Highlight seasonal foods to enjoy the flavor of fall. This is a great strategy for creating a delicious Thanksgiving or autumn meal relished by all, but one that is especially helpful if you or one of your guests is on a therapeutic diet.
This time of year there is much to celebrate and be thankful for—family, friends, and the flavorful, seasonal foods of autumn.
If you or one of your dinner guests follow a therapeutic diet, such as a gluten-free diet, don’t dwell on the foods you—or they—used to eat. Instead, appreciate the fresh foods all of you can eat. Use the need to adapt the menu to accommodate someone on a therapeutic diet as a golden opportunity to explore the foods of fall in all of their abundance. Meals, side dishes and desserts that are made with seasonal foods have more color, texture, and taste than the sometimes bland white-flour products that end up on many Americans’ Thanksgiving tables. As an added bonus, they have many more nutrients to keep you, your family, and your friends healthy….