I still can’t believe Thanksgiving is almost here again. Time to start getting our comfy clothes ready, stretch our stomachs, and plot nap times around parades, eating, football, and eating. I know some of you will be fueling up for Black Friday. More power to you. I just wait for Cyber Monday.
Since Thanksgiving revolves around food, we put together a guide for food for those with dietary restrictions that includes recipes. If you’ve read any of my posts about recipes, you know we like to keep it simple and use as few ingredients as possible. If you’re looking for fancy, this ain’t it.
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After searching Pinterest for Thanksgiving recipe ideas, I came across fruit turkeys. Some of them were simple, some were intricate, and a few included kebobs. There were also vegetable turkeys and others had combination of fruits and veggies. The great thing about the fresh fruit turkey is that we you can use whatever fruit you want and can make it as simple or fancy as you wish. It’s also a great way to get kids involved. They can choose the fruit and the placement.
If you’re not familiar with the fruit turkey, it’s pretty self-explanatory. Use a combination of foods to make food platters fun. You need a body and several rows of feathers. Feel free to give your turkey a face. Some people use construction paper to make the turkey’s face.
We tried to keep our fresh fruit turkey low FODMAP. Nikki has a list of fruits that she can’t eat because they cause gas buildup and/or discomfort. We considered mixing fruits and veggies, but she loves fruit and wanted to stick with all fruit.
Ingredients
-1 medium apple
-1 kiwi
-1 banana
-1 honey dew melon
-grapes
-1 mandarin
Directions
It’s easy to assemble your fruit turkey. Start with a body. We used an apple since we had one (apples are high FODMAP).
Build your feathers around the body. I recommend 3-4 rows of fruit feathers, but you can have as many as you’d like.
Layer each row to makes the feathers fan out.
Optional: Slice a grape in half for eyes. Use mandarin slices for a beak. You can also add legs if you so desire.
This recipe is truly D.I.Y. You have the ability to use your creativity to bring your fruit turkey to life. We decided to use moon drop grapes because of their unique shape. Instead of an apple body, you could use a pear. If you follow a low FODMAP diet, you could use a pineapple chunk or a potato if you’re making a fruit and veggie turkey. The possibilities are endless (mostly, unless you’re on a low FODMAP diet)!
If you like this recipe, you might like yogurt bark, carrot cake smoothie, easy cheese dip, and pigs in a blanket.
I’d love to see if you make a fresh fruit turkey (or veggie or a combo)! Be sure to tag GFS and use the hashtag glutenfreespirited. As always, sharing is caring. Stay up-to-date by following GFS on social media and subscribing to my mailing list. As a bonus, when you sign up for my mailing list, you’ll receive a FREE Beginners Guide to Dietary Restriction Friendly Essentials.
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This is such a cute idea! I know that some of my family members would love to help me assemble this. Such a fun thing 🙂
It was fun to assemble and to eat. 😀
Such a fun take on a turkey and some lovely fresh ingredients that are good for us all.
Nutritious and festive! 🙂
Can’t believe Thanksgiving is already around the corner either! This fresh fruit turkey looks so fun – and nutritious. Thank you for this great idea!
xx Luci
It snuck up on us! You’re welcome! 🙂
I love this, it’s so sweet and edible too of course! We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in Europe, but what a shame! May still try and make this!
It would be great for any holiday; you could arrange like a Christmas tree or an Easter egg. 😀 Let me know if you decide to make one!
What an adorable idea and a great way to present some healthier bites for the holiday season.
I thought it was a fun way to change things up and be festive. 🙂
this is cute! i wouldnt want to eat it, and mess it up though
We felt that way at first, but ate some of it and stored the rest. 🙂
aww that looks so adorable and in a way to good to eat – love it
It was almost too cute to eat, but we took it apart and ate some of it and stored the rest. haha
Fruit turkey’s are such a clever idea! This would actually be a fab dessert for Christmas day too 🙂
You could do so much with fruit platters to fit the holiday. 🙂
I love it, it’s so creative. I’m on a fruit and vegetable fast so this is absolutely ideal for me.
I’m glad you found something to fit your diet. Let me know if you make it! 🙂
Such a cute and healthy turkey! Maybe I will have to make one for our thanksgiving festivities.
Please let me know if you do!
I couldn’t imagine life without a good fruit salad. So this is a great opportunity to dres it up and serves as a fun kitchen project with the kiddos.
I think it’s a fun way to change things up!
How cute! Moon grapes are my households new faves!
We really like them too!
this is very interesting since I have people with dietary restrictions at home! 🙂
Hopefully it’s a new recipe they’d like to try!
The fruit turkey idea is so cute. I am doing this on our next party!
I would love to see how it turns out!