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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

Cranberry Bread and Cranberry Cookies | I love taking family favorites and making them “new” using “old” methods. During the recent holiday season, my daughter and I decided to do just that with two recipes that we’d read about but never actually tried, both from the "Cranberry" books by Wende and Harry Devlin: Grandmother’s Famous Cranberry Bread and Maggie's Favorite Cranberry Cookies. We're on a roll and just might keep baking our way through the other "Cranberry" books! | GNOWFGLINS.com

A Traditional Twist on a Traditional Tale

How To Make All Natural Mouthwash (3 recipes!) | Recently I learned how to make natural mouthwash myself! It cleans teeth and gums naturally, it's inexpensive, it's made from good and simple ingredients that I recognize (no chemicals or unnatural dyes!), and it gives me peace of mind. Here are three fresh and easy homemade mouthwash recipes. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Make All Natural Mouthwash (3 Recipes!)

Quick and Easy Chicken Noodle Soup and Fluffy Cornbread from The DIY Pantry | Canned and packaged foods tend to be chock-full of preservatives, unhealthy fats, and other additives -- not to mention, they are usually expensive. But oh, the convenience! When my family and I started moving into eating GNOWFGLINS, I missed the ability to grab a packaged mix and pull together a quick meal. Not any more! Today, since it's January and the doldrums of winter have just begun to set in, I thought some nourishing comfort food from my book, The DIY Pantry, might be just the ticket. In our house, this chicken noodle soup and cornbread often grace our lunch table. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Quick and Easy Chicken Noodle Soup and Fluffy Cornbread

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)

Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins | In the world of muffins, quick breads, pancakes, and waffles, I vary our whole-grain flours and use many that are gluten-free. After quite a bit of reading, finessing, adjusting, and trying, I achieved gluten-free muffin success! My family was excited (and surprised!) when I finally served these chocolate chip banana muffins which didn't crumble all over their plates, taste bitter, or compromise nutrition. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins (Gluten-Free)

Whipped Body Butter | It's not frosting, but it does look good enough to eat. This whipped homemade body butter is thick and rich. It nourishes the skin with just a few ingredients like shea butter and essential oils. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Way Better Than Lotion: Homemade Whipped Body Butter with Essential Oils

Not-So-Dense (Or Sour) Sourdough Bread | 'Many of my sourdough loaves over the past few years have been dense. Until the day a spark went off in my head: I needed to soak all of my grains the night before, not just the sponge of the bread! A new softer, lighter, less sour, not-so-dense sourdough bread was born!' | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Not-So-Dense (Or Sour) Sourdough Bread

Gluten-Free Sausage Mac and Cheese | No surprise, like everyone, we're big fans of macaroni and cheese. I've shared a stovetop real food mac and cheese in the past. This one is gluten-free, too, but it's also baked and has a brown-rice thickened cheese sauce with smoked paprika. It's worth the extra time to make the sauce and bake the dish. It's absolutely scrumptious with the toasty oven-baked cheese. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Gluten-Free Sausage Mac and Cheese

Fresh Bread On A Wood Stove | My family and I greatly enjoy our winters in Idaho. We look forward to the snowshoe hikes, the warmth and coziness of the fire, and the benefits of cooking on a wood stove all winter long. I love using my wood stove for our meals, baked goods, and of course, bread! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Fresh Bread On A Wood Stove

How To Organize Your Pantry {with glass jars!} | I have an obsession with glass jars and there isn't a help line for that. I don't know what it is about seeing all those beautifully God-made organic foods -- neatly lined up in the pantry -- that puts a smile on my face. Interested in using glass to organize the pantry? Here's how to get started. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Organize Your Pantry {with glass jars!}

6 Ways To Get Started With Traditional Foods & Healthy Eating | If switching to traditional foods is part of your new agenda, instead of pledging to ferment, soak, and sprout all the way, consider breaking this goal down into smaller bites. Here are 6 easy tips to get started with traditional foods for beginners! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

6 Ways To Get Started With Traditional Foods & Healthy Eating

Hamburger Tartaflette

Hamburger Tartaflette

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

Chocolate Cheesecake Pie (Allergy-Friendly)

Chocolate Cheesecake Pie (Allergy-Friendly)

Bacon Buttermilk Skillet Cornbread | With our traditional off-grid lifestyle, it's only fitting that our family has created new Christmas and Thanksgiving traditions while still holding tight to old traditions. This moist and rustic skillet cornbread is one of those new traditions -- it's delicious! Perfect for special gatherings and ordinary dinners! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Bacon Buttermilk Skillet Cornbread

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

Water Kefir Granita

Water Kefir Granita