Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all you Canadians out there, and Happy Columbus Day to the Americans. Being half and half I am celebrating both today! A day off from work and a dinner/day spent with my family. I started my day out with a 2 mile walk with Mom, and hit up the grocery store. Silly Mom, thought she'd like some apple crisp, we both said no way! We don't need those calories...haha...well, we didn't get the apples, and then I went back for them a couple hours later! Haha, I couldn't handle it, once someone said apple crisp I was sold. I haven't had it in a couple years, and I was up to the challenge of swapping Mom's recipe to gluten free! I mean, it is a holiday and a big one at that, it's Canadian Thanksgiving!! Haha I call it that since I get 2 Thanksgivings! I know, I know, a bit much right?...someone could roll me home any minute now, I'm ready!
Now we didn't just eat apple crisp for supper, although I'm game for that! Lol I whipped up a wicked good stir fry with quinoa for supper. No turkey you say? Who needs turkey when you've got chicken?! Lol besides, I was a bit lacking in time for turkey. :-/ so here it is, the stir fry recipe:

Yummy chicken stir fry
4 mushrooms sliced
2 sm stalks celery, sliced
1 lg carrot ,sliced
A good handful of snap peas
A good handful of broccoli florets,chopped
2 cloves garlic- chopped
4 sage leaves, chopped
2 chicken breasts, 1" pieces or however you prefer.
Dash of: pepper,salt and ginger
1 tbs olive oil
Quinoa on the side

Add oil to pan, med-high heat, cook chicken through, add garlic and sage cook 1-2 minutes, next add veggies. Let cook a few minutes, you want the veggies to have a crunch, no limp veggies allowed. In the mean time, cook quinoa to have with stir fry. Add your spices to the stir fry, stir well and set aside. Serve stir fry on a bed of quinoa. Soooo yummy!!

And now for the good stuff!!
Apple crisp:
So this is my Mom's adaption of a recipe she found in the Barbour's cookbook (Canadian, perhaps? Idk) keep in mind that it wasn't gluten free until I got my paws on it. ;)

4-5 apples, peeled and sliced
1tsp cinnamon
1tsp nutmeg
3/4 c brown sugar
1/4 c white rice flour
1/4 c almond flour
1-1/2 c gluten free oats (be cautious here, some people don't handle these well!!)
1/3 c butter, cold
Juice half lemon

Here we go!!
Peel and slice apples, arrange in an oven safe bowl or 8x8 equivalent pan, your choice. Juice half a lemon and pour over apples, mix gently. In a separate medium size bowl, combine all dry ingredients. Add cold butter and roll up your sleeves! Haha this is the fun part! Use your hands to mix the cold butter into the dry ingredients, you want it to be a bit clumpy. Once well combined spread mix over the apples. Preheat oven to 350° bake for 30-35 min or until golden brown. Let cool slightly and serve with your favorite topping. I prefer vanilla frozen yogurt!!

I hope you enjoy the menu for Canadian Thanksgiving, there are a couple pics as well, unfortunately the camera in my phone is dying! Must get new iphone5!! Hehe, what better reason, right??! Happy cooking!!

** as always, be sure to check for gluten free ingredients! :)