like these other recipes from gfandme.com:

gluten free dinner rolls. gfandme.com gluten free dinner rolls (our lightest and fluffiest rolls)

gf crusty bread. gf and me 2013. gluten free crusty bread (our most popular post by far!)

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gfandme.com has a new background!

Posted on January 6, 2015 by gfandme

Our followers will know that we periodically switch out the backgrounds on our blog gfandme.com to suit the season or our culinary moods. Our latest background by Florida artist Jeanette Chupack with its winter windowscape and inviting table laden with simple fare happens to suit both! Entitled Winter Still Life, we particularly like the way it brings together and contrasts the two modes of painting, still life and landscape.

On her website, Jeanette writes that her ‘signature’ paintings typically emphasize “gardens and views from windows, usually with a related still life in the foreground” allowing her to “express the contrasts of a cultivated world of gardens, interiors and architecture with the natural landscape.” While they are all beautiful, Winter Still Life, commissioned by the original owners of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, is one of our favorites.

Thank you to Jeanette for graciously allowing us to post her work on our site.

To see more of the artist’s work, visit her website at http://jchupackart.us/works

gluten free appetizers and snacks

Posted on November 24, 2014 by gfandme

Looking for some ideas for gluten free snacks, appetizers & party fare for the holidays? Scroll down for a round up of gfandme.com’s favorite recipes for light entertaining!