Turkey

Grain-Free Christmas Recipes

Coconut water, Pomegranate, cherry reduction
It isn’t hard to get through the holiday season and stick with your grain-free or gluten-free diet. Here are some of my favorite recipes to keep your belly happy — not bloated and uncomfortable through the season of feasting.

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Deep and Creamy: Pomegranate, Coconut Water and Cherry Reduction

Deep and Creamy: Pomegranate, Coconut Water and Cherry Reduction

This amazing, deep, rich sauce takes a while to make but is well worth the wait.Coconut water, pomegranate juice, stock and red wine are reduced to about a third of original volume. Cream and dried cherries are added and the sauce is reduced further. This is a delicious sauce for goose, turkey o ...

Local Apple Relish

Local Apple Relish

This year, while searching through various old cookbooks for pecan pie recipes I came across a lovely fresh apple relish (Apple Kitchen Cook Book by Demetria Taylor), which I just had to try. It was fantastic! Especially tasty with fresh, local apples, it works particularly well as a relish with tur ...

Turkish Sun Jams

Turkish Sun Jams

Many years ago while doing a study abroad program in Morocco, we spent a lot of time eating the best bread and apricot jam I have ever had. We ate it for breakfast, lunch and even just for a snack. This last week our local farmers market was chock full of tasty sun-ripened apricots. I bought a b ...

Talking Turkey Talk

Talking Turkey Talk

We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. -Kurt Vonnegut With 46 million turkeys eaten at Thanksgiving (690 million pounds of flesh), and 22 million at Christmas, the turkey literally becomes a part of us during holiday season. The bird is unique to Ameri ...

HD 201 –  The Smoker DIY

HD 201 – The Smoker DIY

A quick and easy way to make a smoker on the fly. Indoctrinex drills, whittles and organizes wood-chips, a garbage can and a hotplate....Spice is rubbed into legs of turkey and lamb-the smoker gets busy as hungry fans observe. By the way, for everyone watching this. Since this video various i ...