{"id":537,"date":"2008-11-24T07:35:56","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T11:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/?p=537"},"modified":"2008-11-24T07:35:56","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T11:35:56","slug":"menu-plan-monday-november-24-2008-thanksgiving-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=537","title":{"rendered":"Menu Plan Monday ~ November 24, 2008 ~ Thanksgiving Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is here! Thanksgiving week! I love Thanksgiving and all things pumpkin &amp; turkey. \ud83d\ude42 I love spending time with my family and shopping on Black Friday. For the big meal, I have some family contributing sides like Catholic Potatoes, a wonderful mashed potato casserole with cream cheese and cheddar cheese, it really is heaven in a pyrex dish; Sweet Potato Casserole; Creamed Peas; and last, but not least, the non-GF pies, that way I don&#8217;t have to gluten up my kitchen with flour for the pie crusts. Truth be told, I was not much of a pie crust maker before I went gluten-free, I don&#8217;t see myself making them now, especially if they contain gluten! For gluten-free pie crusts, I use Whole Foods Gluten-Free Bakehouse frozen crusts. They are excellent and even picky family members can&#8217;t tell they are GF! Best of all, they are EASY!<\/p>\n<p>The days leading up to Turkey Day are very busy here. We have parent\/teacher conferences tonight for Hannah, hockey scrimmage for Jon tonight, family get together tomorrow night at the inlaws, hockey practice on Wednesday&#8230;ACK! Somewhere in there, along with my normal daily routine, I need to find time to bake! So, my menu leading up to the big day this week is very simple. Nothing complicated for a couple of reasons&#8230;time and oh yeah, I have a 20 lb turkey defrosting in my fridge that is taking up a bunch of space! LOL!<\/p>\n<p>Sunday ~ Pei Wei&#8230;we used the rest of a gift card after putting up the Christmas Tree (yes, I know, I am crazy)<\/p>\n<p>Monday ~ Baked Salmon, Brown Rice, Steamed veggies and salad (how much simpler can I get??)<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday ~ Breakfast for dinner (eggs\/omelets\/bacon\/sweet potato hashbrowns\/toast\/OJ)<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday ~ Cheeseburger in Paradise ~ hockey practice night (BTW, CIP has a GF dessert now!!! WOO HOOO!!!)<\/p>\n<p>Thursday ~ The Big Day ~ Here is my menu:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Veggie Tray with Dip<\/li>\n<li>Sweet Potato Rounds with Curried Chicken Salad on top (Mom&#8217;s bringing)<\/li>\n<li>Turkey &amp; Gravy<\/li>\n<li>Cornbread Stuffing (GF, of course)<\/li>\n<li>Catholic Potatoes<\/li>\n<li>Cranberry Glazed Carrots<\/li>\n<li>Homemade Cranberry Sauce (will also have the jellied kind)<\/li>\n<li>Sweet Potato Casserole (MIL is bringing)<\/li>\n<li>Creamed Peas (MIL is bringing)<\/li>\n<li>Crescent Rolls (for the gluten eating peeps)<\/li>\n<li>Chebe Rolls (for us GF peeps)<\/li>\n<li>Pumpkin Pie (GF and non-GF)<\/li>\n<li>Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bars<\/li>\n<li>Cherry Pie (GF)<\/li>\n<li>Pecan Pie (non-GF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday ~ Leftovers (DUH!)<\/p>\n<p>Saturday ~ I bet we are still having leftovers!\u00a0 LOL!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baking Items This Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bread<\/p>\n<p>Pumpkin Pies (2 ~ freezing one for Christmas)<\/p>\n<p>Bagels, if I have time&#8230;LOLOLOL<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This week Book of Yum is hosting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookofyum.com\/blog\/thanksgiving-gluten-free-menu-swap-and-meal-plan-monday-sweet-potato-knish-recipe-2415.html\">Gluten-Free Menu Swap<\/a>.  The ingredient of the week is Sweet Potato, how appropriate!  I am using sweet potatoes for our hash browns on Tuesday night, the kids love them like this!  Thanks for hosting!  Also, don&#8217;t forget to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/orgjunkie.com\/2008\/11\/menu-plan-monday-nov-24th.html\">Org Junkie<\/a> for lots of menu plans.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=537\"><\/div>\n<script><!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_div_class=\"linkwithin_hook\";\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 135270;\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts with Thumbnails\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is here! Thanksgiving week! 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