Gluten Free Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving is known for the big meal we all eat and the good food and family we surround ourselves with every year on the third Thursday of November. However, if you have an allergy to gluten you likely find yourself questioning all the food dishes, wondering what could have gluten and what is safe.

To make this Thanksgiving a little easier we’ve prepared a list of traditional foods and recipes served for dinner. Although this is an exhaustive list, it’s not a complete list. So feel free to add your comments at the end of the page in order to share with everyone who reads this.

In addition, no matter what is printed on anyway website about what has gluten or what doesn’t you should always check the label of the food you are preparing to be 100% sure. You can also contact the manufacturers or order directly from gluten free food distributors.

We have included some links to foods that are gluten free and recipes as well.

The Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner

Here is a traditional Thanksgiving dinner menu.  Now the trick is to get all of the same comfort foods we are use to without gluten.

• Turkey
• Stuffing
• Mashed Potatoes
• Gravy
• Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallow topping
• Cranberries
• Green Beans with Almonds
• Pumpkin Pie

A Gluten Free Thanksgiving Dinner

Items that likely contain gluten while you are cooking some of the recipes may include one or more of the following.

• Marinades
• Soy Sauce
• Broth
• Bouillon

Make sure you read the labels of all products even if you think there is no chance of gluten being in the product.

Here are a few sites offering gluten free recipes for Thanksgiving dishes:

Gluten Free Turkey

Turkey? – Yes, you may find turkeys that during processing, the basting solution injected in the turkey may contain gluten. Check the labels. Here are a few brands that promote some of their products as gluten free.  Not all of their products are gluten free however, so make sure you check labels, read their websites and call them if necessary.

Gluten Free Turkey Brands

**Not all products are gluten free that these companies offer. Make sure you check labels, research their website or call them directly.

Empire Kosher Poultry, Inc. located in Pennsylvania – Contact Empire Kosher Consumer Service at 1-717-436-7055
Honeysuckle White – Honeysuckle White Turkey Line at 800-810-6325.
Jennie-O Turkey – Hormell – Phone 800-621-3505
Perdue Brand – Phone 800-473-7383
Butterball Gluten Free Products
Shelton’s Brand Turkeys

Gluten Free Turkey Recipe

Looking for a good recipe to cook your turkey?  Here are two great gluten free options.

GlutenFreely.com

Celiac.com

Gluten Free Stuffing Recipes

You may have thought there was no chance of eating stuffing for Thanksgiving when you are gluten intolerant, but think again.  Here are four great recipes for cooking gluten free foods.

Gluten Free Cat

Mom What’s For Dinner Blog

Whole Foods

Celiac.com

Gluten Free Mashed Potatoes

The potatoes don’t contain gluten but what you add to them to make those mashed potatoes likely do.  So check out these four recipes to make sure you are using the right brands for gluten free ingredients.

What’s for Dinner Blog

About.com Recipe

About.com Recipe

Taste of Home Recipe

Gluten Free Gravy Recipes

Gravy will have gluten almost every time, unless you use a recipe like one of these below.

Gluten Free Girl Recipe

What’s For Dinner

Simply Gluten Free

Food Allergies – About.com

Gluten Free Green Bean Casserole

One of my favorite dishes during Thanksgiving dinner is the green bean casserole.  Of course, my kids like skipping this one.  All the more for me now that its gluten free.

Allergy Free Menu Planners

Gluten Free Mommy

Betty Crocker

Gluten Free Breads

Here are three brands that sell gluten free bread along with Gluten Freely store offering several brands.  My family’s favorite is Schar brand.

Udi’s Bread
Schar Bread
Glutino bread

Gluten Freely Bread Shop

 

Gluten Free Bread Crumbs Recipe

Healthy Living

Gluten Free Sweet Potato Recipes

Don’t forget to pull the sweet potatoes out of the oven with the marshmallows on top.

About.com
A Gluten Free Guide

Gluten Free Mommy

Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie

Yummy, Yummy!  Dessert too.

About.com

Gluten Free Goddess

Gluten Free Easily

Gluten Free Pumpkin Cheesecake

Enjoy and have fun this Thanksgiving eating gluten free and not feeling awful the next day. Cheers!

 Cranberry Sauce

Always read the labels but the cans of cranberry sauce I’ve purchased all are gluten free.  However, the best option is to just make your own.  This way you know exactly what’s included.  Ocean Spray has the recipe right on the bag of cranberries.  Combine 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar in a saucepan, stir until boiling.  Add 1 bag of cranberries when the water and sugar boil. Lower flame and stir occasionally. This dish is ready in 10 minutes and tastes much like the stuff you buy in a can only it’s fresh and warm.

 

Also visit our Gluten Free Candy List.

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2011 Gluten Free Candy List

Are you looking for gluten free candy?

Well, you’re not alone. There are millions of people around the world that also have a gluten allergy and need to stay away from candy containing it. Whether your kids or someone else is allergic to gluten and you want to avoid eating the wrong candy, then check this list.

This is a list of gluten free candy as of the date of this article, manufacturers do change recipes from time to time. Always make sure you read the label to determine if the product is gluten free and better yet call the manufacturer if the label isn’t clear. If you are looking for a list of other foods containing gluten go here.

Also, some candy outside the United States may be called the same as on the list below but have different ingredients. So if you are outside the U.S. check the label. In addition the sizes of the candy will also result in different ingredients. Some larger sizes will contain gluten while the smaller sizes don’t.

For those who have very high allergy reactions to gluten, some of these products are made in plants that also package other products containing gluten. Please read the packaging to know which is best for you.

We’ve included links to most of the manufacturer’s websites indicating their gluten free policies and if they have a gluten free facility or not.

****Update 10/30/11. NESTLE LINKS – Since publishing this article, Nestleusa.com has changed several of their links. If you google the name of the candy and find nestleusa.com you’ll likely find a direct link to the site. I would suggest using something like “babyruth gluten free”. I’m not sure when they will have the links back up, but you can search the internet and find several places indicating these candies are gluten free and you can contact Nestle directly for details. TOOTSIE LINKS – The allergy page at Tootsie.com has been down the last few days. I’m guessing it has to do with too much traffic for Halloween.

Gluten Free Candy List

Airhead Bars	Perfetti Van Melle
Airheads	Perfetti Van Melle
All Heads Brands Candy	Ferrara Pan
All Natural Pecan Divinity	Dillon Candy
Almond Joy	Hershey’s
Ande’s Mints	Tootsie
Annie’s Bunny Fruit Snacks	Annie’s
Appleheads	Ferrara Pan
Atomic Fireballs	Ferrara Pan
Autumn Peanut Butter Cups	Palmer
Baby Ruth	Nestle
Bag of Boo’s	Palmer
Banana Split & Mint Julep Chews	Necco
Bequet Caramels	Bequet Confections
Bit O’Honey	Nestle
Black Ace Red Licorice	Moon Dance Baking
Black Forest Gummies-All	Ferrara Pan
Boston Baked Beans	Ferrara Pan
Bottle Caps	Wonka
Brach’s Candy Corn	Farley’s & Sathers
Butterfingers (Not giant, crisp, crunch or stixx version) **Read Comment Below (One reader had an allergic reaction to this candy. I’d recommend avoiding it.	Nestle
Butterscotch Discs	Farley’s & Sathers
Canada Mint & Wintergreen Lozenges	Necco
Candy Canes	Spangler
Candy Carnival	Tootsie
Candy Corn	Farley’s & Sathers
Candy Stix	Necco
Caramel Creepy Peepers	Palmer
Charleston Chew	Tootsie
Charm Cotton Candy Lollipops	Tootsie
Sweet & Sour Charms	Tootsie
Charms Blow Pops, Flat & Mini	Tootsie
Cherry Sours	Ferrara Pan
Chewy Atomic Fireballs	Ferrara Pan
Chewy Lemonhead & Friends	Ferrara Pan
Chewy Mix	Farley’s & Sathers
Child’s Play	Tootsie
Chocolate Almonds	Ferrara Pan
Chocolate Peanuts	Ferrara Pan
Chocolate Raisins	Ferrara Pan
Chocolate Wafers	Glutino
Chupa Chups Fruit Lollipops	Perfetti Van Melle
Cinnamon Discs & Imps	Farley’s & Sathers
Circus Peanuts	Spangler
Clark Bars	Necco
Cotton Candy Fluffy Stuff	Tootsie
Crows	Tootsie
Cry Baby Tears, Gumballs & Twist Gum	Tootsie
DairyGood Pumpkin Pals	Palmer
Dots	Tootsie
Dove Bar	Mars
Dove Chocolates	Mars
Dum Dums	Spangler
Enjoy Life Foods Chocolate Bars	Enjoy Life
Eye Candy Mix	Palmer
Fluffy Stuff Cotton Candy	Tootsie
Fright Bites	Palmer
Frooties	Tootsie
Fruit Slices	Farley’s & Sathers
Fruit Snacks	Ferrara Pan
Fun Dip & Fun Dip Sour	Wonka
Gobstoppers	Wonka
Goobers	Nestle
Grapeheads	Ferrara Pan
Gum Drops	Sathers
Gummi Bears	Trolli
Gummi Worms	Farley’s & Sathers
Gummies	Sathers
Gummies	Wonka
Gummies	Ferrara Pan
Gummy Candies	Trolli
Haribo Gold Bears	Haribo
Haviland Peppermint	Necco
Haviland Thin Mints	Necco
Haviland Wintergreen Patties	Necco
Heath Bar	Hershey’s
Hershey’s Drops-Plain & Cookies’N Cream	Hershey’s
Hershey’s Bars – Milk Chocolate	Hershey’s
Hershey’s Kisses, Hugs & Kissables	Hershey’s
Hot Tamales	Just Born
Jaw Breakers	Ferrara Pan
Jellies-All	Ferrara Pan
Jelly Beans	Farley’s & Sathers
Jelly Beans	Just Born
Jelly Beans	Ferrara Pan
Jelly Bellies	Jelly Belly
Jelly Rings	Sather’s
Jolly Rancher Lollipops	Hershey’s
Jolly Ranchers	Hershey’s
JuJubes	Heide
Jujus-All	Ferrara Pan
Jujy Fruits	Heide
Junior Mints	Tootsie
Kazoozles	Wonka
Kraft Caramel	Kraft
Laffy Taffy Plain,Stretchy & Tangy Rope	Wonka
Lemonheads	Ferrara Pan
Life Saver Swirl Pops	Wrigley-Mars
Life Savers Candy & Gummies	Wrigley-Mars
Lollipops	Lollipops
M&M’s-Except Pretzel	Mars
Marshmallow Peeps	Just Born
Mary Jane Peanut Butter Kisses	Necco
Mary Janes	Necco
Mega Warheads	Impact Confections
Mike & Ike’s	Just Born
Milk Duds	Hershey’s
Milky Way – Simply Caramel & Midnight Bars	Mars
Mister Goodbar	Hershey’s
MixUps	Wonka
Mounds	Hershey’s
Munch Bars	Mars
Necco Wafers	Necco
Nerds	Wonka
Nestle Milk Chocolate	Nestle
Nik L Nip	Tootsie
Nips, Regular & Sugar Free	Nestle
Now & Later, Regular & Soft	Heide
Nut Zippers	Necco
O’Henry	Nestle
Octopus	Trolli
Pay Day	Hershey’s
Peanut Chews	Just Born
Peeps	Just Born
Peppermint Patties	Palmer
Pez	Pez
Pixy Stix	Wonka
Pop Rocks Candy	Pop Rocks
Rain-Blo Pops	Heide
Raisinets	Nestle
Raspberry & Red Hot Dollars	Heide
Razzles	Tootsie
Red Hots	Ferrara Pan
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups – not all sizes	Hershey’s
Reese’s Pieces	Hershey’s
Rolo	Hershey’s
Root Beer Barels	Farley’s & Sathers
Runts and Runts Chewy	Wonka
Safe T Lollipops	Spangler
Shockers	Wonka
Skittles and Skittles Sour	Wrigley-Mars
Skor Bars	Hershey’s
Sky Bars	Necco
Smarties (U.S. Only)	Ce De Candy
Smarties Candy Necklace	Ce De Candy
Smarties Pops and Lollies	Ce De Candy
Smarties Candy Money	Ce De Candy
Snickers Bars	Mars
Snickers Dark Bars	Mars
Sno Caps	Nestle
Sour Jacks	Ferrara Pan
Sour Neon Crawlers	Farley’s & Sathers
Sour Patch Kids / Extreme Sour Patch	Cadbury-Kraft
Sour Patch Soft & Chewy Candy Kids	Cadbury-Kraft
Spearmint Leaves	Farley’s & Sathers
Spice Drops	Farley’s & Sathers
Spree	Wonka
Squirrel Nut Caramels	Necco
St. Claire’s Organics Tart Candies	St. Claire’s
Starburst	Mars
Starburst Jelly Beans	Mars
Starlight Mints	Farley’s & Sathers
Sugar Babies	Tootsie
Sugar Daddy	Tootsie
Sugar Daddy Lollipops	Tootsie
Sunkist Chewy Candies	Jelly Belly
Swedish Fish	Cadbury-Kraft
Sweetarts	Wonka
Talking Pumpkins	Necco
Teenee Beenee	Just Born
Three Musketeers	Mars
Tic Tacs	Tic Tac USA
Tootsie Pop Lollipops	Tootsie
Tootsie Rolls	Tootsie
Tricky Treats	Palmer
Twisted Pumpkins	Palmer
Ultramints	Necco
Wacko-wax Wax Lips	Tootsie
Welch’s Fruit Snacks	Farmers Choice Food Brands
Wonka Runts	Wonka
York Peppermint Patties	Hershey’s
Yummy Earth Organic Lollipops	Betty Mills
Zombies – Chocolate	Palmer
Zours	Just Born

Please leave comments if you find other candies or websites selling candies that are gluten free, so we can share with our other readers.

Enjoy the candy, but not too much!!

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Foods Containing Gluten: The Ultimate List

There are any number of foods containing gluten and some of these may be surprising. I have posted an incomplete list of many of these gluten offenders. Remember that many foods contain “hidden” gluten so you need to be extra vigilant in checking labels before you consume anything if you are gluten intolerant and specifically if you have celiac disease.

Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley.  The gluten protein gives foods such as bread the stickiness and elasticity which is why many have a hard time digesting it. However, there are many ingredients other than just wheat, rye and barley that you need to pay attention to on labels to understand what you can and cannot eat.  Some of these are listed below.

Foods Containing Gluten if not labeled “Gluten Free”.  The gluten free label is easy to recognize on many food products these days.  The FDA has recently come out with a list of guidelines for what can be labeled gluten free and what can not.  These guidelines will help manufacturers and consumers in understanding which products are gluten free and which are not.

Foods Containing Gluten

Here are a few products you need to look for a gluten free label – if available.

• Yorkshire pudding
• Pie and pastry crust
• Stuffing
• Muffins
• Bagels
• Pancakes
• Apple topping
• Pizza dough
• Breakfast cereals
• Bran
• Sponge pudding
• Cake
• Ketchup
• Barley
• Barley malt
• Couscous
• Durum
• Einkorn
• Emmer
• Farina
• Farro
• Graham Flour
• Kamut
• Kashi
• Malt
• Matzo
• Orzo
• Pasta (whole grain and processed)
• Pretzels
• Rye
• Seitan
• Semolina
• Spelt
• Triticale
• Wheat

Because so many people are gluten intolerant or have Celiac disease, gluten can be a health hazard to a significant portion of the population. It is estimated that between 1.5 to 4 million people in the United States alone have significant problems digesting gluten. Therefore, one would think that if you just avoided the foods above you would be okay. Unfortunately, there are many other foods containing gluten that are not so obvious. These foods often trip up gluten intolerant individuals who are not aware that they contain gluten in the first place.

Here is a list of so-called hidden gluten foods:

• Boxed soups
• Imitation meat, such as soy-based meat-substitute products.
• Soy sauce
• Chicken and beef stock cubes
• Gravy powders
• Sausage processed with filler
• Malt Vinegar
• Pickles

All of the above food items either always or usually contain gluten. Obviously, as you can see, gluten is an extremely common ingredient in the foods that we eat either as a part of grains or as a food additive. Therefore it is essential that you continue to stay on your toes if you are adhering to a gluten free diet.

Food packaging companies are increasingly aware of the problems posed by gluten to a significant minority of their customer base. As such they have gotten much better about being clear, easy to understand, and direct when and if one of their food products contains gluten. Still, it is no picnic having to check boxes to make certain that a particular food does not contain gluten. However, now that you have a partial list of foods containing gluten you will be much more capable of making an informed decision.

Natural Gluten Free Foods

Here is a list of naturally gluten free foods which will be safe to purchase as long as they are not prepared with gluten-containing ingredients.  This is not a comprehensive list but certainly it’s a good start:

• Amaranth
• Arrowroot
• Buckwheat
• Butter
• Bean Flour
• Corn (Not all corn tortillas are gluten free – look for the “G”)
• Chicken
• Eggs
• Fish
• Flax seed
• Fresh fruits
• Garbanzo beans
• 100% Fruit juices
• Free vegetables
• 100% Vegetable juices
• Grits
• Honey
• Lentils
• Meats
• Millet
• Milk
• Nuts
• Nut flours
• Potato start and flour
• Quinoa
• Rice
• Sago
• Soy (not soy sauce however)
• Seeds
• Shellfish
• Sugar
• Tapioca
• Teff
• Wild Rice

Is Alcohol Gluten Free?

Not all alcohol contains gluten.  Yes, it’s reason for rejoice after reading the list of everything you can’t eat anymore. Here is a partial list of gluten free alcohol.

• Gluten free beer – produced with non gluten ingredients such as buckwheat, sorghum, rice, corn, etc.
•         My favorite is Red Bridge, Anheuser-Busch (US)
•         Bard’s Tale Dragons Gold, Bard’s Tale Beer Company (US)
•         New Grist, Lakefront Brewery (US)
•         Greens Endeavour Dubble, Green’s (UK)
•         Passover Honey Beer, Ramapo Valley (US)
•         Sorghum Molasses Brown, Outer Banks (US)

• Distilled alcohol (THE KEY IS DISTILLED)
• Armagnac
• Bailey’s Irish Cream
• Brandy
• Bourbon – Makers Mark
• Champagne
• Cider – (no barley additives though)
• Cognac made from grapes
• Frangelico
• Gin
• Grappa
• Jagermeister
• Kalua
• Kirschwasser (cherry liqueur)
• Margarita Mix: Jose Cuervo & Mr. & Mrs. T.
• Martini (Club Extra Dry Martini – corn and grape)
• Mead – distilled from honey
• Ouzo
• Rum
• Sake (limited – no rice or barley)
• Scotch whiskey
• Sherry
• Tequila
• Vermouth distilled from grapes
• Vodka
• Whiskey
• Wine (including port, sherry, sparkling wine)
• Wine coolers (ONLY – those wine based, not malt beverages) (Bartel & James; Boones)

Keep in mind – unless the label says gluten free you should be careful in what you eat and drink.

DISCLAIMER: Food and beverage companies do change their ingredients from time to time so check labels and even call manufacturers to know for certain what is gluten free.

If you have certain brands or foods you like and want to let our readers know about, leave a comment or question.

Get Gluten Free Abs! with a gluten free diet.

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