 Thanksgiving Feast
Enjoy a traditional meal with an
allergy-friendly twist.
by Anna Sobaski
Pull up a chair. Pick up a fork. Dinner is served. Welcome to holiday recipes created with your special diet in mind.
As a Type 1 diabetic and a celiac who’s been living gluten free for over ten years, I’m painfully aware of the special-diet frustration surrounding Thanksgiving’s traditional fare. Years of saying “No, thank you” to aromatic breads and stuffing, gravy and pies prompted my mother, my sister and me to create delicious replacements.
The effort took considerable trial and error in the kitchen but we finally struck gold and got it right. My mother altered my grandmother’s stuffing recipe and adapted the turkey gravy. My sister Rosie (her daughter is a celiac and her son, who has autism, is following a gluten-free, casein-free diet) selected and roasted the turkey. My other sister Lisetta (a celiac who cannot eat dairy, eggs or cane sugar) flew in from out of town to feast and bear witness to our culinary success.
Today, our Thanksgiving gathering of family and friends is a scrumptious celebration—without gluten, dairy, corn, soy, rice, nuts or eggs. This menu honors the best of Thanksgiving without sacrificing flavor, texture, nutrition—or tradition. For me, that’s one big reason to give thanks.
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This is part of an article featured in the October/November 2009 issue.
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