Delicious Garlic-Herb Shrimp

This recipe isn't for the faint at heart.  You have to like two things: garlic and shrimp.  If you do, you're in luck!  I've made this a few times and it's delicious fresh or after it's rested overnight allowing the flavors to really mesh together.  You could serve it over salad or in a sandwich.  It was a perfect post-Thanksgiving meal. Enjoy!

Shrimp served alongside a spinach salad for a flavorful, light lunch. 

Delicious Garlic-Herb Shrimp

Mix together:
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/4 - 1/3 cup olive oil
~6-7 cloves garlic, minced (about 3/4 of a bulb)
1-2 Tbsp fresh dill, minced
1-2 Tbsp fresh chives, minced
dash turmeric
dash salt and pepper
juice of 1/2 - 1 lemon
dash of Tabasco (optional)

Mix in 2 lbs cooked jumbo shrimp (peeled, deveined, tails off).

Refrigerate 1-2 hours, then serve!  Enjoy! 

We happily celebrate Thanksgiving in our house - twice. Thank you Canada and US for allowing us to celebrate both in October AND November.  We're twice as grateful (and probably twice as rolly-polly, too).   In honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving #2, here's a list of a bunch of my favorite recipes that I enjoy choosing from for Thanksgiving meals!  Sometimes it's nice to just have them all in one location!  Happy cooking!!! 

This Thanksgiving meal included stuffed mushrooms, an all-veggie stuffing (just cooked the veggies in butter and spiced like stuffing - yum!), and homemade GF French bread slices. 

Some happy eaters, ready for pie!  (left to right, chocolate, pumpkin-maple, lemon meringue, coconut cream, apple galette, maple tart, pumpkin spice cake in the center) *This is from Thanksgiving #2*

Gluten-free Delicious Thanksgiving Desserts - the best part, right? (lemon meringue, apple galette, chocolate, and pumpkin pies!) *Thanksgiving #1*

A tasty thanksgiving feast included roast vegetables, green beans, and stuffing. 

My Favorite Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes!

Gluten Free Appetizers:

Vegetable or Fruit Platters - just go with what you love and arrange it nicely.

Cheese & GF Crackers Platter (There are plenty of nice store-bought GF crackers, or you can make your own Homemade Rice Crackers)
Spinach Artichoke Dip
My Dad's Favorite Shrimp Dip
Steamed Artichokes w/ butter
Pumpkin Soup

Butternut Squash Soup

A spread for a small Thanksgiving - rolls, cranberry-pumpkin bread, tomatoes & fresh basil (thanks to my neighbor, turkey, gravy, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cornbread stuffing, cranberry sauce). Yum! *Thanksgiving #1*

If only I'd taken the picture BEFORE we had all served ourselves. But it was too tempting to dig in!  *Thanksgiving #2 - how were we still hungry after Thanksgiving#1?*

Gluten Free Main Dishes:

Whole Roast Turkey, Turkey Stock/Broth & Gravy 

Roast Chicken over Roast Vegetables

Homemade Cornbread Stuffing Recipe and/or Cornbread with honey butter (you can make stuffing without bread by sautéing mixed diced vegetables (some good options to mix together: onions, broccoli, carrots, green cabbage, red cabbage, jacama, green bell pepper, radish, celery) in butter and adding the same thyme and sage spices as in the cornbread stuffing recipe!) 

My New Favorite Versatile Rolls Recipe
Julie's Brown Bread

Homemade French Baguettes

Mashed Potatoes (boil, drain, and mash with butter, milk, salt & pepper)
Mashed Sweet Potatoes (boil, drain, and mash with butter, milk, salt & pepper, and other herbs, if desired - like rosemary, oregano)
Au Gratin Potatoes

Potato, Zucchini, & Leek Side Dish

Original Cranberry-Pumpkin Bread

Updated  Family Favorite Cranberry Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
Pumpkin Swirl Bread

Our Family Punch Recipe (great for all ages!)

Little arms awaiting the pies!  Plus fresh fruit and some yummy meringues my neighbor brought along. Yum!  Here we have an apple galette, lemon meringue pie, pumpkin pie, and chocolate pudding pie. 

Gluten Free Thanksgiving Desserts:

Apple Galette

Crumble-topped Apple Pie

Apple Crisp

Apple Muffins

Apple Cider Muffins with Crumb Topping

Blueberry Cream Cheese Pie

Blueberry Crumble Pie Bars

Blueberry Crisp

Blueberry-Plum Galette

Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie Squares

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

Pumpkin Spice Layer Cake

Lemon Meringue Pie

Coconut Cream Pie

Raspberry Cream Cheese Pie

Peach Galette

Peach Cobbler

Plum Pudding Cake

Tart Cherry Cobbler

Chocolate Pudding Pie - make and cook a buttermilk pastry pie crust. Fill with rich & creamy chocolate pudding made with 1/4 - 1/2 cup less milk.  Press plastic wrap to top of pudding, and let cool/refrigerate until serving.  

Another shot of dessert - because it's our favorite!  *Thanksgiving #1*

Gluten Free Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes by Successfully Gluten Free!

Crispy-topped Peach Cobbler (My Quick Version)

This yummy crispy-topped peach cobbler is based off Zilpha's Peach Cobbler recipe, the grandmother of a family friend.  Zilpha used fresh peaches and quite a bit of extra sugar, but I tweaked it a bit to make a recipe perfect for the peach slices canned in water or extra-light syrup.  Still delicious and packed with the flavors and crispy topping Zilpha intended. Enjoy!

Fresh peach cobbler, ready to eat! 

Peach Cobbler/Crisp
Makes one 8 x 8 pan

Preheat oven to 350 F.

In an 8 x 8 glass pan, combine the following:
48 oz/ 1.4 liters/ 6 cups canned peach slices, drained (use peaches canned in water or extra-light syrup)  OR peel and slice ~3-4 fresh, ripe peaches
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup Kristin's Gluten-free Flour Mix
1-2 tsp cinnamon

Mix together in a large bowl (if you want a lighter topping, make half the amount listed here - it'll work perfectly well, too!):
1 cup Kristin's Gluten-free Flour Mix
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Add, chopping in with a pastry cutter until you have a crumbly topping:
3 Tbsp butter, chilled
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste

Sprinkle the crumb topping over the prepared peaches.  Bake at 350 F for ~50 minutes, until topping is browning.  Serve hot or warm!

This peach cobbler is so flavorful, it can be served alone - no ice cream or whipped cream needed!  Enjoy!

A peach cobbler made with the larger amount of crumb topping - for a juicier cobbler, make 1/2 the topping. Either way it's delicious!