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Celebrations

Holidays and special occasions call for celebration, would you agree? We all love traditional gatherings for the obvious holidays, but we also love smaller holidays and love to celebrate each one with a special menu. We love a good 4th of July themed picnic, Valentine's Day treats everyone will love, or "Game-Day" appetizers and entrees made in the Instant Pot.

Consider this your one-stop-shop to every celebratory menu you'll ever need. Looking for a Thanksgiving menu (for 5 special diets)? Or maybe you'd like a "Real-Food Makeover" for your Christmas menu? We've got it!

Category: Celebrations

marbled fudge stacked on a small white plate

Marbled Fudge

No Bake Coconut Snowball Cookies | We've been so excited to bring you this recipe for allergy friendly no bake coconut snowball cookies! They are gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, and nut-free, not to mention delicious and super easy -- everything you want in a cookie! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

No Bake Coconut Snowball Cookies

Simple Hot Spiced Cider

Simple Hot Spiced Cider

Allergy-Friendly Pumpkin Pancakes

Allergy-Friendly Pumpkin Pancakes

Spicy Chocolate Gingersnaps {gluten-free & egg-free} | This recipe for gluten-free and egg-free chocolate gingersnaps is adapted from Nourishing Traditions. I liked that it used sprouted crispy almonds and arrowroot flour, making it easier to digest. I couldn't fathom a gingersnap without molasses. And all things seem to be better with chocolate. They will forever be on our list of Christmas cookies to make each year! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Spicy Chocolate Gingersnaps {gluten-free & egg-free}

Lacto-Fermented Cranberry Sauce

Lacto-Fermented Cranberry Sauce

A double layered sourdough spice cake with cream cheese frosting between layers and on top sitting on a small white plate with a form beside it.

Sourdough Spice Cake

Allergy-Friendly Chocolate Custard | We are in love with this custard. It's thickened with mineral-rich and digestive-supporting gelatin and it's allergy-friendly. You can use whatever milk you'd like, so dairy-free is an option. And it doesn't need eggs (thanks to that gelatin). Make it now and it will be chilled by dinner time! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Allergy-Friendly Chocolate Custard

Chocolate Cheesecake Pie (Allergy-Friendly)

Chocolate Cheesecake Pie (Allergy-Friendly)

A Victorian Christmas: Using Seasonal and Preserved Foods at Christmas (and a note about suet) | GNOWFGLINS.com

A Victorian Christmas: Using Seasonal and Preserved Foods at Christmas

5-Spice Apple Chutney {lacto-fermented} | Kicked up with the Chinese 5-Spice Blend, lacto-fermented apple chutney has been rocking our house lately. I can't keep enough of it on hand for the kids. They love to put a scoop of it in a bowl of kefir. We just went through 1/2 gallon of it in 3 days -- and that was with me telling them not to take so much! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

5-Spice Apple Chutney {lacto-fermented!}

Soaked Pumpkin Bread | Spiced baked goods and warm tea fit the turning weather here in Oregon. I like the cozy, sheltered feel of the clouds and enjoying warming dishes again, like this pumpkin bread that's made with spelt and soaked for maximum digestion and nutrition. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Soaked Pumpkin Bread

Healing Foods (for after the holidays) | Holiday celebrations can be hard on our bodies. Eating foods prepared in other kitchens often means we're consuming ingredients that are not necessarily nourishing. My family chooses to stay flexible during these times, making the best choices we can under the circumstances. But after the holidays, we start craving simple and healing foods. Are you in the same boat? Try my three simple recovery tricks and two favorite back-on-track simple recipes. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Healing Foods (for after the holidays)

Holiday Main Dishes

Holiday Main Dishes

Healthy Holiday Beverages

Healthy Holiday Beverages

Fermented Cranberry-Orange-Apple Relish | I recently tweaked my mom's famous cranberry-orange-apple relish recipe to add a fermentation stage. Natural fermentation adds probiotic benefits and beneficial acids for the gut, as well as increases the vitamins and enzymes. As if that weren't enough, this relish (like many other lacto-fermented foods) is incredibly yummy. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Fermented Cranberry-Orange-Apple Relish

Cocoa Almond Crumbles | Combining almonds and chocolate was one of my many culinary dreams last fall. This combination of cocoa, nuts, and coconut is sure to please everyone. Use for easy snacks, desserts, or breakfasts. Relish this crunchy, grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free delight, and/or enjoy gifting to others! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Cocoa Almond Crumbles

Halvah (Middle Eastern Honey-Sesame Candy) | Halvah is my absolute favorite Middle Eastern treat. I usually make it around Easter-time. The sweet honey and sesame tahini match my celebration of the Savior's resurrection and the coming of Spring. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Halvah (Honey-Sesame Candy)

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I’m Wardee Harmon and I help Christian families who know they should eat healthy but are tired of complicated, time-consuming, weird-tasting, and unsustainable “healthy” diets…

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