Last weekend my in-laws came out to Boulder to visit and I used them as guinea pigs for this healthy Paleo Gravy recipe. Thankfully this gravy passed the in-law test served over Mashed Cauliflower.
When I made this Paleo Gravy, I roasted a chicken with onions and thyme and used the pan drippings for the recipe below. I probably only had a couple of tablespoons of drippings, and I actually think this gravy recipe might work without any drippings at all. The onions thicken the gravy; I learned this trick from the late, great author Elaine Gottschall (also a dear friend), who wrote a fabulous gravy recipe in her book Breaking the Vicious Cycle
Herb Gravy
Ingredients
- 1 quart Chicken Stock
- 2 medium onions, coarsely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic
- pan drippings from roasted chicken or roasted turkey
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 1 tablespoon thyme, chopped
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, heat chicken stock, onions and garlic to a boil
- Reduce heat and simmer until onions and garlic are soft, about 30 minutes
- Pour pan drippings into saucepan
- Blend stock-onion-drippings mixture in a vitamix until smooth
- Place mixture back in saucepan and reheat, then season with salt and thyme
- Serve over turkey, Mashed Cauliflower, or anything else
Equipment
I was beyond thrilled to find my book at the top of Jane Anderson’s list of Christmas and Hanukkah Gift Ideas for Celiacs on About.com. She listed The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook as her personal favorite gluten-free cookbook. Wow. Thanks Jane!
Robin says
Yumm…the gravy sounds great! Wondering how it would taste with veggie broth….
Tammy says
I would love to try some of those fancy teas
Lenee says
Last night I made a roast chicken with garlic, fresh thyme, fresh rosemary and lemon slices.. I made the mashed cauliflower as a side dish…. Wow, I couldn’t believe I was eating cauliflower instead of potatoes, it tasted so good!!! Thank you for your continued sharing of your delicious recipes! Oh yea, I also made some stock from the carcass.. I enjoy utilizing chicken for another recipe… I would love to win the soups/stocks.
Angela says
I planning to roast a turkey tomorrow and I will give this gravy a try. One of the foods I loved as a child was hot turkey sandwiches with mash potatoes and gravy. I will see how my children like this more “mature” version.
Mary Hancock says
This gravy sounds good! Can’t wait to try it next time my granddaughter visits. She has severe gluten allergy!
Betsie De Wreede says
The thyme will be lovely. Thanks!
Mary says
So excited to try this one! yummers!
Elizabeth says
Yumm! I have been looking for a good gravy alternative that the whole family can enjoy. I plan on making this in the hopes that even my picky hubby will find palatable.
kathy says
sounds good – especially with this winter-like weather
Jen says
This looks great and I’m excited to try it for T-Day. I used my husband’s computer today to quickly verify the crispy lemon kale recipe, and when the home page loaded and he saw the picture of the gravy, he got excited because he thought I was going to make THAT today.
This will be my (and therefore our) first Thanksgiving on SCD and I’m a little nervous about having to replace pretty much EVERY single “traditional” Thanksgiving dish. My husband and I were going through last year’s Thanksgiving menu, him asking me what I could eat.
“Can you eat…?”
…Mashed potatoes? Nope. (And I also can’t tolerate cauliflower yet.)
…Corn? Nope.
…Standard cranberry sauce? Nope.
…Standard stuffing? Nope.
…Sweet potato casserole? Nope.
…Standard pumpkin pie? Nope.
…Standard bread/rolls? Nope.
…TURKEY?!? Yes, as long as we don’t season it with sugar or butter. Whew!
I have made my own chunky cranberry sauce before, so I’m not too concerned with finding an easy SCD version. And I know BTVC has a pumpkin pie recipe in it, so I just have to go check out a copy of the book from the library. I’ve made almond flour & almond butter bread several times, though nothing that’s even close to the neutral taste of white flour dinner rolls. Oh how I miss those fluffy gluten-filled balls of doom!
It will be sad to not have mashed potatoes, but I’m excited to have discovered a new squash – banana squash! And we both love butternut squash, so we’ll have one or both of those in place of the potatoes. And since butternut squash soup is so easy, I may also make soup. Maybe on Wednesday to feed us on Thursday while we’re cooking other stuff…?
I’m also excited to make some pumpkin goodies without using canned pumpkin for the first time ever. Earlier this evening, I bought several pie pumpkins so I can try a bunch of pumpkin recipes I’ve found on this & a couple other sites, and then decide which I like best to make for Thanksgiving.
Thanks, Elana and all the other SCDish recipe bloggers out there, for sharing the results of your hard work with the rest of us. I truly appreciate it. With such great recipes for SCD-legal (or tweakable to be legal) food, I don’t have to convince my husband to eat the same thing I’m eating. He WANTS to eat it because it’s delicious and healthful – it’s a bonus that it doesn’t hurt my tummy. :-)
Jen