I know everyone is planning that special dinner now! I am expecting my son and daughter-in-law from out of state and want to make this special. My daughter-in-law has ulcerative colitis and among other things she can't eat wheat or cranberries. Does anyone have a recipe for a cranberry sauce, gel or relish that does not use sugar? Also a substitute for the traditional cornbread dressing (stuffing). One more, any dessert ideas for something that doesn't use flour, something kind of traditional. Thanks for your help!

-- bwilliams (bjconthefarm@yahoo.com), November 17, 2000

Answers

Sorry, I messed up, she can eat cranberries, not corn syrup

-- bwilliams (bjconthefarm@yahoo.com), November 17, 2000.

Grind up a whole orange, peel and all, and cranberries. I am not sure if it's a whole bag or half a bag. Try half a bag first,you can always add more. You can use a blender to grind them up. If it's too sour, you could add a little honey. You could make a rice pilaf type stuffing.

-- Rebekah (daniel1@itss.net), November 17, 2000.

You can do what Rebekah said and use a small pkg. of equal for sweetener. I think it is better if you just do this when it's ready to eat. My mother is a diabetic and likes this. DW

-- DW (djwallace@ctos.com), November 17, 2000.

Look for gluten-free recipes (most low-carb recipes will qualify) on the internet. There are lots of them, and probably just what you are looking for, as it is that time of year! Do a search for low-carb to start with, you should find lists of links, including links to recipe sites. I would recommend sausage stuffing, but there are some other really yummy sounding recipes that your daughter in law should be able to eat. Enjoy!

-- Kathleen Sanderson (stonycft@worldpath.net), November 18, 2000.

I reciently started a diet (prism) and I cant have any white flour everyone who goes on this diet has a headach for about three days and then feel wonderful and very clear headed. Many people lose cronic symptoms that they have lived with for years my sinus headachs stopped and I lived on cold pills one sudefed a day for years. I'm also less arthritic. I am having a rice dressing assembled with all the ingredients that normally is put in regular dressing only instead of bread I use brown rice make this as a side dish don't stuff the bird with it

-- ronda (thejohnsons@localaccess.com), November 18, 2000.

My Grandmother always made a dessert w/ 1/2 a pear steamed and a sauce over it made w/ a jam{anykind}topped w/ raisins and nuts. The whole dessert was broiled until golden brown.

-- renee oneill{md.} (oneillsr@home.com), November 18, 2000.

I too make a cranberry salad I use one 12 oz bag of cranberries, 2 oranges, 2 apples blend them all then I add 3 boxes or 4 of strawberry jello if she can tolerate the artifical sweetnes use jello with that in it and you might like it. I know I do I also like to take a banana bread receipe and use the cranberry mixture to subsitute for the bananas. gail

-- gail missouri ozarks (gef123@hotmail.com), November 18, 2000.

For sweetener, check out stevia extract. It's a white powder. The conversion is one-third teaspoon for every cup of sugar. Available at natural food coops. Comes from the, you guessed it, stevia plant. They also have the dried herb, but it tastes "herby" as well as very sweet. The white powder is just pure sweet, has no nasty aftertaste, and is heat stable. The only trick is to let whatever you're using it in sit a couple minutes after adding the stevia before tasting to see if it's sweet enough. It seems to sweeten up as it gets rehydrated.

For dessert, why not make a pumpkin custard, using stevia. Like pumpkin pie without the crust? Yummy!

-- Laura Jensen (lrjensen@nwlink.com), November 19, 2000.

Thank you all very much for the great suggestions. I should be able to come up with something with all of these great ideas!

-- bwilliams (bjconthefarm@yahoo.com), November 19, 2000.