Eggnog (new review)

Silk Nog

Silk is my favorite brand of alternative milk and coffee creamer. They also make a great tasting soy eggnog that is rich and creamy. You can sprinkle cinnamon, nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice on top for a festive drink.

So Delicious Coconut Milk Holiday Nog

Made with coconut milk, this eggnog is also rich and creamy. It is a little sweeter than Silk because of the coconut and is a great option if you are avoiding soy.

Appetizers

• Starlite Cuisine Vegan Taquitos 
• Feel Good Foods Pot Stickers and Egg Rolls

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/gluten-and-dairy-free-appetizers

Cheeze for Crudites, Dips or Trays

• Daiya Cheddar Style Deluxe Cheeze Sauce
• Siete Queso
• Daiya Havarti Jalapeno and Violife Just Like Parmesan, cut into cubes

http://(https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/vegan-cheese-not-dairy-crack/

Salad Dressing

I reviewed ranch and blue cheese dressing in http://(https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/dairy-free-ranch-and-blue-cheese-dressings/2/). My favorites are:

• Daiya Homestyle Ranch
• Follow Your Heart Blue Cheese

New Ranch Dressing Reviews

Walden

The dressing is made with vinegar, lemon juice and sour cream flavoring, which it tastes like.

Sir Kensington’s Ranch

The dressing is made with sunflower oil, vinegar, egg yolks, coconut sugar and dill weed. The dressing is super tangy and has a strong dill taste. It would be better on fish as a tartar sauce.

Tessemae Ranch and Cilantro Lime Ranch

Both flavors contain sunflower oil, egg yolks, lemon juice and vinegar. The ranch is tangy and tastes like real ranch dressing and the cilantro lime has a great citrus flavor and is my new favorite ranch dressing. Both are great as salad dressing or dip.

Mac ‘n Cheese

• Annie’s Organic Vegan Mac, Gluten Free
• Daiya Cheezy Mac

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/gluten-and-dairy-free-mac-n-cheese

Gravy (new review)

McCormick Simply Better Turkey Gravy

Most turkey gravy is made by mixing turkey juices with flour. This gravy comes in a 12 oz. ready to serve carton. It contains cornstarch, potato starch, and rice flour in place of wheat flour.  It has a great turkey gravy flavor and texture, being smooth and thick.

Not Reviewed

McCormick Gluten Free Turkey Gravy – this is a packet to be mixed with water. While Simply Better Turkey Gravy is dairy free, this is not, containing buttermilk powder. Both are made by the same company and emphasize the importance of reading product ingredients.

Bread (new review)

Krusteaz Gluten Free Honey Cornbread and Muffin Mix

Although made with corn, some cornbread mixes are combined with flour. This brand uses white and yellow cornmeal, millet and sorghum. You mix it with vegetable oil and 1 egg. While the recipe calls for 1 cup of milk, I used cashew milk, but you can use any alternative milk. The honey goes well with the strong corn taste and it is gritty like traditional cornbread. I topped it with vegan butter – Earth Balance is my favorite.

Whole Foods 365 Dinner Rolls

Made with tapioca starch, potato starch, buckwheat, rice and cornstarch, the rolls are sold frozen. Once baked, the inside is soft while the outside remains crunchy. They taste great served warm with vegan butter. The rolls can also be used as slider buns.

Stuffing (new review)

Gillian’s Gluten Free Home-Style Stuffing

Made with white rice flour and tapioca starch, I found nothing home-style about this stuffing. It is very mushy and bland.

Aleia’s Savory Stuffing

The stuffing lives up to its name and is very savory with a great blend of herbs and spices. It is made with rice flour, potato starch and tapioca flour. The recipe on the box calls for onion, celery, carrot, butter or butter substitute, and chicken or vegetable stock. It came out fluffy like traditional stuffing. I’m glad I can have stuffing at Thanksgiving again. It’s also soy free.

Dessert

• Katz Personal Size Apple Pie and Mini Pies (added bonus – everyone gets their own individual pie)
• Daiya Cheezecake
• Sweet Ali’s Vanilla Cupcakes
• The Piping Gourmets Whoopie Pies
• CocoWhip, TruWhip and Reddi-wip
• Glutenetto cookies on a platter

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/snack-cakes-and-donuts/2/

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/whoopie-and-other-pies/

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/daiya-cheezecake/

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/what-do-you-want-a-cookie/

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/dairy-free-ice-cream-whipped-cream-and-cone/2/

Coffee Creamer

• Silk Dairy Free Soy Creamer
• Silk Half and Half Alternative (oat and coconut milks)
• So Delicious Oat Milk Creamer
• Califia Unsweetened Oat Creamer
• Ripple Half and Half (Pea protein)

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/dairy-free-not-non-dairy-coffee-creamers/

Tips

• Make mashed potatoes without milk and butter or use alternative milk and vegan butter
• If you don’t want to buy prepared gravy, you can mix turkey juices with cornstarch or gluten free flour such as King Arthur’s

Conclusion

I hope this post helps you have a gluten and dairy free Thanksgiving with loved ones. And may the allergy friendly foods become new traditions, alongside turkey and cranberry sauce.

Fun Food Fact

Swanson created the first tv dinner, modeled after Thanksgiving. It consisted of turkey, gravy, cornbread stuffing, whipped potatoes, peas, and carrots. It sold for 98 cents in 1954.

Did You Know?

While the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is famous, it wasn’t the first Thanksgiving parade. That honor goes to The Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade, which debuted in 1920.

Quote

“If you stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start to get mad at turkeys. There’s turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastrami. Someone needs to tell the turkey, ‘Man, just be yourself.'” Mitch Hedberg