Appetizers

Category: Appetizers

cranberry sauce made in the Instant Pot, in a small white bowl on a white background

75+ Fresh Cranberry Recipes… From Breakfast To Dessert!

A quart mason jar with lid filled with kimchi sitting on a butcher block counter.

Homemade Kimchi: An Easy Korean Sauerkraut Recipe

a red white and blue dessert, some kind of cheesecake or tart with blueberries and raspberries decorating the top in the shape of a flag

98 Healthy & Easy 4th Of July Recipes (Paleo, Whole30, Keto & more!)

photo of how to make pickled okra recipe, with pint-sized Mason jar of already fermented okra, pickled okra on a plate, fresh okra, and sea salt

Garlic-Dill Pickled Okra (crunchy, not slimy probiotic snack!)

decorative blue and white ceramic bowl of carrot sticks

Lacto-Fermented Carrot Sticks (gut-healing probiotic snack for kids!)

plate full of crispy herbed baby potatoes

30-Minute Smashed Baby Potatoes With Lemon & Tarragon

Is there any way to make tater tots good for you? With these grain-free Garlic-Lime Mini Sweet Potato Puffs, the answer is YES! These make an easy and nourishing appetizer, side dish, or snack, and the chili-yogurt dipping sauce is a delicious way to get extra probiotics into your meal.

Garlic-Lime Mini Sweet Potato Puffs With Chili-Yogurt Dip

Einkorn Sourdough Chapatis {Indian Flatbread}

Einkorn Sourdough Chapatis {Indian Flatbread}

Fermented jalapeno deviled egg with a cilantro leaf on top sitting on a platter.

Fermented Jalapeño Deviled Eggs

Its finally time to move the cooking outside, play yard games, and enjoy the heat! We've gotcha covered with these nourishing grill and barbecue dishes, drinks, and desserts! Traditional Cooking School

92 Nourishing Grill & Barbecue Dishes, Drinks, & Desserts

Fried Sage Leaves {a crispy garnish or snack!}

Fried Sage Leaves {a crispy garnish or snack!}

What's the best part of making your own soft cheese from raw milk? Raw milk contains probiotics of course! Raw milk left to sit out and get warm means those probiotics are proliferating. This raw milk mascarpone is teeming with living flora. It's an indulgent, tasty health food that you can enjoy in both sweet and savory dishes!

How to Make Raw Milk Mascarpone: Soft, Probiotic Cheese

Sprouted Hummus in 3 Delicious Flavors | Hummus is one of my favorite snacks -- and it makes great lunch box food, too! We love to eat it with veggies or crackers, spread on a sandwich, or even right off the spoon! I prefer to sprout my garbanzo beans to improve their digestibility. Here's our delicious, basic, creamy, sprouted hummus recipe, plus 3 of our favorite hummus flavor variations. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Sprouted Hummus in 3 Delicious Flavors

My family are huge fans of my homemade salsa, bean dip, and pesto -- which are all lacto-fermented. As I put together this round-up of 50 amazingly healthy and colorful fermented salsas, dips, and spreads, my eyes were opened to all the ways I can add even more beneficial bacteria into our foods... and probably without anyone noticing. ;)

50 Fermented Salsas, Dips, and Spreads

Raw green plantains contain resistant starch, a healthy prebiotic that sets the stage for a healthy colon. However, they're usually not palatable. Undeterred, I wanted to create a green plantain treat, something really good as well as being really healthy. And here it is... green plantain crackers that my family loves!

Green Plantain Crackers {& all about resistant starch}

Compound Butter {butter gets dressed up!} | If you’ve ever had honey butter, you’ve had compound butter. Compound butters are easy to make and they freeze well so they're handy whenever you need a quick flavor boost, an easy sauce, or a way to dress up simple food for company. Here are a myriad of flavor combinations and ideas for using them. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Compound Butter {Butter Gets Dressed Up!}

15 Easy Raw Cheese Recipes | If you make cheese already and appreciate quality recipes... Or, if you want to learn how to make cheese and need a vetted set of recipes to start you off... ...then this post is for you. We did all the hard work of reviewing recipes (and making a bunch of them, too) so you can just dive in and get started. Yummy cheese awaits! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

15 Easy Raw Cheese Recipes

Cinco de Mayo Meal Plans for 5 Special Diets | In these Cinco de Mayo meal plans for five special diets (traditional, gluten-free, GAPS, Paleo, and Autoimmune Paleo), we've provided you with a good mix of both American and Pueblo cuisine. From appetizer all the way to dessert! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Cinco de Mayo Meal Plans for 5 Special Diets