GF Vegan Pie Crust (Thanksgiving)

Look in  "Flying Apron's Gluten Free and Vegan Baking Book" by Jennifer Katzinger

My modified recipe ---double or triple recipe if needed to get the amount of pie crust needed

1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/4 cup finely ground nuts or nut flour
1/4 cup coconut oil (melted or cut in cold)
1/4 -1/2 tsp Himalayan pink salt
1/2 tsp xanthan gum
1 TBSP maple syrup
1-2 TBSP ice water

After mixing, make sure the mixture forms into a ball when squeezed in your palm

Refrigerate pie crust til firm in parchment or in the pie pan

Cook at 375 degrees for 20 minutes or til sides are light brown

If you have one heat up a pizza stone to 375 in the oven and cook the pie crust on that for extra crisp pie crust

(For Basic Pie Crust recipe, for my humble addition read below, pie crust crumbles too easily without the xanthan gum )
add 1/2 to 1 tsp xanthan gum to single pie crust, bottom crust only
add 1 to 2tsp xanthan gum for double pie crust, top and bottom crust

Classic Thanksgiving Stuffing

Ingredients

6 tablespoons olive oil (or 3 TBSP oil and 3 TBSP Dairy free margarine or gravy)

2 onions (2 cups) chopped

8 celery stalks chopped

 1 to 1 and a 1/2 tsp dried poultry seasoning (like this better than just sage)

3 cups chicken broth or veggie broth (this seems like too much liquid?)

1  loaf stale or toasted GFCF bread, or corn bread about 4 cups cut into 1-inch cubes

1 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper (or use 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes)

1 cup (about 1 bunch) fresh chopped flat-leaf parsley (optional)

Add anything else you'd love in stuffing to personalize it...carrots, mushrooms, nuts, chestnuts, dried fruit. If using meat cook meat separately then add to stuffing at the end.

Directions


1. Saute all vegs in olive oil  til tender 5-7 minutes then add sage.

2. Put cooked veg mixture into a large mixing bowl. add the bread cubes, don't add too much liquid mix to combine. Add the salt, pepper and parsley

3) If stuffing the turkey... refrigerate stuffing and put cold stuffing into a cold turkey to avoid bacteria growing.
Or have it my favorite way..put in a baking dish and cook in the oven til the top gets crispy. 375 degrees for 20 minutes to 1/2 hour..watch that the top doesn't burn

GF Vegan Guacamole Salad Burrito

A Food For Life brown rice tortilla sauteed in a little olive oil (or other favorite oil)
Fresh salad greens (cooked kale is also good in this)

Guacamole http://lupushopecookbook.blogspot.com/2009/05/guacamole.html

Brown Rice or quinoa (if desired)

A squirt of lime

Roll up and eat

Fried GF Vegan Donuts (like flat zeppole) or pancakes

Prepare GFCFEF Pizza Dough

http://myfamilysfavoritegfcfrecipes.blogspot.com/2009/08/gfcf-mini-pizza-crusts.html

Can add a TBSP of sugar into pizza dough and a 1/2 tsp of vanilla if desired (also fine without the sugar, if cutting back on sugar)

Drop approx 2 TBSP in hot pan with olive oil

 - regular or light tasting olive oil (or other favorite oil)

Sautee in olive oil  approx 3 minutes each side

Dust with organic powdered/confectioner's sugar ir desired

GFCF Egg Free Pepperoni Pizza

Make up a batch of GFCFEF Pizza Dough

 http://myfamilysfavoritegfcfrecipes.blogspot.com/2009/08/gfcf-mini-pizza-crusts.html

Use your favorite dairy free cheese we use Daiya or Follow Your Heart

Mozzarella and /or cheddar

Applegate brand pepperoni or use your favorite vegan "pepperoni"

Bake at 400 degrees for 15-18 minutes

GF Vegan Chili with Brown Rice

Eggplant
Red and Green bell pepper

Onion

Jalapeno

Tomatoes and sauce (preferable fresh and homemade, but can or jar OK)

Cumin

Chipotle

Salt

Kidney beans

Black beans

Garlic

Cooked brown rice (if desired)



Next time my husband makes this I will add the quantities...he always "wings it"

*** If nightshades increase your joint pain,  skip this one...***

GF Vegan French Toast

Check the book "The Vegan Table" for the recipe

Squash Potato Leek Soup (Thanksgiving)

1 cup boiled potatoes

2 cups roasted butternut squash

Veggie or chicken stock (to thin soup to desired consistency)

Dairy free milk (I used rice milk- to make soup creamier)

Sage (if desired)

Salt and pepper (to taste- I like a pinch of cayenne in this)



Put all ingredients together and cook til hot then cool slightly and puree in a blender or food processor in small batches



Will put better quantities/measurements the next time I make this.

GF Vegan Chocolate Covered Pretzels (candy)

Glutino GFCF Egg free pretzels- then dip in

your favorite GFCF chocolate melted (can melt chocolate by putting boiling water in a pot or pan and resting chocolate in bowl above the water level as soon as choclate is melted remove bowl make sure not to allow the water to touch the chocolate.)

Corn Free Candy Apple (Hard, Clear Sugar Glaze)

For recipe click below... used maple syrup instead of corn syrup in the candy apple recipe

Need to look for the actual recipe to post.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,187,156184-226192,00.html Use maple syrup instead of corn syrup and leave out the read color and have a clear sugar candy glaze. You will have corn free, candy apple with no artificial colors!

The hardest thing about candy apples is getting the candy coating to the right temperature with a candy thermometer and letting it cool down a little bit before you coat the apples or you will cook the apples with the coating.

PS This is a great way to have no artificial colors added as well because YOU don't add any!

GF Vegan Linzer Tart

Used the pie crust recipe from "The Flying Apron"

Filled it with raspberry jam

GFCF Muffaletta (sandwich)

Any Applegate farms (no nitrites/nitrates/uncured) cold cuts that you like I used turkey, coppa, pepperoni, and ham, lettuce and any other veggies you like, roasted peppers, olives, shredded carrots use you favorite Italian dressing on veggies before adding to sandwich and also put some Italian dressing on both pieces of toasted bread/buns.
We used toasted Deland flat rounds bread (we are aware that it has more gluten than it should, and is not technically gluten free, but the bread doesn't cause us any tummy troubles) you can use mini pizza crusts (see recipe in this same blog) as buns or use your favorite GFCF bread toasted

GFCF Vegan Foccaccia

 A GFCF Vegan Pizza Crust Recipe http://myfamilysfavoritegfcfrecipes.blogspot.com/2009/08/gfcf-mini-pizza-crusts.html
Smothered in caramelized onions, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning, sea salt