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Side Dishes

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Lacto-Fermented Cranberry Sauce

Lacto-Fermented Cranberry Sauce

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

Mediterranean Cucumber-Tomato-Mint Salad | When the cucumbers and tomatoes are in season, I go a little crazy. Can you blame me? We eat 1 of 3 cucumber and/or tomato salads just about every day. Here's one of my favorites! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Mediterranean Cucumber-Tomato-Mint Salad

Quinoa Garden Salad

Quinoa Garden Salad

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

Sourdough Crepes + The Best Homemade Tortilla Chips Ever! | I kid you not. These are the best tortilla chips. Ever. Here's the secret: don't start with tortillas. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Sourdough Crepes + The Best Homemade Tortilla Chips Ever!

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

Scalloped Potato Meal

Scalloped Potato Meal

Middle Eastern Kefir Cheese Balls {with free video!} | In today's free video and recipe, I show you a traditional Middle Eastern method of preserving yogurt cheese that requires no refrigeration. My grandmother and namesake, Tata Wardee, who has passed away, always had jars full of yogurt cheese balls available to add to our plates at breakfast, lunch and dinner! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Middle Eastern Kefir Cheese Balls {with free video!}

Feta and Chard

Feta and Chard

Lacto-Fermented Hummus | Yesterday, I made our family's traditional hummus -- a recipe handed down from my grandmother and namesake, Tata Wardee. However, there was a difference: this time I lacto-fermented it! Yeah, yeah, by now you know that I try to ferment just about everything. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Lacto-Fermented Hummus

Roasted Asparagus | High in vitamin K, folate, and vitamin A, and rich with minerals from deep in the ground, asparagus is a superfood we should be eating more! Harvested across America between the months of March and May, roasted asparagus is my favorite way to eat this delicious vegetable. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Roasted Asparagus

Spring Quinoa Salad

Spring Quinoa Salad

FREE Video: Green Bean Salad

FREE Video: Green Bean Salad

Nikki's Roma Fresca | Looking for a delicious recipe for a fresh tomato salsa? Make this lacto-fermented salsa with vegetables from from the garden or found at the farmers market. Dip in your chips or use it to top steaks, chicken, fish or more. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Nikki’s Roma Fresca

Asparagus Leek Bisque: A Seasonal Soup For Spring | A spring soup recipe that celebrates the hard work of growing asparagus in your garden! You'll enjoy every mouthful of this creamy, delicate, and easy bisque that can serve as an appetizer or main course! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Asparagus Leek Bisque: A Seasonal Soup for Spring

Grain-Free Almond Bread | Before coming up with this recipe, I tried a recipe I found online that was so dry we all got hiccups! Then I noticed the recipe called for no fat whatsoever. I modified the recipe, and here is the final result -- a nutty and moist bread that I can be served like cornbread. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Grain-Free Almond Bread

Simple & Nourishing Spring Salads | Spring is the perfect time to gather greens and prepare simple, nourishing salads. Why wait for summer? There are greens to be picked and delectable salads to prepare, even now in April. It's surprising how many varieties of spring salads there actually are! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Simple and Nourishing Spring Salads